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'''[[Wikipedia:Australia|AUSTRALIA]]''' is located in the Pacific Ocean in [[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Asia]]. It is a member of the British Commonwealth.
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'''[[Wikipedia:Australia|AUSTRALIA]]''' is in the Pacific Ocean, and forms part of [[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Australasia]]. One of its closest neighbours is [[New Zealand]]. {{TOC right}}{{#css: #YouTube td { text-align:center; padding:0 0 0 0; }
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|First broadcast        = 1956
 
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|First colour broadcast = 1 March 1975
 
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|Colour                = [[wikipedia:PAL|PAL]]
 
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|Doctors seen          = [[William Hartnell stories|Hartnell]], [[Patrick Troughton stories|Troughton]], [[Jon Pertwee stories|Pertwee]], [[Tom Baker stories|T Baker]], [[Peter Davison stories|Davison]], [[Colin Baker stories|C Baker]], [[Sylvester McCoy stories|McCoy]]
 
 
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==Population==
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==Profile==  
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When '''Doctor Who''' screened in Australia in 1965, the population was 11,362,000, and licensed TV sets numbered over 2 million (per [[WRTH]], 1966). In 1974, it was 13 million, 3.5 sets ([[WRTH]], 1974); 1984, it was 15.3 million, 6.5 sets ([[WRTH]], 1984).
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|'''Country Number (2)'''||1965||[[Selling Doctor Who|FIRST WAVE]]  
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ALSO 1979, 1990 WRTHs
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|'''Region'''||[[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Australasia/Asia]]||Commonwealth
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==TV & system==
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|'''Television commenced'''||16 September 1956||
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Australia began its television service in 1956.
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|'''Colour System'''||1 March 1975||[[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]]  
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The country has four networks: ABC (channel 2); XXX (channel 7); XXX (channel 9); XXX 9channel 11). In later years, cable and satellite stations, such as FOX-TEL, commenced broadcasts.
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|'''[[WRTH|Population]]'''||1966|| 11,362,000
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In the early years of television broadcasts, each state had its own regional scheduling, which meant that different episodes aired on different days, months apart.
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|'''[[WRTH|TV Sets]]'''||1966|| 2 million
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'''Doctor Who''' aired on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission; later Corporation), which was channel 2, from 1965 to 199X. (A run of repeats also aired from XXXX.)
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From 1 September 1996, the FOX-TEL satellite station UK-TV, aired a complete run of all available stories.
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From September 2003 through until 2006, the series returned to ABC for a run of repeats, that excluded the stories penned by Terry Nation or featuring the Daleks, due to problems with securing rights from the Nation Estate.
 
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Colour transmissions began on 1 March 1975 using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system.
 
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Full country-wide networking commenced from XXXXX, although there were still some regional variations during the 1980s and 1990s, particularly around sporting events.
 
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==Language/s==
 
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The main language of Australia is English.
 
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=='''DOCTOR WHO IN AUSTRALIA'''==
 
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Australia was the 2nd country to screen '''Doctor Who''' (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]). It was, however, the first to be offered the series; the ABC received film prints from [[BBC Sydney]] in xxxx, and these were duly sent to the Australian Film Censorship Board (AFCB) for classification on XXXX. The series was scheduled to air in late 1964, but due to problems with the "A" classifications that were given, screening was delayed until January 1965. ([[New Zealand]] therefore has the honour of being the first foreign country to screen the series.)
 
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==[[BBC Records]]==
 
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With the exception of only two stories, Australia is the only country to have purchased and screened every single story of '''Doctor Who'''.
 
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And with the exception of only 26 stories, it was also the country where the most stories aired for the first time, usually within a year of the UK screenings.
 
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The '''Stanmark Productions Ltd''' advertisement from 1966, identifies Australia as one twelve countries screening '''Doctor Who''' in that year.
 
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'''The Seventies''' records a sale of '''"(70)"''' stories by 28 February 1977. (This total is incorrect; it should be '''"(72)"'''). '''The Handbook''' identifies some of these as being: Hartnell - 27; Troughton - 21. The remainder is made up of Pertwee - 19, and Baker - 5 (up to {{4E}}).
 
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'''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - The Lost Chapters] records a sale of '''"(93)"''' stories (by 10 February 1987).
 
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This figure is made up of the same 19 Pertwees and 5 Bakers from the 1977 list, plus 33 additional Bakers, 20 Davisons, the 5 previously unaired Pertwees, and 11 Colin Bakers.
 
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In '''DWM''', Australia is identified in '''148''' story Archives: Hartnell - 27; Troughton - 21; Pertwee - 23 (omits {{WWW}}); Baker - 41; Davison - 15 (omits {{5W}}, {{6H}}, {{6L}}, {{6P}}, {{6Q}}; Baker - 9 (omits {{6W}}) - NEED TO CHECK 7C; McCoy - 12.
 
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The period of sale is given as XXXX to XXXXX.
 
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Of the 158 '''Doctor Who''' stories made from 1963 to 1989, there have been nine that did not air in Australia during the first-run screenings in the 1960s and 1970s. These nine are: [[Mission to the Unknown]], [[The Daleks' Master Plan]], [[Inferno]], [[The Mind of Evil]], [[The Daemons]], [[The Green Death]], [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]], [[The Brain of Morbius]] and [[The Deadly Assassin]].
 
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With the exception of [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]], all were "rejected" due to censorship. That the first seven of these nine did not air in Australia also prevented other Commonwealth countries from purchasing them - a restriction that was lifted in 1979.
 
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All bar the first two - all copies of which had been wiped by the BBC - did eventually screen in the 1980s, usually during repeat runs with the stories from the same seasons.
 
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==Stories bought and broadcast==
 
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===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
 
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27 stories, 121 episodes:
 
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|A||[[An Unearthly Child]]||4
 
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|B||[[The Daleks]]||7
 
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|C||[[Inside the Spaceship]]||2
 
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|D||[[Marco Polo]]||7
 
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|E||[[The Keys of Marinus]]||6
 
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|F||[[The Aztecs]]||4
 
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|G||[[The Sensorites]]||6
 
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|H||[[The Reign of Terror]]||6
 
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|J||[[Planet of Giants]]||3
 
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|K||[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]||6
 
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|L||[[The Rescue]]||2
 
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|M||[[The Romans]]||4
 
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|N||[[The Web Planet]]||6
 
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|P||[[ The Crusade]]||4
 
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|Q||[[The Space Museum]]||4
 
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|R||[[The Chase]]||6
 
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|S||[[The Time Meddler]]||4
 
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|T||[[Galaxy 4]]||4
 
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|U||[[The Myth Makers]]||4
 
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|W||[[The Massacre]]||4
 
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|X||[[The Ark]]||4
 
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|Y||[[The Celestial Toymaker]]||4
 
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|Z||[[The Gunfighters]]||4
 
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|AA||[[The Savages]]||4
 
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|BB||[[The War Machines]]||4
 
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|CC||[[The Smugglers]]||4
 
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|DD||[[The Tenth Planet]]||4
 
 
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Australia therefore bought GROUPs A to E of the [[William Hartnell stories]], with the exception of [[Mission to the Unknown]] and [[The Daleks' Master Plan]].
 
  
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The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
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==Television Stations / Channels==
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[[File:ABClogo.JPG|right|thumb|250px|ABC 'sine-wave' logo adopted in May 1965]]
  
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Australia began its television service from 16 September 1956 (Channel Nine).
  
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===[[Patrick Troughton stories|PATRICK TROUGHTON]]===
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The country has five major networks: '''ABC (Channel 2) – commenced broadcasts on 5 November 1956; ATN (Channel 7); TCN (Channel 9); TEN (Channel 10); SBS''', plus many state-wide regional and city-based independent stations.
  
