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=AUSTRALIAN TRANSMISSION HISTORY (Part Three) (1971-1975)= 
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===Block 6: TROUGHTON / PERTWEE ---- '''March 1971 to January 1972'''===
[[File:AAA22Aug71.JPG |right|thumb|350px|Jon Pertwee debuts in Perth, 22 August 1971]] 
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|'''First Run'''||'''{{YY}}----{{ZZ}}----{{AAA}}----{{BBB}}----{{CCC}}'''
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|'''Repeats'''||'''{{UU}}----{{VV}}----{{WW}}----{{XX}}----{{YY}}'''
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The remaining two serials of the Second Doctor, and the first three of the Third aired back to back. The final serial of Pertwee's first season, {{DDD}}, had been given an "A" classification, and therefore did not screen. All episodes aired on Sundays across all regions, at 6.05pm or 5.50pm. PERTH and BRISBANE screened the same episodes. During this run, '''Doctor Who''' started in Northern Territory; the series was now screening in all eight regions. {{YY}} was on at 6.05pm, with {{ZZ}} at 5.30pm, and the other serials at those times, 5.44 or 5.55pm. 

*'''MELBOURNE''': The series resumed from '''21 March 1971'''. Jon Pertwee made his debut appearance in Australia on '''11 July 1971'''. Midway through {{BBB}}, August school holiday weekday afternoon repeats of {{RR}} and {{UU}} played between '''23 August and 3 September 1971''', with {{UU}} parts four and five airing back to back. The run came to a close on '''7 November 1971'''. Two months later, {{VV}} was repeated, between '''17 and 26 January 1972'''. This was presumably the final airing of that serial in Australia (any additional later regional screenings not withstanding). 

*'''ADELAIDE''': The run commenced Sunday, '''28 March 1971'''. South Australia viewers were introduced to the third Doctor on '''18 July 1971'''. Part way through {{BBB}}, August school holiday weekday afternoon repeats of {{VV}} played between '''23 August and 1 September 1971'''. The run came to a close on '''14 November 1971'''. 

*'''SYDNEY''' and '''CANBERRA''': Synchronised screenings in both regions commenced Sunday, '''11 April 1971'''. Pertwee debuted on '''1 August 1971'''. There does not appear to have been any August holiday repeats. The run ended '''28 November 1971'''. '''30 and 31 December 1971''' saw weekday repeats of {{WW}} at 2.30–3.20pm and 2.50-3.15pm, respectively – two episodes were spliced together rather than airing uncut (the first time such a method was adopted by the ABC?) but with some artistic licence added in the form of a circular wipe transitioning between the paired episodes. Tuesday, '''11 January 1971''' saw the start of a run of repeats of {{XX}} and {{YY}}; there was no episode in SYDNEY on 3 January, so this run ended in CANBERRA on '''25 January 1972''' and in SYDNEY the following day. 

*'''PERTH''' and '''BRISBANE''': Western Australia and Queensland were initially in sync for this run of 'dual' screenings, which started on Sunday, '''18 April 1971'''. Jon Pertwee debuted on '''8 August 1971''' in BRISBANE and '''22 August 1971''' in PERTH. There were no August 1971 repeats in BRISBANE. {{CCC}} concluded on '''5 December 1971''' in BRISBANE. Two weeks later, {{VV}} was repeated, weekday afternoons, between '''16 and 24 December 1971''' (with the last two episodes back to back on Christmas Eve).

(NOTE: We do not have any further transmission dates for PERTH beyond this point.) 

*'''HOBART''': This run began from Sunday, '''9 May 1971'''. Hobart repeated {{UU}} and {{VV}}, weekday afternoons between '''27 August and 14 September 1971'''. Pertwee debuted on '''29 August'''. There was a break of one week (no episode on 12 December); midway through {{CCC}} was a repeat of {{WW}}, from '''17 to 22 December 1971'''. The last episode of {{CCC}} was on '''2 January 1972'''. A repeat of {{XX}} aired weekdays, from '''14 to 21 January 1972'''. 

*'''DARWIN''': While the rest of the country was watching - or about to watch - Jon Pertwee's first season, viewers in Northern Territory saw '''Doctor Who''' for the first time. Unable to play from the very beginning (the ABC no longer had the rights to screen anything more than two years old) the first serial to air from Darwin on Sunday, '''15 August 1971''', was {{RR}} (marking its final screening in Australia). This was followed by {{TT}}, with all subsequent serials in story order on a weekly basis until part ten of {{ZZ}}, on '''23 July 1972'''. After a short break, the series resumed on Thursday, '''10 August 1972''', with {{AAA}}, and the run ended with {{CCC}} part seven on '''7 December 1972'''. (Sometime prior to 1978, the ABC returned its prints of {{TT}} (and possibly along with other serials of the same season) to the BBC in London.)


'''AUDIO RECORDINGS'''

Off-air audio recordings exist, made during one of the regional broadcasts of {{YY}}; over the closing credits, a voice-over announces "Doctor Who again next Sunday at five past six". It is believed these were recorded during transmission in Victoria. 


