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This story aired in the following countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. (Refer also to [[Selling Doctor Who]] for expanded airdates.) | This story aired in the following countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. (Refer also to [[Selling Doctor Who]] for expanded airdates.) | ||
− | + | [[File:FInalTestABC67.JPG|right|thumb|375px|The episode later found in Australia in 1984; Melbourne Age, 12 January 1967]] | |
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* [[New Zealand]] sent its film prints of this serial to [[Singapore]] on '''20 September 1972'''. The sale to Singapore was actually "back-catalogue", as they had already started screening [[Jon Pertwee stories]] by this time. | * [[New Zealand]] sent its film prints of this serial to [[Singapore]] on '''20 September 1972'''. The sale to Singapore was actually "back-catalogue", as they had already started screening [[Jon Pertwee stories]] by this time. | ||
− | * A print of episode four was found in the ABC's film | + | *[[Sierra Leone]] sent its prints back to the BBC in 1974. |
− | + | * A print of episode four - "The Final Test" - was found in the ABC's film library in early 1984, and was returned to the BBC on 13 February. <!-- DE--> The print was missing the "NEXT EPISODE: A HOLIDAY FOR THE DOCTOR" caption. This was because the ABC often chopped out the "NEXT EPISODE" captions from the final episodes because they would sometimes screen serials out of sequence during subsequent repeat runs. | |
− | **Note: Since [[New Zealand]] was the only country to screen [[The Celestial Toymaker]] and [[The Savages]], but '''not''' [[The Gunfighters]], it is logical to think that the excision of the NEXT EPISODE caption could have been done in New Zealand. The NZ prints of the serial were sent to Singapore in September 1972 - so how then did part four end up in the ABC film store? Did Singapore return the print to the ABC in error? Was it intended for the offices of [[BBC Sydney]]...? But probably not - see [[Australia]] for more about the origin of that print... | + | <!--***Note: Since [[New Zealand]] was the only country to screen [[The Celestial Toymaker]] and [[The Savages]], but '''not''' [[The Gunfighters]], it is logical to think that the excision of the NEXT EPISODE caption could have been done in New Zealand. The NZ prints of the serial were sent to Singapore in September 1972 - so how then did part four end up in the ABC film store? Did Singapore return the print to the ABC in error? Was it intended for the offices of [[BBC Sydney]]...? But probably not - see [[Australia]] for more about the origin of that print... |
− | **The New Zealand censors requested removal of Cyril's line "-- or you will be killed". The surviving print does not exhibit this censor cut. So, maybe this isn't the New Zealand / Singapore print after all! Or was the censor cut carefully spliced back in? Another censoring method adopted was to mask the relevant parts of the optical soundtrack with black tape, which meant the physical print need not be damaged by cutting and splicing. It's also possible that the offending line was not removed... | + | ***The New Zealand censors requested removal of Cyril's line "-- or you will be killed". The surviving print does not exhibit this censor cut. So, maybe this isn't the New Zealand / Singapore print after all! Or was the censor cut carefully spliced back in? Another censoring method adopted was to mask the relevant parts of the optical soundtrack with black tape, which meant the physical print need not be damaged by cutting and splicing. It's also possible that the offending line was not removed... |
− | + | Or it could have been that the person who had "borrowed" the print from then returned it to the ABC had chopped off the credit?--> | |
* See also [[Hartnell Junkings]] | * See also [[Hartnell Junkings]] |
Latest revision as of 02:25, 13 May 2019
Story Code: Y / Season 3 | UK Airdate: 2 Apr to 23 Apr 1966 | Doctor: William Hartnell |
First airings by location | UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite | Previous Story / Next Story |
This story aired in the following countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. (Refer also to Selling Doctor Who for expanded airdates.)
Australia | Jan 67 | b/w |
Barbados | Mar 68 | b/w |
Zambia | Jun 68 | b/w |
New Zealand | Apr 69 | b/w |
Sierra Leone | Feb 71 | b/w |
Singapore | Feb 73 | b/w |
- New Zealand sent its film prints of this serial to Singapore on 20 September 1972. The sale to Singapore was actually "back-catalogue", as they had already started screening Jon Pertwee stories by this time.
- Sierra Leone sent its prints back to the BBC in 1974.
- A print of episode four - "The Final Test" - was found in the ABC's film library in early 1984, and was returned to the BBC on 13 February. The print was missing the "NEXT EPISODE: A HOLIDAY FOR THE DOCTOR" caption. This was because the ABC often chopped out the "NEXT EPISODE" captions from the final episodes because they would sometimes screen serials out of sequence during subsequent repeat runs.
- See also Hartnell Junkings