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Doctor Who Missing Episodes

First Doctor Missing Episodes

Story Title Missing Episodes Animation Style & Format Year Released
Marco Polo All 7 episodes – –
The Reign of Terror 4, 5 Missing Only (B&W) 2013
The Crusade 2, 4 – –
Galaxy 4 1, 2, 4 Whole Story (Colour & B&W) 2021
Mission to the Unknown 1 Recreated by the University of Central Lancashire 2019
The Myth Makers All 4 episodes – –
The Daleks’ Master Plan 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 – –
The Massacre All 4 episodes – –
The Celestial Toymaker 1, 2, 3 Whole Story (Colour & B&W) 2024
The Savages All 4 episodes Whole Story (Colour & B&W) 2025
The Smugglers All 4 episodes – –
The Tenth Planet 4 Missing Only (B&W) 2013

Second Doctor Missing Episodes

Story Title Missing Episodes Animation Style & Format Year Released
The Power of the Daleks All 6 episodes Whole Story (Colour & B&W) 2016
The Highlanders All 4 episodes – –
The Underwater Menace 1, 4 Whole Story (Colour & B&W) 2023
The Moonbase 1, 3 Missing Only (B&W) 2014
The Macra Terror All 4 episodes Whole Story (Colour & B&W) 2019
The Faceless Ones 2, 4, 5, 6 Whole Story (Colour & B&W) 2020
The Evil of the Daleks 1, 3–7 Whole Story (Colour & B&W) 2021
The Abominable Snowmen 1, 3–6 Whole Story (Colour & B&W) 2022
The Ice Warriors 2, 3 Missing Only (B&W) 2013
The Web of Fear 3 Missing Only (Colour & B&W) 2021
Fury from the Deep All 6 episodes Whole Story (Colour & B&W) 2020
The Wheel in Space 1, 2, 4, 5 – –
The Invasion 1, 4 Missing Only (B&W) 2006
The Space Pirates 1, 3–6 – –

Timeline of returned missing episodes

Year Story / Episodes How they were found
2026 The Daleks’ Master Plan (1 & 3) Private Collection: Found by the charity Film is Fabulous! in a collection of 16mm reels left by a deceased film collector in Leicester.
2013 The Enemy of the World (1, 2, 4, 5, 6) & The Web of Fear (2, 4, 5, 6) Overseas Archive: Found by Philip Morris in a television relay station in Nigeria.
2011 Galaxy 4 (3) & The Underwater Menace (2) Private Collector: Returned by Terry Burnett, who had purchased them at a film fair in the 1980s.
2004 The Daleks’ Master Plan (2) Former BBC Engineer: Returned by Francis Watson, who had kept the film from being thrown away in the 1970s.
1999 The Crusade (1) Private Collector: Found in the collection of a film enthusiast in New Zealand.
1991 The Tomb of the Cybermen (All 4) Overseas Archive: Discovered in the archives of Rediffusion Television in Hong Kong.
1985 The Daleks’ Master Plan (5 & 10) Found in a Church: discovered in the basement of a Mormon church in London.
1984/1985 The Time Meddler (All 4) & The War Machines (All 4) Overseas Archive: found in Nigeria.
1982 The Abominable Snowmen (2) Private Collector: Returned by a collector who had bought it from a film sale.
1982/1984 The Reign of Terror (1, 2, 3, 6) Overseas Archive:The sixth episode was returned to the BBC by a private collector in 1982, and the first three episodes were located at the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation in 1984.
1978 The BBC began actively searching for missing Doctor Who episodes following a change in archiving policy around 1978
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