Doctor Who's Lost Episodes
The famous British series Doctor Who has been a mainstay of science fiction since the 1960s. The franchise spans 26 seasons in its original incarnation and thirteen in the present series, as well as a host of other media including film, books, audio dramas, and more. However, a significant chunk of the show's early material has been lost, possibly forever.
During the late 60s and early 70s, the BBC regularly deleted content from its archives. This was done for a variety of practical reasons: sometimes, there was a lack of space to store the footage; other times, the BBC no longer had the rights to broadcast given material. As a result of this practice, dozens of episodes of the classic series were deleted, and 97 are still considered lost to this day. Deleting content in this manner wasn't uncommon among broadcasters at the time, and Doctor Who was far from the only affected program. Yet, because of its enduring relevance and popularity today, there is much more interest in recovering lost episodes than exists for other, forgotten programs.
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Most of the missing Doctor Who content is from seasons 3 – 5, the eras of the First and Second Doctors (played by William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton, respectively). Several Third Doctor (John Pertwee) stories were once thought lost as well, but have since been recovered. During the 60s and 70s, narratives on Doctor Who were contained within serials, which ran over the course of four to six half-hour episodes. The deletion of content rendered several of these serials incomplete. Some are lost entirely, while others have only been partially deleted, leaving those who watch them today on a permanent cliffhanger.
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