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The Power of the Daleks
On Bonfire Night 1966 Patrick Troughton made an explosive appearance as the Doctor in a serial that has since gone up in smoke
The Highlanders
This tale of the Jacobite Rebellion consigned Doctor Who’s historical stories to the history books…
The Macra Terror
The last of Ian Stuart Black’s trilogy on totalitarian themes, The Macra Terror is another of Doctor Who’s missing serials
Fury from the Deep
This claustrophobic tale of killer seaweed is the last Doctor Who story that’s wholly absent from the BBC archive
The Orphaned Episodes
The scattershot archiving and recovery of Doctor Who means a lot of stories are plagued with gaps. EDDIE ROBSON talks to fans who remember highlights of the so-called orphaned episodes
Black Powder
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DEPTH CHARGE
In 1972, members of the Doctor Who production team were alarmed to discover that they were being scrutinised by the Ministry of Defence. ROSSA McPHILLIPS investigates a previously untold story about the making of The Sea Devils…
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The Web of Fear
ALAN BARNES joins the Second Doctor and his similarly besieged friends as their extraordinary journey through the London Underground reaches its tense conclusion
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