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*(*) ''The US date is based on the airdates for [[WTEV]], which was the '''first''' US station to screen the initial package of 98 Tom Baker episodes.'' | *(*) ''The US date is based on the airdates for [[WTEV]], which was the '''first''' US station to screen the initial package of 98 Tom Baker episodes.'' | ||
* This story was dubbed into [[Spanish]], [[Arabic]], Italian, French. | * This story was dubbed into [[Spanish]], [[Arabic]], Italian, French. | ||
Revision as of 23:27, 4 May 2014
| Story Code: 4A / Season 12 | UK Airdate: 28 Dec 1974 to 18 Jan 1975 | Doctor: Tom Baker |
| 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.)
| Netherlands | Jul 75 | PAL |
| Hong Kong | Oct 75 | PAL |
| Australia | Apr 76 | PAL |
| United Arab Emirates | 76? | PAL |
| New Zealand | Feb 78 | PAL |
| United States* | Aug 78 | NTSC |
| Canada | Sep 78 | NTSC |
| Gibraltar | Sep 78 | PAL |
| Brunei | Nov 78 | PAL |
| Nigeria | Jan 79 | PAL |
| Mexico | May 79 | NTSC |
| Chile | May 79 | NTSC |
| Denmark | Jun 79 | PAL |
| Malta | Aug 79 | PAL |
| Puerto Rico | Oct 79? | NTSC |
| Swaziland | Feb 80 | PAL |
| Italy | Feb 80 | PAL |
| Costa Rica | Feb 80 | NTSC |
| Ecuador | Mar 80 | NTSC |
| Nicaragua | Aug 80 | NTSC |
| Brazil | 80? | PAL |
| Jordan | Apr 81? | PAL |
| Venezuela | May 81? | NTSC |
| Honduras | 81? | NTSC |
| Bahrain | Dec 81 | PAL |
- AUDIO:Howard da Silva intro ep1
- (*) The US date is based on the airdates for WTEV, which was the first US station to screen the initial package of 98 Tom Baker episodes.
- This story was dubbed into Spanish, Arabic, Italian, French.
- Although Robot was the first exposure to Doctor Who for many countries, the BBC and / or its distributors elected to retain the regeneration from Jon Pertwee into Tom Baker at the start of episode one.
Reissue
- The story was reissued in the mid-1980s, during the THIRD WAVE of sales.
| Monaco | Nov 83 | PAL |
| Saudi Arabia | mid-85 | NTSC |
| Armed Forces Network | Mar 86 | NTSC |
| Bahamas | Jun 86 | NTSC |
| Yugoslavia | Oct 86 | PAL |
| Greece | Dec 86 | PAL |
| Malaysia | May 87 | PAL |
| Spain | Feb 88 | PAL |
| Turkey | Jun 88 | PAL |
| France | May 89? | SECAM |
| Japan | Jun 93 | NTSC |
| Sweden | Sep 96 | PAL |
| Poland | 03 | PAL? |
US TV Guide descriptions
More Information
Title: Robot
- Part 1: The Doctor investigates the theft of a secret weapon.
- Part 2: Dr. Who fights for his life; Sarah encounters a giant robot.
- Part 3: The Doctor tangles with unscrupulous scientists threatening to destroy the world.
- Part 4: When the robot grows to enormous size, Dr. Who tries to find out why.
