Started by Inês Carvalho (@tidepoolkid) ·
95 Doctor Who episodes are missing because the BBC junked them
6 sources · 1h 4m down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “why are doctor who episodes missing”
- Ended at
- “doctor who daleks master plan episodes found 2026”
The Trail
- “why are doctor who episodes missing” (google.com)
- Doctor Who missing episodes (en.wikipedia.org)
1967 to 1978, the BBC routinely wiped and junked old tapes for space and rights reasons
- Kinescope (en.wikipedia.org)
most survivors are film copies made for overseas sales
- The Enemy of the World (en.wikipedia.org)
found in Nigeria in 2013
- The Web of Fear (en.wikipedia.org)
- “doctor who daleks master plan episodes found 2026” (google.com)
What I came away with
95 of the 253 episodes from the show's first six years are still missing, though two episodes of The Daleks' Master Plan turned up in a private collection in 2026, the first finds since 2013. And because fans recorded the audio off their TVs at home, every missing episode survives as sound.
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