Missing early Doctor Who TV epsiodes available as Audio Dramas

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Internet Archive - Audio ArchiveIn the Internet Archive’s Audio Archive section you can find audio from much of Season 3 of the original Doctor Who television series. This is one of the seasons for which many of the original broadcast episodes are missing (a long and infuriating story). Diligence on the part of some die hard fans, and some of the affiliate TV stations in other countries have turned up some of the video, and more of the audio tracks from this season over the decades since they were first broadcast. Since then the BBC had a Doctor Who actor (who played a companion during this time) provide narration for what would normally be a audio visual story. Here are all the completed serials:

Doctor Who - Galaxy 4Doctor Who – Galaxy 4
By William Emms; Narrated by Peter Purves
4 MP3 Files – [UNABRIDGED AUDIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: BBC
Broadcast: Sep. 11 – Oct. 2, 1965

“The Doctor, Vicki, and Steven land on an unknown planet inhabited by the hideous Rills, with their Chumbley robots, and the Drahvins. The Drahvins try to enlist the Doctor’s help to destroy the “evil” Rills, but who are the real villains?”

Episode 1 |MP3| Four Hundred Dawns
Episode 2 |MP3| Trap of Steel
Episode 3 |MP3| Airlock
Episode 4 |MP3| The Exploding Planet

Doctor Who - Mission To The UnknownDoctor Who – Mission To The Unknown
By Terry Nation; Narrated by Peter Purves
1 |MP3| – [UNABRIDGED AUDIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: BBC
Broadcast: Oct. 9, 1965

“On the planet Kembel three men struggle to repair their crashed spaceship in a hostile jungle.”


Doctor Who - The Myth MakersDoctor Who – The Myth Makers
By Donald Cotton; Narrated by Peter Purves
4 MP3 Files – [UNABRIDGED AUDIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: BBC
Broadcast: Oct. 16 – Nov. 6, 1965

“The Doctor, Vicki, and Steven become involved in the siege of Troy.”

Episode 1 |MP3| Temple of Secrets
Episode 2 |MP3| Small Prophet Quick Return
Episode 3 |MP3| Death of a Spy
Episode 4 |MP3| Horse of Destruction

The über Doctor Who fans out there can also have a listen to the majority of the Daleks’ Master Plan, one of the longest serials ever made, but it is not available in its entirety.

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4 thoughts to “Missing early Doctor Who TV epsiodes available as Audio Dramas”

  1. Links to Mission to the Unknown and The Myth Makers episodes at the Internet Archive have changed:
    Mission to the Unknown is now at MP3
    The Myth Makers episodes are now at:
    Episode 1 MP3 Temple of Secrets
    Episode 2 MP3 Small Prophet Quick Return
    Episode 3 MP3 Death of a Spy
    Episode 4 MP3 Horse of Destruction

    Looks like they changed some of the titles yesterday to make the file names shorter.
    And can you please check your email?

  2. Looks like Archive.org has pulled all the files. The reason quoted is: “The item is not available due to issues with the item’s content.”

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