Nine long-lost episodes of Doctor Who, which have
not been seen since the 1960s, have been recovered
after they were tracked down gathering dust in a
store room in Nigeria.
The discovery will cause much excitement for
devotees of the long-running series, for which there
are dozens of missing episodes dating back to its
early years

Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who: Web Of Fear,
one of nine long-lost episodes of Doctor Who
which have not been seen since the 1960s


The previously lost nine shows were among 11 traced
to a television relay station and the find brings back
to life an entire six-episode story, while another is
almost complete.

Fright: Tina Packer, playing Anne Travers,
being attacked by a yeti in Doctor Who: The
Web Of Fear


The newly found programmes - which introduce the
character of Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, better
known to audiences as The Brigadier - will be
available on iTunes from today and will later come
out on DVD.
Phillip Morris, the director of Television International
Enterprises Archive, unearthed the programmes by
looking up the records of overseas shipments of
tapes made by the BBC.

The Doctor goes toe-to-toe with a Yeti. The
find will delight Doctor Who's legion of fans
Mr Morris said: 'I remember wiping the dust off the
masking tape on the canisters and my heart missed
a beat as I saw the words Doctor Who. When I read
the story code, I realised I'd found something pretty
special.'

Only one episode of The Enemy Of The World - which
featured Deborah Watling as companion Victoria, and
Frazer Hines, later to find fame in Emmerdale as
Jamie - had remained in the archives, so the addition
of programmes one, two, four, five and six have
completed the story.
Fiona Eastwood, director of consumer products, BBC
Worldwide, said: 'We are thrilled with the recent
discovery of The Web Of Fear and The Enemy Of The
World and we're very happy to be launching re-
mastered versions of these treasured episodes to
fans as we celebrate the 50th year of Doctor Who.'

Treasure trove: The episodes were recovered
after they were tracked down to a store room
in Nigeria, gathering dust


The BBC still had the first edition in the Web Of Fear
story, and the new finds mean only number three is
missing. The tale introduced Nicholas Courtney as
Lethbridge-Stewart, who began with the rank of
Colonel but later became Brigadier.
The missing episode has been recreated using 37
still images which were available and the original
audio which survived.

The Doctor goes toe-to-toe with a Yeti. The
find will delight Doctor Who's legion of fans


Many programmes from the era, along with many
classic shows, disappeared as a result of efforts to
save space. There are still 27 Doctor Who stories
which have not been recovered or for which episodes
are missing.


Days of Future Past: Mary Peach as Astrid in
Doctor Who: The Enemy Of The World


In total, 97 episodes are still unaccounted for.
One episode from both The Enemy of the World and
The Web of Fear were shown at a special BBC event
in London yesterday.
Episode one of The Enemy of the World is said to be
akin to an early James Bond film, with armed villains,
a foreign villain and a scene featuring an exploding
helicopter.
The Web of fear meanwhile sees the Doctor locked in
battle with the Great Intelligence in the tunnels of
the London Underground.

Fear: Deborah and Patrick, the assistants of
Doctor Who


The BBC was even accused of secretly filming at an
Underground station at the time as its sets were
deemed so realistic.
Guests at yesterday's screening included the actors
who played Troughton's Tardis companions, Frazer
Hines and Deborah Watling.
The show celebrates its half-century on November
23.


There are still 27 Doctor Who stories which
have not been recovered or for which episodes
are missing.

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life_style: How the thing take reach 9ja na ?

kennykool4u: naija sha...we don carry last b4?

Promhize: Aba boys. I hail o

daywatcher: see how the report did not give details of how it was well preserved by a Nigerian..off course they will not because that will be portraying Nigeria in a good light.

MAYOWAAK: I still have a faint recollection of two of the characters,Harry and Sarah.What kind of genre is the film by the way,horror,science fiction ?

Nehemiah459: What is Dr Who?

deols: The TV station has no name?

Never heard of the show sef.

Old time thing.

vivacious vivi: Doctor Who, Yay! But where in Naija was it found and how did it get here?