c/doctorwho · by ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 158d

Lost Doctor Who episodes found in 'eclectic' collection

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g7kwq1k11o

Episodes 1 & 3 of The Daleks’ Master Plan will be released on iPlayer 4th April.

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7 Comments

ValueSubtracted@startrek.website · 10 pts · 158d (2 replies)

But with The Daleks' Master Plan, the story was not sold overseas.

Censors in Australia and New Zealand deemed it too violent, and without their buy-in, selling to other markets was not profitable.

Combined with the move towards colour, the black and white story was thought to have little future value and consigned to the bin.

Every recovered episode is to be celebrated, but damn. This is impressive.

StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website · 9 pts · 158d (1 reply)

My partner and I are both completely unsurprised that they were retained in a private collection primarily composed of film and video of trains and canals.

Who knows what’s left to be found in the estate collections of early television buffs.

ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 158d

Thats what this project is trying to address, before it all goes to estate clearances or some clueless person puts them in the skip.

koncertejo@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 157d (1 reply)

95 missing episodes remain.

haverholm@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 157d

At least now "The chase" will be halfway complete /s

When you add it up, what amounts to more than two full seasons from the show's formative years are missing. I remain optimistic, but even I don't think all of that will ever be recovered.

Kirk@startrek.website · 3 pts · 157d

Crazy

zabadoh@ani.social · 1 pts · 155d

First look at the newly recovered episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvwUrJAuAHk

The video looks like it's in good shape!