Lost in Time (DVD box set)

Doctor Who: Lost in Time was the title of the BBC DVD box set released in 2004, a release prompted by the recovery in January 2004 of the previously missing second episode, "Day of Armageddon" from The Daleks' Master Plan. It was a three-DVD set that compiled all eighteen orphaned episodes (episodes that made up half or less of a story) from the William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton eras.

Except when the source material was too degraded to make it possible, most episodes were remastered using the VidFIRE process to restore the original videotape look.

Released:

• Region 2 1 November 2004

PAL - BBC DVD BBCDVD1353

• Region 4 2 December 2004; re-released 1 July 2010
• Region 1 2 November 2004

NTSC - Warner Video E2081 (Hartnell single disc) / E2082 (Troughton 2 disc set) / E2083 (Box set)

The Hartnell and Troughton discs have also been made available separately in Region 1.

Contents

Disc 1 (William Hartnell)

• The Crusade: "The Lion"
• The Crusade: "The Knight of Jaffa" (audio only)
• The Crusade: "The Wheel of Fortune"
• The Crusade: "The Warlords" (audio only)
• The Daleks' Master Plan: "Day of Armageddon"
• The Daleks' Master Plan: "Counter Plot"
• The Daleks' Master Plan: "Escape Switch"
• The Celestial Toymaker: "The Final Test"
• Introduction to The Crusade Episodes 1 & 3 by William Russell (in character as Ian Chesterton) from the BBC Video release
• Surviving clips from The Daleks' Master Plan, The Smugglers, and The Tenth Planet
• Film footage of The Smugglers on location
• 8mm off-screen footage
• Easter egg: "The Wheel Of Fortune" countdown slate (Select the Doctor Who logo when the circles stop spinning around William Hartnell's head on the main menu).
• Commentary (moderated by Gary Russell): Julian Glover ("The Wheel of Fortune"), Peter Purves, Kevin Stoney, and Raymond Cusick ("Day of Armageddon")

Rear Credits:

• Starring: William Hartnell with William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, Adrienne Hill, Peter Purves and Jackie Lane
• Written by: David Whitaker The Crusade, Terry Nation and Dennis Spooner (The Daleks' Master Plan), Brian Hayles (The Celestial Toymaker)
• Produced by: Verity Lambert, John Wiles, Innes Lloyd
• Directed by: Douglas Camfield (The Crusade, The Daleks' Master Plan), Bill Sellars (The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker)
• Incidental Music Composed by: Dudley Simpson, Tristram Cary

Disc 2 (Patrick Troughton, Season 4)

• The Underwater Menace: Episode 3
• The Moonbase: Episodes 2 & 4
• The Moonbase: Episodes 1 & 3 (audio only)
• The Faceless Ones: Episodes 1 & 3
• The Evil of the Daleks: Episode 2
• Surviving clips from The Power of the Daleks, The Highlanders, The Underwater Menace, and The Macra Terror
• BBC 1 trailer for The Power of the Daleks
• The Last Dalek - Behind the scenes on The Evil of the Daleks
• 8mm off-screen footage
• Easter egg: The introduction to The Underwater Menace from the Ice Warriors VHS, and The Missing Years documentary (select the Doctor Who logo when the circles stop spinning around Patrick Troughton's head on the main menu)
• Audio Commentary (moderated by Gary Russell): Deborah Watling (The Evil of the Daleks Episode 2)

Disc 3 (Patrick Troughton, Season 5 and 6)

• The Abominable Snowmen: Episode 2
• The Enemy of the World: Episode 3
• The Web of Fear: Episode 1
• The Wheel in Space: Episodes 3 & 6
• The Space Pirates: Episode 2
• Surviving clips from The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear, Fury from the Deep, The Wheel in Space, and The Space Pirates
• Film footage of The Abominable Snowmen on location
• The Missing Years Documentary. This is a 1998 production hosted by Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling. For the DVD release an addendum from 2004 chronicling the recovery of additional episodes is added. The DVD packaging states a running time of 50 minutes, but in fact it only runs 37 (including addendum).
• Audio Commentary (moderated by Gary Russell): Deborah Watling (The Abominable Snowmen Episode 2, and The Web of Fear Episode 1), Derrick Sherwin (The Web of Fear Episode 1 and The Wheel in Space Episode 6), Tristan de Vere Cole (The Wheel in Space Episode 6)

Rear Credits (for Disc 2 & 3):

• Starring: Patrick Troughton with Anneke Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling and Wendy Padbury
• Written by: Geoffrey Orme (The Underwater Menace), Kit Pedler (The Moonbase), David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke (The Faceless Ones), David Whitaker (The Evil of the Daleks, The Enemy of the World), Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln (The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear); David Whitaker and Kit Pedler (The Wheel in Space), Robert Holmes (The Space Pirates)
• Directed by: Julia Smith (The Underwater Menace), Morris Barry (The Moonbase), Gerry Mill (The Faceless Ones), Derek Martinus (The Evil of the Daleks), Gerald Blake (The Abominable Snowmen), Barry Letts (The Enemy of the World), Douglas Camfield (The Web of Fear), Tristan de Vere Cole (The Wheel in Space), Michael Hart (The Space Pirates)
• Produced by: Innes Lloyd, Peter Bryant
• Incidental Music Composed by: Dudley Simpson, Brian Hodgson

Behind the scenes

Since Lost in Time was released, a total of ten previously missing 1960s Doctor Who episodes have been recovered: The Underwater Menace episode two in December 2011; and The Enemy of the World episodes one, two, four, five and six (along with a second copy of the already existing episode three) and The Web of Fear episodes two, four, five and six in October 2013.