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* The story was dubbed into [[Arabic]].  
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* The story may have been dubbed into [[Arabic]].
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* The NTSC tapes were recovered from [[Canada]] in early 1981.  
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* It was not sold anywhere in its original PAL colour format. The PAL tapes of eps 2 and 3 had been wiped by 1973.
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* It was reissued in early 1983 for syndication in the [[United States]].
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*{{Whose Doctor Who}}
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* [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]] and [[Canada]] all aired the serial in the mid-1980s.
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* The NTSC tapes sent to [[Canada]] were recovered by April 1981.  
  
  
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==Reissue==
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[[File:KTEH Axos.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Listing from [[San Jose]]'s KTEH Channel 54 magazine, covering 23 June 1984]]
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* The story was later reissued to the [[United States]] in 1983, as part of a package of 14 full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]].
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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]], as a NTSC to PAL conversion to [[Australia]] (in April 1986, for the first time in colour), and later again to [[Canada]].
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* It also screened for the first time in:
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{| {{small-table}}
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|[[New Zealand]]||Sep 85||N/PC
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|[[Ireland]]||Feb 00||PAL
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{{TV Guide blurbs
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| part = episode
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| title =
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| Pertwees = y
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| ep1= Beware of humanoids bearing gifts.
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| ep2= Unearthly humanoids have an unpleasant surprise for Dr. Who
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| ep3=A search and destroy mission for Dr. Who and the Master.
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| ep4=Dr. Who gambles with death when he taxis Axos into a time loop.
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}}
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{{TV Guide blurbs
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| part = episode
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| title = 
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| Pertwees =
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| ep1=An alien spaceship with a crew of statue-like humanoids lands on Earth.
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| ep2=The Doctor discoveres that the spaceship is actually a living creature.
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| ep3=The menacing axonite is quickly distributed around the world.
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| ep4=Dr. Who gambles with death when he taxis Axos into a time loop.
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| comp = An alien spaceship wth a crew of seemingly friendly, statue-like humanoids lands on Earth.
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}}
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
*[[Main Page]]
 
*[[Main Page]]
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*[[Arabic]]
 
*[[Arabic]]
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Latest revision as of 22:02, 19 November 2021

Story Code: GGG / Season 8 UK Airdate: 13 Mar to 3 Apr 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.)

United States Oct 72 NTSC
Australia Dec 72 b/w
Hong Kong Mar 73 b/w
Singapore May 73 b/w
Gibraltar Jan 74 b/w
Guam Mar 74 NTSC
Philippines 76 NTSC
Canada Oct 76 NTSC
Saudi Arabia Oct 77 b/w
Bangladesh Dec 80? b/w
  • The story may have been dubbed into Arabic.
  • It was not sold anywhere in its original PAL colour format. The PAL tapes of eps 2 and 3 had been wiped by 1973.
  • For Whose Doctor Who (broadcast on 3 April 1977) a black and white clip was used from The Claws of Axos as that format was the best copy available at the time.
  • The NTSC tapes sent to Canada were recovered by April 1981.


Reissue

Listing from San Jose's KTEH Channel 54 magazine, covering 23 June 1984
New Zealand Sep 85 N/PC
Ireland Feb 00 PAL

US TV Guide descriptions (1970s Pertwees)

More Information
Title: The Claws of Axos

  • Episode 1: Beware of humanoids bearing gifts.
  • Episode 2: Unearthly humanoids have an unpleasant surprise for Dr. Who
  • Episode 3: A search and destroy mission for Dr. Who and the Master.
  • Episode 4: Dr. Who gambles with death when he taxis Axos into a time loop.



US TV Guide descriptions

More Information
Title: The Claws of Axos

  • Episode 1: An alien spaceship with a crew of statue-like humanoids lands on Earth.
  • Episode 2: The Doctor discoveres that the spaceship is actually a living creature.
  • Episode 3: The menacing axonite is quickly distributed around the world.
  • Episode 4: Dr. Who gambles with death when he taxis Axos into a time loop.
  • Compilation: An alien spaceship wth a crew of seemingly friendly, statue-like humanoids lands on Earth.


Links

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