The black-and-white shows were first broadcast in 1965, and will be available to watch next month on BBC iPlayer
Two lost episodes of Doctor Who unseen since airing in the 1960s have been discovered in a cardboard box belonging to a deceased film aficionado.
The film cans, which were wrapped in plastic bags, have now been regenerated by BBC archivists and will be available next month on iPlayer.
The episodes feature the first incarnation of the Time Lord, played by William Hartnell, tackling a Dalek plan to take over Earth, the solar system and the galaxy in a storyline only ever shown in the UK.
The first, titled The Nightmare Begins, was part of the third series and was originally aired in November 1965. The second recovered episode, Devil’s Planet, was broadcast two weeks later.
