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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.)
 
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.)
 
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[[File:PirateABC.JPG|thumb|right|350px|The Pirate Planet "omnibus" repeat, ABC Australia, 19 December 1987]]
 
 
 
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|[[Australia]]||Apr 79||NTSC
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|[[United Arab Emirates]]||Jan 79?||PAL
 
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|[[United Arab Emirates]]|| 79||NTSC?
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|[[Australia]]||Apr 79||PAL
 
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|[[New Zealand]]||May 80||NTSC
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|[[New Zealand]]||May 80||PAL
 
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|[[Gibraltar]]||Jan 81||NTSC
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|[[Rhodesia]]||Oct 80||PAL
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|[[Gibraltar]]||Jan 81||PAL
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|[[Brunei]]|| 81?||PAL
 
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|[[United States]]|| from May 81||NTSC
 
|[[United States]]|| from May 81||NTSC
 
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|[[Brunei]]|| 81||NTSC?
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|[[Canada]]|| Oct 81||NTSC
 
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|[[Canada]]|| 82||NTSC?
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|[[Saudi Arabia]]||early 86?||PAL
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|[[Korea (South)]]||Aug 86||PAL?
 
 
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|[[Seychelles]]||Feb 87||PAL
 
|[[Seychelles]]||Feb 87||PAL
 
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|[[Greece]]|| 91||PAL?
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==Reissue==
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* The story was reissued in the early 1990s, during the final WAVE of sales.
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|[[Greece]]|| 91?||SECAM
 
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*James Goss' novelisation was published as a hardback in 2017. The book was translated and released in [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Czech Republic]] and [[Russia]].
  
  
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{{TV Guide blurbs
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| part = part
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| title = Pirate Planet
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| Pertwees = {y/n}
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| ep1=In their search for the second segment of the Key to Time, Dr. Who and Romana land on a strange planet.
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| ep2=The captain seizes Romana and it's Dr. Who the rescue.
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| ep3=The Doctor and Romana learn the Captain's terrible secret.
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| ep4=Having found the captain's power source, the Doctor and Romana risk destruction of the Tardis to defeat him.
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| comp=In the search for the second segment of the Key to Time, Dr. Who and Romana encounter an evil captain on a strange planet.
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}}
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
*[[Main Page]]
 
*[[Main Page]]

Latest revision as of 21:05, 24 May 2021

Story Code: 5B / Season 16 UK Airdate: 30 Sep to 21 Oct 1978 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.)

The Pirate Planet "omnibus" repeat, ABC Australia, 19 December 1987
United Arab Emirates Jan 79? PAL
Australia Apr 79 PAL
New Zealand May 80 PAL
Rhodesia Oct 80 PAL
Gibraltar Jan 81 PAL
Brunei 81? PAL
United States from May 81 NTSC
Canada Oct 81 NTSC
Saudi Arabia early 86? PAL
Seychelles Feb 87 PAL


Reissue

  • The story was reissued in the early 1990s, during the final WAVE of sales.
Greece 91? SECAM


US TV Guide descriptions

More Information
Title: Pirate Planet

  • Part 1: In their search for the second segment of the Key to Time, Dr. Who and Romana land on a strange planet.
  • Part 2: The captain seizes Romana and it's Dr. Who the rescue.
  • Part 3: The Doctor and Romana learn the Captain's terrible secret.
  • Part 4: Having found the captain's power source, the Doctor and Romana risk destruction of the Tardis to defeat him.
  • Compilation: In the search for the second segment of the Key to Time, Dr. Who and Romana encounter an evil captain on a strange planet.


Links