THE
UNTRANSMITTED EPISODES
In the
1960s Doctor Who produced 256 episodes, but only 253 of them screened. Below is
a list of those that didn't make it.
TITLE
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CODE
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NO. OF EPS
|
EP#
|
ON-SCREEN TITLE
|
EXISTS
|
DETAILS
|
N/A (pilot episode)
|
-
|
1
|
1
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An Unearthly Child
|
YES
|
Originally
shot in September 1963, the pilot episode was considered a poor effort by the
show's creator Sydney Newman. He ordered it be restaged, and the pilot was
never watched again. That is until 1978 when Sue Malden, newly appointed
Archive Selector of the Film and Videotape Library stumbled across it in a
wrongly labelled film can.
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The Daleks
|
B
|
7
|
1
|
The Dead Planet
|
NO
|
In a
similar fashion to Doctor Who's first serial, the second serial also had to
have its first episode remounted. When reviewing the first episode of The Daleks the production team found
production audio had been picked up on the studio microphones, and thus
rendered it unacceptable for transmission. This episode was never retained,
however one small portion does exist; the reprise of the cliff-hanger in
episode 2 (Barbara being menaced by the Dalek) is from this episode.
|
Planet of Giants
|
J
|
4
|
3
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Crisis
(original version)
|
NO
|
Donald
Wilson, BBC Head of Serials at the time, felt that this story (which was shot
in the first series’ production block but held back) was a poor opener for
series two, and that The Dalek
Invasion of Earth would be a better choice. Due to Carole Ann Ford's
departure in that serial however meant the swapping of the stories was a moot
point. Thus he ordered the final episodes to be edited together as he felt
four episodes didn't work. The new episode three retained the title "Crisis", but kept the end
credits from "The Urge to Live",
thus Douglas Camfield (who directed the original episode 4) is credited as
Director while Mervyn Pinfield (who directed the original episode 3) remained
uncredited. The material not used in the final version of "Crisis" is generally believed to
have been junked, although a recreation was attempted on the DVD release. To
allow for the removal of fourth episode, Wilson commissioned an extra episode
for the end of the second production block. This eventually became the single
part story – and prologue for The
Daleks’ Master Plan - Mission to
the Unknown.
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4
|
The Urge to Live
(original version)
|
NO
|
Due to
the fact these episodes weren't transmitted, they aren't considered part of the
missing episode tally.
THE MISSING EPISODES
Note: Off-air soundtracks for all missing episodes exist, and thus these
will not be listed in the WHAT EXISTS column. I have also chosen to only list
what episodes in each serial are missing.
TITLE
|
CODE
|
NO. OF EPS
|
EP#
|
ON-SCREEN TITLE
|
DURATION
|
WHAT EXISTS
|
SEASON ONE – 42 EPISODES
/ 9 MISSING
|
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Marco Polo
|
D
|
7
|
1
|
The Roof of the World
|
24’12”
|
- Tele-snaps exist (72 snaps exist)
|
2
|
The Singing Sands
|
26’34”
|
- Tele-snaps exist (78 snaps exist)
|
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3
|
Five Hundred Eyes
|
22’20”
|
- Tele-snaps exist (75 snaps exist)
|
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4
|
The Wall of Lies
|
24’48”
|
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5
|
Rider from Shang-Tu
|
23’26”
|
- Tele-snaps exist (70 snaps exist)
|
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6
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Mighty Kublia Khan
|
25’36”
|
- Tele-snaps exist (69 snaps exist)
|
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7
|
Assassin at Peking
|
24’48”
|
- Tele-snaps exist (80 snaps exist)
|
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The Reign of Terror
|
H
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6
|
4
|
The Tyrant of France
|
24’46”
