#doctor who lost media

[donutdrawsthings]

A wip of that scene from the missing serial The Macra Terror. Not sure if I'll finish it, but I had fun with this bit!

[i-like-media]

What I wouldn't do to see this scene in motion...

[halbarryislife]

doctor who missing episodes...

[doctordiscosbignaturals]

i don’t know if the enemy of the world will be the last lost episode ever found

but what i do know is that someone’s nan in the late 60’s saw patrick troughton as ramón salamander on her tv one saturday night and said you know what we should tape this one

[of-monsters-and-werewolves]

Feels weird when I see the likes of Willow and Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies referred to as Lost Media cause I always associate the term with shows like Doctor Who, whereby Lost Media is literal in that 'neither the fans nor the BBC knows where most of the missing episodes are, and The Feast of Steven probably doesn't exist any more and is unlikely to ever be watched again', rather than 'everybody knows exactly where the fuck they are, the multimillion dollar companies simply refuse to release them from hostage'.

[cronch-rat]

A guide to the missing episodes - 2nd doctor

A small guide on how to experience the missing episodes so you don't have to skip them - continued.

A reminder: All stories have loose cannon recons on the internet archive. Features only visual releases (animation, recon etc...) in region code 2.

The Power of the Daleks

a recon was released onto CD-ROM in 2005

it was animated in black/white only in 2016 with a special edition version being released in 2020

original animated release featured the CD-ROM recon while 2020 release had a newer recon made for it

The Highlanders

(nothing official)

The Underwater Menace

episode 3 included with the VHS release of the missing years documentary

same episode featured on the lost in time DVD

released on DVD in 2015 with episodes 1 + 4 reconstructed

special edition released in 2023 with missing episodes animated in both colour and black/white

The Moonbase

episodes 2 + 4 featured on VHS in Cybermen-the early years

same episodes featured on the lost in time DVD

released on DVD in 2014 with episodes 1 + 3 animated in black/white only

The Macra Terror

animation released in both colour and black/white in 2019

recon made to accompany this

The Faceless Ones

episodes 1 + 3 included in the reign of terror VHS set

same episodes featured on the lost in time DVD

animation released in both colour and black/white in 2020

recon made to accompany this

Evil of the Daleks

episode 2 featured on VHS in Daleks-the early years

same episode featured on the lost in time DVD

animation released in both colour and black/white in 2021

recon made to accompany this

The Abominable Snowmen

episode 2 featured on VHS in the Troughton years

same episode featured on the lost in time DVD

animation released in both colour and black/white in 2022

recon made to accompany this

The Ice Warriors

episodes 1,4,5 + 6 released on VHS in 1998 with a CD of the audio of episodes 2 + 3. Also came with the missing years documentary

released on DVD in 2013 with missing episodes animated

The Web of Fear

episode 1 included in the reign of terror VHS set

same episode featured on the lost in time DVD

released on DVD in 2014 with a recon of episode 3

special edition released in 2021 featuring episode 3 animated in colour and black/white

Fury from the Deep

animation released in both colour and black/white in 2020

recon made to accompany this

The Wheel in Space

episodes 3 + 6 featured on VHS in cybermen-the early years

same episode featured on the lost in time DVD

recons made of episodes 1,2,4 + 5 in 2017 as exclusives to Britbox. Currently available on BBC iPlayer

The Invasion

released on VHS in 1993 with episodes 1 + 4 summarised by Nicholas Courtney

released on DVD in 2006 with missing episodes animated

The Space Pirates

episode 2 featured on VHS in the Troughton years

same episode featured in the lost in time DVD

Clips from the highlanders feature in lost in time but no episodes.

Again, if there are any errors please let me know.

[twojamie-o-clock]

Every day I wake up and wait for a doctor who collector to slip on ice so that the highlanders may come tumbling out of their pocket.

[cosmic-hoboandthehighlander]

Can’t wait to spend three days dressed as Two!

[legok9]

Lost media alert!

In the Doctor Who episode Blink, there are a number of DVDs for fake movies:

A list of nine fake titles used in the episode was included on the "Banos DVDs" section of the defunct Doctor Who website:

Breakfast in the Rain

Dance of Days

Civilization Zero

Angel Smile

Falling Star

One Oak Country

My Best Friend's Boyfriend

Mean Teens

Shooting the Sun

The DVD covers were also included, but only one was successfully archived!

I found only two more covers from a different Doctor Who website:

Did anyone happen to save these images?

