US EditionLost 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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Two long-lost episodes of ‘Doctor Who’ have been found. Fans will soon be able to watch them
LONDON (AP) — Over six decades of “Doctor Who,” the intergalactic adventurer’s adversaries have included evil robots, rampaging Yeti — and the BBC, which erased many early episodes of the now-iconic sci-fi TV series. A film charity announced Friday that it has found two previously lost 1960s episodes in film cans wrapped in plastic bags among the possessions of a deceased collector. They have been restored by BBC archivists and will be available…
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Over six decades of “Doctor Who,” the intergalactic adventurer’s adversaries have included evil robots, rampaging Yeti — and the BBC, which erased many early episodes of the now-iconic sci-fi TV series. A film charity announced Friday that it has found two previously lost 1960s episodes in film cans wrapped in…
Two lost Doctor Who episodes found in a dead collector's home videos
Peter Purves, 87, was lured to the Phoenix Cinema in Leicester under false pretenses. When they played back footage of himself as companion Steven Taylor in a 1965 Doctor Who serial nobody had seen in six decades, his reaction was succinct: "My flabber has never been so gasted." — Read the rest The post Two lost Doctor Who episodes found in a dead collector's home videos appeared first on Boing Boing.
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