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-'''MORE REPEATS'''
+'''MORE REPEATS = FULLY SYNCHED'''
 *After the colour Pertwees, came yet another run of "G" rated Tom Baker repeats, starting with {{4A}} (from Friday, '''2 September 1983''') and with all stories screening '''for the first time in the correct story order!''' (As was usual, the "A" rated {{4K}} and {{4P}} were skipped.)
-*On '''15 November 1983''', '''MELBOURNE''' and '''BRISBANE''' pre-empted the series in favour of an hour of the comedy series, '''The Goodies'''.
+*All the regions bar '''HOBART''' aired the same episode each night; Tasmanians had to wait one day.

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 '''THE FIVE DOCTORS'''
-*On Tuesday, '''13 December 1983''', the 20th Anniversary Special [[The Five Doctors]] aired at 7.30 to 9.00pm. However a severe electrical storm in New South Wales blacked-out much of SYDNEY, interrupting the broadcast.
+*On Tuesday, '''13 December 1983''', the 20th Anniversary Special [[The Five Doctors]] aired at 7.30 to 9.00pm. However, a severe electrical storm in New South Wales blacked out much of SYDNEY, interrupting the broadcast.
 *The repeat season concluded with part six of {{4S}}, which ended a few days prior to Christmas, on '''23 December 1983'''.
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 '''JOHN NATHAN-TURNER VISITS'''
-Nathan-Turner went to Australia in '''April 1984'''. He visited the ABC (part 4 of [[The Celestial Toymaker]] had recently been discovered there – see above – and he went with an eye to finding more!), and was guest at a one-day Fan Cub event in SYDNEY on '''25 April'''.
+Nathan-Turner went to Australia in '''April 1984'''. He visited the ABC (part 4 of [[The Celestial Toymaker]] had recently been discovered there – see above – and he went with an eye to finding more!), and was guest at a one-day Fan Club event in SYDNEY on '''25 April'''.
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 *{{TTT}} was repeated (apparently it was included in this block in order to explain the change-over from Jo Grant to Sarah Jane Smith!) followed by the first-ever screening of {{WWW}}, albeit in its modified five-episode format – from Monday '''5 to 9 November 1984'''.
 *On '''Christmas Eve 1984''', the spin-off [[K9 and Company]] aired, from 6.05 to 6.54pm.
-*All the regions except for '''HOBART''' enjoyed a repeat screening of [[The Five Doctors]] on Saturday, '''12 January 1985''' in a very late slot. TV listings show it as 10.40pm in SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, and 11.10pm in ADELAIDE, one half hour 'later' due to the time-shift between those states.
+*All the regions except for '''HOBART''' enjoyed a repeat screening of [[The Five Doctors]] on Saturday, '''12 January 1985''' in a very late slot. TV listings show it as 10.40pm in SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, and 11.10pm in ADELAIDE, being one half hour 'later' due to the time-zone shift between those states.

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 *{{TTT}} was repeated (apparently it was included in this block in order to explain the change-over from Jo Grant to Sarah Jane Smith!) followed by the first-ever screening of {{WWW}}, albeit in its modified five-episode format – from Monday '''5 to 9 November 1984'''.
 *On '''Christmas Eve 1984''', the spin-off [[K9 and Company]] aired, from 6.05 to 6.54pm.
-*All the regions except for '''HOBART''' enjoyed a repeat screening of [[The Five Doctors]] on Saturday, '''12 January 1985''' in a very late slot. TV listings show it as 10.40pm in SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, and 11.10pm in ADELAIDE, one half hour 'later' due to the time-shift between regions.
+*All the regions except for '''HOBART''' enjoyed a repeat screening of [[The Five Doctors]] on Saturday, '''12 January 1985''' in a very late slot. TV listings show it as 10.40pm in SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, and 11.10pm in ADELAIDE, one half hour 'later' due to the time-shift between those states.

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 *{{TTT}} was repeated (apparently it was included in this block in order to explain the change-over from Jo Grant to Sarah Jane Smith!) followed by the first-ever screening of {{WWW}}, albeit in its modified five-episode format – from Monday '''5 to 9 November 1984'''.
 *On '''Christmas Eve 1984''', the spin-off [[K9 and Company]] aired, from 6.05 to 6.54pm.
-*All the regions except for '''HOBART''' enjoyed a repeat screening of [[The Five Doctors]] on Saturday, '''12 January 1985''' in a very late slot. TV listings show it as 10.40pm in SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, and 11.10pm in ADELAIDE, one half hour 'later' due to the Daylight Savings time-shift between regions.
+*All the regions except for '''HOBART''' enjoyed a repeat screening of [[The Five Doctors]] on Saturday, '''12 January 1985''' in a very late slot. TV listings show it as 10.40pm in SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, and 11.10pm in ADELAIDE, one half hour 'later' due to the time-shift between regions.

