Lost Doctor Who episodes found in ‘eclectic’ collection
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g7kwq1k11o

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'A cardboard box found in a collector’s “ramshackle” collection of vintage films contained two episodes of Doctor Who that have not been viewed since airing in the 1960s.
The episodes feature the first incarnation of the Doctor, played by William Hartnell, tackling a Dalek plan to take over Earth, the solar system and the galaxy in a storyline only ever shown in the UK.
Peter Purves, who played the Doctor’s assistant Steven Taylor, was invited to the Phoenix Cinema in Leicester on Wednesday under false pretences to view the two episodes, and he said: “My flabber has never been so gasted.”
Restored versions of the episodes will be released on BBC iPlayer this Easter.
The first episode, titled The Nightmare Begins, was part of the third season of Doctor Who and was aired in November 1965.
The second recovered episode, Devil’s Planet, was broadcast two weeks later.
The intervening episode, Day of Armageddon, was found in 2004 by a former BBC engineer, meaning fans now have the first three instalments of The Daleks’ Master Plan arc.
Written by the creator of the Daleks, Terry Nation, and Dennis Spooner, the serial starred Hartnell and Purves alongside an early appearance by Nicholas Courtney as Bret Vyon, Adrienne Hill as Katarina, and Kevin Stoney as Mavic Chen.
Courtney would go on to play recurring character, The Brigadier.
But the “dark and gritty” 12-part storyline was ordered to be wiped, and more than half of it remains missing.’