|
- 8mm footage shot off a TV screen exists (~10”)
|
5
|
A Bargain of Necessity
|
23’51”
|
- 8mm footage shot off a TV screen exists (~11”)
|
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SEASON TWO – 39 EPISODES
/ 2 MISSING
|
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The Crusade
|
P
|
4
|
2
|
The Knight of Jaffa
|
23’28”
|
- Tele-snaps exist (72 snaps exist)
|
4
|
The War-Lords
|
23’40”
|
- Tele-snaps exist (67 snaps exist)
|
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SEASON THREE – 45
EPISODES / 28 MISSING
|
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Galaxy 4
|
T
|
4
|
1
|
Four Hundred Dawns
|
22’21”
|
- Extract exists (5’53”)
- 8mm footage shot off a TV screen exists (~10”)
|
2
|
Trap of Steel
|
24’51”
|
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4
|
The Exploding Planet
|
24’47”
|
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Mission to the Unknown
|
T/A
|
1
|
1
|
Mission to the Unknown
|
24’42”
|
|
The Myth Makers
|
U
|
4
|
1
|
Temple of Secrets
|
24’45”
|
- 8mm footage shot off a tv screen exists (~21”)
|
2
|
Small Prophet, Quick
Return
|
24’43”
|
- 8mm footage shot off a tv screen exists (~20”)
|
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3
|
Death of a Spy
|
25’39”
|
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4
|
Horse of Destruction
|
24’25”
|
- 8mm footage shot off a tv screen exists (~15”)
|
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The Daleks’ Master Plan
|
V
|
12
|
1
|
The Nightmare Begins
|
22’55”
|
- 35mm film inserts exist (1’43”)
|
3
|
Devil’s Planet
|
24’30”
|
- Extract exists (1’38”)
|
|||
4
|
The Traitors
|
24’42”
|
- Extract exists (58”)
|
|||
6
|
Coronas of the Sun
|
24’45”
|
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7
|
The Feast of Steven
|
24’36”
|
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8
|
Volcano
|
24’42”
|
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9
|
Golden Death
|
24’38”
|
||||
11
|
The Abandoned Planet
|
24’34”
|
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12
|
The Destruction of Time
|
23’31”
|
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The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
|
W
|
4
|
1
|
War of God
|
24’51”
|
|
2
|
The Sea Beggar
|
24’43”
|
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3
|
Priest of Death
|
24’33”
|
||||
4
|
Bell of Doom
|
25’06”
|
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The Celestial Toymaker
|
Y
|
4
|
1
|
The Celestial Toyroom
|
24’40”
|
|
2
|
The Hall of Dolls
|
24’45”
|
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3
|
The Dancing Floor
|
24’10”
|
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The Savages
|
AA
|
4
|
1
|
Episode 1
|
23’41”
|
- Tele-snaps exist (70 snaps exist)
|
2
|
Episode 2
|
23’57”
|
- Tele-snaps exist (65 snaps exist)
|
|||
3
|
Episode 3
|
24’59”
|
- 8mm footage shot off a tv screen exists (~8”)
- Tele-snaps exist (70 snaps exist)
|
|||
4
|
Episode 4
|
24’41”
|
- 8mm footage shot off a tv screen exists (~36”)
- Tele-snaps exist (73 snaps exist)
|
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SEASON FOUR – 43 EPISODES
/ 33 MISSING
|
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The Smugglers
|
CC
|
4
|
1
|
Episode 1
|
24'36"
|
- Extracts exist (23”)
- Tele-snaps exist (71 snaps exist)
|
2
|
Episode 2
|
24'27"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (67 snaps exist)
|
|||
3
|
Episode 3
|
23'55"
|
- Extracts exist (21”)
- Tele-snaps exist (71 snaps exist)
|
|||
4
|
Episode 4
|
23'37"
|
- Extract exists (3”)
- Tele-snaps exist (71 snaps exist)
|
|||
The Tenth Planet
|
DD
|
4
|
4
|
Episode 4
|
24'02"
|
- Extract exists (27”)
- 8mm footage shot off a tv screen exists (~51”)
- Tele-snaps exist (76 snaps exist)
|
The Power of the Daleks
|
EE
|
6
|
1
|
Episode One
|
25'43"
|
- Extracts exist (trailer) (19”)
- 8mm footage shot off a tv screen exists (~35”)
- Tele-snaps exist (70 snaps exist)
|
2
|
Episode Two
|
24'29"
|
- 8mm footage shot off a tv screen exists (~24”)
- Tele-snaps exist (69 snaps exist)
|
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3
|
Episode Three
|
