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This story aired in the following '''known''' 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.)
 
This story aired in the following '''known''' 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.)
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[[File:AutonsWTTW.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Chicago Tribune listing for the 24 October 1975 airing]]
 
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|[[Saudi Arabia]]||Aug 77||b/w
 
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|[[Lebanon]]|| 77?||b/w
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|[[Korea (South)]]||Dec 77||NTSC
 
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|[[Japan]]||Mar 78?||NTSC
 
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* The story was dubbed into [[Arabic]].
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* The story may have been dubbed into [[Arabic]].
 
* It was not sold anywhere in its original PAL format. The tapes had been wiped by 1973.
 
* It was not sold anywhere in its original PAL format. The tapes had been wiped by 1973.
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* It was reissued in black and white only from March 1985: [[United States]], [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]] and [[Canada]] all aired the serial in that format in the mid-1980s.
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*{{Whose Doctor Who}}
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* Off-screen NTSC colour recordings from a US transmission in the 1970s were used to restore the story to full colour.  
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*The ABC [[Australia]] returned its prints to the BBC in mid-1975. The cut print of part 4 was retained by the archive, and this was later used in error as the default copy for subsequent sales to the [[United States]], [[New Zealand]] and - ironically - also to the ABC!
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* It was by using an off-air recording taken off a March 1977 broadcast in [[Chicago]], Illinois, that enabled the BBC to restore the serial to full colour.
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==Reissue==
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* It was released again in early 1985, as part of a package of all 24 [[Jon Pertwee stories]], and sold to the [[United States]], but in black and white only (part 4 was the returned Australian edit). It was also sold to:
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|[[New Zealand]]||Aug 85||b/w
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|[[Canada]]||Mar 90||b/w
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|[[Ireland]]||Jan 00||b/w
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*After the serial had been restored to colour for its 1993 VHS release, that became the new 'default' sent to overseas stations.
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*A subtitled DVD was issued in [[Brazil]] in 2016.  
  
  
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{{TV Guide blurbs
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| Pertwees = y
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| ep1=Earth faces invasion from an army of plastic Autons.
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| ep2=Dr. Who discovers The Master's time machine.
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| ep3=Daffodil power! The Autons' plastic flowers are slaughtering the people of Earth.
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| ep4=The Master and Dr. Who unite again, this time to destroy the Nestenes: an evil alien foe who know no bounds.
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}}
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{{TV Guide blurbs
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| ep1=Earth faces invasion from an army of plastic Autons, led by Dr. Who's archenemy: The Master.
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| ep2=Dr. Who discovers the Master's time machine.
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| ep3=Autons unleash a curious weapon{{dash}}deadly plastic dafodils.
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| ep4=The Master puts the final stages of his plan into action.
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| comp=1
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}}
 
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==Links==
 
*[[Main Page]]
 
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*[[Arabic]]
 
*[[Arabic]]
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Latest revision as of 21:09, 5 February 2022

Story Code: EEE / Season 8 UK Airdate: 2 Jan to 23 Jan 1971 Doctor: Jon Pertwee
First airings by location UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite Previous Story / Next Story

This story aired in the following known 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.)

Chicago Tribune listing for the 24 October 1975 airing
Australia May 72 b/w
United States Sep 72 NTSC
Hong Kong Feb 73 b/w
Singapore Apr 73 b/w
Gibraltar Dec 73 b/w
Guam Feb 74 NTSC
Philippines 76 NTSC
Saudi Arabia Aug 77 b/w
Korea (South) Dec 77 NTSC
Japan Mar 78? NTSC
Bangladesh Nov 80? b/w
  • The story may have been dubbed into Arabic.
  • It was not sold anywhere in its original PAL format. The tapes had been wiped by 1973.
  • For Whose Doctor Who (broadcast on 3 April 1977) a black and white clip was used from Terror of the Autons as that format was the best copy available at the time.
  • The ABC Australia returned its prints to the BBC in mid-1975. The cut print of part 4 was retained by the archive, and this was later used in error as the default copy for subsequent sales to the United States, New Zealand and - ironically - also to the ABC!
  • It was by using an off-air recording taken off a March 1977 broadcast in Chicago, Illinois, that enabled the BBC to restore the serial to full colour.


Reissue

  • It was released again in early 1985, as part of a package of all 24 Jon Pertwee stories, and sold to the United States, but in black and white only (part 4 was the returned Australian edit). It was also sold to:
New Zealand Aug 85 b/w
Canada Mar 90 b/w
Ireland Jan 00 b/w
  • After the serial had been restored to colour for its 1993 VHS release, that became the new 'default' sent to overseas stations.
  • A subtitled DVD was issued in Brazil in 2016.


US TV Guide descriptions (1970s Pertwees)

More Information
Title: Terror of the Autons

  • Episode 1: Earth faces invasion from an army of plastic Autons.
  • Episode 2: Dr. Who discovers The Master's time machine.
  • Episode 3: Daffodil power! The Autons' plastic flowers are slaughtering the people of Earth.
  • Episode 4: The Master and Dr. Who unite again, this time to destroy the Nestenes: an evil alien foe who know no bounds.



US TV Guide descriptions

More Information
Title: Terror of the Autons

  • Episode 1: Earth faces invasion from an army of plastic Autons, led by Dr. Who's archenemy: The Master.
  • Episode 2: Dr. Who discovers the Master's time machine.
  • Episode 3: Autons unleash a curious weapon—deadly plastic dafodils.
  • Episode 4: The Master puts the final stages of his plan into action.
  • Compilation: Earth faces invasion from an army of plastic Autons, led by Dr. Who's archenemy: The Master.


Links

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