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Lost Doctor Who and the Daleks episodes discovered in 'ramshackle' collection
- Film is Fabulous! , a charitable trust, recovered two missing 1965 Doctor Who episodes, 'The Nightmare Begins' and 'Devil's Planet', from a deceased enthusiast's private collection.
- The episodes belong to the 12-part serial 'The Daleks' Master Plan,' which the BBC ordered wiped in the 1960s, leaving over half the dark and gritty storyline missing.
- BBC Archives restored the original 16mm telerecordings, prompting an emotional reaction from actor Peter Purves, who played companion Steven Taylor, after viewing the long-lost footage.
- The restored episodes will stream on BBC iPlayer this Easter, while a special screening featuring Purves is scheduled for April 4 in London to celebrate the discovery.
- This marks the first discovery of lost Doctor Who episodes since 2013, ending the longest gap in the series' history without recovered footage from the original run.
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Doctor Who mystery solved as two MISSING 1965 episodes found in storage box: 'I'm delighted!'
Two lost episodes of Doctor Who from 1965 have been discovered.Film is Fabulous!, an organisation made up of film collectors and vintage television enthusiasts, uncovered the black-and-white instalments among film cans belonging to a deceased collector whose estate wishes to remain anonymous.The discovery marks the first confirmed recovery of missing Doctor Who material in more than a decade.The previous find occurring in 2013 when nine episodes…
Doctor Who archive expert "optimistic" more missing episodes will be found
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