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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.)
 
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.)
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[[File:Carnival6.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Screen grab from 16mm print of part 3]]
 
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|[[Gibraltar]]||Mar 77||b/w
 
|[[Gibraltar]]||Mar 77||b/w
 
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|[[Saudi Arabia]]||77?||b/w
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|[[United States]]||Jun 77||NTSC
 
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|[[Qatar]]||77 or 78||b/w
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|[[Qatar]]||77, 78 or 79?||b/w or PAL
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|[[Saudi Arabia]]||78?||b/w
 
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* The story was dubbed into [[Arabic]].
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* The story may have been dubbed into [[Arabic]].
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* It's not clear why this serial was not sold to [[Canada]] in 1976, along with other stories from this season.  
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*The ABC acquired the serial on 16mm film and PAL colour video tapes (the second episode of which was an extended edit with the alternative music). The ABC planned to screen the story in b/w in late 1973, with the repeat in colour in 1975, however the repeat was scheduled a year early, and was also in b/w. The unused PAL tapes went into storage, but were accessed to make copies for the [[New Zealand]] screening in September 1975 and the [[Brunei]] screening a year later.
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**CONSPIRACY THEORY: One thought is that at the time (early 1976), the BBC did not hold a full set of PAL colour tapes of the serial (but they did have at least the broadcast version of episode two). The only full set of PAL tapes was held in [[Australia]], of which part two was of a different and slightly longer edit. Those tapes (or copies) were subsequently returned to the BBC by the end of 1976, but too late for conversion to NTSC for the sale to [[Canada]].
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*The ABC's b/w films were returned to the BBC by the late 1970s.
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* [[Australia]] aired the serial in colour for the first time in May 78, using the extended version of part two that had been in storage there since 1973...  
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*16mm b/w prints of parts 1,2 and 3 were acquired by a film collector in the 1970s. These may have been returned from [[Australia]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Gibraltar]], or [[Saudi Arabia]].
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*The colour serial aired in [[Boston]] only; the rest of the [[United States]] did not get the serial until the 1983 re-issue. This appears to have been a special one-off deal struck between [[WGBX]] and the BBC that was in addition to the standard Time-Life deal that was available elsewhere.
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* It's not clear why this serial was not sold to [[Canada]] in 1976 along with other stories from this season. One possible answer is that [[TVO]]'s Fall 1977 line-up was limited to the number of episodes, so they had to drop at least one 4-parter from the schedule.
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* [[Australia]] aired the serial in colour for the first time in May 1978 (as a repeat), using the video tapes with the extended version of part two (which had the alternative Delaware arrangement of the theme music) that had been in storage there since 1973, and which had already been copied to air in [[New Zealand]] and [[Brunei]] (and possibly also in the UAE).  
  
  
 
==Reissue==
 
==Reissue==
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* The serial was issued in mid-1983, as part of a package of 14 full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]], and sold to the USA, with a subsequent sale further North:  
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* The serial was issued in mid-1983, as part of a package of 14 full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]], and sold to the [[United States]], with a subsequent sale to Canada, who had missed out in 1976:  
  
 
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| title =  
 
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| Pertwees = {y/n}
 
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| ep1=The Tardis lands on a ship in the Indian Ocean in the year 1926.
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| ep2=After being attacked by fellow passengers, Dr. Who and Jo escape the ship.
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| ep3=The Drashigs attack the ship, and Dr. Who escapes{{dash}}without Jo.
 
| ep4=Dr. Who struggles to save Jo from the Scope before it goes down.
 
| ep4=Dr. Who struggles to save Jo from the Scope before it goes down.
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| comp = The year: 1926. The setting: a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean. The problem: horrible sea creatures.
 
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==Links==
 
==Links==

Latest revision as of 23:11, 28 October 2019

Story Code: PPP / Season 10 UK Airdate: 27 Jan to 17 Feb 1973 Doctor: Jon Pertwee
First airings by location UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite Previous Story / Next Story

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.)

Screen grab from 16mm print of part 3
Australia Sep 73 b/w
Singapore Jan 74 b/w
Hong Kong Apr 74 b/w
United Arab Emirates 74 or 75 PAL
New Zealand Sep 75 PAL
Brunei Sep 76 PAL
Gibraltar Mar 77 b/w
United States Jun 77 NTSC
Qatar 77, 78 or 79? b/w or PAL
Saudi Arabia 78? b/w
  • The story may have been dubbed into Arabic.
  • The ABC acquired the serial on 16mm film and PAL colour video tapes (the second episode of which was an extended edit with the alternative music). The ABC planned to screen the story in b/w in late 1973, with the repeat in colour in 1975, however the repeat was scheduled a year early, and was also in b/w. The unused PAL tapes went into storage, but were accessed to make copies for the New Zealand screening in September 1975 and the Brunei screening a year later.
  • The ABC's b/w films were returned to the BBC by the late 1970s.
  • 16mm b/w prints of parts 1,2 and 3 were acquired by a film collector in the 1970s. These may have been returned from Australia, Hong Kong, Gibraltar, or Saudi Arabia.
  • The colour serial aired in Boston only; the rest of the United States did not get the serial until the 1983 re-issue. This appears to have been a special one-off deal struck between WGBX and the BBC that was in addition to the standard Time-Life deal that was available elsewhere.
  • It's not clear why this serial was not sold to Canada in 1976 along with other stories from this season. One possible answer is that TVO's Fall 1977 line-up was limited to the number of episodes, so they had to drop at least one 4-parter from the schedule.
  • Australia aired the serial in colour for the first time in May 1978 (as a repeat), using the video tapes with the extended version of part two (which had the alternative Delaware arrangement of the theme music) that had been in storage there since 1973, and which had already been copied to air in New Zealand and Brunei (and possibly also in the UAE).


Reissue

  • The serial was issued in mid-1983, as part of a package of 14 full colour Jon Pertwee stories, and sold to the United States, with a subsequent sale to Canada, who had missed out in 1976:
Canada May 90 NTSC


US TV Guide descriptions

More Information
Title: Carnival of Monsters

  • Episode 1: The Tardis lands on a ship in the Indian Ocean in the year 1926.
  • Episode 2: After being attacked by fellow passengers, Dr. Who and Jo escape the ship.
  • Episode 3: The Drashigs attack the ship, and Dr. Who escapes—without Jo.
  • Episode 4: Dr. Who struggles to save Jo from the Scope before it goes down.
  • Compilation: The year: 1926. The setting: a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean. The problem: horrible sea creatures.


Links

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