This is not confirmed by the BBC yet !



A GROUP of diehard Doctor Who fans has discovered more than 100 long-lost episodes of the popular BBC program gathering dust in Africa.
The episodes from the 1960s, which feature the first two doctors William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton, were feared vanished after the British broadcaster sold a stack of its old tapes and lost or wiped the originals.

But after months of sleuthing the tapes have turned up at the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency, which purchased them years ago, according to the UK’s Daily Mirror newspaper.

Insiders say the BBC, which still owns the copyright on the episodes, could make a fortune by digitally remastering the tapes and releasing them on DVD.

If the tapes are returned in time the BBC hopes to announce the news during celebrations to mark Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary next month, the Mirror reports.

British actor Peter Capaldi was named the twelfth Time Lord earlier this year. He takes over from Matt Smith in December.

Dailymirror.co.uk

Not since the discovery of King Tut's tomb.....if it's true.

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The internet is buzzing like crazy. Various sources say all the missing 106 episodes have been discovered, others say less than that, some imply only 2 serials, others only 2 episodes. Some sources say the BBC will make an official statement tomorrow 10-8-13, others say within a month. Tune in tomorrow...

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...now some sources are saying the BBC announcement for tomorrow 10-8-13 has been postponed till the end of the week, rats...

A number of early episodes of Doctor Who, which were believed to have been permanently lost, have been returned to the BBC.

BBC Worldwide is expected to confirm the find at a press screening in London later this week.

It follows weeks of speculation that some lost episodes had been located.

A total of 106 episodes featuring the first two actors to play the Doctor, William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton, are currently missing.

The BBC destroyed many of the sci-fi drama's original transmission tapes in the 1960s and 1970s.

However, the majority of the episodes had been transferred on to film for foreign broadcasters. It is often these prints found in other countries that are the source of retrieved episodes.

bbc.co.uk

Well, the BBC has just announced 9 episodes were found in Nigeria, from 2 stories:
The Enemy of the World, and The Web of Fear
on itunes now, on DVD in Nov 2013 and sometime in 2014

here's a trailer of The Enemy of the World

The trailer for The Web of Fear, this is gonna be really fab !!

A fanatical fan who happens to be a friend of mine has informed me there is more Doctor Who episodes yet to be restored, sadly some of the 'found' reels were in apalling condition and need some miracles to be viewed again.
The new DVDs are 2 great stories that I look forward to!