The BBC has confirmed that the two recently-discovered episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan, the 1965 Doctor Who adventure, will be made available for UK viewers on BBC iPlayer on Good Friday.

It was revealed on 13th March 2026 that The Nightmare Begins and Devil’s Planet had been found by Film is Fabulous!, a charitable trust run by film collectors, cinema lovers, and vintage television enthusiasts. The discovery was made in an “eclectic” collection left to the trust for preservation by a deceased collector. These are, respectively, the first and third episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan. The second episode, Day of Armageddon, was found in 2004. Episodes five and ten — Counter Plot and Escape Switch — also exist in the archives and can be watched on iPlayer in the Whoniverse section.

The original 16mm telerecordings have been restored for release on the streaming service. No further details about streaming in foreign territories, or about potential physical releases, have been announced.

Justin Smith, chair of trustees at Film is Fabulous!, said:

“We travel all over the country to recover film collections from private hands.

“A lot of the films had suffered water damage and the cans had corroded.

“These are gems in what was an eclectic and ramshackle collection, a lot of which hadn’t been looked after as well as the Doctor Who had.

“The collector did recognise what he had, but how he acquired them has been lost to time.”

Written by Terry Nation, the serial stars William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Peter Purves as Steven Taylor, Adrienne Hill as Katarina, Nicholas Courtney as Bret Vyon, and Kevin Stoney as Mavic Chen.

Viewers will be able to watch the two episodes on BBC iPlayer in the UK from 6am on 3rd April 2026 (Good Friday).

Happy Easter indeed!