23'31"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (67 snaps exist)
|
|||
4
|
Episode Four
|
24'23"
|
- Extracts exist (31”)
- Tele-snaps exist (68 snaps exist)
|
|||
5
|
Episode Five
|
23'38"
|
- Extracts exist (58”)
- Tele-snaps exist (66 snaps exist)
|
|||
6
|
Episode Six
|
23'46"
|
- Extract exists (6”)
- Tele-snaps exist (75 snaps exist)
|
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The Highlanders
|
FF
|
4
|
1
|
Episode 1
|
24'33"
|
- Extracts exist (13”)
- Tele-snaps exist (64 snaps exist)
|
2
|
Episode 2
|
23'41"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (71 snaps exist)
|
|||
3
|
Episode 3
|
22'54"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (71 snaps exist)
|
|||
4
|
Episode 4
|
24'19"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (69 snaps exist)
|
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The Underwater Menace
|
GG
|
4
|
1
|
Episode 1
|
24'18"
|
- Extract exists (14”)
- Tele-snaps exist (66 snaps exist)
|
4
|
Episode 4
|
23'20"
|
- Extract exists (3”)
- Tele-snaps exist (68 snaps exist)
|
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The Moonbase
|
HH
|
4
|
1
|
Episode 1
|
24'12"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (71 snaps exist)
|
3
|
Episode 3
|
26'11"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (78 snaps exist)
|
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The Macra Terror
|
JJ
|
4
|
1
|
Episode 1
|
22'58"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (62 snaps exist)
|
2
|
Episode 2
|
23'21"
|
- Extract exists (26”)
- Tele-snaps exist (64 snaps exist)
|
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3
|
Episode 3
|
23'23"
|
- Extract exists (2”)
- 8mm footage shot off a tv screen exists (~52”)
- Tele-snaps exist (64 snaps exist)
|
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4
|
Episode 4
|
24'41"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (57 snaps exist)
|
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The Faceless Ones
|
KK
|
6
|
2
|
Episode 2
|
25'22"
|
- 8mm footage shot off a tv screen exists (~3”)
- Tele-snaps exist (68 snaps exist)
|
4
|
Episode 4
|
24'48"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (64 snaps exist)
|
|||
5
|
Episode 5
|
23'34"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (63 snaps exist)
|
|||
6
|
Episode 6
|
23'08"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (61 snaps exist)
|
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The Evil of the Daleks
|
LL
|
7
|
1
|
Episode 1
|
24'07"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (63 snaps exist)
|
3
|
Episode 3
|
24'27"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (61 snaps exist)
|
|||
4
|
Episode 4
|
24'43"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (63 snaps exist)
|
|||
5
|
Episode 5
|
25'23"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (67 snaps exist)
|
|||
6
|
Episode 6
|
24'48"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (65 snaps exist)
|
|||
7
|
Episode 7
|
24'33"
|
- Extract exists (3”)
- Tele-snaps exist (64 snaps exist)
|
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SEASON FIVE – 40 EPISODES
/ 18 MISSING
|
||||||
The Abominable Snowmen
|
NN
|
6
|
1
|
Episode One
|
22'57"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (62 snaps exist)
|
3
|
Episode Three
|
23'55"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (60 snaps exist)
|
|||
4
|
Episode Four
|
24'15"
|
- Extracts exist (8”)
- Tele-snaps exist (63 snaps exist)
|
|||
5
|
Episode Five
|
23'51"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (63 snaps exist)
|
|||
6
|
Episode Six
|
23'31"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (59 snaps exist)
|
|||
The Ice Warriors
|
OO
|
6
|
2
|
Two
|
24'10"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (64 snaps exist)
|
3
|
Three
|
23'58"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (66 snaps exist)
|
|||
The Web of Fear
|
QQ
|
6
|
3
|
Episode 3
|
24'34"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (59 snaps exist)
|
Fury from the Deep
|
RR
|
6
|
1
|
Episode 1
|
24'54"
|
- Extract exists (19”)
- Tele-snaps exist (59 snaps exist)