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Twenty One stories, 119 episodes:
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_television_callsigns CALL SIGNS FOR REGIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_television_in_Australia REGIONAL STATIONS]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_broadcasting_in_Australia REGIONAL COVERAGE]
  
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In later years, independent cable and satellite stations launched.
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|EE||[[The Power of the Daleks]]||6
 
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|FF||[[The Highlanders]]||4
 
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|GG||[[The Underwater Menace]]||4
 
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|HH||[[The Moonbase]]||4
 
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|JJ||[[The Macra Terror]]||4
 
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|KK||[[The Faceless Ones]]||6
 
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|MM||[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]||4
 
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|NN||[[The Abominable Snowmen]]||6
 
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|OO||[[The Ice Warriors]]||6
 
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|PP||[[The Enemy of the World]]||6
 
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|QQ||[[The Web of Fear]]||6
 
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|LL||[[The Evil of the Daleks]]||7
 
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|RR||[[Fury from the Deep]]||6
 
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|SS||[[The Wheel in Space]]||6
 
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|TT||[[The Dominators]]||5
 
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|UU||[[The Mind Robber]]||5
 
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|VV||[[The Invasion]]||8
 
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|WW||[[The Krotons]]||4
 
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|XX||[[The Seeds of Death]]||6
 
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|YY||[[The Space Pirates]]||6
 
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|ZZ||[[The War Games]]||10
 
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Australia therefore bought all stories, GROUPs A to X, of the [[Patrick Troughton stories]].  
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[[File:ABCcard.JPG|right|thumb|250px|On-screen caption card used by ABC, circa 1966]]
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From January 1965 through until June 1994, '''Doctor Who''' aired regularly on the non-commercial station, the '''Australian Broadcasting Commission (the [[wikipedia:Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]])'''. The ABC changed its name to the '''Australian Broadcasting Corporation''' from 1 July 1983.
  
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The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
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In the early years of television broadcasts, each state had its own regional scheduling, which meant that different episodes of '''Doctor Who''' aired on different days, often many months apart. On rare occasions, the same episode aired on the same day but in different states, which meant that multiple prints of some episodes may have existed, although there were other methods by which 'dual' transmissions across the different states could be achieved. There were not only scheduling differences between states but the larger ones – such as Queensland - also had regional city-to-city variances '''within''' the state.  
  
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In April 1962, the permanent telecommunications [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney%E2%80%93Melbourne_co-axial_cable cable link between Sydney and Melbourne] (via Canberra) was opened: this allowed for the relaying of and simultaneous broadcasts of programming between the three cities; Channel 9 was the first to adopt this service in 1963, but it's unlikely that the ABC ever used the cable for broadcasts of '''Doctor Who'''.
  
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===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]===
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On '''9 July 1970''', the ABC 'opened' its microwave link between the east and west coasts of Australia, enabling the transmission of programme material across the country.  The launch was promoted in a one-hour special, '''[http://www.televisionau.com/seventies.htm PROJECT AUSTRALIA]''' (7.55pm to 8.55pm), featuring contributions from various Australian cities.
  
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Five stories were not purchased or screened due to censorship issues.  
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Colour transmissions began on '''1 March 1975''' using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system. It is possible that some of the minor regional stations may have continued broadcasting in black and white for several months. (By 1977, less than 50% of the population had colour televisions.)
  
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Nineteen stories, 98 episodes, and not always screened in story order:
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Full country-wide networking on the ABC had commenced by the early 1980s, although there were still regional variances throughout that decade, usually around regional sporting events. It wasn't until the mid-to-late 1980s that full satellite coverage across the entire country was achieved.
  
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From 1 August 1996 to 17 June 2002, the '''FOX-TEL satellite station, [[wikipedia:UK-TV|UKTV]]''', aired a run of all available complete stories. They also aired a brief repeat run in 2003.  
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|AAA||[[Spearhead from Space]]||4
 
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|BBB||[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]||7
 
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|CCC||[[The Ambassadors of Death]]||7
 
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|EEE||[[Terror of the Autons]]||4
 
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|GGG||[[The Claws of Axos]]||4
 
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|HHH||[[Colony in Space]]||6
 
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|KKK||[[Day of the Daleks]]||4
 
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|MMM||[[The Curse of Peladon]]||4
 
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|LLL||[[The Sea Devils]]||6
 
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|NNN||[[The Mutants]]||6
 
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|OOO||[[The Time Monster]]||6
 
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|PPP||[[Carnival of Monsters]]||4
 
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|RRR||[[The Three Doctors]]||4
 
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|QQQ||[[Frontier in Space]]||6
 
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|SSS||[[Planet of the Daleks]]||6
 
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|UUU||[[The Time Warrior]]||4
 
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|XXX||[[Death to the Daleks]]||4
 
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|YYY||[[The Monster of Peladon]]||6
 
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|ZZZ||[[Planet of the Spiders]]||6
 
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Australia therefore bought GROUPs A to E of the [[Jon Pertwee stories]].  
 
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The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks (for GROUPs A, B, C and D), and as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks for GROUP E.  (Censorship documents record that the AFCB classified [[The Time Warrior]] from 16mm film; the story was aired in colour, which indicates that [[BBC Sydney]] held the story in both formats.)
 
  
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From 15 September 2003 through to 3 February 2006, the series returned to the '''ABC''' for a run of repeats, but which excluded a number of the stories penned by Terry Nation and/or featuring the Daleks; this was due to problems with securing rights from the Nation Estate. (A similar issue affected transmissions of Nation / Dalek serials on '''[http://whogold.blogspot.com/2010/07/uk-gold-air-dates-1992-2007.html UK Gold]''' in the 1990s.)
  
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===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
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From 17 August 2011, the '''[[wikipedia:Sci Fi Channel (Australia)|Australian SCI-FI]]''' channel (established in 1 December 2006) commenced a run of repeats that ran through to the end of 2012. The rebranded '''syfy''' channel continued to air episodes of the old series and the new series into 2015…
  
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In the first block, fifteen stories, 64 episodes:
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During 2013, Australia's '''UKTV''' celebrated the series' 50th anniversary by showing select stories, one Doctor per month, one full story per week on Sundays. January featured four William Hartnell stories, February had four Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee in March, etc, through to Matt Smith in November. (The same stories also aired on [[New Zealand]]'s own UKTV channel.)
  
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For the 50th anniversary itself, UKTV aired a marathon of complete stories, one for each of the eleven Doctors along with various documentaries and specials.
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|4A||[[Robot]]||4
 
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|4B||[[The Sontaran Experiment]]||2
 
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|4C||[[The Ark in Space]]||4
 
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|4E||[[Genesis of the Daleks]]||6
 
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|4D||[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]||4
 
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|4F||[[Terror of the Zygons]]||4
 
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|4H||[[Planet of Evil]]||4
 
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|4G||[[Pyramids of Mars]]||4
 
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|4J||[[The Android Invasion]]||4
 
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|4L||[[The Seeds of Doom]]||6
 
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|4M||[[The Masque of Mandragora]]||4
 
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|4N||[[The Hand of Fear]]||4
 
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|4Q||[[The Face of Evil]]||4
 
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|4R||[[The Robots of Death]]||4
 
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|4S||[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]||6
 
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Australia therefore bought GROUP A, B and C of the [[Tom Baker stories]], with the exception of two stories, which were not purchased and screened due to censorship issues: [[The Brain of Morbius]] and [[The Deadly Assassin]].
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By 2015, UKTV still airs old and new series episodes…
  
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The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
  
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==Language/s==
  
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===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]] (continued)===
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The principal language of Australia is English.
  
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One further Pertwee story was purchased midway through the Tom Baker run:
 
  
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One story, 6 episodes:
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=='''DOCTOR WHO IN AUSTRALIA'''==
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[[File:ABCMemo1964.jpg|right|thumb|350px|ABC memo dated 9 March 1964, confirming purchase and intended airdates]]
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Australia was the '''second''' overseas country to screen '''Doctor Who''' (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]). It was, however, the '''first''' to be offered the series; and a purchase was confirmed in early '''March 1964''', with transmission planned to commence from '''17 May 1964''', with other regions to follow.
  
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The ABC duly received film prints from [[BBC Sydney]], and these were sent to the Australian Film Censorship Board (AFCB) for classification; the first two episodes were viewed on '''14 April 1964'''. The censors assigned an "A" classification to the first 13 episodes.
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|TTT||[[The Green Death]]||6
 
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The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
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The ABC initially planned to schedule the series in an appropriate time slot for that classification, however after viewing the film print of [[The Daleks]] part one, the "negative effect" in the opening scene was mistakenly believed to be a fault on the print, so a replacement copy was sourced from London. This too had the same "fault" – so another replacement was requested. By the time the ABC was made aware of and accepted that the negative effect was deliberate, the original May launch date had past, and there were no longer any available slots in the TV schedule for the remainder of 1964. The new series was held over until '''January 1965'''. ([[New Zealand]] therefore took the honour of being the first foreign country outside the UK to screen the series.)
  
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Australia is the only country to have screened '''Doctor Who''' virtually non-stop, screening episodes of all the Doctors (more or less) in 'chronological order'.
  
