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More commonly known as the '''BBC Archives''', the Film and Videotape Library was an entity created in the late [[1970s]] in response to the realization that a large amount of early television material was now missing. ''[[Doctor Who]]'' was just one of many series to have episodes missing from the [[BBC]], others including ''[[Wikipedia:Dad's Army]]'' and ''[[Out of the Unknown]]''.


More commonly known as the BBC Archives, the Film and Videotape Library was an entity created in the late 1970s in response to the realization that a large amount of early television material was now missing. [[Doctor Who]] was just one of many series to have episodes missing from the [[BBC]], others including [[Dad's Army]] and [[Out of the Unknown]].
An early omission from the run of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episodes was ''The Feast of Steven'', (Episode 7 of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' which, while recorded on 405 videotape like every other [[William Hartnell]] episode, was erased a short time after being made and was not telerecorded like the other episodes of the series because, due to its seasonal nature, it did fit well into continuity.  


An early omission from the run of [[Doctor Who]] episodes would be '''The Feast of Steven''' (Episode 7 of [[The Daleks' Master Plan]] which, while recorded on 405 videotape like every other [[William Hartnell]] episode, was erased a short time after being made and was not telerecorded like the other episodes of the series ([[The Daleks' Master Plan]] was offered for sale overseas as an eleven-part story).
==See also==
 
* [[Missing episodes]]
For further information on missing episodes see: [[Missing episodes]]
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More commonly known as the BBC Archives, the Film and Videotape Library was an entity created in the late 1970s in response to the realization that a large amount of early television material was now missing. Doctor Who was just one of many series to have episodes missing from the BBC, others including Wikipedia:Dad's Army and Out of the Unknown.

An early omission from the run of Doctor Who episodes was The Feast of Steven, (Episode 7 of The Daleks' Master Plan which, while recorded on 405 videotape like every other William Hartnell episode, was erased a short time after being made and was not telerecorded like the other episodes of the series because, due to its seasonal nature, it did fit well into continuity.

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