lost episode
Unaired TV segment
A lost episode is a television or radio episode that no longer exists in complete form—destroyed, erased, or simply never preserved.
Before home video and digital archiving, networks routinely wiped tapes for reuse: Several early Doctor Who episodes are lost.
The term also applies to episodes rumored to exist but never confirmed, sometimes spawning internet creepypastas about supposedly cursed or disturbing content that was deliberately suppressed.
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- foundDiscovered or established
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- unairedNever publicly broadcast
- bannedOfficially disallowed
footage · tape · rumor · deep web · haunted · bootleg · VHS · mystery · recovered · deleted · censored · pilot · archive · broadcast · dead air · urban legend · fan theory · cursed
- TV Episodespremiere, finale, season finale, series finale, mid-season finale
- unreleaseddraft, prototype, beta, alpha, leak