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===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]] (continued)===
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Bar two stories, Australia has the unique position of having purchased and screened '''''every single story''''' of '''Doctor Who''', albeit not always screening them in strict story order.
  
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In the second batch of fourth Doctor stories, this included an omnibus edition of [[The Brain of Morbius]]:
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And with the exception of around 30 stories, it was in Australia that the most number of serials had their foreign debut, usually within a year of the UK screenings. (Other countries in which stories made their foreign debut were the [[Netherlands]], [[Hong Kong]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[New Zealand]], [[Canada]] and the [[United States]].)
  
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Twenty Five stories, 104 episodes:
 
  
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==DALEK MOVIES==
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===[[Peter Cushing|PETER CUSHING]] Movies===
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|4V||[[Horror of Fang Rock]]||4
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[[File:Movie1965.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Dr Who and the Daleks at the Capitol, Sydney, 23 December 1965; listing from the Australian]]  
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[[File:DW&TD141066.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Dr Who and the Daleks at the Capitol, Canberra, October 1966]]
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|4T||[[The Invisible Enemy]]||4
 
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|4X||[[Image of the Fendahl]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|4W||[[The Sun Makers]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|4Y||[[Underworld]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|4Z||[[The Invasion of Time]]||6
 
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|-
 
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|5A||[[The Ribos Operation]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5B||[[The Pirate Planet]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5C||[[The Stones of Blood]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5D||[[The Androids of Tara]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5E||[[The Power of Kroll]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5F||[[The Armageddon Factor]]||6
 
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|-
 
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|4K||[[The Brain of Morbius]]||omnibus
 
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|-
 
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|5J||[[Destiny of the Daleks]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5H||[[City of Death]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5G||[[The Creature from the Pit]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5K||[[Nightmare of Eden]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5L||[[The Horns of Nimon]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5N||[[The Leisure Hive]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5Q||[[Meglos]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5R||[[Full Circle]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5P||[[State of Decay]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5S||[[Warriors' Gate]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5T||[[The Keeper of Traken]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5V||[[Logopolis]]||4
 
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Australia therefore bought GROUPs D, E F and G of the [[Tom Baker stories]].
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Both [[Peter Cushing]] features played in cinemas across the country: for instance, the films opened in theatres in Sydney on '''23 December 1965''' and '''15 December 1967''' respectively. The first film played elsewhere, such as in New South Wales and Canberra during 1966.
  
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The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
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Both films aired on television (on a regional basis) several times on a number of different stations (but not on the ABC).  
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* '''[[Australia Cushing|Full listings for New South Wales-based stations can be found HERE]]'''
  
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===[[Peter Davison stories|PETER DAVISON]]===
 
  
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Twenty stories, 70 half-hour episodes and one 90 minute special:
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==[[BBC Records|BBC RECORDS]]==
  
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{| {{small-table}}
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The '''Stanmark Productions Ltd''' advertisement from 1966, identifies Australia as one of '''sixteen''' countries screening '''Doctor Who''' by January 1966.
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|-
 
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|5Z||[[Castrovalva]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5W||[[Four to Doomsday]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5Y||[[Kinda]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5X||[[The Visitation]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|6A||[[Black Orchid]]||2
 
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|-
 
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|6B||[[Earthshock]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|6C||[[Time-Flight]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|6E||[[Arc of Infinity]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|6D||[[Snakedance]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|6F||[[Mawdryn Undead]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|6G||[[Terminus]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|6H||[[Enlightenment]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|6J||[[The King's Demons]]||2
 
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|-
 
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|6K||[[The Five Doctors]]||1
 
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|-
 
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|6L||[[Warriors of the Deep]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|6M||[[The Awakening]]||2
 
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|6N||[[Frontios]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|6P||[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]||(2/4)
 
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|-
 
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|6Q||[[Planet of Fire]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|6R||[[The Caves of Androzani]]||4
 
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Australia therefore bought GROUPs A, B and C of the [[Peter Davison stories]].  
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Australia is named in the list of 27 countries in '''The Making of Doctor Who''' 1972 Piccolo edition.
  
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The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
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'''The Seventies''' records a sale of '''"(70)"''' stories by 28 February 1977. (This total is incorrect; it should be '''"(72)"'''). '''The Handbook''' identifies some of these as being: Hartnell - 27; Troughton - 21. The remainder is made up of Pertwee - 19, and Baker - 5 (up to {{4E}}), which totals 72.
  
 +
'''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS] records a sale of '''"(93)"''' stories (by 10 February 1987).
  
−
===[[Colin Baker stories|COLIN BAKER]]===
+
This figure of 93 is made up of the same 19 Pertwees and 5 Bakers from the 1977 list, plus 33 additional Bakers, 20 Davisons, the 5 previously unaired Pertwees, and 11 Colin Bakers.
  
−
One story, 4 episodes:
+
In '''DWM''', Australia is identified in '''148''' story Archives: Hartnell – all 27; Troughton – all 21; Pertwee - 23 (omits {{WWW}}); Baker – all 41; Davison - 15 (omits {{5W}}, {{6H}}, {{6L}}, {{6P}}, {{6Q}}; Baker - 9 (omits {{6W}} and {{7C}} 13-14); McCoy – all 12.
  
−
{| {{small-table}}
+
The period of sale is given as from '''May 1964''' to '''November 1990'''.
−
|-
 
−
|6S||[[The Twin Dilemma]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
  
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
  
 +
==STORIES BOUGHT AND BROADCAST==
  
−
===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]] (continued)===
+
*Due to its size, this section has been moved to a [[Australia Sales|separate page]].
  
−
One further Pertwee story was purchased during the Tom Baker run:
 
  
−
One story, 5 episodes:
+
----
  
−
{| {{small-table}}
+
==TRANSMISSION==
−
|-
 
−
|WWW||[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]||5
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
  
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks. Part One was not supplied as it existed only as a poor quality 16mm black and white film print. Accordingly, Part Two was re-captioned to become PART ONE, Part Three became PART TWO etc.
+
'''Doctor Who''' has aired on '''three''' different broadcasters in Australia:
 +
  
 +
----
  
−
===[[Colin Baker stories|COLIN BAKER]] (continued)===
+
===ABC (Channel 2) (1964-1996)===
  
−
Six stories, equivalent of 26 half-hour episodes:
+
The series aired across Australia on a regional basis:
  
−
{| {{small-table}}
+
[[File:AustABCad.JPG|Perth|thumb|right|450px|Ad for first episode in Perth, January 1965]]
−
|6T||[[Attack of the Cybermen]]||2/4
+
{| {{small-table}}  
 +
!Region!!Capital!!!!First Airdate
 +
|-
 +
|'''Western Australia'''||'''Perth'''||1st||'''12 Jan 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|6V||[[Vengeance on Varos]]||2/4
+
|'''New South Wales'''||'''Sydney'''||2nd =||'''15 Jan 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|6W||[[The Two Doctors]]||3/6
+
|'''Australian Capital Territory'''||'''Canberra'''||2nd =||'''15 Jan 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|6X||[[The Mark of the Rani]]||2/4
+
|'''Queensland'''||'''Brisbane'''||4th||'''22 Jan 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|6Y||[[Timelash]]||2/4
+
|'''Victoria'''||'''Melbourne'''||5th||'''20 Feb 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|6Z||[[Revelation of the Daleks]]||2/4
+
|'''South Australia'''||'''Adelaide'''||6th||'''15 Mar 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|}
+
|'''Tasmania'''||'''Hobart'''||7th||'''11 Jun 1965'''
−
 
 
−
Australia therefore bought all of GROUP A of the [[Colin Baker stories]].
 
−
 
 
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]] (continued)===
 
−
 
 
−
In 1985, the BBC reissued all the Pertwee stories - in a mix of colour and black and white episodes. Included in the packages purchased by Australia were three stories that had been unable to screen in the 1970s due to censorship issues:
 
−
 
 
−
Three stories, 18 episodes:
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|DDD||[[Inferno]]||7
 
−
|-
 
−
|FFF||[[The Mind of Evil]]||6
 
−
|-
 
−
|JJJ||[[The Daemons]]||5
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
|'''Northern Territory'''||'''Darwin'''||8th||'''15 Aug 1971'''
 
|}
 
|}
  
−
These programmes were supplied as PAL colour video tapes (converted from NTSC), or PAL video tape, converted from 16mm black and white film, with English soundtracks.
+
Episodes tended to be aired at the same timeslot in each region; there is a two-hour time difference between west coast (Perth) and east coast (Brisbane), so there was always at least this slight variance across the country.
  
