Long Lost Doctor Who Episodes were Found

Years ago, the 1960s episodes of Doctor Who were wiped from video tapes. Copies popped up, but only in foreign sales. But recently, some of the 'ancient' material has been found. 2 episodes have been discovered, Bleeding Cool has the story:

But first, which two episodes are they? Drum roll…Galaxy 4 part three and The Underwater Menace part two. Um, ye-e-e-es... Neither is likely to feature high on fan wish lists, but any find is a marvel after so many decades and each episode has its own merits (which I’ll come to later).

Part Three of the Season Three opener Galaxy Four, starring William Hartnell, and Part Two of Patrick Troughton’s third story, The Underwater Menace. The former had no surviving episodes, whereas the latter had its third episode, which was, until today, the earliest existing episode of Patrick Troughton.


These are not episodes that made anybody’s top ten list of wished for discoveries. But they are two extremely interesting finds that have the potential to tell us some really new and interesting things about the era they’re from. Indeed, for fans more interested in learning about the show in the 1960s than in reconstructing their own (or more often someone else’s) childhood, these are two of the best finds imaginable. 

These episodes was screened at the British Film Institute’s Missing Believed Wiped event last night.