Lost Doctor Who Episode Found

JSDopefish writes "In an event that most Doctor Who fans thought couldn't happen, another lost episode of Doctor Who has turned up. It's Episode Two of the 1965 William Hartnell serial, 'The Dalek Masterplan.' No word yet as to how it will be released, this news is just breaking today apparently. This is great news for fans, as the last time a lost episode was turned up was in 1999, and most folks had given up hope there were any others left to be discovered. For those who don't know, in the '70s the BBC routinely junked old stories. Not just Dr Who, but all their shows. Repeats and sales weren't an issue then. There's something like 115 or so lost Doctor Who episodes total."

Comments

What was worse than losing a few episodes...

[Timbotronic]

Was when they lost the ability to write good plots. As far as I'm concerned, the "golden age" of Dr Who was the Tom Baker era. "Seeds of Doom" and "Genesis of the Daleks" were absolute classics - every show ended on a cliffhanger, the stories were original and supporting characters were well developed.

Things started going badly south during the Colin Baker era and the Sylvester McCoy episodes were just awful. What a shame that just as they finally had the ability to create decent special effects the writing fell apart.

Re:What was worse than losing a few episodes...

[Drantin]

just as they finally had the ability to create decent special effects the writing fell apart.

This may not have been a coincidence!

<--To Be Continued-->

Re:Get 'em ready!

[NanoGator]

Okay, I get the reference now.

Here I'll digest it for everybody:

The executor gives them each $100 (except Maggie), and the rest goes
to Ann Landers, as was stipulated in Hortense's will ...

Marge: What are you gonna spend your money on, kids?
Bart: There's a special down at the Tacomat: a hundred tacos for a hundred dollars. I'm gonna get that. ...

Marge wants the kids to put their money in the bank. When they get there, Bart spots the Tacomat and wishes he could get those hundred
tacos. The comic book guy comes out with a wheelbarrow full of tacos for the "Dr. Who" marathon.

I guess all this Deep Space Nine watchin I been doin has overwritten my Simpsons quote database.

Re:yeah yeah

[Bitsy Boffin]

If you were channel surfing at all, let alone with a remote control, you are too young to remember Doctor Who.

Episode luck

[British]

I'm just feeling lucky that ALL(yes ALL) of the Tomb of the Cybermen episodes were restored. It seemed like the best story that was lost forever.

With the Dalek Master plan, there's only 9 more episodes to go before that's recovered. 5 and 10 are intact, but aren't very interesting since you're only getting a fraction of the story.

As for "The Moonbase", it was a horrible story. The special effects were very 1950s-esque right down to the Cybermen's saucer that looked like a dinner plate. Nowhere near as cool as the Invasion, where most of the episodes of that are intact.

C'mon people, start searching your basements for more DW episodes.

Re:Wow, "lost" episodes?

[bucky0]

Depending on how long ago it was, there might not have been VCRs around.

Re:collection

[WIAKywbfatw]

You do realise that the US Doctor Who fan club dwarfs it's British, Canadian, Australian, etc counterparts by an order of magnitude?

There far more extreme hard-core US science fiction nerds who watch Doctor Who than British ones. I doubt their watching re-runs, buying books, videos and DVDs to look "cool". Believe me, as sci-fi goes, Doctor Who is as far from "cool" as you can get. Doctor Who's appeal was never "cool", it was a focus on storylines that deviated from the "Captain kisses alien girl, crewmember in red uniform dies" variety.