 +
The final regular screening on '''ABC''' was a repeat of [[Revelation of the Daleks]] part four, on '''3 March 1994'''.
  
−
===[[Colin Baker stories|COLIN BAKER]] (continued)===
+
ABC's rights expired on''' 30 June 1994'''.
  
−
One story, equivalent of 14 half-hour episodes:
+
The Paul McGann [[TV Movie]] aired on Sunday, '''3 July 1996''', and was repeated on '''15 January 1997'''.
  
−
{| {{small-table}}
+
This transmission marked the final screening of '''Doctor Who''' on the '''ABC''' in the twentieth century, where it had had its home for '''32 years'''...
−
|-
 
−
|7A||[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]||14
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
  
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
  
 +
----
  
−
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]] (continued)===
+
===[[Papua New Guinea|**PAPUA NEW GUINEA**]]===
−
One story that had previously been unable to screen due to censorship issues,
 
  
−
One story, 4 episodes:
+
By late 1985, the ABC had extended its transmission coverage via one of the [[wikipedia:Aussat|AUSSAT]] satellites to reach the island of New Guinea. '''Doctor Who''' was therefore seen by viewers in [[Papua New Guinea]] and Australia simultaneously from late 1985 onwards.
  
−
{| {{small-table}}
+
Refer to the profile of that country for further details.
−
|-
 
−
|4P||[[The Deadly Assassin]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
  
 +
* [[Papua New Guinea]]
  
−
===[[Sylvester McCoy stories|SYLVESTER McCOY]]===
 
−
 
−
Twelve stories, 42 episodes, not screened in correct order:
 
−
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|7D||[[Time and the Rani]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|7E||[[Paradise Towers]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|7F||[[Delta and the Bannermen]]||3
 
−
|-
 
−
|7G||[[Dragonfire]]||3
 
−
|-
 
−
|7H||[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|7J||[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|7K||[[Silver Nemesis]]||3
 
−
|-
 
−
|7L||[[The Happiness Patrol]]||3
 
−
|-
 
−
|7N||[[Battlefield]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|7Q||[[Ghost Light]]||3
 
−
|-
 
−
|7M||[[The Curse of Fenric]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|7P||[[Survival]]||3
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
  
−
Australia therefore bought GROUPs A, B and C of the [[Sylvester McCoy stories]].
+
----
  
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
+
===[[wikipedia:UKTV_(Australia_and_New_Zealand)|UKTV / FOXTEL]] (1996–2002)===
  
 +
[[wikipedia:UKTV (Australia and New_Zealand)|UKTV]] was a pay-TV channel, featuring programming from the BBC and Freemantle Media (Thames and Grundy) broadcast on [[wikipedia:Foxtel|Foxtel]] (channel 20), OptusTV (channel 26) and Austar (channel 7).
  
−
==Origin of the Prints?==
+
Katy Manning provided voice-over continuity links.
  
−
Australia received pristine prints from [[BBC Sydney]]; this was part of its "gentlemen's agreement" with the BBC, that it got brand new positives.  
+
Transmission of '''Doctor Who''' commenced on Thursday, '''1 August 1996'''. Episodes aired episodically Monday to Friday (at 11.30pm), with a separate stream of omnibus editions airing Saturdays (at 1.00pm) and Sundays (9.00am).  
  
−
The colour video tapes were also supplied by [[BBC Sydney]]. For some of the later colour repeats of [[Jon Pertwee stories]] in the late 1970s/early 1980s, the tapes were sourced from countries in the [[:Category:Middle East|Middle East]].
+
All the existing serials aired, including the 17 complete [[William Hartnell stories]] (albeit not always in strict story order), and six complete [[Patrick Troughton stories]] (including the first airing of [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]] since its recovery in 1992), then all serials of the third through eighth Doctors.
  
−
==Transmission==
+
This run also included for the first time on Australian TV the b/w first episode of [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]. [[The Ambassadors of Death]] however, was shown with a mixture of both colour and b/w episodes.
  
−
The broadcasting history of '''Doctor Who''' in Australia is very complex, especially with its regional screenings, and numerous (and some would say endless!) repeats during the 1970s and 1980s. Therefore, full coverage of the transmissions has not been attempted - yet. At this stage, all we have listed is the start date in Sydney for each of the 26 seasons:
+
The final episode to air on '''UKTV''' was on Monday, '''17 June 2002'''.  
  
 +
UKTV also aired a short run of special 40th Anniversary repeats, from '''11 October to 23 November 2003''', concurrent with the ABC repeats (see below). For this run, at least one serial (in an omnibus format) per Doctor aired:
 +
*[[An Unearthly Child]]
 +
*[[The War Games]] (split in two: eps 1-5, 6-10)
 +
*[[The Three Doctors]]
 +
*[[The Green Death]]
 +
*[[The Deadly Assassin]]
 +
*[[Logopolis]]
 +
*[[The Five Doctors]]
 +
*[[The Caves of Androzani]]
 +
*[[The Two Doctors]]
 +
*[[The Trial of a Time Lord]] (eps 13-14 only)
 +
*[[Survival]]
 +
*[[TV Movie]]
  
−
===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
 
  
−
* The series started on:
 
  
−
** 12 Jan 1965 PERTH
+
----
−
** 15 Jan 1965 SYDNEY
 
−
** 18 Jan 1965 CANBERRA
 
−
** 22 Jan 1965 BRISBANE
 
−
** 20 Feb 1965 MELBOURNE
 
−
** 15 Mar 1965 ADELAIDE
 
−
** 18 Jun 1965 HOBART
 
−
 
−
* Season Two commenced in Sydney on 5 November 1965
 
  
−
* Season Three commenced in Sydney on 26 October 1966
+
===ABC (Channel 2) (2003-2006)===
 +
[[File:ABCPressKit.JPG |right|thumb|300px|ABC Press Kit issued in 2003]]
  
 +
'''Doctor Who''' returned to the '''ABC''' from Monday, '''15 September 2003''' for a '''three-year''' run of repeats, under the generic banner '''"Back to the Future"'''.
  
−
===[[Patrick Troughton stories|PATRICK TROUGHTON]]===
+
This run included the first through seventh Doctors only.
  
−
* [[The Power of the Daleks]] commenced in Sydney on 21 July 1967
+
However, due to rights issues with the estate of Terry Nation, the following serials (42 episodes) could not be screened:
 +
*[[The War Games]]
 +
*[[Day of the Daleks]]
 +
*[[Frontier in Space]]
 +
*[[Planet of the Daleks]]
 +
*[[Destiny of the Daleks]]
 +
*[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]
 +
*[[Revelation of the Daleks]]
 +
*[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]
  
−
* Season Four commenced in Sydney on 26 May 1967 (sans [[The Evil of the Daleks]]
+
Also skipped was the [[TV Movie]].
  
−
* Season Five commenced in Sydney on 5 July 1968 (with [[The Evil of the Daleks]])
+
This run commenced a matter of weeks ahead of the BBC's announcement that the series was to be revived. Ironically, by mid-2004, the BBC itself experienced difficulties with securing from Nation's estate the rights to use the Daleks…!
  
−
* Season Six commenced in Sydney on 26 April 1970
+
[[Death to the Daleks]] aired uncut for the first time.
  
 +
The final airings of this ABC run were [[Survival]] parts two and three, which aired together on Friday, '''3 February 2006'''.
  
−
===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]===
 
  
−
* Season Seven commenced in Sydney on 1 August 1971
+
----
  
−
* Season Eight commenced in Sydney on 12 May 1972
+
===SCI-FI / syfy (2011 to ????)===
 +
[[File:SCIFI2011.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ad for DOCTOR WHO TWEETUP by Sci-Fi Channel, August 2011]]
 +
Starting on Wednesday, '''17 August 2011''', the full run of [[Tom Baker stories]] commenced on the Australian '''[[wikipedia:Sci Fi Channel (Australia)|Sci-Fi Channel]]''' (Channel 125). These aired weeknights at 5.30pm, usually two episodes back to back. 
  
