The Sun Makers
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| Story Code: 4W / Season 15 | UK Airdate: 26 Nov to 17 Dec 1977 | Doctor: Tom Baker |
| 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 Arab Emirates | Aug 78? | PAL |
| United States* | Dec 78 | NTSC |
| Australia | Mar 79 | PAL |
| Rhodesia | Apr 79 | PAL |
| Chile | c May 79 | NTSC |
| Costa Rica | Feb 80 | NTSC |
| Mexico | Mar 80 | NTSC |
| Nicaragua | Aug 80 | NTSC |
| Gibraltar | Sep 80? | PAL |
| Puerto Rico | Sep 80? | NTSC |
| Brazil | 80? | PAL |
| Brunei | 80? | PAL |
| Ecuador | Nov 80? | NTSC |
| Swaziland? | 81? | PAL |
| Venezuela | 82? | NTSC |
| Honduras | ? | NTSC |
- (*) The US date is based on the airdates for WTEV, which was the first US station to screen the initial package of 98 Tom Baker episodes.
- This story was dubbed into Spanish.
- It was reported in DWM issue #114 (July 1986) that the serial aired in Canada as a compilation called "The Underworld". This cannot be, since the serial was skipped by TVO (which only ever broadcast the series episodically, never as compilations), and didn't finally air in Canada until 1990 (on YTV). If the anecdote is in any way true, however, it may have been an omnibus that screened on one of the US PBS stations in a state that bordered with Canada. Also, it's doubtful the story would have a brand new opening sequence showing the alternative title; if anything, the other title was only published in a listings magazine rather than something seen on screen. (See also The Sontaran Experiment and The Hand of Fear.)
Reissue
- The story was reissued in the mid-1980s, during the THIRD WAVE of sales.
| Saudi Arabia | early 86? | NTSC |
| Armed Forces Network | Aug 86 | NTSC |
| New Zealand | Oct 87 | PAL |
| Canada | 90s | NTSC |
US TV Guide descriptions
More Information
Title: The Sunmakers
- Part 1: On Pluto, the Doctor discovers humans controlled by a ruthless business operation.
- Part 2: The Doctor is ordered to the correction center; Leela is captured by the rebels.
- Part 3: Leela is sentenced to death.
- Part 4: The Doctor leads the workers in a revolution against the company.
- Compilation: On Pluto, the Doctor discovers humans controlled by a ruthless business operation.
