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Doctor Who: The Missing Years

  • Video
  • 19981998
  • 56m
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A discussion and display of the discovered missing material from the missing Doctor Who episodesA discussion and display of the discovered missing material from the missing Doctor Who episodesA discussion and display of the discovered missing material from the missing Doctor Who episodes
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Paul Vanezis
  • Writers
    • Sydney Newman
    • Paul Vanezis
  • Stars
    • Michael Craze(archive footage)
    • William Hartnell(archive footage)
    • Frazer Hines
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  • Director
    • Paul Vanezis
  • Writers
    • Sydney Newman
    • Paul Vanezis
  • Stars
    • Michael Craze(archive footage)
    • William Hartnell(archive footage)
    • Frazer Hines
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    Michael Craze
    Michael Craze
    • Ben Jacksonas Ben Jackson
    • (archive footage)
    William Hartnell
    William Hartnell
    • The Doctoras The Doctor
    • (archive footage)
    Frazer Hines
    Frazer Hines
    • Selfas Self
    Ian Levine
    • Selfas Self
    Maureen O'Brien
    Maureen O'Brien
    • Vickias Vicki
    • (archive footage)
    Peter Purves
    Peter Purves
    • Steven Tayloras Steven Taylor
    • (archive footage)
    Patrick Troughton
    Patrick Troughton
    • The Doctoras The Doctor
    • (archive footage)
    Deborah Watling
    Deborah Watling
    • Selfas Self
    Anneke Wills
    Anneke Wills
    • Pollyas Polly
    • (archive footage)
    • Director
      • Paul Vanezis
    • Writers
      • Sydney Newman
      • Paul Vanezis
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    A discussion and display of the discovered missing material from the missing Doctor Who episodes
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    • Alternate versions
      An extended version of this documentary is included in the 2004 box set release "Lost in Time". It includes additional interviews discussing episodes located between 1998 (when the original documentary was produced) and 2004.
    • Connections
      Features Doctor Who (1963)

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    A loving (but sad) tribute to the lost episodes of Doctor Who
    In the 1970s, the BBC destroyed many of the early episodes of Doctor Who and, despite the efforts of fans and later, more enlightened, BBC regimes, 110 episodes are still missing presumed lost forever.

    "The Missing Years" assembles practically all of the surviving clips from these missing episodes, ranging from about 6 minutes of an episode of serial 3.1 'Galaxy Four', to many clips of only a few seconds duration (many of which were saved by the Australian censors when they were cut from the series in the 1960s and '70s, so that ironically the censored scenes are sometimes all that now remains of some serials).

    The video is hosted by Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling, who played Jamie and Victoria in the mid-60s, and many of whose episodes were destroyed. Fortunately, the commentary is short and to the point, allowing the clips themselves -- which are what we really want to see -- to dominate the production, and minimising the impact of Ms Watling's... "eccentric" performance. It also includes interviews with some of the fans responsible for finding missing episodes and clips.

    This video, a labour of love for ther BBC's "unofficial Restoration Team", is a must-see for anyone interested in the early years of Doctor Who.
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    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Doctor Who: The Reconstruction of Time
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