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===Block 7: PERTWEE ---- '''May 1972 to February 1975'''===
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|'''First Run'''||'''{{EEE}}'''   ///   '''{{GGG}}----{{HHH}}----{{KKK}}----{{LLL}}----{{MMM}}----{{NNN}}----{{OOO}}----{{PPP}}----{{RRR}}----{{QQQ}}----{{SSS}}'''
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|'''Repeats'''||'''{{WW}}----{{XX}}----{{YY}}----{{ZZ}}----{{AAA}}----{{BBB}}----{{CCC}}----{{EEE}}----{{GGG}}----{{HHH}}----{{KKK}}----{{LLL}}----{{MMM}}----{{NNN}}----{{OOO}}----{{PPP}}----{{RRR}}----{{QQQ}}----{{SSS}}'''
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[[File:QLD18Jan73.JPG |right|thumb|350px|Queensland TV listings; The Seeds of Death ep 1,2 repeat (1.50pm), and first run Terror of the Autons ep 3 (6.30pm); Gympie Times, 18-19 January 1973]]

The next new Jon Pertwee story, {{EEE}}, screened on its own, Fridays at 6.05pm or 6.30pm. The tenth season was played out of order, with {{PPP}} first, then {{RRR}} followed by {{QQQ}}. There was then a long break of over six months before the next set of new third Doctor episodes. Most regions aired repeats of Troughton episodes during this period. Serials {{FFF}}, {{JJJ}} and {{TTT}} were given "A" classifications, and therefore did not screen. These ratings may have been why there was a six month delay between {{EEE}} and {{GGG}}. {{LLL}} and {{MMM}} played in production order, rather than correct story order. 

For the sake of simplicity, rather that treating {{EEE}} as a Block of its own, for this summary we have combined it with the Block of stories from the same season. 

*'''ADELAIDE''': Ahead of the new episodes, ADELAIDE reran {{YY}} between '''8 and 12 May 1972''', then a weekday August school holiday re-run of {{XX}} from '''14 to 18 August 1972''', parts five and six airing together. There is no clear evidence of {{WW}}, {{ZZ}}, {{AAA}} or {{BBB}} being repeated in this region. 
*'''SYDNEY''' and '''CANBERRA''': Both regions were in sync for the weekday afternoon school holiday repeat of {{ZZ}} from '''8 to 12 May 1972''', with two episodes airing back to back each afternoon, at 2.10pm or 2.40pm. The evening of the same day that parts nine and ten of {{ZZ}} aired, the short run of {{EEE}} also commenced, and ended on '''2 June 1972'''. A repeat of {{AAA}} played during the 1972 August holidays, '''28 to 31 August 1972'''. 

(NOTE: We do not have any further transmission dates for CANBERRA beyond this point. For the most part, CANBERRA would usually be in sync with SYDNEY.)

*'''BRISBANE''': From for the week of '''9 to 12 May 1972''', {{WW}} was repeated during school holidays.

*'''HOBART''': {{YY}} was repeated weekdays during the school holidays, from '''9 to 17 May 1972'''. A week later, the Block of {{EEE}} commenced, from Friday, '''26 May 1972'''. This ended on '''16 June 1972'''. There is no clear record of a repeat of {{ZZ}} in HOBART; if it was re-run, it must have been during the August 1972 school holidays, possibly as an unscheduled and therefore unbilled replacement.

*'''MELBOURNE''': Following a school holiday repeat of {{WW}}, '''16 to 19 May 1972''', {{EEE}} commenced its short run, from '''19 May to 9 June 1972'''. 

*'''DARWIN''': While {{EEE}} was screening in other regions, Darwin was still playing catch-up; by '''May 1972''' they had reached {{YY}}… On Thursday, '''7 December 1972''', DARWIN had reached the end of the first run of Jon Pertwee stories. 

(NOTE: We do not have any details about the transmissions for DARWIN beyond this point. On 24 December 1974, Darwin was hit by the devastating [[wikipedia:Cyclone Tracy|Cyclone Tracy]]. It wasn't until February 1975 that television services were reinstated.)

*'''MELBOURNE''' was the first to air {{GGG}}, from Friday, '''29 December 1972'''. From '''12 to 19 January 1973''', a weekday afternoon repeat of {{XX}} played between parts three and four of {{GGG}}. The brief run of new episodes ended with {{HHH}} part six on '''2 March 1973'''. After a short break, the run of new episodes resumed on Friday, '''20 April 1973''', with {{KKK}}. A re-run of {{YY}} was scheduled during the school holidays, from '''14 to 21 May 1973''' between {{KKK}} and {{LLL}}. As far as we can tell, this was the final screening of {{YY}} in Australia. There is no clear record that {{ZZ}} was repeated in MELBOURNE; if so, it would have been during the August 1973 school holidays, possibly as an unbilled fill-in for something else. 

