Spearhead from Space
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| Story Code: AAA / Season 7 | UK Airdate: 3 Jan to 24 Jan 1970 | 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.)
| Australia | Jul 71 | b/w |
| Singapore | Sep 71 | b/w |
| Hong Kong | Nov 71 | b/w |
| Gibraltar | Nov 72 | b/w |
| United Arab Emirates | 74 | b/w or PAL? |
| New Zealand | Mar 75 | b/w |
| Lebanon | Aug 77 | b/w |
| Swaziland | Feb 78 | colour |
| Saudi Arabia | 78? | b/w |
| Qatar | 78? | b/w or PAL |
| Malta | Apr 79 | colour |
| Sierra Leone | 79 or 82? | colour |
| Bangladesh | Jul 80 | b/w |
| Sri Lanka | Apr 81 | colour |
- The story was dubbed into Arabic.
- Bangladesh was the last to screen it in black and white.
- The New Zealand prints of this story were junked in 1984.
Reissue
- Australia aired the serial for the first time in colour in a May 1978 repeat.
- It was released as part of a package of all 24 Jon Pertwee stories, and sold to New Zealand, where it aired for the first time in colour in Apr 1985, and:
| United States | Dec 84 | NTSC |
| Canada | 1990s? | NTSC |
| Ireland | Oct 99 | PAL |
US TV Guide descriptions
More Information
Title: Spearhead from Space
- Episode 1: Dr. Who battles aliens who plan to take over the earth by replacing key government officials.
- Episode 2: A horrible discovery is made at the plastics factory.
- Episode 3: The Doctor discovers that the metorite contains an alien life form.
- Episode 4: The Doctor must foil the Autons' plan to rule the Earth by impersonating government officials.
