In 2013, an archivist traced BBC overseas shipment records to a Nigerian television relay station; he found 11 Doctor Who film recordings, including nine episodes still missing in Britain

In the early days of British television, many shows were thoughtlessly discarded and erased. However, Philip Morris, a dedicated specialist, undertook the quest to recover lost Doctor Who episodes. Remarkably, he discovered eleven canisters of unseen adventures in Nigeria, with nine episodes returning to British audiences after nearly fifty years in obscurity. This remarkable recovery notably decreased the count of missing episodes.
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