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

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[–] 10 points 8 months ago

"My flabber has never been so gasted."

Most British thing I've read in a bit

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Oh, I wonder if there were more lost programmes in that collection - not necessarily Dr Who, but so much old tv has been lost!

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    if this can exist and it's from the UK why not Feast of Steven-

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago

    Every collection is eclectic until you understand it.

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  • [–] -2 points 7 months ago

    It's brilliant news! Shame we can't reverse the polarity and lose some of the modern episodes.

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    [–] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    95 missing episodes remain.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    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.

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    [–] 1 point 7 months ago

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

    The video looks like it's in good shape!

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    [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    This excited me so much, I had to sit down.

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