−
* Season Nine commenced in Sydney on 16 March 1973
+
{{YouTube|float=left|id=vFE6gPQm8SA}}
 +
{{clear}}
  
−
* Season Ten commenced in Sydney on 14 September 1973
+
From '''19 March 2012''', the [[Peter Davison stories]] commenced…
  
−
* Season Eleven commenced in Sydney on 7 March 1975 (now in colour)
+
The Jon Pertwee stories concluded in '''November 2012'''.
  
 +
In '''2013, 2014 and 2015''', '''syfy''' aired repeats of the classic series as well as repeats of the new series…
  
−
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
 
  
−
* Season Twelve commenced in Sydney on 23 April 1976
+
----
  
−
* Season Thirteen commenced in Sydney on 7 February 1978
+
===[[wikipedia:UKTV_(Australia_and_New_Zealand)|UKTV / FOXTEL]] (2013 to ????)===
  
−
* Season Fourteen commenced in Sydney on 23 March 1978
+
Australia's UKTV celebrated '''Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary''' in 2013 with a run of weekly (on Sundays) omnibuses, one Doctor shown each month, from January to November.
 +
*[http://www.bbcaustralia.com/video/?v=244737 UKTV Doctor Who page]
  
−
* Season Fifteen commenced in Sydney on 19 February 1979
+
In '''2014 and 2015''', UKTV continued to play repeats of the new series episodes.
  
−
* Season Sixteen commenced in Sydney on 10 April 1979
 
  
−
* Season Seventeen commenced in Sydney on 18 February 1980
+
----
  
−
* Season Eighteen commenced in Sydney on 8 March 1982
+
=='''TRANSMISSION and AIRDATES'''==
 +
Full Transmission History and Airdates coverage is presented on the linked series of pages:
  
 +
{{Aus tx nav}}
 +
{{Aus air nav}}
 +
{{clear}}
 +
*The years in which each story was [[Australia Repeats|REPEATED]] is indexed on a sortable table.
  
−
===[[Peter Davison stories|PETER DAVISON]]===
 
  
−
* Season Nineteen commenced in Sydney on 26 April 1982
+
----
 +
==TV LISTINGS==
 +
The following online newspaper archives (issues available only to 31 December 1989) have been accessed:
 +
**[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC THE AGE (MELBOURNE)]
 +
**[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lL5f5cZgq8MC SYDNEY MORNING HERALD]
  
−
* Season Twenty commenced in Sydney on 25 April 1983
+
Our TV listings have also been compiled from numerous Australian newspapers, fanzines, TV Guides and other listings publications (far too many to list here), plus the generous contributions of Australian fans listed below. The following online fan sites have also been accessed:
  
−
* [[The Five Doctors aired in Sydney on 13 December 1983
+
**[http://www.varos.net/doctorwho/australia/tv/ AUSTRALIAN BROADCAST HISTORY 1996 to 2002]
 +
**[http://www.varos.net/doctorwho/australia/tv/uktv/ AUSTRALIAN UKTV SCREENINGS]
 +
**[http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Doctor_Who_in_Australia DOCTOR WHO IN AUSTRALIA]
  
−
* Season Twenty One commenced in Sydney on 5 March 1974
+
This '''FORUM''' at Gallifrey Base also provided lots of useful anecdotal information:
 +
** [http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1999 PAST BROADCASTING IN AUSTRALIA]
  
 +
The '''[http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Australia Doctor Who Cuttings Archive]''' also has scans of or links to other articles and features from Australian newspapers and magazines
  
−
===[[Colin Baker stories|COLIN BAKER]]===
 
  
−
* [[The Twin Dilemma]] screened in Sydney from 25 June 1984
+
----
 +
==MERCHANDISE==
 +
[[File:ABCShopads.JPG|right|thumb|400px|Examples of "ABC Shop" TV ads]]
 +
[[File:ABCMakeBook.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Make Your Own Adventure books, with ABC logo]]
 +
[[File:Diary1996.JPG|right|thumb|200px|1996 Diary]]
 +
[[File:ABCRTreprint.JPG|right|thumb|350px|ABC edition of Radio Times Special 2003 reprint]]
  
−
* Season Twenty Two commenced in Sydney on 9 December 1985 (edited into half hour episodes)
+
Several items of merchandise unique or specific to Australia have been released over the years. While it is beyond the scope of even '''BroaDWcast''' to attempt to catalogue all of these, those of interest include:
 +
*'''Doctor Who Technical Manual''' (1983) - same as the UK edition, but with the ABC's logo on the cover; published by J M Dent Pty Ltd (Retailed for $8.95)
 +
*'''BBC Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special''' – same as the UK's Radio Times publication, but with slightly different cover text (Retailed for $4.95)
 +
* '''Make Your Own Adventure''' books – same as the UK editions, only the first two books in this series - '''"Search for the Doctor"''' and '''"Crisis in Space"''' - were released with the ABC's logo on the cover; published by J M Dent Pty Ltd in 1986 (Retailed for $4.95)
 +
*'''1996 Diary''' - published by Mallon Publishing Pty Ltd and distributed by Angus & Robertson Book World
 +
*'''BBC Videos / DVDs (region 4)''' – the Australasian releases (for Australia and New Zealand) were authored and manufactured in Australia, and the packaging carries ABC logos
 +
* In 2003, the 1973 Radio Times' 10th anniversary special was reissued as a special reprint. The ABC published its own edition of the magazine, which was identical in all respects except for the cover, and the text at the bottom of the column with the 'copyright' blurb. It retailed for $9.95. (The magazine also had a New Zealand price of $10.95, but there is some doubt that the magazine was ever available in that country.)
  
−
* Season Twenty Three commenced in Sydney on 7 February 1987 (edited into 7 one hour episodes)
+
Many of the items were sold through '''The ABC Shop''', a chain-store owned and operated by the broadcaster, and selling TV-tie-in material. Although the ABC was a non-commercial broadcaster, television spots for products sold through the ABC Shop were often placed at the end of the credits; '''Doctor Who''' merchandise, such as videos and books, was often promoted after the programme.
 +
[[File:DrPoo.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Dr Poo]]
 +
*A parody called '''"Dr Poo"''', a 2-minute comedy radio serial that broadcast over 450 episodes in one massive run, from 1979 to 1981(?) inspired a couple of LPs – such as "Dr Poo and the Psychic Koalas", released in 1985 .
 +
**[http://www.drpoo.co.uk DR POO]
 +
*Other examples of 'unique to Australia' merchandise are the novelty songs:
 +
**Jackson Zumdish: "I Wanna Be Doctor Who" (Agro Fish, 1980)
 +
**Bullamakanka: "Doctor Who is Gonna Fix It" (RCL, 1983)
 +
 +
<table id="YouTube">
 +
<tr>
 +
  <td>{{YouTube|id=jcaJmdD_FLE|float=left}}<br />'''BULLAMAKANKA'''</td>
 +
  <td>{{YouTube|id=NzO-6SWxcFc|float=left}}<br />'''FOURPLAY on SPICKS AND SPECKS'''
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
 +
<tr>
 +
  <td>{{YouTube|id=5jla5ecXBXQ|float=left}}<br />'''MANTA on SPICKS AND SPECKS'''
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
  
−
===[[Sylvester McCoy stories|SYLVESTER McCOY]]===
+
</table>
 +
{{clear}}
  
−
* Season Twenty Four commenced in Sydney on 31 October 1988
 
  
−
* Season Twenty Five commenced in Sydney on 18 November 1988
+
----
 +
==NEWS ITEMS, PROMOS and TRAILERS, etc==
 +
The following are some of the items available on YouTube:
 +
 +
<table id="YouTube">
 +
<tr>
 +
<td>{{YouTube|id=ct9BMNMgqzg|float=left}}<br />'''COMMERCIAL FOR STREETS ICE CREAM'''</td>
 +
<td>{{YouTube|id=D__284xxe6U|float=left}}<br />'''AFTERNOON SHOW "THE WHO GAME" QUIZ'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
 +
<tr>
 +
<td>{{YouTube|id= MgL1uHMmrmY|float=left}}<br />'''TOM BAKER INTERVIEW FEBRUARY 1979'''</td>
 +
</tr>
  
−
* Season Twenty Six commenced in Sydney on 29 October 1990
+
<tr>
 +
<td>{{YouTube|id=JT60eY_goJ8|float=left}}<br />'''AFTERNOON SHOW NovaCon 5/11/91'''</td>
 +
<td>{{YouTube|id=P6y2hovOKhI|float=left}}<br />'''AFTERNOON SHOW 27/11/91'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
 +
<tr>
 +
<td>{{YouTube|id=sLPQpdIPwuE|float=left}}<br />'''THE LATE SHOW 1993 SPOOF'''</td>
 +
<td>{{YouTube|id=EIEDYwcse94|float=left}}<br />'''TV NEWS ITEMS re PERTWEE'S DEATH'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
 +
<tr>
 +
<td>{{YouTube|id=r9gInRos5iM|float=left}}<br />'''CHASER'S WAR ON EVERYTHING PARODY SONG'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
 +
</table>
 +
{{clear}}
  
  
−
==[[Papua New Guinea|PAPUA NEW GUINEA]]==
 
  
−
When television broadcasts began in [[Papua New Guinea]], the ABC extended its transmission coverage from the north of Australia to reach the island of Papua New Guinea. '''Doctor Who''' was therefore seen by viewers in these two countries simultaneously from 1988 onwards.
+
*Other YouTube clips are located within the '''Transmission History''' pages.  
  