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 *{{TTT}} was repeated (apparently it was included in this block in order to explain the change-over from Jo Grant to Sarah Jane Smith!) followed by the first-ever screening of {{WWW}}, albeit in its modified five-episode format – from Monday '''5 to 9 November 1984'''.
 *On '''Christmas Eve 1984''', the spin-off [[K9 and Company]] aired, from 6.05 to 6.54pm.
-*All the regions except for '''HOBART''' enjoyed a repeat screening of [[The Five Doctors]] on Saturday, '''12 January 1985''', at the very late hour of 10.40pm, except in ADELAIDE, where it went out half an hour later, at 11.10pm.
+*All the regions except for '''HOBART''' enjoyed a repeat screening of [[The Five Doctors]] on Saturday, '''12 January 1985''' in a very late slot. TV listings show it as 10.40pm in SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, and 11.10pm in ADELAIDE, one half hour 'later' due to the Daylight Savings time-shift between regions.

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 |'''Repeats'''||'''{{6A}}----{{6B}}----{{6C}}----{{KKK}}----{{PPP}}----{{QQQ}}----{{RRR}}----{{GGG}}----{{HHH}}----{{LLL}}----{{NNN}}----{{OOO}}----{{TTT}}----{{UUU}}----{{XXX}}----{{YYY}}----{{ZZZ}}---{{4A}}----{{4C}}----{{4B}}----{{4E}}----{{4D}}----{{4F}}----{{4H}}----{{4G}}----{{4J}}----{{4L}}----{{4M}}----{{4N}}----{{4Q}}----{{4R}}----{{4S}}'''
 |}
-[[File:ABCFiveDocs83.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The Robots and Death repeat (6.30pm), and The Five Doctors (7.30pm), 13 December 1983; Melbourne Age]]
+[[File:ABCFiveDocs83.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The Robots of Death repeat (6.30pm), and The Five Doctors (7.30pm), 13 December 1983; Melbourne Age]]
 *Peter Davison visited Australia from '''7 to 23 April 1983''', to participate as a guest presenter of the annual Australian television industry [[wikipedia:Logie Awards of 1983|Logie Awards]], held in Melbourne, and to undertake promotional signings.

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 *Peter Davison visited Australia from '''7 to 23 April 1983''', to participate as a guest presenter of the annual Australian television industry [[wikipedia:Logie Awards of 1983|Logie Awards]], held in Melbourne, and to undertake promotional signings.
-*During his visit, and ahead of season 20, a short run of repeats five days a week began from Monday, '''11 April 1983''' (in '''SYDNEY''', '''ADELAIDE''', '''MELBOURNE''', '''PERTH''', and '''BRISBANE'''), and a day later in '''HOBART'''; this run consisted of {{6A}}, {{6B}} and {{6C}}. The following week, Peter Davison's second season commenced, from '''25 April 1983'''.  The season drew to a close on Tuesday, '''24 May 1983'''.
+*During his visit, and ahead of season 20, a short run of repeats five days a week began from Monday, '''11 April 1983''' in '''SYDNEY''', '''ADELAIDE''', '''MELBOURNE''', '''PERTH''', and '''BRISBANE''', and a day later in '''HOBART'''; this run consisted of {{6A}}, {{6B}} and {{6C}}. The following week, Peter Davison's second season commenced, from '''25 April 1983'''.  The season drew to a close on Tuesday, '''24 May 1983'''.
 *The following day, a further run of repeats. This consisted of the colour Jon Pertwee episodes, some of which had also recently been reissued for the [[United States]] market. It was during the preparation stages for this repeats run that the ABC discovered they still had the PAL tapes of {{QQQ}} that had been in storage at their Bond Store since 1973. The run also included NTSC to PAL conversions of {{GGG}}, {{HHH}}, {{LLL}}, {{NNN}} and {{OOO}} (which had been recovered from [[Canada]] a few years earlier) screening in colour in Australia for the very first time. The extended early edit of part two of {{PPP}} may also have aired.
 *On '''1 July 1983''', the '''Australian Broadcasting Commission''' changed its name to the '''Australian Broadcasting Corporation'''.