Patrick Troughton stories

PATRICK TROUGHTON

The Second Doctor (1966-1969)

Selling the second Doctor

KTCA's Scene, June 1987

• See the table in SELLING DOCTOR WHO for a list of the countries that screened the Second Doctor.
• See also the Troughton Junkings page.

The Troughton series was sold in five "Groups" of stories.

Click on the story title to go to the list of countries where that serial was screened.

GROUP A

EE

The Power of the Daleks

6

• Only three countries were able to screen this serial, due to an agreement with Dalek creator, Terry Nation...

GROUP B

FF	The Highlanders	4
GG	The Underwater Menace	4
HH	The Moonbase	4
JJ	The Macra Terror	4
KK	The Faceless Ones	6

• This Group was sold to the same six Commonwealth countries.

GROUP C

LL	The Evil of the Daleks	7
MM	The Tomb of the Cybermen	4

• Only four countries aired these two serials.

GROUP D

NN	The Abominable Snowmen	6
OO	The Ice Warriors	6
PP	The Enemy of the World	6
QQ	The Web of Fear	6
RR	Fury from the Deep	6
SS	The Wheel in Space	6

• Only seven Commonwealth countries tapped into this Group.

GROUP E

TT	The Dominators	5
UU	The Mind Robber	5
VV	The Invasion	8
WW	The Krotons	4

GROUP F

XX	The Seeds of Death	6
YY	The Space Pirates	6
ZZ	The War Games	10

• The seven stories in Groups E and F were all seen by only four countries in the early 1970s. Just two from Group E were seen in Nigeria in the mid-70s, and all of Group F in Zambia in the late 70s.

Troughton repackaged

In early 1985, the BBC reissued the surviving five Troughton stories, mainly for the United States market, but with Australia and New Zealand initially picking up only The Mind Robber and The Krotons. Canada also later purchased this batch.

TT	The Dominators	5
UU	The Mind Robber	5
WW	The Krotons	4
XX	The Seeds of Death	6
ZZ	The War Games	10

• The Tomb of the Cybermen was added to the US package shortly after it was returned to the BBC in 1992. It was also offered to Canada.

Troughton reconstructions

• When The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear were recovered in 2013, they became available on Online Services and some stations in the United States in the late 2010s.
• Animated reconstructions of various lost stories, such as The Power of the Daleks and The Macra Terror, have been released on DVD/Blu-ray, as well as being available on BBC America and Online streaming sites.

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