Inside the Spaceship

Story Code: C / Season 1	UK Airdate: 8 Feb to 15 Feb 1964	Doctor: William Hartnell
First airings by location	UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite	Previous Story / Next Story

(aka "The Edge of Destruction")

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 confirms purchase of "Dr Who" on 20 February 1964: NOTE the story titles!

New Zealand	Dec 64	b/w
Australia	Mar 65	b/w
Canada	Apr 65	b/w
Singapore	Jun 65	b/w
Gibraltar	Jun 65	b/w
Malta	Aug 65	b/w
Aden	Sep 65	b/w
Nigeria	Oct 65	b/w
Rhodesia / Zimbabwe	Dec 65	b/w
Zambia	Jan 66	b/w
Trinidad & Tobago	Jan 66	b/w
Bermuda	Feb 66	b/w
Uganda	Apr 66	b/w
Jamaica	May 66	b/w
Cyprus	May 66	b/w
Ghana	Jun? 66	b/w
Barbados	Jul 66	b/w
Hong Kong	Jul 66	b/w
Kenya	Sep 66	b/w
Thailand	Nov 66	b/w
Mauritius	Jan 67	b/w
Sierra Leone	Jun 67	b/w
Tunisia	67?	b/w
Venezuela	Oct 67	b/w
Mexico	May 68?	b/w
Morocco	68?	b/w
Saudi Arabia	68?	b/w
Chile	Mar 69	b/w
Iran	May 69	b/w
Jordan	69?	b/w
Libya	Jan 70?	b/w
Ethiopia	Jan 71	b/w
Costa Rica	Aug 71	b/w
Algeria	Jan 74	b/w

• New Zealand sent its prints to Denmark in 1968, but the serial did not play there.
• It has been reported that Cyprus sent its prints to Uganda - and yet, Uganda screened the serial two months before Cyprus! Or was Uganda merely an intermediary in the bicycling process, receiving and sending on the films without screening them? (See Bicycling Chains for more on this...)
• The serial was one of just six Hartnells still being offered for sale in 1974. As noted under The Web Planet, it appears that the BBC may have edited the serial's conclusion to reflect the fact that the next serial, Marco Polo, was not available. (See The Web Planet for more...)
• Both episodes were shown at the DWAS convention Inter-Face 1 on 9 August 1980.
• 16mm prints of both episodes were found in the possession of a UK film collector in 1982; he had owned them for several years. It's not known what format these are -- Suppressed or Stored field -- and as such it is not possible to determine their origin.
• See Hartnell Junkings

US TV Guide descriptions (1960s Hartnells on CBC)

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• Episode 1: The damaged Tardis lands in central Asia, and Dr. Who and his friends are captured by a Tartar warlord. [actually Marco Polo 1]
  
• Episode 2: Dr. Who suspects Ian and Barbara of sabotaging his space ship.
  

Reissue

• The serial was reissued by the BBC in late 1985, and sold to:

United States

from Sep 85

b/w

• The serial was dubbed into Italian and released as part of a DVD box-set in 2007.
• The story was later dubbed into German and released on DVD.
• The story later aired in France in 2012 as part of a special "Doctor Who Nuit" event.

US TV Guide descriptions

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Title: The Edge of Destruction

• Episode 1:
  
• Episode 2:
  

• Compilation: A violent explosion on the Tardis threatens to send the craft—and its crew—hurtling vack to the beginning of time.

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