The Claws of Axos
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Jump to navigationJump to search| Story Code: GGG / Season 8 | UK Airdate: 13 Mar to 3 Apr 1971 | Doctor: Jon Pertwee |
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This story aired in the following known countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. If no month is noted, the actual airdate is not confirmed, and is a close approximate. (Refer also to Selling Doctor Who for expanded airdates.)
| United States | Oct 72 | NTSC |
| Australia | Dec 72 | b/w |
| Hong Kong | Mar 73 | b/w |
| Singapore | May 73 | b/w |
| Gibraltar | Jan 74 | b/w |
| Guam | Mar 74 | NTSC |
| Philippines | 76 | NTSC |
| Canada | Oct 76 | NTSC |
| Saudi Arabia | Oct 77 | b/w |
| Bangladesh | Dec 80? | b/w |
- The story may have been dubbed into Arabic.
- It was not sold anywhere in its original PAL colour format. The PAL tapes of eps 2 and 3 had been wiped by 1973.
- For Whose Doctor Who (broadcast on 3 April 1977) a black and white clip was used from The Claws of Axos as that format was the best copy available at the time.
- The NTSC tapes sent to Canada were recovered by April 1981.
Reissue
Listing from San Jose's KTEH Channel 54 magazine, covering 23 June 1984
- The story was later reissued to the United States in 1983, as part of a package of 14 full colour Jon Pertwee stories.
- It was released again in early 1985 as part of a package of all 24 Jon Pertwee stories, and sold to: the United States, as a NTSC to PAL conversion to Australia (in April 1986, for the first time in colour), and later again to Canada.
- It also screened for the first time in:
| New Zealand | Sep 85 | N/PC |
| Ireland | Feb 00 | PAL |
US TV Guide descriptions (1970s Pertwees)
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Title: The Claws of Axos
- Episode 1: Beware of humanoids bearing gifts.
- Episode 2: Unearthly humanoids have an unpleasant surprise for Dr. Who
- Episode 3: A search and destroy mission for Dr. Who and the Master.
- Episode 4: Dr. Who gambles with death when he taxis Axos into a time loop.
US TV Guide descriptions
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Title: The Claws of Axos
- Episode 1: An alien spaceship with a crew of statue-like humanoids lands on Earth.
- Episode 2: The Doctor discoveres that the spaceship is actually a living creature.
- Episode 3: The menacing axonite is quickly distributed around the world.
- Episode 4: Dr. Who gambles with death when he taxis Axos into a time loop.
- Compilation: An alien spaceship wth a crew of seemingly friendly, statue-like humanoids lands on Earth.
