On 3 October 2025, the film preservation initiative known as Film is Fabulous! announced that they are registered as a charitable trust. Among FiF’s comments on the post was encouraging news that they are aware of several episodes of Doctor Who that are missing from the archive existing in private collections and that there might be an announcement soon.

Film is Fabulous! began a with the belief that there were many aging film collectors with large collections. The recipients of their estates don’t often know what to do with the collections so FiF came up with a voluntary catalogue for collectors. Film is Fabulous! is now part of De Montfort University in Leicester where, under the supervision of Professor Justin Smith, they catalogue the collections and arrange for them to be stored under the proper conditions — in the hope that they will eventually be returned to the rights owner.

Film is Fabulous! spokesman Mark Stuckey was interviewed in Doctor Who Magazine 623 where he continued to be optimistic on the subject of missing Doctor Who episodes but urged patience.

“We believe that TV shows are made to entertain and be seen. We want them to be seen. But to do that we need to look at the film and look after the film, and this can take time. Remember it has been years since the last discoveries of missing Who came to light. We need to do this correctly for all concerned and a few months more is not going to hurt anybody. But I feel, timeline-wise, we will have a very exciting announcement to make in a matter of what could be weeks, rather than months. Rest assured, we’re doing all we can to ensure that these finds will get into the public domain as quickly as possible, so that we can all sit down and enjoy what we thought we had lost forever.”

Stuckey elaborated on the need for patience.

“It can be a long process from discovery to actually being able to show these films, whether it’s a missing Doctor Who episode or something else entirely. First you need to identify the film. Then you need to check the film throughout to see if there is any damage.”

More concerning are threats made to the charitable preservationist organisation.

“All of this does take time and sadly, this can lead to some issues, where we have received death threats and threats of violence.”

With the need for patience noted, expectant fans can’t help hoping that there might be some good news on the 62nd anniversary of the airing of the first episode Doctor Who, An Unearthly Child on 23 November.