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Deleted & Recovered Episodes
I fancied doing a visual representation of the episodes which have been destroyed from the archives to try to appreciate better the full extent of the stories we may never see. Some stories were sold abroad, but with others it seems their only copies were annihilated.

The Loss of 1960s Episodes & Finding Missing Dr Who

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  GridI am a huge fan of the 1960s era of Doctor Who, especially Patrick Troughton's second and third seasons. Despite their low budgets, the regular actors and the scripts were consistently amongst the strongest. I therefore get very excited when missing episodes turn up. But due to the isolated nature of these discoveries, they can be hard to keep track of, so I thought a list would be helpful.
     
Returned Title Where to See It
2013 The Web of Fear, 2, 4, 5, 6 iTunes
2013 The Enemy of the World, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 iTunes
2011 The Underwater Menace, 2 Unavailable
2011 Galaxy Four, 3 ("Air Lock") The Aztecs - Special Edition DVD
2004 The Daleks' Master Plan, 2 Lost in Time DVD
1999 The Crusade, 1 ("The Lion") Lost in Time DVD
1992 Tomb of the Cybermen, 1, 2, 3, 4 Tomb of the Cybermen DVD   Revisitations DVD
1988 The Ice Warriors, 1, 4, 5, 6 The Ice Warriors DVD
1987 Evil of the Daleks, 2 Lost in Time DVD
1987 The Faceless Ones, 3 Lost in Time DVD
1985 The Reign of Terror, 1, 2, 3 Reign of Terror DVD
1983 The Wheel in Space, 3 Lost in Time DVD
1982 The Reign of Terror, 6 Reign of Terror DVD
1982 The Daleks' Master Plan, 5, 10 Lost in Time DVD
   

The following graphic shows the episodes for the first and second Doctor. Green for episodes currently held in the archives and red for those systematically wiped or destroyed by the BBC during the 60s and 70s. Please may we now have a minute's silence.

A A A A B B B B B B B C C D D D D D D
D E E E E E E F F F F G G G G G G H H
H H H H J J J K K K K K K L L M M M M
N N N N N N P P P P Q Q Q Q R R R R R
R S S S S T T T T T/A U U U U V V V V V
V V V V V V V W W W W X X X X Y Y Y Y
Z Z Z Z AA AA AA AA BB BB BB BB CC CC CC CC DD DD DD
DD EE EE EE EE EE EE FF FF FF FF GG GG GG GG HH HH HH HH
JJ JJ JJ JJ KK KK KK KK KK KK LL LL LL LL LL LL MM MM MM
MM NN NN NN NN NN NN OO OO OO OO OO OO PP PP PP PP PP PP
QQ QQ QQ QQ QQ QQ RR RR RR RR RR RR SS SS SS SS SS SS TT
TT TT TT TT UU UU UU UU UU VV VV VV VV VV VV VV VV WW WW
WW WW XX XX XX XX XX XX YY YY YY YY YY YY ZZ ZZ ZZ ZZ ZZ
ZZ ZZ ZZ ZZ ZZ                            


D Marco Polo All 7 episodes
H The Reign of Terror Episodes 4-5
P The Crusade Episodes 2, 4
T Galaxy 4 1, 3-4
T/A Mission to the Unknown Entire episode
U The Myth Makers All 4 episodes
V The Daleks' Master Plan Episodes 1, 3-4, 6-9, 11-12
W The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve All 4 episodes
Y The Celestial Toymaker Episodes 1-3
AA The Savages All 4 episodes
CC The Smugglers All 4 episodes
DD The Tenth Planet Episode 4
EE The Power of the Daleks All 6 episodes
FF The Highlanders All 4 episodes
GG The Underwater Menace Episodes 1, 4
HH The Moonbase Episodes 1, 3
JJ The Macra Terror All 4 episodes
KK The Faceless Ones Episodes 2, 4-6
LL The Evil of the Daleks Episodes 1, 3-7
NN The Abominable Snowmen Episodes 1, 3-6
OO The Ice Warriors Episodes 2-3
RR Fury from the Deep All 6 episodes
SS The Wheel in Space Episodes 1-2, 4-5
VV The Invasion Episodes 1, 4
YY The Space Pirates Episodes 1, 3-6