|
2
|
Episode 2
|
23'08"
|
- Extract exists (54”)
- Tele-snaps exist (63 snaps exist)
|
|||
3
|
Episode 3
|
20'29"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (60 snaps exist)
|
|||
4
|
Episode 4
|
24'17"
|
- Extracts exist (31”)
- Tele-snaps exist (63 snaps exist)
|
|||
5
|
Episode 5
|
23'40"
|
- Extracts exist (31”)
- Tele-snaps exist (60 snaps exist)
|
|||
6
|
Episode 6
|
24'24"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (62 snaps exist)
|
|||
The Wheel in Space
|
SS
|
6
|
1
|
Episode 1
|
23'47"
|
- Extract exists (4”)
- Tele-snaps exist (60 snaps exist)
|
2
|
Episode 2
|
22'50"
|
- Tele-snaps exist (60 snaps exist)
|
|||
4
|
Episode 4
|
24'14"
|
- Extracts exist (4”)
- Tele-snaps exist (62 snaps exist)
|
|||
5
|
Episode 5
|
21'55"
|
- Extracts exist (7”)
- Tele-snaps exist (62 snaps exist)
|
|||
SEASON SIX – 44 EPISODES
/ 7 MISSING
|
||||||
The Invasion
|
VV
|
8
|
1
|
Episode One
|
24'32"
|
|
4
|
Episode Four
|
24'18"
|
||||
The Space Pirates
|
YY
|
6
|
1
|
Episode One
|
24'11"
|
- 35mm film inserts exist (1’05”)
|
3
|
Episode Three
|
23'50"
|
||||
4
|
Episode Four
|
22'25"
|
||||
5
|
Episode Five
|
24'44"
|
||||
6
|
Episode Six
|
23'26"
|
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INCOMPLETE
EXISTING EPISODES
Either by
way of the censor's knife, an edit decision or simple damage to a surviving
film print, many episodes exist as incomplete versions. Below is a list of
episodes that have footage missing, and why. Two episodes are not included on
this list; a few frames are missing from
the opening titles and end credits of The Evil of the Daleks 2, and the ‘Next Episode’
caption at the end of The Celestial
Toymaker 4 was missing. Being only part of the titles and credits, these
were
recreated for the DVD release and thus I consider the search for a replacement
episode solely based on these missing segments a moot point.
TITLE
|
CODE
|
NO. OF EPS
|
EP#
|
ON-SCREEN TITLE
|
DURATION
|
WHAT IS MISSING
|
SEASON ONE
|
||||||
The Keys of Marinus
|
E
|
6
|
2
|
The Velvet Web
|
25’37”
|
In
contrast to an episode found to be edited by the censor, the cuts appear to
be present on the master, either by damage or physical editing of the tape.
Five edits, a total of seven seconds missing.
|
4
|
The Snows of terror
|
24’54”
|
In
contrast to an episode found to be edited by the censor, the cuts appear to
be present on the master, either by damage or physical editing of the tape.
Three edits, a total of ten seconds missing.
|
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SEASON TWO
|
||||||
The Time Meddler
|
S
|
4
|
4
|
Checkmate
|
24’00”
|
12
seconds are missing due to the censor’s knife, depicting Saxons stabbing two
Vikings with their swords.
|
SEASON THREE
|
||||||
Galaxy 4
|
T
|
4
|
3
|
Air Lock
|
24’19”
|
The
last 27 seconds + closing credits are missing. The Restoration Team attempted to rebuild this missing material with existing footage.
|
The War Machines
|
BB
|
4
|
3
|
Episode 3
|
23’58”
|
Due to
the censor, almost a minute is missing. Much of this was recreated for the
DVD release.
|
4
|
Episode 4
|
23’11”
|
Due to
the censor, a few seconds are missing. Much of this was recreated for the DVD
release.
|
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SEASON FOUR
|
||||||
The Underwater Menace
|
GG
|
4
|
2
|
Episode 2
|
25’00”
|
20
seconds of censored footage was missing but was found independently of it's 2011 discovery, and was cut back into
the episode. Damage in one section of the surviving print renders one line of
dialogue missing; the Restoration Team attempted to cover the damage.
|
The Faceless Ones
|
KK
|
6
|
3
|
Episode 3
|
24’09”
|
The
print was returned to the BBC in a bad way, due to being played on an
improperly maintained projector and other factors. A total of 20 seconds is
missing. Much of this was recreated for the DVD release.
|
SEASON FIVE
|
||||||
The Abominable Snowmen
|
NN
|
6
|
2
|
Episode 2
|
23’15”
|
The
audio from one line of dialogue spoken by the Doctor is missing (parts in red
are absent): "You were right about one thing
Victoria - this creature certainly doesn't seem to be flesh and blood!"
