Overview
- The BBC released the recovered episodes on iPlayer for UK viewers with free international access on the Doctor Who Classic YouTube channel.
- The finds are The Nightmare Begins (part 1) and Devil’s Planet (part 3) from the 12‑part serial The Daleks’ Master Plan, first broadcast in 1965.
- Film Is Fabulous located the 16mm reels in a deceased private collector’s 6,000‑can archive and returned them to the BBC, which restored the footage.
- A special screening featured a surprise for actor Peter Purves, who grew emotional seeing his younger self in material he had never watched.
- Seven parts of this serial and about 95 episodes from the black‑and‑white era remain missing due to past tape wiping and limited overseas sales that left few film copies.