Mission to the Unknown - Revision history

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 [[File:MissionAlliance.JPG|450px|right|thumb|Mission Delegates; Australian newspaper, 21 August 1965]]
 [[File:MissionMonsters.JPG|250px|right|thumb|Mission Delegates; Australian newspaper, 21 August 1965]]
-* The serial was offered to [[Australia]] in March 1966 along with [[Galaxy 4]], [[The Myth Makers]] and [[The Daleks' Master Plan]].
+* The serial was offered to [[Australia]] in '''March 1966''' along with [[Galaxy 4]], [[The Myth Makers]] and [[The Daleks' Master Plan]].
 * It was viewed by the Australian censors on '''13 September 1966''' - and rejected due to its horror content. The ABC was legally not able to screen it.
 *Since the ABC did not purchase the episode, it did not make any clearance payments to the BBC. Accordingly, the other countries that were still buying the series at this time were not able to purchase the episode, as they relied on Australia to cover the bulk of the rights clearance costs.
 * And what became of the film print? In all likelihood it would have been returned to the BBC's Sydney office soon after it was rejected. But what happened to it after that is unknown...
-* When the sale moratorium on all Daleks stories was lifted at the end of 1967, the episode was granted a new seven year sales rights period, which expired in 1974.
+* When the sale moratorium on all Daleks stories was lifted at the end of 1967, the episode was back on the catalogue (perhaps for a seven year sales rights period, which expired in 1974 -- or perhaps not; see below).
 * Interestingly, [[Singapore]] appears to have an 'extra' airdate in the late 1972 / early 1973 run of episodes during which the first half of season three aired - so it is '''remotely possible''' that they did screen this single episode in November 1972 in its correct slot between [[Galaxy 4]] and [[The Myth Makers]]... However none of the ''surviving'' BBC sales documentation -- particularly in regards to payments for clearance of the stock music (which Singapore would have to pay) -- records such a sale.
-*Indeed, although the BBC was still offering the episode for sale as late as 1974, the only candidate to have the option to buy the series that late in the game would have been [[Nigeria]], and it's clear that they didn't, due to the costs in being the first (and only?) purchaser (which therefore precludes [[Singapore]] from being the first to purchase the story as well!)
+*In mid-1974 BBC Enterprises released a sales summary which itemised which stories were available and which were "not available" -- Mission, [[Galaxy 4]] and [[The War Machines]] were the only season 3 stories ''not'' marked "not available". It is possible that this was an administration oversight, and that none of the season 3 stories were available in 1974. But if the list was indeed correct, and Mission was still on offer in 1974, the only candidate that would have the option to buy the series that late in the game would have been [[Nigeria]], but it's clear that they didn't, presumably due to the high cost associated with being the first (and only?) purchaser (which therefore precludes [[Singapore]] from being the first to purchase the story as well!)
 * See also [[Hartnell Junkings]]

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 * It was viewed by the Australian censors on '''13 September 1966''' - and rejected due to its horror content. The ABC was legally not able to screen it.
 *Since the ABC did not purchase the episode, it did not make any clearance payments to the BBC. Accordingly, the other countries that were still buying the series at this time were not able to purchase the episode, as they relied on Australia to cover the bulk of the rights clearance costs.
-* And what became of the film print? In all likelihood it would have been returned to the BBC's Sydney office in March 1967. But what happened to it after that is unknown...
+* And what became of the film print? In all likelihood it would have been returned to the BBC's Sydney office soon after it was rejected. But what happened to it after that is unknown...
 * When the sale moratorium on all Daleks stories was lifted at the end of 1967, the episode was granted a new seven year sales rights period, which expired in 1974.
 * Interestingly, [[Singapore]] appears to have an 'extra' airdate in the late 1972 / early 1973 run of episodes during which the first half of season three aired - so it is '''remotely possible''' that they did screen this single episode in November 1972 in its correct slot between [[Galaxy 4]] and [[The Myth Makers]]... However none of the ''surviving'' BBC sales documentation -- particularly in regards to payments for clearance of the stock music (which Singapore would have to pay) -- records such a sale.

