Overview
- Film Is Fabulous! recovered 16mm telerecordings of The Nightmare Begins and Devil’s Planet from a deceased collector’s holdings.
- BBC Archives is restoring the black-and-white prints for streaming on BBC iPlayer at Easter, with access expected to be limited to the UK.
- A public screening is scheduled for Saturday 4 April at Riverside Studios, presenting the story’s first three installments with introductions and guest panels.
- The discovery involves episodes one and three of the 12-part The Daleks’ Master Plan, originally broadcast in 1965 and starring William Hartnell.
- Coverage notes differing updated tallies of missing episodes, with some reports citing 95 still absent and others stating 97.