BBC Worldwide officially confirmed tonight that that nine recordings from the 1960s featuring missing episodes of Doctor Who have been recovered in Nigeria.

All the newly-found episodes will be available to download exclusively from iTunes on Friday 11 October and ‘The Enemy of the World’ will also be released on DVD on Monday 22 November.

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‘The Enemy of the World’ originally aired as part of the fifth season from 23 December 1967 to 27 January 1968 and starred Patrick Troughton in a dual role as the Second Doctor and Salamander, alongside Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling as companions Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield.

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