The Keys of Marinus

Story Code: E / Season 1	UK Airdate: 11 Apr to 16 May 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.)

Australia	May 65	b/w
Canada	Jun 65	b/w
Singapore	Aug 65	b/w
Gibraltar	Aug 65	b/w
Malta	Oct 65	b/w
Aden	Nov 65	b/w
Nigeria	Dec 65	b/w
Rhodesia / Zimbabwe	Feb 66	b/w
Zambia	Mar 66	b/w
Trinidad & Tobago	Mar 66	b/w
Bermuda	May 66	b/w
Uganda	Jun 66	b/w
Ghana	Jul 66?	b/w
Jamaica	Aug 66	b/w
Cyprus	Aug 66	b/w
Barbados	Sep 66	b/w
Hong Kong	Oct 66	b/w
Kenya	Nov 66	b/w
Thailand	Feb 67	b/w
Mauritius	Mar 67	b/w
Sierra Leone	Aug 67	b/w
Venezuela	Oct 67	b/w
Tunisia	67?	b/w
Mexico	May 68?	b/w
Morocco	68?	b/w
Saudi Arabia	68?	b/w
Chile	Apr 69	b/w
Iran	Jun 69	b/w
Jordan	69?	b/w
Libya	Jan 70?	b/w
Ethiopia	Mar 71	b/w
Costa Rica	Sep 71	b/w
Algeria	Jan 74	b/w

• The BBC sold the first five serials / 26 episodes as a package. The fact that this serial does not end with a link to the next story, The Aztecs, was probably deliberate, so should there be any country that did not purchase any further episodes -- such as was ultimately the case with Canada, Bermuda and Ghana -- the series would not end on an unresolved cliffhanger...
• Cyprus sent its prints to Hong Kong.
• 16mm film prints of two episodes were found in Australia (found prior to 2009), presumably these were the original broadcast prints that were disposed of after their final transmission by the ABC in December 1965. (Based on the summary of the restoration undertaken for the 2009 DVD release, at least one of the two episodes was episode 4 -- see The Restoration Team's Website.)
• A 16mm b/w print of episode 6 was found in Taiwan in 2013 (see Taiwan Prints for more).
• See Hartnell Junkings

US TV Guide descriptions (1960s Hartnells on CBC)

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• Episode 1: Dr. Who and his passengers land on the planet Marinus.
  
• Episode 2: In their search for the missing keys to the machine that controls the planet Marinus, Dr. Who and his friends discover a strange city.
  
• Episode 3: A biologist's experiments upset the balance of nature.
  
• Episode 4: Dr. Who and his friends are tricked into giving up their wrist dials, their only means of escape from the planet.
  
• Episode 5: Ian is accused of murder.
  
• Episode 6: Ian is sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit.
  

Reissue

• The serial was reissued by the BBC in late 1985, and sold to:

United States	from Sep 85	b/w
New Zealand	Jun 00	b/w

US TV Guide descriptions

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Title: The Keys of Marinus

• Episode 1: The Doctor searches for the missing keys to the machine that controls an island on the planet Marinus.
  
• Episode 2:
  
• Episode 3:  
  
• Episode 4:  
  
• Episode 5:  
  
• Episode 6:  
  
• Compilation: The Doctor searches for the missing keys to the machine that controls an island on the planet Marinus.

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