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 * The serial was offered to [[Australia]] in March 1966 along with [[Galaxy 4]], [[The Myth Makers]] and [[The Daleks' Master Plan]].
 * It was viewed by the Australian censors on '''13 September 1966''' - and rejected due to its horror content. The ABC was legally not able to screen it.
-*[[BBC Sydney]] officially "wrote off" trying to sell the episode in '''March 1967''', and therefore the ABC did not make any clearance payments to the BBC. Accordingly, the other countries that were still buying the series at this time were not able to purchase the episode, as they relied on Australia to cover the bulk of the rights clearance costs.
+*Since the ABC did not purchase the episode, it did not make any clearance payments to the BBC. Accordingly, the other countries that were still buying the series at this time were not able to purchase the episode, as they relied on Australia to cover the bulk of the rights clearance costs.
 * And what became of the film print? In all likelihood it would have been returned to the BBC's Sydney office in March 1967. But what happened to it after that is unknown...
 * When the sale moratorium on all Daleks stories was lifted at the end of 1967, the episode was granted a new seven year sales rights period, which expired in 1974.

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 [[File:MissionMonsters.JPG|250px|right|thumb|Mission Delegates; Australian newspaper, 21 August 1965]]
 * The serial was offered to [[Australia]] in March 1966 along with [[Galaxy 4]], [[The Myth Makers]] and [[The Daleks' Master Plan]].
-* It was viewed by the Australian censors on '''13 September 1966''' - and rejected due to its horror content. The ABC was not able to screen it.
+* It was viewed by the Australian censors on '''13 September 1966''' - and rejected due to its horror content. The ABC was legally not able to screen it.
 *[[BBC Sydney]] officially "wrote off" trying to sell the episode in '''March 1967''', and therefore the ABC did not make any clearance payments to the BBC. Accordingly, the other countries that were still buying the series at this time were not able to purchase the episode, as they relied on Australia to cover the bulk of the rights clearance costs.
 * And what became of the film print? In all likelihood it would have been returned to the BBC's Sydney office in March 1967. But what happened to it after that is unknown...

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 [[File:MissionMonsters.JPG|250px|right|thumb|Mission Delegates; Australian newspaper, 21 August 1965]]
 * The serial was offered to [[Australia]] in March 1966 along with [[Galaxy 4]], [[The Myth Makers]] and [[The Daleks' Master Plan]].
-* It was viewed by the Australian censors on '''13 September 1966''' - and rejected due to its horror content. The ABC was not able to screen it in its preferred early evening timeslot.
+* It was viewed by the Australian censors on '''13 September 1966''' - and rejected due to its horror content. The ABC was not able to screen it.
-* The ABC officially "wrote off" the episode in '''March 1967''', and therefore it did not make any clearance payments to the BBC. Accordingly, the other countries that were still buying the series at this time were not able to purchase the serial, as they relied on Australia to cover the bulk of the rights clearance costs.
+*[[BBC Sydney]] officially "wrote off" trying to sell the episode in '''March 1967''', and therefore the ABC did not make any clearance payments to the BBC. Accordingly, the other countries that were still buying the series at this time were not able to purchase the episode, as they relied on Australia to cover the bulk of the rights clearance costs.
 * And what became of the film print? In all likelihood it would have been returned to the BBC's Sydney office in March 1967. But what happened to it after that is unknown...
 * When the sale moratorium on all Daleks stories was lifted at the end of 1967, the episode was granted a new seven year sales rights period, which expired in 1974.

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 * And what became of the film print? In all likelihood it would have been returned to the BBC's Sydney office in March 1967. But what happened to it after that is unknown...
 * When the sale moratorium on all Daleks stories was lifted at the end of 1967, the episode was granted a new seven year sales rights period, which expired in 1974.
-* Interestingly, [[Singapore]] appears to have an 'extra' airdate in the late 1972 / early 1973 run of episodes during which the first half of season three aired - so it is '''remotely possible''' that they did screen this single episode in November 1972 in its correct slot between [[Galaxy 4]] and [[The Myth Makers]]... However none of the ''surviving'' BBC sales documentation -- particularly in regards to payment for clearance of the stock music -- records such a sale.
+* Interestingly, [[Singapore]] appears to have an 'extra' airdate in the late 1972 / early 1973 run of episodes during which the first half of season three aired - so it is '''remotely possible''' that they did screen this single episode in November 1972 in its correct slot between [[Galaxy 4]] and [[The Myth Makers]]... However none of the ''surviving'' BBC sales documentation -- particularly in regards to payment for clearance of the stock music (which Singapore would have to pay) -- records such a sale.
 *Indeed, although the BBC was still offering the episode for sale as late as 1974, the only candidate to have the option to buy the series that late in the game was [[Nigeria]].
 * See also [[Hartnell Junkings]]