Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast - Special Edition - Neil Lambess

Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast - Special Edition - Neil Lambess

From Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast by Tim

June 8, 2026 · 1h 23m · Episode 27

About this episode

Tim interviews Neil Lambess about his experiences with missing episodes of Doctor Who and his notable discovery of The Lion.

Support us on Patreon 👉https://www.patreon.com/missingepisodes 🙌 Tip us on https://ko-fi.com/missingeps Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/drwhopodcasters It’s another special edition of the Doctor Who Missing Episodes Podcast. This time, Tim is joined by New Zealand missing episode hunter, Neil Lambess. Neil famously found The Lion in 1999 and returned it, alongside Paul Scoones. We interviewed Paul in our third episode and so I was delighted to get the other half of the tale, first hand. Aside from that magnificent discovery, Neil has many memories of watching now missing episodes on transmission in New Zealand which he was happy to share. Neil also has a memory of being shown episodes of The Macra Terror, projected at his school in 1974. How did this come about and crucially, what became of those 16mm films? Could they still be lurking in New Zealand, or do Macra really not exist? Our Executive Producers are Bedwyr Gullidge, Rich Tipple and Anthony Wainer. Cover art by Rhys Williams. Thanks, Rhys! Become a patron and get early access to forthcoming episodes and a whole host of treats, while helping cover our fees and keeping me in bicuits…

People in this episode

Host: Tim

Guest: Neil Lambess

Topics covered

  • Doctor Who
  • missing episodes
  • interviews
  • New Zealand
  • television history

Keywords

  • Doctor Who
  • missing episodes
  • Neil Lambess
  • The Lion
  • The Macra Terror
  • New Zealand
  • television history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Twitter

Books & works: The Lion, The Macra Terror

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