The finding of the two missing episodes was announced by the Film is Fabulous team. They were in the collection of someone who has recently died, and who is said to have mostly collected transport material - dealing with trains and canals. His family wished the collection catalogued and preserved. Some films were water damaged, but the collector seems to have looked after The Nightmare Begins and Devil's Planet.
How they came into his possession, no-one knows.
We already have the second episode of The Daleks' Master Plan, so these now give us the whole first quarter of the story.
As well as having more Daleks material, and more of William Hartnell's performance as the original Doctor, these episodes are significant for being among the very few to feature companion Katarina, as played by Adrienne Hill. She joins Peter Purves as Steven. The Nightmare Begins also provides us with the very first appearance by Nicholas Courtney in the series, as he plays space security agent Bret Vyon throughout.
We can also look forward to more of Kevin Stoney as Mavic Chen, and the alien Planetarians.
Devil's Planet, meanwhile, introduces the criminal inhabitants of Desperus, including Kirksen.
If you're familiar with the soundtrack then there'll be a lot of sequences to look forward to actually seeing, be they the Doctor's magnetic chair in action, the Dalek spaceport or the execution of Zephon.
What will the Screamers look like, if they are seen at all, and are there any spaceship model shots other than at the spaceport?
With five episodes now in the archive, it would be nice to see this story animated for completion and released, as Season 3 is likely to be the last to be added to The Collection due to the amount of missing material and absence of telesnaps.
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