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| − | * The [[New Zealand]] programme purchasers rejected this story in late 1970. The reason for the rejection is not known; but it has been suggested, given that the New Zealand government was at the time having negotiations with British Petroleum (BP) to exploit a newly-discovered | + | * The [[New Zealand]] programme purchasers rejected this story in late 1970. The reason for the rejection is not known; but it has been suggested, given that the New Zealand government was at the time having negotiations with British Petroleum (BP) to exploit a newly-discovered field of natural gas in the Tasman Sea, that the broadcaster thought it unwise to screen a serial featuring sea monsters attacking a gas platform... |
| + | ** [[wikipedia:Maui gas field MAUI GAS FIELD] | ||
* Significantly, [[Nigeria]] did not screen this story either. Did / could Nigeria only buy the same serials that the NZBC had? | * Significantly, [[Nigeria]] did not screen this story either. Did / could Nigeria only buy the same serials that the NZBC had? | ||
Revision as of 01:13, 16 January 2011
| Story Code: RR / Season 5 | UK Airdate: 16 Mar to 20 Apr 1968 | Doctor: Patrick Troughton |
| 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 | Mar 69 | b/w |
| Hong Kong | May 70 | b/w |
| Singapore | Aug 70 | b/w |
| Gibraltar | Oct 73 | b/w |
- The New Zealand programme purchasers rejected this story in late 1970. The reason for the rejection is not known; but it has been suggested, given that the New Zealand government was at the time having negotiations with British Petroleum (BP) to exploit a newly-discovered field of natural gas in the Tasman Sea, that the broadcaster thought it unwise to screen a serial featuring sea monsters attacking a gas platform...
- [[wikipedia:Maui gas field MAUI GAS FIELD]
- Significantly, Nigeria did not screen this story either. Did / could Nigeria only buy the same serials that the NZBC had?
