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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, | + | * The NZ films may have been subsequently earmarked for [[Zambia]]; ZTV had got as far as screening [[The Macra Terror]] by July 1970. BBC sales paperwork indicates that The Faceless Ones was sold to Zambia by March 1970, the same date as for the other season four serials. Were the prints that had been originally supplied to Zambia lost, or perhaps damaged in transit? And were replacements therefore hurriedly sourced from New Zealand only for that set to also go astray, forcing ZTV to end the run early? Or was it simply a matter of the films not arriving in time for them to be played at the end of the run, so rather than screening the serial on its own at a later date, ZTV put it "on the shelf" where it sat for '''three years''', and they aired it with the next batch of episodes they received 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 09:48, 29 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. BBC sales paperwork indicates that The Faceless Ones was sold to Zambia by March 1970, the same date as for the other season four serials. Were the prints that had been originally supplied to Zambia lost, or perhaps damaged in transit? And were replacements therefore hurriedly sourced from New Zealand only for that set to also go astray, forcing ZTV to end the run early? Or was it simply a matter of the films not arriving in time for them to be played at the end of the run, so rather than screening the serial on its own at a later date, ZTV put it "on the shelf" where it sat for three years, and they aired it with the next batch of episodes they received 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.
