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This story aired in the following 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 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.) | ||
| + | [[File:GiantsNZ.JPG|right|thumb|450px|Regional listings for the three episodes when they played in Auckland (the last of the four NZ regions to air the serial); New Zealand Herald, 5,12,19 July 1968 (For what it's worth, this broadcast of "Crisis" is the earliest episode of Doctor Who that one of the editors of this site remembers seeing!)]] | ||
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|[[Morocco]]|| 68?||b/w | |[[Morocco]]|| 68?||b/w | ||
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| − | |[[Saudi Arabia]]|| 68?||b/w | + | |[[Saudi Arabia]]|| 68/69?||b/w |
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|[[Chile]]||Aug 69||b/w | |[[Chile]]||Aug 69||b/w | ||
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*In mid-1967, [[New Zealand]] was sent the prints that had been used by the ABC in [[Australia]]. | *In mid-1967, [[New Zealand]] was sent the prints that had been used by the ABC in [[Australia]]. | ||
* The [[New Zealand]] prints were destroyed on '''14 July 1971'''. | * The [[New Zealand]] prints were destroyed on '''14 July 1971'''. | ||
| − | * All three episodes with the [[Arabic]] soundtrack exist. | + | * All three episodes with the [[Arabic]] soundtrack exist, and featured on the DVD of this story. |
| − | * A [[Spanish]] dub of part three is held by a collector. This may have been returned from [[Costa Rica]]. | + | * A [[Spanish]] dub of part three is held by a collector, who acquired it circa 1973. This may have been returned from [[Costa Rica]]. |
* See [[Hartnell Junkings]] | * See [[Hartnell Junkings]] | ||
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|[[United States]]||from Sep 85||b/w | |[[United States]]||from Sep 85||b/w | ||
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| − | |[[Canada]]|| | + | |[[Canada]]||Oct 89||b/w |
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|} | |} | ||
| + | {{TV Guide blurbs | ||
| + | | part = episode | ||
| + | | title = | ||
| + | | Pertwees = | ||
| + | | ep1=The Doctor emerges from the Tardis to find that he is only one-inch tall. | ||
| + | | ep2={{no blurb}} | ||
| + | | ep3={{no blurb}} | ||
| + | | comp = The Doctor emerges from the Tardis to find that he is only one-inch tall. But this small inconvenience doesn't interfere with his efforts to keep an unprincipled manufacturer from distributing a dangerous insecticide. | ||
| + | }} | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Latest revision as of 03:20, 19 November 2021
| Story Code: J / Season 2 | UK Airdate: 31 Oct to 14 Nov 1964 | 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. 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.)
Regional listings for the three episodes when they played in Auckland (the last of the four NZ regions to air the serial); New Zealand Herald, 5,12,19 July 1968 (For what it's worth, this broadcast of "Crisis" is the earliest episode of Doctor Who that one of the editors of this site remembers seeing!)
| Australia | Nov 65 | b/w |
| Singapore | Feb 66 | b/w |
| Gibraltar | Feb 66 | b/w |
| Malta | Mar 66 | b/w |
| Aden | Apr 66 | b/w |
| Nigeria | May 66 | b/w |
| Rhodesia / Zimbabwe | Jul 66 | b/w |
| Zambia | Aug 66 | b/w |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Aug 66 | b/w |
| Uganda | Nov 66 | b/w |
| Jamaica | Dec 66 | b/w |
| Barbados | Feb 67 | b/w |
| Hong Kong | Mar 67 | b/w |
| Kenya | Apr 67 | b/w |
| Thailand | Sep 67 | b/w |
| Tunisia | Sep 67 | b/w |
| Mauritius | Dec 67 | b/w |
| Venezuela | Feb 68 | b/w |
| New Zealand | Mar 68 | b/w |
| Sierra Leone | Mar 68 | b/w |
| Mexico | May 68? | b/w |
| Morocco | 68? | b/w |
| Saudi Arabia | 68/69? | b/w |
| Chile | Aug 69 | b/w |
| Iran | Oct 69 | b/w |
| Jordan | 69? | b/w |
| Libya | Mar 70? | b/w |
| Ethiopia | Aug 71 | b/w |
| Costa Rica | Jan 72 | b/w |
| Algeria | Jan 74 | b/w |
- In mid-1967, New Zealand was sent the prints that had been used by the ABC in Australia.
- The New Zealand prints were destroyed on 14 July 1971.
- All three episodes with the Arabic soundtrack exist, and featured on the DVD of this story.
- A Spanish dub of part three is held by a collector, who acquired it circa 1973. This may have been returned from Costa Rica.
- See Hartnell Junkings
Reissue
- The serial was reissued by the BBC in late 1985, and sold to:
| United States | from Sep 85 | b/w |
| Canada | Oct 89 | b/w |
US TV Guide descriptions
More Information
Title: Planet of Giants
- Episode 1: The Doctor emerges from the Tardis to find that he is only one-inch tall.
- Episode 2: (no plot description)
- Episode 3: (no plot description)
- Compilation: The Doctor emerges from the Tardis to find that he is only one-inch tall. But this small inconvenience doesn't interfere with his efforts to keep an unprincipled manufacturer from distributing a dangerous insecticide.
