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* Unlike all the previous serials, this was not sold to [[Ethiopia]]...
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* Unlike all the previous serials, this was not sold to [[Ethiopia]].
 
* Like [[The Web Planet]], this serial was sold 'twice' to [[Nigeria]], but to different broadcasters.  
 
* Like [[The Web Planet]], this serial was sold 'twice' to [[Nigeria]], but to different broadcasters.  
 
* [[New Zealand]] sent its prints of the serial to Nigeria on '''2 March 1973'''. The prints had been cut by the NZ censors.  
 
* [[New Zealand]] sent its prints of the serial to Nigeria on '''2 March 1973'''. The prints had been cut by the NZ censors.  
 
* By 1974, the BBC was still offering this serial in a package of Hartnell stories that included [[The Space Museum]] and [[Galaxy 4]].   
 
* By 1974, the BBC was still offering this serial in a package of Hartnell stories that included [[The Space Museum]] and [[Galaxy 4]].   
 
* The ABC in [[Australia]] returned its prints to the BBC on [http://missingepisodes.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=who&action=display&thread=7782&page=14#198 4 June 1975].  
 
* The ABC in [[Australia]] returned its prints to the BBC on [http://missingepisodes.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=who&action=display&thread=7782&page=14#198 4 June 1975].  
* The ex-NZ prints were recovered from [[Nigeria]] in the mid-1980s. It was found that the opening five minutes set in the TARDIS was missing from part one. It is unlikely that this cut was made in New Zealand, in which case the cut was made in Nigeria. An alternative thought is that the BBC supplied Nigeria with a different copy of part one (perhaps as part of the initial sales "audition" process?); like the edits made to part two of [[Inside the Spaceship]] and to parts one and six of [[The Web Planet]], this edit may have been made by the BBC to reflect that the preceding and/or following story, in this case [[The Chase]], was not part of the package.  
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*A film collector acquired prints of episodes 1, 2 and 3 sometime in the mid-1970s. These may have been the ones returned by [[Australia]] or earlier from [[Mauritius]], [[Sierra Leone]] or [[Jamaica]]. These prints were returned to the BBC but not until the early 1990s.
*A second uncut set of prints for episodes 1 and 3 were later returned; possibly from [[Mauritius]], [[Sierra Leone]] or [[Jamaica]], or just an unused spare set the BBC had junked? The BBC still held prints in late 1976 - are these the very same prints?
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*The BBC still had copies of all four episodes by the end of 1976 (possibly the ones returned from [[Australia]], [[Mauritius]], [[Sierra Leone]] or [[Jamaica]]?), but by late 1977 they had junked all bar episode 2. 
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* The ex-NZ prints were recovered from [[Nigeria]] in the mid-1980s. It was found that the opening five minutes set in the TARDIS was missing from part one. It is unlikely that this cut was made in New Zealand, in which case the cut was made in Nigeria. An alternative thought is that the BBC supplied Nigeria with a different copy of part one (perhaps as part of the initial sales "audition" process?); like the edits made to part two of [[Inside the Spaceship]] and to parts one and six of [[The Web Planet]], this edit may have been made by the BBC to reflect that the preceding and/or following story, in this case [[The Chase]], was not part of the package.
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*NOTE: By this tally, that's three copies of part 2 that are accounted for.
 
* See [[Hartnell Junkings]]
 
* See [[Hartnell Junkings]]
  

Revision as of 23:46, 7 February 2015

Story Code: S / Season 2 UK Airdate: 3 Jul to 24 Jul 1965 Doctor: William Hartnell
First airings by location UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite Previous Story / Next Story

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 Oct 66 b/w
Gibraltar Oct 66 b/w
Singapore Dec 66 b/w
Nigeria Jan 67 b/w
Zambia May 67 b/w
Barbados Oct 67 b/w
Mauritius Mar 68 b/w
New Zealand Nov 68 b/w
Sierra Leone Nov 68 b/w
Jamaica Jun 69 b/w
Nigeria (again) Jun 73? b/w
  • Unlike all the previous serials, this was not sold to Ethiopia.
  • Like The Web Planet, this serial was sold 'twice' to Nigeria, but to different broadcasters.
  • New Zealand sent its prints of the serial to Nigeria on 2 March 1973. The prints had been cut by the NZ censors.
  • By 1974, the BBC was still offering this serial in a package of Hartnell stories that included The Space Museum and Galaxy 4.
  • The ABC in Australia returned its prints to the BBC on 4 June 1975.
  • A film collector acquired prints of episodes 1, 2 and 3 sometime in the mid-1970s. These may have been the ones returned by Australia or earlier from Mauritius, Sierra Leone or Jamaica. These prints were returned to the BBC but not until the early 1990s.
  • The BBC still had copies of all four episodes by the end of 1976 (possibly the ones returned from Australia, Mauritius, Sierra Leone or Jamaica?), but by late 1977 they had junked all bar episode 2.
  • The ex-NZ prints were recovered from Nigeria in the mid-1980s. It was found that the opening five minutes set in the TARDIS was missing from part one. It is unlikely that this cut was made in New Zealand, in which case the cut was made in Nigeria. An alternative thought is that the BBC supplied Nigeria with a different copy of part one (perhaps as part of the initial sales "audition" process?); like the edits made to part two of Inside the Spaceship and to parts one and six of The Web Planet, this edit may have been made by the BBC to reflect that the preceding and/or following story, in this case The Chase, was not part of the package.
  • NOTE: By this tally, that's three copies of part 2 that are accounted for.
  • See Hartnell Junkings


Reissue

  • The newly-recovered serial was quickly released for sale to:
United States from Sep 85 b/w
Canada 1990s b/w


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