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       More Missing Episodes of Doctor Who Confirmed to Exist;   
       Announcement Expected Shortly   
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       Film is Fabulous, an organisation run by film collectors and   
       vintage television enthusiasts, has confirmed the existence   
       of several missing episodes of Doctor Who, and further   
       revealed that a detailed announcement about these stories   
       being returned to the BBC!   
      
       On Facebook, Film is Fabulous wrote:   
       "As mentioned by Sue Malden at our RECOVERED event in May,   
       we are aware of several missing episodes of Doctor Who (Sue   
       stated one [or] two, but there are more than this) in private   
       film collections in the UK. We are liaising with the   
       individuals about cataloguing and preserving their entire   
       collection, including the missing Doctor Who episodes, and   
       ensuring that copies are returned to the BBC. We expect to   
       make a detailed announcement shortly."   
      
       Indeed, at the Recovered festival in Leicester, Sue, who is   
       an archive specialist, had said:   
       "As far as Doctor Who goes, we do not have a statement or   
       anything to make at the moment. We do know fairly certainly   
       that there are episodes missing in private collections.   
      
       "Some members of the Film is Fabulous! team are in a   
       considerably significant position to help on that.   
      
       "So, when the time is right, we really do hope that it will   
       be Film is Fabulous that manages to return at least one or   
       two, I don't know, of the missing episodes of Doctor Who to   
       the BBC."   
      
       Back in the summer, The Daily Star reported that these might   
       include The Daleks' Master Plan: The Traitors, Part Four of    
       The Tenth Planet (featuring the first ever regeneration, from   
       William Hartnell's Doctor into Patrick Troughton's), Episode   
       Three of The Web of Fear, (the first appearance of Brigadier   
       Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart), and The Macra Terror.   
       Private collectors are said to have the complete Marco Polo,   
       the fourth Doctor Who story, too.   
      
       Where the tabloid got such information from is unknown.   
      
       So when is such an announcement likely? We're keeping our   
       fingers crossed for next month, November 2025, to help   
       celebrate Doctor Who's anniversary. But we've no insider   
       information here, so it could be at any point!   
      
       Either way, this is extremely exciting.   
      
      
      
      
      
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