This is a list of Doctor Who serials that no longer exist in any complete form in the BBC archives. They are incomplete due to the BBC's former policy of holding only a limited archive of episodes, and wiping tapes belonging to shows for which they did not see a potential future market. Many other shows, such as Z-Cars and The Wednesday Play, have been similarly affected.

In all, 108 of 253 episodes produced during the first six years of the programme are not currently held in the BBC's archives, although many more were thought missing in the past before episodes were recovered from a variety of sources, most notably overseas broadcasters. This mean in other words that 27 serials does not exist in its complite form.
For a more detailed discussion of this, see Doctor Who missing episodes.

All missing episodes from the missing William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton stories exist in audio form (thanks to fans recording them live on original broadcast) and all the audio soundtracks will have been released by the end of 2006. Also many of the stories have "tele-snaps" taken during filming which exist. The BBC has made use of these tele-snaps by recreating some lost episodes with these pictures. They can be viewed here.

Brief excerpts from many episodes exist, some lasting as short as one second in duration. This includes 8 mm film footage taken of the television screen, censor edits, and extracts featured on other programmes, most notably Blue Peter.

Incomplete serials starring the First Doctor (William Hartnell)

Serial Number	Serial Name	Episode(s) Missing (Total Episodes)	Notes
004	Marco Polo	All (7)	Only audio and telesnaps exist. No telesnaps known to exist for episode 4. A 30-minute reconstruction, using telesnaps and promotional photographs, was released on The Beginning DVD boxset.
008	The Reign of Terror	4 and 5 (6)	Only audio survives along with some clips from Episodes 4 and 5 which have been released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset.
014	The Crusade	2 and 4 (4)	Episodes 1 and 3, in addition to the audio of episodes 2 and 4, were released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset. Telesnaps do exist of Episodes 2 and 4. Episodes 1 and 3 were previously released in a VHS edition with William Russell in character as Ian Chesterton providing linking material. A short clip from episode 4 exists as the reprise at the beginning of the following story "The Space Museum".
018	Galaxy 4	All (4)	Only audio survives, as well as an extended clip from Episode One along with another clip from the beginning of Episode One. Both clips have been released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset.
019	Mission to the Unknown	1 (1)	Only audio survives.
020	The Myth Makers	All (4)	Only audio survives, as well as some clips from Episodes 1, 2 and 4 which have been released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset.
021	The Daleks' Master Plan	1, 3-4, 6-9, 11 and 12 (12)	Episodes 2, 5, and 10, along with clips from episodes 1,2,3 and 4 were released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset.
022	The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve	All (4)	Only audio survives.
024	The Celestial Toymaker	1-3 (4)	Only audio survives. Episode 4 was released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset.
026	The Savages	All (4)	Only audio and telesnaps survive, along with clips from episodes 3 and 4 which have been released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset.
028	The Smugglers	All (4)	Only audio, telesnaps and clips from episodes 1, 3 and 4 survive. These clips were released on the Doctor Who DVD release #2: "Lost in Time".
029	The Tenth Planet	4 (4)	Of Episode 4, audio and telesnaps exist, along with a few clips, the most notable being the footage of the regeneration scene itself. All the clips have been released on the Doctor Who DVD: Lost in Time. Also, a full length reconstruction was released on the VHS release of this serial.

Incomplete serials starring the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton)