As this appears on the surviving print and all known off-air audio recordings
it was likely an error on the master tape and was broadcast as such. Because
of this, it is unlikely a complete version of this episode will ever be
found. This line was rebuilt by Mark Ayres for the DVD release, using
dialogue from other Patrick Troughton episodes.
|
SUPPRESSED
FIELD RECORDINGS
For the first two seasons of Doctor Who, the BBC sent the 16mm film
recordings to overseas TV stations using a format known as Suppressed Field.
Suppressed Field recordings allow the interlaced field structure of television
to be recorded onto the progressive structure of film. Suppressed Field
recordings essentially skipped over the second field line, but this had one
major drawback; one field represents one line of resolution, and thus if it is
removed then the overall picture resolution is halved. In 1965 the BBC began to
roll out Stored Field recordings, possibly with the season three opener, Galaxy
4, as the first story, and back dated all their overseas sales with Stored
Field recordings, which could explain why no master tape was wiped prior to
1966; the BBC were working on a way to perfect their film recording techniques
before the master tapes were junked. This new technique allowed both fields to
be captured and thus the original video resolution remained intact.
A Suppressed Field recording contained only 188 lines of resolution, compared to the original resolution of the episodes:
An Unearthly Child 1 - The Ice Warriors: 377 lines of resolution (Suppressed Field recordings are known to have been made up until at least The Chase)
A Suppressed Field recording contained only 188 lines of resolution, compared to the original resolution of the episodes:
An Unearthly Child 1 - The Ice Warriors: 377 lines of resolution (Suppressed Field recordings are known to have been made up until at least The Chase)
The Enemy of the World - The War Games 10 (plus The Power of the Daleks 6): 576 lines of resolution (Suppressed Field recordings had been phased out by this time)
Compared to today's resolutions; High Definition televisions run at 1080
lines of resolution, while Peter Jackson's The Hobbit was shot at 5K,
which is 2700 lines of resolution!
The following is a list of recovered episodes that exist as Suppressed Field-only recordings that I’m aware of.
The following is a list of recovered episodes that exist as Suppressed Field-only recordings that I’m aware of.
TITLE
|
CODE
|
# OF EPS
|
EP#
|
ON-SCREEN TITLE
|
DURATION
|
ORIGIN
|
IMPORTANCE
|
SEASON ONE
|
|||||||
The Daleks
|
B
|
7
|
5
|
The Expedition
|
24’31”
|
Found at Ents c.1978
|
Stored Field negative exists but negative damaged
|
Returned by Francis
Watson c. 2004
|
Stored Field negative exists but negative damaged
|
||||||
7
|
The Rescue
|
22’24”
|
Found at Ents c.1978
|
Only known copy of episode in existence
|
|||
The Edge of Destruction
|
C
|
2
|
2
|
The Brink of Disaster
|
22’11”
|
Found at Ents c.1978
|
Last 5 minutes only, rest of print Stored Field. Only known copy of
episode in existence
|
The Reign of Terror
|
H
|
6
|
1
|
The Land of Fear
|
24’24”
|
CBC in Cyprus
|
One of two known copies in existence
|
Sold on
eBay March 2012
|
One of two known copies in existence
|
||||||
2
|
Guests of Madame
Guillotine
|
24’04”
|
CBC in Cyprus
|
Only known copy of episode in existence
|
|||
SEASON TWO
|
|||||||
The Crusade
|
P
|
4
|
1
|
The Lion
|
24’56”
|
NZBC in New Zealand
|
Only known copy of episode in existence
|
