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* The films were examined by the [[New Zealand]] censors in August 1969, but given a "Y" rating. The episodes did not air. The films were sent to London on '''3 July 1970'''. | * The films were examined by the [[New Zealand]] censors in August 1969, but given a "Y" rating. The episodes did not air. The films were sent to London on '''3 July 1970'''. | ||
| − | * The NZ films may have been subsequently earmarked for [[Zambia]]; ZTV had got as far as screening [[The Macra Terror]] by July 1970, and so it's possible the films simply didn't arrive in time for them to play at the end of the run, so rather than screening the serial on its own months later, ZTV put it "on the shelf" where it sat for '''three years''', and they aired it with the next batch of | + | * The NZ films may have been subsequently earmarked for [[Zambia]]; ZTV had got as far as screening [[The Macra Terror]] by July 1970, and so it's possible the films simply didn't arrive in time for them to play at the end of the run, so rather than screening the serial on its own months later, ZTV put it "on the shelf" where it sat for '''three years''', and they aired it with the next batch of episodes in 1973: see [[The Abominable Snowmen]]... |
* The ABC in [[Australia]] returned its prints to the BBC on [http://missingepisodes.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=who&action=display&thread=7782&page=14#198 4 June 1975]... however: | * The ABC in [[Australia]] returned its prints to the BBC on [http://missingepisodes.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=who&action=display&thread=7782&page=14#198 4 June 1975]... however: | ||
* Although the story is recorded as having been sent to the BBC in 1975, a print of part one still bearing the censor edits was found in the possession of an Australian film collector a few years later. So, it either got, er, "found" before it was returned to London, this was a second print, or it ''was'' returned to the UK, only to somehow find its way back to Australia... | * Although the story is recorded as having been sent to the BBC in 1975, a print of part one still bearing the censor edits was found in the possession of an Australian film collector a few years later. So, it either got, er, "found" before it was returned to London, this was a second print, or it ''was'' returned to the UK, only to somehow find its way back to Australia... | ||
Revision as of 05:52, 1 July 2013
| Story Code: KK / Season 4 | UK Airdate: 8 Apr to 13 May 1967 | Doctor: Patrick Troughton |
| First airings by location | UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite | Previous Story / Next Story |
This story aired in the following five countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. (Refer also to Selling Doctor Who for expanded airdates.)
| Australia | Dec 67 | b/w |
| Uganda | Jan 69 | b/w |
| Singapore | Jun 69 | b/w |
| Hong Kong | Jun 69 | b/w |
| New Zealand | did not air | |
| Zambia | Jun 73 | b/w |
- The films were examined by the New Zealand censors in August 1969, but given a "Y" rating. The episodes did not air. The films were sent to London on 3 July 1970.
- The NZ films may have been subsequently earmarked for Zambia; ZTV had got as far as screening The Macra Terror by July 1970, and so it's possible the films simply didn't arrive in time for them to play at the end of the run, so rather than screening the serial on its own months later, ZTV put it "on the shelf" where it sat for three years, and they aired it with the next batch of episodes in 1973: see The Abominable Snowmen...
- The ABC in Australia returned its prints to the BBC on 4 June 1975... however:
- Although the story is recorded as having been sent to the BBC in 1975, a print of part one still bearing the censor edits was found in the possession of an Australian film collector a few years later. So, it either got, er, "found" before it was returned to London, this was a second print, or it was returned to the UK, only to somehow find its way back to Australia...
- See also the Troughton Junkings page.
