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Two Hartnell episodes have been found 197.89.10.49 (talk) 09:15, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A statement like that is so vague as to be worthless. Which episodes? When were they found? If it was in, say, 1984, then it is old news. But most importantly: how do you know this? Without a reliable source, you're simply not going to be believed. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 11:20, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A quick news search reveals they were probably referring to this story. Bondegezou (talk) 21:54, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately I think the story is false as the people mentioned in the news article say they never said anything about it. IrishDeafBoy (talk) 10:59, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Which ones? ~2025-43541-16 (talk) 16:36, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This is now in the article, but unfortunately isn't accurate. The Observer article only cites John Franklin as their source, and he says that they misquoted him. An article covering this can be found here (seems to be a RS with editorial oversight). Would anyone object if I replaced the current paragraph with a final sentence added to the paragraph before, something along the lines of:

In November 2023, film collector John Franklin repeated these claims to The Observer, which reported that two more episodes had been found, but the owners were reluctant to return them to the BBC.

I also couldn't find Philip Morris saying "he was negotiating their return to the BBC" in the interview linked to, but he does say that the last episode of The Web of Fear is also out there. --Yodin^T 01:21, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've made the above changes. It seems like the Morris negotiation claims were from this blog, which Morris called "completely false and fake". Might be worth moving this entire paragraph from the "List of missing episodes" section to the "Continuing search" section above, and including the counterclaims by Morris and Franklin. --Yodin^T 10:36, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Offa29, you keep reverting people saying that there's no release date for the Celestial Toymaker DVD. As per a previous edit summary, this gives a 2023 release date. This is also the date given at The_Celestial_Toymaker#Home_media. Bondegezou (talk) 14:24, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That seems to be the release date for the 60th anniversay specials, Celestial Toymaker isn't mentioned at that link. --woodensuperman 14:36, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies. I don't know who put the date at The_Celestial_Toymaker#Home_media, but I'll remove it from there too. Bondegezou (talk) 14:42, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, god, my apologies again. The text there gives a date of the announcement, not the release! Doh. Bondegezou (talk) 14:43, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Doctor Who is unusual in that each of its 97 missing episodes survives in audio form, recorded off-air by fans at home.[4] " Is there any actual source for this? From what I can tell the citation here is being used for a footnote about an unrelated TV show, and the statement is not supported. 2600:1700:96D3:D900:B041:90FF:FEA3:27B9 (talk) 04:11, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The statement "while other series such as Z-Cars and Dixon of Dock Green are missing episodes from as late as 1975" would not seem to be correct for the former. According to List of Z-Cars episodes every episode still exists from the series that started in September 1974 and from all later series. Indeed this article would indicate that the last missing episode of Z-Cars was Dinner Break broadcast on 11 March 1974. Dunarc (talk) 21:49, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder what happened to the Highlanders tape? Did they destroy it? Someone tell me??????????? ~2025-43541-16 (talk) 16:37, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It was probably erased. Blank videotape was expensive, and it was more economical to wipe a tape and reuse it for another programme. See Lost television broadcast. --Redrose64 🦌 (talk) 17:25, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A Month Ago, The BBC Found 2 Episodes Of "The Daleks's Master Plan." Do We Add Those Episodes? ~2026-27912-82 (talk) 08:50, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oops.... It Was There.... ~2026-27912-82 (talk) 08:55, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]