Planet of Giants
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| Story Code: J / Season 2 | UK Airdate: 31 Oct to 14 Nov 1964 | Doctor: William Hartnell |
| First airings by location | UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite | Previous Story / Next Story |
This story aired in the following 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 | Nov 65 | b/w |
| Singapore | Feb 66 | b/w |
| Gibraltar | Feb 66 | b/w |
| Malta | Mar 66 | b/w |
| Aden | Apr 66 | b/w |
| Nigeria | May 66 | b/w |
| Rhodesia / Zimbabwe | Jul 66 | b/w |
| Zambia | Aug 66 | b/w |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Aug 66 | b/w |
| Uganda | Nov 66 | b/w |
| Jamaica | Dec 66 | b/w |
| Barbados | Feb 67 | b/w |
| Hong Kong | Mar 67 | b/w |
| Kenya | Apr 67 | b/w |
| Thailand | Sep 67 | b/w |
| Tunisia | Sep 67 | b/w |
| Mauritius | Dec 67 | b/w |
| Venezuela | Feb 68 | b/w |
| New Zealand | Mar 68 | b/w |
| Sierra Leone | Mar 68 | b/w |
| Mexico | May 68? | b/w |
| Morocco | 68? | b/w |
| Saudi Arabia | 68? | b/w |
| Chile | Aug 69 | b/w |
| Iran | Oct 69 | b/w |
| Jordan | 69? | b/w |
| Libya | Mar 70? | b/w |
| Ethiopia | Aug 71 | b/w |
| Costa Rica | Jan 72 | b/w |
| Algeria | Jan 74 | b/w |
- In mid-1967, New Zealand was sent the prints that had been used by the ABC in Australia.
- The New Zealand prints were destroyed on 14 July 1971.
- All three episodes with the Arabic soundtrack exist, and featured on the DVD of this story.
- A Spanish dub of part three is held by a collector. This may have been returned from Costa Rica.
- See Hartnell Junkings
Reissue
- The serial was reissued by the BBC in late 1985, and sold to:
| United States | from Sep 85 | b/w |
| Canada | 1990s | b/w |
US TV Guide descriptions
More Information
Title: Planet of Giants
- Episode 1:
- Episode 2:
- Episode 3:
- Compilation: The Doctor emerges from the Tardis to find that he is only one-inch tall. But this small inconvenience doesn't interfere with his efforts to keep an unprincipled manufacturer from distributing a dangerous insecticide.
