1. Susan and Ping-Cho playing a game of Marco Polo.
2. Gruesome decapitation scenes from "Realm of Terror".
3. Proof that King Richard is really Scaroth.
4. A Drahvin-Chumblie dance number.
5. Mission to the Unknown becomes Mission to the Known.
6. The Trojan Horse interior has a fancy hot tub, cuz Odysseus is PIMP!
7. The Doctor's Christmas wish was shot in 3D.
8. The Massacre is clearly a backdoor pilot for Steven's adventures in Huguenot France.
9. The Celestial Toymaker watches the U.S. Batman TV show in the robot's belly.
10. At the start of The Savages, Steven finds his Panda mutilated in the corner of the TARDIS. His expression reveals why he leaves so easily at the end.
11. The Smugglers shocked by Polly's choice if bikini.
12. Incredible model cyber-cities on Mondas.
13. The TARDIS hat room.
14. Jamie's upskirt.
15. An Aquaman cameo in The Underwater Menace.
16. Polly's beauty salon proves fatal for a Cyberman in disguise.
17. AMAZING MACRA EFFECTS!
18. Samantha Briggs changes her mind, runs to the TARDIS, but it's been taken away.
19. Terry Nation's unscripted cameo as a Thal pushing the "final end" button on the Dalek Emperor's base.
20. Yeti in love.
21. The entire cast slipping and sliding on a wet floor around the thawed Ice Warrior.
22. Troughton's stand-in gets a full frontal shot when the Doctor meets Salamander.
23. Lethbridge-Stewart smokes two packs of smokes.
24. Fury from the Deep is just awful. AWFUL.
25. Zoe's teen idol posters in her room - all famous mathematicians!
26. The missing episodes of the Invasion were cartoons all along.
27. The integral The Space Pirates can put you into a hypnotic trance.
27½. Shada WAS finished. WHAAAA??!
Which Who stories do YOU most want to see restored? What lost piece of footage most intrigues you? The comments section awaits!
Comments
The completely missing stories are those I most long to get a taste of, Marco Polo, Power of the Daleks, Fury from the Deep, The Macra Terror, Mission to the Unknown, etc.
I'd love to have The Feast of Steven too, because it's too much slapstick to make any sense in audio format.
You may have just made my day, even if the DVDs will cost a kidney.
I am not going to get much work done for the next half hour.
-Jason
Power of the Daleks is a top-ten story for me without having seen anything but a grainy VHS recon. So that would be my first choice to have back. Web of Fear, too.
Funny, but the recons and the Internet discussions (including yours) have made me think that a lot of the missing stories aren't as good as their reputation. Years ago, anything Doctor Who would have been like red meat to a hungry wolf, but these days can't I spend my rare and precious leisure time better than sitting through The Celestial Toymaker? (Which is not to say I wouldn't if I ever got the opportunity!)
-Jason
That's why, for example, a lot of people were disappointed by Tomb of the Cybermen when it was found in the 90s. I'd never read the novelization nor decades of "fan wisdom" (the same wisdom that would have you believe Toymaker was wonderful), so I quite loved the story the first time I saw it (on DVD). It's largely a measure of expectations.
I'd still be surprised if Marco Polo were a dud.
Oddly enough, the only missing Hartnell stories I'd be dying to see would be DMP and Marco Polo, though I agree with you guys that if we got to see Myth Makers it might turn out to actually boost its reputation. I believe this happened when they found Part 1 of The Crusade.
Tomb lived up to the hype for me too, Siskoid. The awakening of the Cybermen was every bit as cool as everyone said it would be. Evil, I think, would lose some luster. On paper it's epic (from a coffee bar to Dalek armageddon!), but seeing the recon, the plot holes stand up and demand notice.
-Jason
"A BRIEF STATEMENT .
T.I.E.A DOES NOT HOLD ANY MISSING EPISODES OF THE LONG RUNNING DR WHO SERIES. THE ORIGINAL VIDEO TAPES WERE WIPED SUBSEQUENT FILM COPIES WERE EITHER RETURNED TO THE BBC AND SENT TO LANDFILL ODD FRAGMENTS HAVE SURFACED TWO EPISODES ON 16MM FILM BUT THATS IT. THE PROGRAMMES IN QUESTION LIKE MANY OTHERS WERE DESTROYED AS THEY HAD NO FURTHER COMMERCIAL VALUE .THEY ARE NOT MISSING BUT DESTROYED THE END.I am sorry if this upsets some people but these are the facts.I have also become aware of the tracking of some of our clients shipments these are local cultural materials sent to us for migration to a modern format as the playback equipment in the country of origin no longer exists and as such is the best road to preserve international cultural heritage .I will be making no more statements on this subject.Philip MORRIS Executive director T.i.e.a"
And Ian Levine tweeted: "Deeply sick, distressed, disheartened, all hopes dashed, all joy gone from the world. That's it. DO NOT ASK ME TO SAY ANOTHER WORD"
Not a rosy follow-up.
Except...
Personally, my most-desired for restoration in the future (impossible as it may seem at times) are Myth Makers (I agree that it is utterly hilarious, and I think Vicki's departure is quite sweet) and Dalek Master Plan. On a secondary level, Evil of the Daleks and Fury from the Deep... but if I could only pick two, Myth Maker and Master Plan would get the spots.