Blink is the most famous episode of Doctor Who and these glorious stock photo DVD covers deserve to be preserved!

[beautifultyphoongentlemen]

The DOCTOR WHO that never was… [EXPLORING THE INSANE 90’s REBOOT/ ALTERN...

[nerdy-chocobo]

I've gotta say going from watching the legend of ruby sunday and seeing the doctor going crazy about the idea of possibly having a granddaughter (having not seen the rest of the series and just watching it bc my boyfriend was)

to then going and watching the original 1960s run and seeing a character who literally calls him grandfather (made even more confusing because BBC iplayer doesn't have the first episode and jumps straight to the daleks so I missed all the set up) is quite the experience

[i-like-media]

I am once again wishing for this footage to get found

text reads as follows:

[A large rock blocks his path. He pulls a tape measure from a pocket.]

[He measures the rock and then taps his leg mischievously.]

[He moves back, breaks into a run and leap frogs the rock.]

[idontevenknow7878]

Does anyone have any recordings of the power of the daleks? Was at a family members house and heard it being mentioned, now I wanna find it for them

[cronch-rat]

A guide to the missing episodes - 1st doctor

A small guide on how to experience the missing episodes so you don't have to skip them. Other versions of this list might exist but I just wanted to make my own.

Quick precursor: This covers only visual mediums (animations, recons etc...). All stories have loose cannon recons that can be viewed on the internet archive but which vary in quality.

Marco polo

A condensed 30 min recon was included with the edge of destruction DVD release (itself a part of the beginning box set)

The Reign of Terror

first released as a VHS with just episodes 1,2,3 + 6. This was a limited released with only 8,000 and was the last doctor who release on VHS (2003)

released as a DVD in 2013 with episodes 4 + 5 animated in black/white only

The Crusade

episode 3 included on the Hartnell years VHS

released on VHS in 2000 with episodes 2 + 4 reconstructed. The release was a double story one with the space museum

episodes 1 + 3 included in the lost in time DVD collection

released as part of the complete season 2 Blu-ray with newer recons

Galaxy 4

condensed recon featured in the 2013 special edition release of the Aztecs

all episodes animated in both colour and black/white in 2021

episodes 1,2 + 4 reconstructed for the same release

Mission to the Unknown

recreated in 2019 which can be viewed on YouTube

The Myth Makers

(nothing official)

The Dalek's Master Plan

episodes 5 + 10 featured on Daleks-the early years VHS

episodes 2, 5 + 10 featured on the lost in time DVD

The Massacre

(nothing official)

The Celestial Toymaker

episode 4 included in the Hartnell years VHS

same episode featured on the lost in time DVD

all episodes animated in both colour and black/white in 2024

recons of episodes 1, 2 + 3 made to accompany this

The Savages

(nothing official)

The Smugglers

(nothing official)

The Tenth Planet

released as part of the cybermen box set with attack of the cybermen of VHS in 2000. Includes a recon of episode 4

released on DVD in 2013 with episode 4 animated in black/white only

The myth makers, the Savages and the Smugglers all have clips featured on the lost in time DVD but no episodes. The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve remains the only story with nothing going for it.

If there are any errors, please let me know.

[revealingproserpina]

On Doctors and Donnas and not quite going home again

I never mean to quit Doctor Who. And I never mean for it to become my whole personality. I just cycle through one and then the other every few years.

After intending to still watch after Clara left…I didn’t. And then I kept meaning to check in on Thirteen…and didn’t.

I wasn’t even going to watch the new episode tonight until I was struck with this all consuming I MUST WATCH. I was going to keep my distance and hold the show accountable for what it did to Donna and how I’m still mad.

…but nope. This show did its little thing it does to me and I’m back, baby!

[grinchheadsincorporated]

my dearest grinchheads, we have returned. We have not returned emptyhanded, as we have a significant lead in our search. Before disclosing said lead, we find it important to emphasize that in our absence, we did not grow bored of this search. It has been a trying few years, and this search has taken us to some wild places, some of which we weren't able to update on here on this blog. Without further ado, we have found the active youtube account of who we believe to be the original artist and creator behind the blenda character. We have requested an interview with the suspected artist that we would no doubt post here, for you grinchheads to sink your teeth into. If we do not update again, presume us dead, or still in search of the elusive blenda. Until then stay strong, stay vigilant my grinchheads.

-hoops and J,

grinchheads inc.