RT’s checklist of missing Doctor Who episodes
[Updated autumn 2013]
• 50 Doctor Who stories were made in the 1960s
• Almost every story was a serial comprised of multiple episodes: four, six, seven etc
• Some stories are now entirely missing. Others are incomplete, ie odd episodes are missing.
• 253 individual episodes were transmitted
• 97 episodes are currently known to be missing from the BBC archive
• 44 from William Hartnell’s era as the first Doctor
• 53 from Patrick Troughton’s era as the second Doctor
These are the missing episodes that the BBC and Who fans hope to trace…
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FIRST DOCTOR: WILLIAM HARTNELL
D Marco Polo (seven episodes: all missing)
1: The Roof of the World (22/02/1964)
2: The Singing Sands (29/02/1964)
3: Five Hundred Eyes (07/03/1964)
4: The Wall of Lies (14/03/1964)
5: Rider from Shang-Tu (21/03/1964)
6: Mighty Kublai Khan (28/03/1964)
7: Assassin at Peking (04/04/1964)
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H The Reign of Terror (six episodes: two missing)
4: The Tyrant of France (29/08/1964)
5: A Bargain of Necessity (05/09/1964)
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P The Crusade (four episodes: two missing)
2: The Knight of Jaffa (03/04/1965)
4: The Warlords (17/04/1965)
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T Galaxy 4 (four episodes: three missing)
1: Four Hundred Dawns (11/09/1965)
2: Trap of Steel (18/09/1965)
4: The Exploding Planet (02/10/1965)
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T/A Mission to the Unknown (one episode: missing)
1: Mission to the Unknown (09/10/1965)
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U The Myth Makers (four episodes: all missing)
1: Temple of Secrets (16/10/1965)
2: Small Prophet, Quick Return (23/10/1965)
3: Death of a Spy (30/10/1965)
4: Horse of Destruction (06/11/1965)
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V The Daleks’ Master Plan (12 episodes: nine missing)
1: The Nightmare Begins (13/11/1965)
3: Devil’s Planet (27/11/1965)
4: The Traitors (04/12/1965)
6: Coronas of the Sun (18/12/1965)
7: The Feast of Steven (25/12/1965)
8: Volcano (01/01/1966)
9: Golden Death (08/01/1966)
11: The Abandoned Planet (22/01/1966)
12: Destruction of Time (29/01/1966)
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W The Massacre of St Bartholomew’s Eve (four episodes: all missing)
1: War of God (05/02/1966)
2: The Sea Beggar (12/02/1966)
3: Priest of Death (19/02/1966)
4: Bell of Doom (26/02/1966)
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Y The Celestial Toymaker (four episodes: three missing)
1: The Celestial Toyroom (02/04/1966)
2: The Hall of Dolls (09/04/1966)
3: The Dancing Floor (16/04/1966)
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AA The Savages (four episodes: all missing)
Episode 1 (28/05/1966)
Episode 2 (04/06/1966)
Episode 3 (11/06/1966)
Episode 4 (18/06/1966)
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CC The Smugglers (four episodes: all missing)
Episode 1 (10/09/1966)
Episode 2 (17/09/1966)
Episode 3 (24/09/1966)
Episode 4 (01/10/1966)
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DD The Tenth Planet (four episodes: one missing)
Episode 4 (29/10/1966)
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SECOND DOCTOR:
PATRICK TROUGHTON
EE The Power of the Daleks
(six episodes: all missing)
Episode 1 (05/11/1966)
Episode 2 (12/11/1966)
Episode 3 (19/11/1966)
Episode 4 (26/11/1966)
Episode 5 (03/12/1966)
Episode 6 (10/12/1966)
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FF The Highlanders (four episodes: all missing)
Episode 1 (17/12/1966)
Episode 2 (24/12/1966)
Episode 3 (31/12/1966)
Episode 4 (07/01/1967)
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GG The Underwater Menace (four episodes: two missing)
Episode 1 (14/01/1967)
Episode 4 (04/02/1967)
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HH The Moonbase (four episodes: two missing)
Episode 1 (11/02/1967)
Episode 3 (25/02/1967)
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JJ The Macra Terror (four episodes: all missing)
Episode 1 (11/03/1967)
Episode 2 (18/03/1967)
Episode 3 (25/03/1967)
Episode 4 (01/04/1967)
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KK The Faceless Ones (six episodes: four missing)
Episode 2 (15/04/1967)
Episode 4 (29/04/1967)
Episode 5 (06/05/1967)
Episode 6 (13/05/1967)
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LL The Evil of the Daleks (seven episodes: six missing)
Episode 1 (20/05/1967)
Episode 3 (03/06/1967)
Episode 4 (10/06/1967)
Episode 5 (17/06/1967)
Episode 6 (24/06/1967)
Episode 7 (01/07/1967)
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NN The Abominable Snowmen (six episodes: five missing)
Episode 1 (30/09/1967)
Episode 3 (14/10/1967)
Episode 4 (21/10/1967)
Episode 5 (28/10/1967)
Episode 6 (04/11/1967)
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OO The Ice Warriors (six episodes: two missing)
Episode 2 (18/11/1967)
Episode 3 (25/11/1967)
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QQ The Web of Fear (six episodes: one missing)
Episode 3 (17/02/1968)
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RR Fury from the Deep (six episodes: all missing)
Episode 1 (16/03/1968)
Episode 2 (23/03/1968)
Episode 3 (30/03/1968)
Episode 4 (06/04/1968)
Episode 5 (13/04/1968)
Episode 6 (20/04/1968)
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SS The Wheel in Space (six episodes: four missing)
Episode 1 (27/04/1968)
Episode 2 (04/05/1968)
Episode 4 (18/05/1968)
Episode 5 (25/05/1968)
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VV The Invasion (eight episodes: two missing)
Episode 1 (02/11/1968)
Episode 4 (23/11/1968)
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YY The Space Pirates (six episodes: five missing)
Episode 1 (08/03/1969)
Episode 3 (22/03/1969)
Episode 4 (29/03/1969)
Episode 5 (05/04/1969)
Episode 6 (12/04/1969)
If you have any useful information, please contact RT at lostwho@radiotimes.com and we will forward it to our contacts at the BBC. They and the Time Lord’s fans will be delighted to hear from you.
Notes:
• Until May 1966, each individual episode had its own title. Thereafter, the stories used an overall title for the whole serial, with constituent episodes simply being numbered.
• Each serial had a production code shown as capital letters (eg “D” or “YY” as above). Surviving film spools and canisters often display the production code.
• The dates above indicate the original UK transmission.
Read the full story of Doctor Who’s lost episodes
