Airdates in the UK (BBC repeats) - Revision history

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    <td>[[The Sea Devils]]</td>
    <td>Also available on '''BBC iPlayer''', compilation edited down to 90'00" with updated sound design and music as a lead-in to parts 1 and 2 of '''The War Between the Land and the Sea''', a new spin-off featuring the Sea Devils, commencing later that evening</td>
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    <td>Also available on '''BBC iPlayer''', compilation edited down to 72'57" with new visual effects and a framing narrative featuring the 15th Doctor and his companion, Ruby Sunday; this aired as one of the '''Tales of the TARDIS''' specials (full duration 76'19") as a tie-in to the return of Sutekh in the latest series</td>
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    <td>[[The War Games]]</td>
    <td>Colourised compilation with new visual effects, music and linking material; total running time 89'58". It was also released on DVD and Blu-ray</td>
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    <td>BBC4</td>
    <td>[[The Daleks]]</td>
-   <td>Colourised compilation edited down to 75 minutes to celebrate the series' 60th anniversary. It was also released on DVD and Blu-ray</td>
+   <td>Colourised compilation edited down to 75 minutes with new visual effects, dialogue and music, celebrated the series' 60th anniversary. It was also released on DVD and Blu-ray</td>
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    <td>BBC4</td>
    <td>[[The War Games]]</td>
-   <td>Colourised compilation with new visual effects and bridging material; total running time 89'58". It was also released on DVD and Blu-ray</td>
+   <td>Colourised compilation with new visual effects, music and linking material; total running time 89'58". It was also released on DVD and Blu-ray</td>
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    <td nowrap='nowrap'><b>20 Jun 2024</b></td>
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    <td>[[Pyramids of Mars]]</td>
    <td>Also available on '''BBC iPlayer''', compilation edited down to 72'57" with new visual effects and a framing narrative featuring the 15th Doctor and his companion, Ruby Sunday; this aired as one of the '''Tales of the TARDIS''' specials (full duration 76'19") as a tie-in to the return of Sutekh in the latest series</td>
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    <td>BBC4</td>
    <td>[[Pyramids of Mars]]</td>
-   <td>Also available on '''BBC iPlayer''', this edited down compilation with new visual effects and a framing narrative with the 15th Doctor and his companion, Ruby Sunday (full duration 60'16"), aired as one of the '''Tales of the TARDIS''' specials as a tie-in with the return of Sutekh in the latest series</td>
+   <td>Also available on '''BBC iPlayer''', compilation edited down to 72'57" with new visual effects and a framing narrative featuring the 15th Doctor and his companion, Ruby Sunday; this aired as one of the '''Tales of the TARDIS''' specials (full duration 76'19") as a tie-in to the return of Sutekh in the latest series</td>
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    <td rowspan=2>Selected as a repeat because BBC4 wanted to show a story that had previously been aired around Christmas - in this case January 1977!
-This was the final "free" repeat on a BBC terrestrial channel. From '''5 November 2015''' to '''1 November 2017''', the only BBC-owned platform showing any classic episodes was the 'pay-to-view' [[BBC Store]]...
+This was the final "free" repeat on a BBC terrestrial channel for some time. From '''5 November 2015''' to '''1 November 2017''', the only BBC-owned platform showing any classic episodes was the 'pay-to-view' [[BBC Store]]. However, in early '''2024''' all the classic episodes (albeit some in modified form with new visual effects) were available for "free" within the UK only on '''BBC iPlayer'''
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    <td>[[The Daleks]]</td>
    <td>Colourised compilation edited down to 75 minutes to celebrate the series' 60th anniversary. It was also released on DVD and Blu-ray</td>
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    <td>BBC1</td>
    <td>[[The Daemons]]</td>
-   <td>5-parter edited down to 89'05"  -  Aired 4 days before [[Day of the Daleks]] part 1</td>
+   <td>5-parter edited down to 89'05" ; on screen title caption altered to '''Doctor Who and the Daemons'''. Aired 4 days before [[Day of the Daleks]] part 1</td>
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