Missing episodes of Doctor Who from 1960s found gathering dust in a cupboard in Nigeria

The nine missing episodes were discovered in a TV station store room

Die-hard science fiction fans will be delighted at the unusual find

Two story arcs on canisters -The Enemy Of The World and The Web Of Fear

There are said to be dozens of missing episodes dating back to the 1960s

Nine long-lost episodes of Doctor Who, which have not been seen since the 1960s, have been recovered after they were tracked down gathering dust in a store room in Nigeria.

The discovery will cause much excitement for devotees of the long-running series, for which there are dozens of missing episodes dating back to its early years 

The previously lost nine shows were among 11 traced to a television relay station and the find brings back to life an entire six-episode story, while another is almost complete.