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With the future of Doctor Who still up in the air, two missing episodes are about to be released by the BBC.
When the hit sci-fi series debuted in the 1960s, it wasn't uncommon for some TV show episodes to be deleted for various reasons, including a lack of physical space to store the film. Doctor Who is one of those impacted shows, and every so often, missing episodes have been either restored or released in audio format.
The BBC just announced that Doctor Who will be releasing two missing episodes from The Daleks' Master Plan, a serial that originally aired as part of season 3 in late 1965 and early 1966. The two installments will be available to stream on BBC iPlayer starting April 3 at 6 a.m.
The BBC also shared a clip from the first episode, titled "The Nightmare Begins," that features the Doctor discovering a mysterious city. "I wonder where we are," he says aloud. "All I have to do is to get through that jungle and perhaps then I can get some help."
He goes on to question why a city is located here before a man with a gun shows up and tells him to "keep absolutely still." He threatens to shoot if the Doctor doesn't hand over a key.
Check out the Doctor Who clip below:
The Daleks' Master Plan was part of William Hartnell's tenure as the First Doctor, setting the stage for all the successors that would follow in the decades to come. His companions were Steven Taylor and Katarina, played by Peter Purves and Adrienne Hill, respectively. Other co-stars included Adrienne Hill, Jean Marsh, Jackie Lane, Anneke Wills and Michael Craze.
Hartnell ended his run on Doctor Who in 1966, with Patrick Troughton taking over as the Second Doctor. Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Richard Hurndall, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann all played the titular character at various points during the original run of the show and the 1996 film using a sci-fi technique called regeneration.
The series was revived in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, John Hurt, Peter Capaldi and David Bradley all stepping into the iconic role. Jodie Whittaker then made history as the first female Doctor. Most recently, Ncuti Gatwa became the first openly queer and first Black actor to play the Doctor.
In recent years, though, the series has come under intense scrutiny over the quality of its storytelling amid falling ratings. The backlash reached a crescendo during the BBC's Doctor Who deal with Disney, which ended last fall after only two years.
Spinoff The War Between the Land and the Sea, which aired in the UK in December 2025, will stream on Disney+ sometime in 2026 as the Mickey Mouse company's final Doctor Who-related project.
A Christmas special is currently in the works for December 2026. After the Doctor Who season 15 finale ended with the shocking cliffhanger that showed the Doctor regenerating as former companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), it's unclear what creative direction the franchise will go in next.
In the meantime, though, fans in the UK will have the chance to stream two missing Doctor Who episodes this spring.
The two missing Doctor Who episodes will be released Friday, April 3 at 6 a.m. on BBC iPlayer.
Release Date 1963 - 1989-00-00
Network BBC One, BBC Television
Directors Douglas Camfield, David Maloney, Christopher Barry, Michael E. Briant, Barry Letts, Michael Ferguson, Peter Moffatt, Richard Martin, Chris Clough, Lennie Mayne, Pennant Roberts, Ron Jones, Paddy Russell, Paul Bernard, Michael Hayes, Timothy Combe, Morris Barry, Graeme Harper, Gerald Blake, Hugh David, Mervyn Pinfield, Rodney Bennett, Waris Hussein, John Gorrie
Writers Robert Holmes, Bob Baker, Malcolm Hulke, Dave Martin, David Whitaker, Brian Hayles, Robert Sloman, David Fisher, Dennis Spooner, Terrance Dicks, Eric Saward, John Lucarotti, Don Houghton, Chris Boucher, Ian Stuart Black, Louis Marks, Peter Grimwade, Henry Lincoln, Johnny Byrne, Mervyn Haisman, Jane Baker, Pip Baker, Robert Banks Stewart, Anthony Read
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Gordon Lowery
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