*On Friday, '''5 January 1973''', the new Pertwee episodes commenced in at least four of the regions: '''ADELAIDE''' and '''BRISBANE''' both with {{EEE}}; '''SYDNEY''' and '''HOBART''' both with {{GGG}}. From '''18 to 25 January 1973''', {{XX}} was repeated in BRISBANE. In '''May 1973''', each region played the usual school holiday repeats, with {{BBB}} in SYDNEY, and {{YY}} in BRISBANE and MELBOURNE. 

*The run ended in each region at different points: BRISBANE stopped on '''23 February 1973''' at the end of {{GGG}}; HOBART on '''9 March 1973''' at {{HHH}}. SYDNEY continued, running through to '''1 February 1974''' with part six of {{SSS}}. For the August / September 1973 school holidays, SYDNEY played repeats of {{CCC}} and {{EEE}}, from '''27 August to 10 September 1974''', and later {{GGG}} and {{HHH}} from '''6 to 17 May 1974''', then {{KKK}} to {{SSS}} from '''30 September to 12 December 1974'''. 
*'''ADELAIDE''': The run of new Jon Pertwee episodes commenced Friday, '''5 January 1973''', starting with {{EEE}}, and ending on '''13 February 1974''', with {{SSS}}. Two months later, school holiday had, from Monday '''6 May 1974''', a four-episode repeat (probably of {{EEE}}). From '''2 January 1975''' to '''4 February 1975''', was the last run of black and white repeats, {{PPP}} to {{SSS}}.
*'''BRISBANE''': The run resumed from '''27 April 1973''', with {{HHH}}, followed by repeats of {{YY}} from '''7 to 14 May 1973''' and {{ZZ}} from '''13 to 24 August 1973''', coming to an end on '''19 April 1974'''. {{AAA}} and {{BBB}} were then repeated from '''6 to 17 May 1974'''. Weekday afternoon repeats of {{EEE}} to {{PPP}} played from '''14 October to 12 December 1974''', then {{RRR}} to {{SSS}} from '''2 to 23 January 1975'''. 

*'''HOBART''': The Pertwee series continued from '''11 May 1973''' with {{KKK}}, and ended on '''29 March 1974''' at {{SSS}}. A repeat of {{BBB}} played from '''5 to 14 February 1974'''. {{HHH}} to {{PPP}} were repeated from '''7 October to 25 November 1973''', and {{RRR}}, {{QQQ}}, {{SSS}} and {{GGG}} in that order from '''2 January to 5 February 1975'''. 

[[File:Persp290574.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Perspective – "'C' for Computer" – 29 May 1974, 8.50pm (Sydney)]]


'''PERSPECTIVE – "'C' FOR COMPUTER"'''

As noted in Block 3, it was during this run on '''29 May 1974''', at 8.50pm on the ABC, that the '''"'C' for Computer"''' episode of '''"Perspective"''' screened. This segment featured several clips that had been taken from {{EE}} parts four and five, which indicates that the ABC had retained those episodes until at least 1974. (The film prints of the serial were apparently returned to the BBC in mid-1975.)


'''SUMMARY'''
* The repeats during this run marked the final appearance of Patrick Troughton on the ABC – he had been seen on Australian screens for a period spanning just over six years, from July 1967 to August 1973.



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===Block 8: PERTWEE ---- '''March 1975 to July 1975'''===
[[File:MelbUUU1.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Listing for The Time Warrior, Melbourne,   14 March 1975]] 
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Serial {{WWW}} had been classified "A" by the censors, and did not screen. For reasons that are not clear, {{ZZZ}} was received nearly a year after the rest of the season, and was held over to 1976. 

The ABC commenced '''colour''' transmissions from Saturday, '''1 March 1975''' (although some of the smaller regional stations probably still transmitted in black and white, in which case they would have broadcast off 16mm film rather than colour video tapes). However, the majority of the population still watched the series in black and white. (Even by 1977, still less than 50% of the population owned a colour television receiver.)

Synchronised broadcasts across regions were by now becoming more frequent, so the number of regional variances was decreasing. Colour episodes of '''Doctor Who''' commenced from March 1975, Fridays evenings at 6.30pm.  

*'''SYDNEY''' and '''CANBERRA''': The new run opened on Friday, '''7 March 1975''', and ended on '''6 June 1975'''.  (NOTE: We have no further airdates for CANBERRA beyond this point.)
*'''MELBOURNE''' and '''HOBART''': The new run opened on Friday, '''14 March 1975''', and ended on '''13 June 1975''' in the former, but a week later on '''20 June 1975''' in the latter (no episode aired 13 June).  
*'''PERTH''': The new run opened on Saturday, '''15 March 1975'''; we do not know the end date. (NOTE: We have no further airdates for PERTH beyond this date.}
*'''ADELAIDE''': The new run played from Friday, '''4 April 1975''' to '''18 July 1976'''. 
*'''BRISBANE''': The new run opened on Friday, '''11 April 1975''', and ended on '''18 June 1975''' (there was no episode on 25 April). 

Unlike previous years, there were no school holiday repeats in May, August/September or December 1975.


*'''CONTINUED: [[Australia TX 1976-1982|1976-1982]]'''


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