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* The story was dubbed into [[Arabic]].
 
* It's not clear why this serial was not sold to [[Canada]] in 1976, along with other stories from this season.  
 
* It's not clear why this serial was not sold to [[Canada]] in 1976, along with other stories from this season.  
* [[Australia]] aired the serial in colour for the first time in May 78. The version of part two that had been in storage there since 1973 was a slighter longer edit, with a few additional scenes.  
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**CONSPIRACY THEORY: One thought is that at the time (early 1976), the BBC did not hold a full set of PAL colour tapes of the serial (but they did have at least the broadcast version of episode two). The only full set of PAL tapes was held in [[Australia]], of which part two was of a different and slightly longer edit. Those tapes (or copies) were subsequently returned to the BBC by the end of 1976, but too late for conversion to NTSC for the sale to [[Canada]]. 
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* [[Australia]] aired the serial in colour for the first time in May 78, using the extended version of part two that had been in storage there since 1973...  
  
  

Revision as of 07:57, 18 January 2011

Story Code: PPP / Season 10 UK Airdate: 27 Jan to 17 Feb 1973 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.)

Australia Sep 73 b/w
Singapore Jan 74 b/w
Hong Kong Apr 74 b/w
United Arab Emirates 75? PAL
New Zealand Sep 75 PAL
Canada 76? NTSC
Brunei Sep 76 PAL
Gibraltar Mar 77 b/w
Qatar 77? PAL
Saudi Arabia 77? b/w?
Swaziland Apr 78 PAL
  • The story was dubbed into Arabic.
  • It's not clear why this serial was not sold to Canada in 1976, along with other stories from this season.
    • CONSPIRACY THEORY: One thought is that at the time (early 1976), the BBC did not hold a full set of PAL colour tapes of the serial (but they did have at least the broadcast version of episode two). The only full set of PAL tapes was held in Australia, of which part two was of a different and slightly longer edit. Those tapes (or copies) were subsequently returned to the BBC by the end of 1976, but too late for conversion to NTSC for the sale to Canada.
  • Australia aired the serial in colour for the first time in May 78, using the extended version of part two that had been in storage there since 1973...


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United States from Jun 83 NTSC


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