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*(*) ''The US date is based on the airdates for [[WTEV]], which was the '''first''' US station to screen the initial package of 98 Tom Baker episodes.''
 
*(*) ''The US date is based on the airdates for [[WTEV]], which was the '''first''' US station to screen the initial package of 98 Tom Baker episodes.''
* This story was dubbed into [[Spanish]].  
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*This story was dubbed into [[Spanish]] (for Latin America).
* It was classified A by the censors in [[Australia]], and did not screen there until July 1987; this did not prevent the sale to other Commonwealth countries, such as [[New Zealand]].
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* It was classified A by the censors in [[Australia]], and did not screen there until July 1987 (when it was reclassified as G). Of note, [[New Zealand]] was able to screen this story in 1979, presumably because the clearances that would normally have been paid by Australia had instead been met by the sale to the USA, [[Gibraltar]] or the UAE? (if clearances were still built around Commonwealth sales in the late 1970s)
  
  

Revision as of 02:05, 26 July 2020

Story Code: 4P / Season 14 UK Airdate: 30 Oct to 20 Nov 1976 Doctor: Tom Baker
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 Arab Emirates Nov 77? PAL
United States* Nov 78 NTSC
Chile c May 79 NTSC
New Zealand Sep 79 PAL
Gibraltar 79? PAL
Nigeria Jan 80 PAL
Costa Rica Feb 80 NTSC
Brunei Mar 80 PAL
Mexico Apr 80? NTSC
Puerto Rico May 80? NTSC
Nicaragua Aug 80 NTSC
Hong Kong Sep 80 PAL
Canada Sep 80 NTSC
Ecuador Sep 80 NTSC
Brazil 80? PAL
Swaziland May 81 PAL
Venezuela 82? NTSC
Honduras ? NTSC
  • (*) The US date is based on the airdates for WTEV, which was the first US station to screen the initial package of 98 Tom Baker episodes.
  • This story was dubbed into Spanish (for Latin America).
  • It was classified A by the censors in Australia, and did not screen there until July 1987 (when it was reclassified as G). Of note, New Zealand was able to screen this story in 1979, presumably because the clearances that would normally have been paid by Australia had instead been met by the sale to the USA, Gibraltar or the UAE? (if clearances were still built around Commonwealth sales in the late 1970s)


Reissue

  • The story was reissued in the mid-1980s, during the THIRD WAVE of sales.
Saudi Arabia late 85? NTSC
Armed Forces Network Jun 86 NTSC
Australia Jul 87 PAL


US TV Guide descriptions

More Information
Title: Deadly Assassin

  • Part 1: Dr. Who returns to Gallifrey and finds himself accused of plotting to kill the President.
  • Part 2: The Doctor stands trial for his life.
  • Part 3: To establish his innocence, Dr. Who searches for the mastermind of the plot.
  • Part 4: The Doctor battles the Master and his plan to destroy Gallifrey.
  • Compilation: Dr. Who returns to Gallifrey and finds himself accused of plotting to kill the President.


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