−
Refer to the profile of that country for further details.
 
  
−
==TV listings==
+
----
 +
==FAN CLUBS==
  
−
{{airdates-left|Australia}}
+
Australia has a very strong fan culture. There are fan clubs in each of the states, some of which have an online presence:
 +
* [http://www.drwhoaustralia.org/history.php HISTORY OF DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF AUSTRALIA]
 +
* [http://www.doctorwhoaustralia.org/ DOCTOR WHO FAN CLUB OF AUSTRALIA]
 +
* [http://www.dwcv.org.au/ DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF VICTORIA]
 +
* [http://www.comedydownunder.com/westlodge/ THE WEST LODGE (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)]
 +
* [http://www.sfsa.org.au/ SOUTH AUSTRALIA FAN CLUB]
 +
* [http://roswell.fortunecity.com/angelic/96/613.htm AUSTRALIAN COLIN BAKER SITE]
  
−
TV listings from ''The Australian'', and other references sources, too many to mention, such as WEBSITE ON DWFCA SITE.
 
  
−
==Fate of the Prints?==
+
==Many thanks to==
 +
Donald Bain; Dylan Crawfoot; Alan Creaser; Matt Dunn; Martin Dunne; Daniel Frankham; Dallas Jones; John Lister; George Rainey; Damian Shanahan; Grant Sirett; Data Extract; Dark Circus
  
−
Due to the regional screenings, there were sometimes multiple copies of each story in circulation. These ere held at the film library in Woodhill ????
 
  
−
It is known that the ABC's prints of {{H}}, {{J}}, {{K}}, {{L}}, {{M}}, {{N}}, {{P}} were sent to [[New Zealand]] in 1967. These still exhibited the cuts that had been made by the censors.
+
==AUSTRALIA IN DOCTOR WHO==
  
−
Part four of [[The Celestial Toymaker]] was recovered from the ABC film vaults in the mid 1980s. (Refer to the relevant page for further thought as to how that film came to be found there...)
+
Australia has been mentioned directly or indirectly many times; and a number of Australian actors or production personnel have worked on the series:
  
−
In 1983, it was discovered that complete PAL video tapes of [[Frontier in Space]] were held in storage by the ABC, where they had been since 1973, a fact that was not known to BBC Enterprises, who was only offering the story in black and white. ([[BBC Sydney]] sold [[Frontier in Space]] in colour only to [[Brunei]], where it aired in October 1976.)
 
  
 +
'''BEHIND THE SCENES''':
  
−
==Australia in Doctor Who==
+
*Writers Anthony Coburn ([[An Unearthly Child]]), Bill Strutton ([[The Web Planet]])
 +
*Composers Ron Grainer, Dudley Simpson, Tristram Carey
 +
*Viktors Ritellis (Assistant Floor Manager on [[The Crusade]])
 +
*Sue Wills (Production Secretary on [[Galaxy 4]] and [[The Invasion]])
 +
*Sandra Reid (designer ([[The Tenth Planet]])
 +
*Lennie Mayne (director [[The Curse of Peladon]], [[The Three Doctors]], [[The Monster of Peladon]], [[The Hand of Fear]])
  
−
Australia has been mentioned directly or indirectly several times; and many Australian actors or production personnel have worked on the series:
 
  
−
* Writers Anthony Coburn ([[An Unearthly Child]]), Bill Strutton ([[The Web Planet]])
+
'''ACTORS''':
−
* Dudley Simpson (composer)
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*Dalek operators Bob Jewell and Kevin Manser (various episodes and spin-off movies)
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*Ray Barrett (Bennett; [[The Rescue]])
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*Roslyn de Winter (Menoptra Vrestin and "Insect Movement" in [[The Web Planet]], the Grey Lady [[The Chase]])
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*Barbara Joss (Nemini in [[The Web Planet]])
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*Bruce Wightman (William de Tornebu, [[The Crusade]]; Scott [[The Daleks' Master Plan]]; Radio Operator, [[Terror of the Zygons]])
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* Canberra has a T-Mat terminal ([[The Seeds of Death]])
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*John Maxim (Frankenstein's monster, [[The Chase]]; Cyberman, [[The Moonbase]] (credited as John Wills)
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*Lyn Ashley (Drahvin in [[Galaxy 4]])
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*Bill Hunter ([[The Ark]])
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* Tegan and Air Australia
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*Alan White (Schultz in [[The Tenth Planet]])
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* Aunt Vanessa ([[Logopolis]])
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*Pamela Ann Davy (Janley in [[The Power of the Daleks]])
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* Tegan mentions Brisbane ([[Castrovalva]])
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*Ron Pinnell (Scientist in [[The Moonbase]])
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*Bill Kerr (Giles Kent, [[The Enemy of the World]])
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* Kirkutji and other aborigines ([[Four to Doomsday]])
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*David Nettheim (Fedorin, [[The Enemy of the World]])
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*Reg Lye (Griffin, [[The Enemy of the World]])
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*Dibbs Mather (Guard in Caravan, [[The Enemy of the World]])
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*Gordon Stothard (Yeti, [[The Web of Fear]]; Cyberman, [[The Wheel in Space]])
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*Norman Atkyns (The Guardian, [[Colony in Space]]; Rear Admiral, [[The Sea Devils]])
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*Sarah Kemp (aka Gypsie Kemp) (UNIT Radio Operator in [[Day of the Daleks]])
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*Damon Sanders (Skybase Guard, [[The Mutants]])
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*Kevin Lindsay (Linx, [[The Time Warrior]]; Cho-Je, [[Planet of the Spiders]]; Styre/The Marshal, [[The Sontaran Experiment]])
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*John Gregg (Lycett, [[The Ark in Space]])
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*Edmund Pegge (Meeker, [[The Invisible Enemy]])
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*Adrienne Burgess (Veet, [[The Sun Makers]])
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*Lewis Fiander (Tryst, [[Nightmare of Eden]])
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*Bob Hornery (Pilot in [[The Horns of Nimon]])
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*Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka)
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*Dolore Whiteman (Aunt Vanessa in [[Logopolis]])  
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*Peter Dahlsen (Horton, [[Time-Flight]])
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*Dolore Whiteman's daughter played one of the Lorrells in [[Delta and the Bannermen]].
  
  
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'''GENERAL REFERENCES''':
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*A cricket match between Australia and England is interrupted during [[The Daleks Master Plan]]
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*Dan "Blue" Schultz, the ZEUS IV astronaut, is Australian ([[The Tenth Planet]])
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*The ZEUS spaceships are launched from Woomera ([[The Tenth Planet]])
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*Moonbase crewmen J Elliot (No 5) and Robert "Bob" Anders (No 7) are Australian ([[The Moonbase]])
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*There is an Ioniser Base in Australasia ([[The Ice Warriors]])
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*[[The Enemy of the World]] is partially set in Australia (at Kanowa), and features many Australian characters, such as Griffin the chef from Wooloomooloo.
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*Leo Ryan and Bill Duggan are both Australian ([[The Wheel in Space]])
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*There is a T-Mat terminal in Canberra ([[The Seeds of Death]])
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*Australian-born actor Errol Flynn is mentioned by Bill Filer ([[The Claws of Axos]])
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*Magnus Greel was known as "the Butcher of Brisbane", presumably named for the city ([[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]])
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*Garron tried to sell Sydney Harbour – but not the Opera House – to an Arab ([[The Ribos Operation]])
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*The Doctor mentions Australian singer, Dame Nellie Melba ([[The Power of Kroll]])
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*Brisbane is named in [[Logopolis]], [[Castrovalva]], [[Arc of Infinity]] and [[Enlightenment]]
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*Tegan Jovanka, her Aunt Vanessa, Air Australia, and Tegan's father's farm are named in various
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*Kurkutji and other aborigines appear in [[Four to Doomsday]]
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*The fifth Doctor says he once bowled six wickets for New South Wales ([[Four to Doomsday]])
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*Tegan's cousin Colin Fraser appears in [[Arc of Infinity]]
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*The second Doctor mentions kangaroos in [[The Five Doctors]]
  
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AUSTRALIA is in the Pacific Ocean, and forms part of Australasia. One of its closest neighbours is New Zealand.

