The Celestial Toymaker

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Story Code: X / Season 3 UK Airdate: 2 Apr to 23 Apr 1966 Doctor: William Hartnell
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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 Jan 67 b/w
Barbados Mar 68 b/w
Zambia Jun 68 b/w
New Zealand Apr 69 b/w
Sierra Leone Feb 71 b/w
Singapore Feb 73??b/w
  • A print of episode four was found in the ABC's film store in 1984. The print was missing the "NEXT EPISODE HOLIDAY FOR THE DOCTOR"' caption. Since New Zealand was the only country to screen The Celestial Toymaker and The Savages, but not The Gunfighters, it is logical that the excision was made in New Zealand. However, the NZ print was sent to Singapore in September 1972 - so how did it end up in the ABC film store? It is possible that Singapore returned the print to Australia - in error? (Otherwise, why did they not send any others at the same time?)
  • The New Zealand censors requested removal of Cyril's line "-- or you will be killed". The surviving print does not exhibit this censor cut. So, maybe this isn't the New Zealand / Singapore print after all! Or was the censor cut carefully spliced back in? Maybe it was never removed in the first place? Mysteries, mysteries, mysteries...


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