Serial Number	Serial Name	Episode(s) Missing (Total Episodes)	Notes
030	The Power of the Daleks	All (6)	Only audio and telesnaps exist, plus clips from episodes 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6. In addition, an incomplete trailer for Episode 1 has been found, and along with the clips, has been released on the Doctor Who DVD release #2: "Lost in Time".Two additional clips, as well as a better quality copy of an extant clip, were found during the September 11, 2005 transmission of "Sunday Past Times", a clip heavy show which aired an extract from the 1966 program "Tomorrow's World" that contained the missing clips. They have been included as part of "The Dalek Tapes", a special feature on the DVD release of "Genesis of the Daleks".
031	The Highlanders	All (4)	Only audio, telesnaps and 3 clips from episode 1 exist. these clips have been released on the Doctor Who DVD release #2: "Lost in Time".
032	The Underwater Menace	1, 2 and 4 (4)	Only audio, telesnaps and short clips exist. Episode 3 was released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset along with clips from episodes 1,2 and 4.
033	The Moonbase	1 and 3 (4)	Only audio and telesnaps exist. Episodes 2 and 4, in addition to the audio of episodes 1 and 3, were released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset.
034	The Macra Terror	All (4)	Only audio, telesnaps and short clips from episodes 2 and 3 exist. The clips were released on the Doctor Who DVD release #2: "Lost in Time".
035	The Faceless Ones	2, 4-6 (6)	Only audio and telesnaps exist along with a short clip from episode 2. Episodes 1 and 3, along with the clip, were released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset.
036	The Evil of the Daleks	1, 3-7 (7)	Only audio and telesnaps exist. Episode 2 was released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset.
038	The Abominable Snowmen	1, 3-6 (6)	Only audio, telesnaps and two short clips from episode 4 exist. Episode 2 and the clips were released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset. Episode 2 was also released on VHS in 1995 as "The Troughton Years" with episode 3 of "The Enemy of the World" and episode 2 of "The Space Pirates".
039	The Ice Warriors	2-3 (6)	Only audio and telesnaps exist. Episodes 2 and 3 were partly reconstructed with the telesnaps and audio for the VHS release. It is not a full reconstruction and comprises the main gist of the story for the two missing episodes.
040	The Enemy of the World	1-2, 4-6 (6)	Only audio and telesnaps exist. No telesnaps known to exist for episode 4. Episode 3 was released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset. Episode 3 was also released on VHS in 1995 as "The Troughton Years with episode 2 of "The Abominable Snowmen and episode 2 of "the Space Pirates".
041	The Web of Fear	2-6 (6)	Only audio, telesnaps and clips from episodes 2,4 and 5 exist. Episode 1 and the clips were released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset.
042	Fury from the Deep	All (6)	Only audio, telesnaps and clips from episodes 1,2,4,5,6 exist. The clips were released on the Doctor Who release #2: "Lost in Time".
043	The Wheel in Space	1-2, 4-5 (6)	Only audio, telesnaps and clips from episodes 4 and 5 exist. Episodes 3 and 6, along with the episode 4 and 5 clips were released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset.
046	The Invasion	1 and 4 (8)	Only audio exists. All existing episodes were released in a VHS edition with Nicholas Courtney providing linking narration. An animated reconstruction of the two missing episodes is included on the DVD release.
049	The Space Pirates	1, 3-6 (6)	Only audio exists, plus film trims from episode 1. Episode 2 and the episode 1 trims were released on the Lost in Time DVD boxset. Episode 2 was also released on VHS in 1995 as "The Troughton Years" with episode 2 of "The Abominable Snowmen" and episode 3 of"The Enemy of the World".

Black and white only serials starring the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee)

While all Pertwee era stories are complete, a small number exist only in black and white instead of colour. However, three of these incomplete serials (Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Dæmons, and Terror of the Autons) were processed to merge the black and white film with off-air colour recordings by the Doctor Who Restoration Team for subsequent video release. Poor-quality off-air colour recordings of The Ambassadors of Death made from a US transmission in the 1970s exist, but the recordings are severely affected by a rainbow-coloured pattern of interference that at times overtakes the entire picture.^[1]

Although many attempts have been made to restore colour to the incomplete stories, the financial cost has proven prohibitive so far.

Serial Number	Serial Name	Episode(s) in Black and White only (Total Episodes)	Notes
053	The Ambassadors of Death	2-4, 6-7 (7)	Sections of 2, 3, 6 and 7 were colourised for the VHS release. Episode 4 is being colourised by a colleague of Ian Levine.[2]
056	The Mind of Evil	All (6)	Some short clips in colour from episode 6
068	Planet of the Daleks	3 (6)	-
071	Invasion of the Dinosaurs	1 (6)	-

See also

• Doctor Who missing episodes
• List of Doctor Who serials
• Doctor Who DVD releases
• Doctor Who audio releases
• Doctor Who Restoration Team

References

External links

• BBC Doctor Who Photonovels (includes most existing telesnaps)
• The Doctor Who Audio & Video FAQ by Dominic Jackson
• The Doctor Who Restoration Team Website

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