Profile

Country Number (2) 1965 FIRST WAVE
Region Australasia/Asia Commonwealth
Television commenced 16 September 1956
Colour System 1 March 1975 PAL
Population 1966 11,362,000
TV Sets 1966 2 million
Language/s English


Television Stations / Channels

ABC 'sine-wave' logo adopted in May 1965

Australia began its television service from 16 September 1956 (Channel Nine).

The country has five major networks: ABC (Channel 2) – commenced broadcasts on 5 November 1956; ATN (Channel 7); TCN (Channel 9); TEN (Channel 10); SBS, plus many state-wide regional and city-based independent stations.

In later years, independent cable and satellite stations launched.

On-screen caption card used by ABC, circa 1966

From January 1965 through until June 1994, Doctor Who aired regularly on the non-commercial station, the Australian Broadcasting Commission (the ABC). The ABC changed its name to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 1 July 1983.

In the early years of television broadcasts, each state had its own regional scheduling, which meant that different episodes of Doctor Who aired on different days, often many months apart. On rare occasions, the same episode aired on the same day but in different states, which meant that multiple prints of some episodes may have existed, although there were other methods by which 'dual' transmissions across the different states could be achieved. There were not only scheduling differences between states but the larger ones – such as Queensland - also had regional city-to-city variances within the state.

In April 1962, the permanent telecommunications cable link between Sydney and Melbourne (via Canberra) was opened: this allowed for the relaying of and simultaneous broadcasts of programming between the three cities; Channel 9 was the first to adopt this service in 1963, but it's unlikely that the ABC ever used the cable for broadcasts of Doctor Who.

On 9 July 1970, the ABC 'opened' its microwave link between the east and west coasts of Australia, enabling the transmission of programme material across the country. The launch was promoted in a one-hour special, PROJECT AUSTRALIA (7.55pm to 8.55pm), featuring contributions from various Australian cities.

Colour transmissions began on 1 March 1975 using the PAL colour broadcast system. It is possible that some of the minor regional stations may have continued broadcasting in black and white for several months. (By 1977, less than 50% of the population had colour televisions.)

Full country-wide networking on the ABC had commenced by the early 1980s, although there were still regional variances throughout that decade, usually around regional sporting events. It wasn't until the mid-to-late 1980s that full satellite coverage across the entire country was achieved.

From 1 August 1996 to 17 June 2002, the FOX-TEL satellite station, UKTV, aired a run of all available complete stories. They also aired a brief repeat run in 2003.

From 15 September 2003 through to 3 February 2006, the series returned to the ABC for a run of repeats, but which excluded a number of the stories penned by Terry Nation and/or featuring the Daleks; this was due to problems with securing rights from the Nation Estate. (A similar issue affected transmissions of Nation / Dalek serials on UK Gold in the 1990s.)

From 17 August 2011, the Australian SCI-FI channel (established in 1 December 2006) commenced a run of repeats that ran through to the end of 2012. The rebranded syfy channel continued to air episodes of the old series and the new series into 2015…

During 2013, Australia's UKTV celebrated the series' 50th anniversary by showing select stories, one Doctor per month, one full story per week on Sundays. January featured four William Hartnell stories, February had four Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee in March, etc, through to Matt Smith in November. (The same stories also aired on New Zealand's own UKTV channel.)

For the 50th anniversary itself, UKTV aired a marathon of complete stories, one for each of the eleven Doctors along with various documentaries and specials.

By 2015, UKTV still airs old and new series episodes…


Language/s

The principal language of Australia is English.


DOCTOR WHO IN AUSTRALIA

ABC memo dated 9 March 1964, confirming purchase and intended airdates

Australia was the second overseas country to screen Doctor Who (see Selling Doctor Who). It was, however, the first to be offered the series; and a purchase was confirmed in early March 1964, with transmission planned to commence from 17 May 1964, with other regions to follow.

The ABC duly received film prints from BBC Sydney, and these were sent to the Australian Film Censorship Board (AFCB) for classification; the first two episodes were viewed on 14 April 1964. The censors assigned an "A" classification to the first 13 episodes.

The ABC initially planned to schedule the series in an appropriate time slot for that classification, however after viewing the film print of The Daleks part one, the "negative effect" in the opening scene was mistakenly believed to be a fault on the print, so a replacement copy was sourced from London. This too had the same "fault" – so another replacement was requested. By the time the ABC was made aware of and accepted that the negative effect was deliberate, the original May launch date had past, and there were no longer any available slots in the TV schedule for the remainder of 1964. The new series was held over until January 1965. (New Zealand therefore took the honour of being the first foreign country outside the UK to screen the series.)

Australia is the only country to have screened Doctor Who virtually non-stop, screening episodes of all the Doctors (more or less) in 'chronological order'.

Bar two stories, Australia has the unique position of having purchased and screened every single story of Doctor Who, albeit not always screening them in strict story order.

And with the exception of around 30 stories, it was in Australia that the most number of serials had their foreign debut, usually within a year of the UK screenings. (Other countries in which stories made their foreign debut were the Netherlands, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Canada and the United States.)


DALEK MOVIES

PETER CUSHING Movies

Dr Who and the Daleks at the Capitol, Sydney, 23 December 1965; listing from the Australian
Dr Who and the Daleks at the Capitol, Canberra, October 1966

Both Peter Cushing features played in cinemas across the country: for instance, the films opened in theatres in Sydney on 23 December 1965 and 15 December 1967 respectively. The first film played elsewhere, such as in New South Wales and Canberra during 1966.

Both films aired on television (on a regional basis) several times on a number of different stations (but not on the ABC).


BBC RECORDS

The Stanmark Productions Ltd advertisement from 1966, identifies Australia as one of sixteen countries screening Doctor Who by January 1966.

Australia is named in the list of 27 countries in The Making of Doctor Who 1972 Piccolo edition.

The Seventies records a sale of "(70)" stories by 28 February 1977. (This total is incorrect; it should be "(72)"). The Handbook identifies some of these as being: Hartnell - 27; Troughton - 21. The remainder is made up of Pertwee - 19, and Baker - 5 (up to 4E), which totals 72.

The Eighties - THE LOST CHAPTERS records a sale of "(93)" stories (by 10 February 1987).

This figure of 93 is made up of the same 19 Pertwees and 5 Bakers from the 1977 list, plus 33 additional Bakers, 20 Davisons, the 5 previously unaired Pertwees, and 11 Colin Bakers.

In DWM, Australia is identified in 148 story Archives: Hartnell – all 27; Troughton – all 21; Pertwee - 23 (omits WWW); Baker – all 41; Davison - 15 (omits 5W, 6H, 6L, 6P, 6Q; Baker - 9 (omits 6W and 7C 13-14); McCoy – all 12.

The period of sale is given as from May 1964 to November 1990.


STORIES BOUGHT AND BROADCAST


TRANSMISSION

Doctor Who has aired on three different broadcasters in Australia:


ABC (Channel 2) (1964-1996)

The series aired across Australia on a regional basis:

Ad for first episode in Perth, January 1965
Region Capital First Airdate
Western Australia Perth 1st 12 Jan 1965
New South Wales Sydney 2nd = 15 Jan 1965
Australian Capital Territory Canberra 2nd = 15 Jan 1965
Queensland Brisbane 4th 22 Jan 1965
Victoria Melbourne 5th 20 Feb 1965
South Australia Adelaide 6th 15 Mar 1965
Tasmania Hobart 7th 11 Jun 1965
Northern Territory Darwin 8th 15 Aug 1971

Episodes tended to be aired at the same timeslot in each region; there is a two-hour time difference between west coast (Perth) and east coast (Brisbane), so there was always at least this slight variance across the country.

The final regular screening on ABC was a repeat of Revelation of the Daleks part four, on 3 March 1994.

