Colony in Space
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| Story Code: HHH / Season 8 | UK Airdate: 10 Apr to 15 May 1971 | 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.)
| United States | Oct 72 | NTSC |
| Australia | Jan 73 | b/w |
| Guam | Mar 73 | NTSC |
| Hong Kong | Mar 73 | b/w |
| Singapore | May 73 | b/w |
| Gibraltar | Feb 74 | b/w |
| Philippines | 76 | NTSC |
| Canada | 77? | NTSC |
| Saudi Arabia | Nov 77 | b/w |
| Korea (South) | Mar 78? | NTSC or b/w |
- The story was dubbed into Arabic.
- It was not sold anywhere in its original PAL format. The tapes had been wiped by the end of 1973.
- The NTSC tapes were recovered from Canada by March 1983.
Reissue
- It was quickly reissued to the United States in 1983, as part of a package of 14 full colour Jon Pertwee stories.
- It was released again in early 1985, as part of a package of all 24 Jon Pertwee stories, and sold to: the United States, as a NTSC to PAL conversion in Australia (in Apr 86, for the first time in colour), and later again to Canada.
- It also aired for the first time in:
| New Zealand | Sep 85 | N/PC |
| Ireland | Feb 00 | PAL |
US TV Guide descriptions (1970s Pertwees)
More Information
Title: Colony in Space
- Episode 1: A space colony—500 years in the future—faces starvation.
- Episode 2: The evil miners plot against Dr. Who.
- Episode 3: Jo becomes a hostage.
- Episode 4: A doomsday machine is discovered in Primitive City. It's part of the fun in "Colony in Space."
- Episode 5: Primitive City faces discovery by the baddies.
- Episode 6: Over-reacher of the year: the Master, who is now threatening the entire galaxy with destruction.
US TV Guide descriptions
More Information
Title: Colony in Space
- Episode 1: A space colony—500 years in the future—faces starvation.
- Episode 2: Look out, Dr. Who! A giant lizard is after you!
- Episode 3: Jo is captured by the miners and then by the primitives.
- Episode 4: Dr. Who discovers a doomsday machine in the Primitive City.
- Episode 5: The Master forces Dr. Who to lead him to the Primitive City.
- Episode 6: The Master reveals a plan to destroy the entire galaxy.
- Compilation: A space colony—500 years in the future—faces extinction by starvation leaping lizards.
