Lost Episodes

Unfortunately, due to a BBC policy of ‘junking’ TV episodes during the 1960s, many First and Second Doctor stories are missing.  They are being hunted down and recovered and we live in hope that they will one day reappear in someone’s garage, but for now they remain officially lost.  Thanks to fan recordings and stills, these lost episodes have been recreated as ‘reconstructions’.  I’ve watched some, but even my nerdy fan heart can’t quite bear sitting through an entire story as reconstruction, so for those episodes (with the exception of Marco Polo, because it’s brilliant) I have relied on the Target novelisations, internet summaries and Doctor Who Magazine.  I will henceforth present them in the format below.

Mission to the Unknown

(Series 3, Episode 5)

Significant for: Being one of the few episodes of early Doctor Who not to feature the Doctor or his regular companions.  It is also the last episode produced by Verity Lambert.

The Myth Makers

(Series 3, Episodes 6-9)

Significant for: Vicki’s departure, to marry Troilus in Ancient Greece.  And change her name to Cressida…  The Doctor also gains a companion – Katarina (Adrienne Hill).

The Daleks’ Master Plan

(Series 3, Episodes 10-21)

Significant for: The reappearance of the Daleks and the first companion death (Katarina).  One-off companion Sara Kingdom (Jean Marsh) arrives and leaves within the same story.

The Massacre of St Bartholomew’s Eve

(Series 3, Episodes 22-25)

Significant for: William Hartnell playing a dual role.  Steven is so disgusted that the Doctor, in order not to change established events, leaves his new friend Anne Chaplet die, that he storms out of the TARDIS onto Wimbledon Common in 1966.  However, he shortly returns when a young girl named Dodo Chaplet wanders into the TARDIS to report an accident to the police…