ABC's rights expired on 30 June 1994.

The Paul McGann TV Movie aired on Sunday, 3 July 1996, and was repeated on 15 January 1997.

This transmission marked the final screening of Doctor Who on the ABC in the twentieth century, where it had had its home for 32 years...


**PAPUA NEW GUINEA**

By late 1985, the ABC had extended its transmission coverage via one of the AUSSAT satellites to reach the island of New Guinea. Doctor Who was therefore seen by viewers in Papua New Guinea and Australia simultaneously from late 1985 onwards.

Refer to the profile of that country for further details.


UKTV / FOXTEL (1996–2002)

UKTV was a pay-TV channel, featuring programming from the BBC and Freemantle Media (Thames and Grundy) broadcast on Foxtel (channel 20), OptusTV (channel 26) and Austar (channel 7).

Katy Manning provided voice-over continuity links.

Transmission of Doctor Who commenced on Thursday, 1 August 1996. Episodes aired episodically Monday to Friday (at 11.30pm), with a separate stream of omnibus editions airing Saturdays (at 1.00pm) and Sundays (9.00am).

All the existing serials aired, including the 17 complete William Hartnell stories (albeit not always in strict story order), and six complete Patrick Troughton stories (including the first airing of The Tomb of the Cybermen since its recovery in 1992), then all serials of the third through eighth Doctors.

This run also included for the first time on Australian TV the b/w first episode of Invasion of the Dinosaurs. The Ambassadors of Death however, was shown with a mixture of both colour and b/w episodes.

The final episode to air on UKTV was on Monday, 17 June 2002.

UKTV also aired a short run of special 40th Anniversary repeats, from 11 October to 23 November 2003, concurrent with the ABC repeats (see below). For this run, at least one serial (in an omnibus format) per Doctor aired:


ABC (Channel 2) (2003-2006)

ABC Press Kit issued in 2003

Doctor Who returned to the ABC from Monday, 15 September 2003 for a three-year run of repeats, under the generic banner "Back to the Future".

This run included the first through seventh Doctors only.

However, due to rights issues with the estate of Terry Nation, the following serials (42 episodes) could not be screened:

Also skipped was the TV Movie.

This run commenced a matter of weeks ahead of the BBC's announcement that the series was to be revived. Ironically, by mid-2004, the BBC itself experienced difficulties with securing from Nation's estate the rights to use the Daleks…!

Death to the Daleks aired uncut for the first time.

The final airings of this ABC run were Survival parts two and three, which aired together on Friday, 3 February 2006.


SCI-FI / syfy (2011 to ????)

Ad for DOCTOR WHO TWEETUP by Sci-Fi Channel, August 2011

Starting on Wednesday, 17 August 2011, the full run of Tom Baker stories commenced on the Australian Sci-Fi Channel (Channel 125). These aired weeknights at 5.30pm, usually two episodes back to back.




From 19 March 2012, the Peter Davison stories commenced…

The Jon Pertwee stories concluded in November 2012.

In 2013, 2014 and 2015, syfy aired repeats of the classic series as well as repeats of the new series…


UKTV / FOXTEL (2013 to ????)

Australia's UKTV celebrated Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary in 2013 with a run of weekly (on Sundays) omnibuses, one Doctor shown each month, from January to November.

In 2014 and 2015, UKTV continued to play repeats of the new series episodes.


TRANSMISSION and AIRDATES

Full Transmission History and Airdates coverage is presented on the linked series of pages:


Table of Airdates in Australia
1965-66 | 1966-67 | 1967-71 | 1971-75 | 1976-78 | 1979-82 | 1983-85 | 1985-90 | 1991-2002 | 2003-(2020s)

THE AIRDATES COLUMNS ON EACH PAGE HAVE BEEN SEQUENCED TO

REFLECT TRANSMISSION ORDER BY FIRST TO LAST REGION

PER = PERTH | DAR = DARWIN | ADE = ADELAIDE | MEL = MELBOURNE | HOB = HOBART

CAN = CANBERRA | SYD = SYDNEY | BRI = BRISBANE | RKH = ROCKHAMPTON | TVL = TOWNSVILLE

SUMMARY OF STATIONS

Key: BOLD = first airing | ITALICS = repeat (TABLE OF REPEATS IS HERE)

  • The years in which each story was REPEATED is indexed on a sortable table.


TV LISTINGS

The following online newspaper archives (issues available only to 31 December 1989) have been accessed:

Our TV listings have also been compiled from numerous Australian newspapers, fanzines, TV Guides and other listings publications (far too many to list here), plus the generous contributions of Australian fans listed below. The following online fan sites have also been accessed:

This FORUM at Gallifrey Base also provided lots of useful anecdotal information:

The Doctor Who Cuttings Archive also has scans of or links to other articles and features from Australian newspapers and magazines


MERCHANDISE

Examples of "ABC Shop" TV ads
Make Your Own Adventure books, with ABC logo
1996 Diary
ABC edition of Radio Times Special 2003 reprint

Several items of merchandise unique or specific to Australia have been released over the years. While it is beyond the scope of even BroaDWcast to attempt to catalogue all of these, those of interest include:

  • Doctor Who Technical Manual (1983) - same as the UK edition, but with the ABC's logo on the cover; published by J M Dent Pty Ltd (Retailed for $8.95)
  • BBC Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special – same as the UK's Radio Times publication, but with slightly different cover text (Retailed for $4.95)
  • Make Your Own Adventure books – same as the UK editions, only the first two books in this series - "Search for the Doctor" and "Crisis in Space" - were released with the ABC's logo on the cover; published by J M Dent Pty Ltd in 1986 (Retailed for $4.95)
  • 1996 Diary - published by Mallon Publishing Pty Ltd and distributed by Angus & Robertson Book World
  • BBC Videos / DVDs (region 4) – the Australasian releases (for Australia and New Zealand) were authored and manufactured in Australia, and the packaging carries ABC logos
  • In 2003, the 1973 Radio Times' 10th anniversary special was reissued as a special reprint. The ABC published its own edition of the magazine, which was identical in all respects except for the cover, and the text at the bottom of the column with the 'copyright' blurb. It retailed for $9.95. (The magazine also had a New Zealand price of $10.95, but there is some doubt that the magazine was ever available in that country.)

Many of the items were sold through The ABC Shop, a chain-store owned and operated by the broadcaster, and selling TV-tie-in material. Although the ABC was a non-commercial broadcaster, television spots for products sold through the ABC Shop were often placed at the end of the credits; Doctor Who merchandise, such as videos and books, was often promoted after the programme.

Dr Poo
  • A parody called "Dr Poo", a 2-minute comedy radio serial that broadcast over 450 episodes in one massive run, from 1979 to 1981(?) inspired a couple of LPs – such as "Dr Poo and the Psychic Koalas", released in 1985 .
  • Other examples of 'unique to Australia' merchandise are the novelty songs:
    • Jackson Zumdish: "I Wanna Be Doctor Who" (Agro Fish, 1980)
    • Bullamakanka: "Doctor Who is Gonna Fix It" (RCL, 1983)



BULLAMAKANKA



FOURPLAY on SPICKS AND SPECKS



MANTA on SPICKS AND SPECKS


NEWS ITEMS, PROMOS and TRAILERS, etc

The following are some of the items available on YouTube:



COMMERCIAL FOR STREETS ICE CREAM



AFTERNOON SHOW "THE WHO GAME" QUIZ



TOM BAKER INTERVIEW FEBRUARY 1979



AFTERNOON SHOW NovaCon 5/11/91



AFTERNOON SHOW 27/11/91



THE LATE SHOW 1993 SPOOF



TV NEWS ITEMS re PERTWEE'S DEATH



CHASER'S WAR ON EVERYTHING PARODY SONG



  • Other YouTube clips are located within the Transmission History pages.


FAN CLUBS

Australia has a very strong fan culture. There are fan clubs in each of the states, some of which have an online presence:


Many thanks to

Donald Bain; Dylan Crawfoot; Alan Creaser; Matt Dunn; Martin Dunne; Daniel Frankham; Dallas Jones; John Lister; George Rainey; Damian Shanahan; Grant Sirett; Data Extract; Dark Circus


AUSTRALIA IN DOCTOR WHO

Australia has been mentioned directly or indirectly many times; and a number of Australian actors or production personnel have worked on the series:


BEHIND THE SCENES:


ACTORS:


GENERAL REFERENCES:


LINKS

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