Doctor Who: Beneath the Surface 3 pack

[Seeker]

I thought I heard that the BBC taped over alot of the original shows?

Here's a list of all the Classic Doctor Who stories -- and if they still exist or not.

Dr Who Episode List

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Thanks The link even has a rundown of the storylines.

[Mikey]

I use it regularly for reference


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[Bo8a_Fett]

Ok in reference to the "missing" episodes front on Dr Who.....
Many episodes kept in storage in the BBC archives were scheduled for destruction to make more room....these are the days when episodes were kept mainly in film canisters...and also as equity had a lot of say in repeat broadcasting. This "Dejunking" took place in the late 1960's early 1970's and the Hartnell and Troughton stories bore the brunt of the massacre. A few fans such as Ian Levine (who had approached the BBC to discuss borrowing old stories to show at amongst the first meetings of Who fans) discovered the culling of old stories and bought the episodes off of the BBC so they didn't destroy them. As far as the BBC were concerned , apart from overseas sales, the episodes were worthless and they saw no need to keep them (remember this was pre-home video era and nostalgia was not the money spinner it is now).
Many episodes have turned up in bizarre places such as jumble sales, a property that used to belong to the BBC and was purchased by the Mormon church had 2 episodes found when it was cleared out, overseas tv broadcasters namely africa, australia and new zealand. The interest prompted the BBC to recognise the value of the old episodes and asked overseas broadcasters to check their archives, film collectors were also asked to check their archives also ( the BBC only asked to copy the films then they would be returned).
Dr Who is unique in that although many episodes are missing there is a complete audio recording of all the missing episodes(Who fans even back then were obsessive and recorded the audio from their tvs). The hunt continues to this day with only last year the BBC offering a full scale Dalek to anyone who found a missing episode.

[monkey tennis]

with only last year the BBC offering a full scale Dalek to anyone who found a missing episode.

Cool, but where would I keep it.
I know by the Front Door, Would make trick or treat more fun.

[Bo8a_Fett]

You could hide in it and scare the post man!