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{{episodes|WWW|11|3|1/12/1974|The Time Warrior|Death to the Daleks|}}
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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.)
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*Although [[The Time Warrior]] was the last full story to be telerecorded onto 16mm black and white film, at least the first and second episodes of WWW were also transferred to film.
 
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* However, by '''August 1974''', only six months after the serial had aired in the UK, it had been marked by the BBC as having no further commercial use - i.e. they did not want to sell it overseas.  
 
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**CONSPIRACY THEORY: Where does one even begin?  
Last to be t/r - only partially?
 
  
  
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CONSPIRACY THEORIES AS TO HOWS AND WHYS
 
CONSPIRACY THEORIES AS TO HOWS AND WHYS
  
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* A film recording for part one was recovered in the early 1980s.
  
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* The story was '''finally''' released for foreign sale in early 1985, when it was provided as part of a package of all 24 [[Jon Pertwee stories]].
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*However, the black and white part one was not included. Part Two was edited slightly to remove references to scenes from part one (such as the attack by the pterodactyl). The opening titles captions were also adjusted, so PART TWO was now "PART ONE", PART THREE became "PART TWO", and so on.
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* The serial was sold to:
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|[[Australia]]||Nov 84||PAL
 
|[[Australia]]||Nov 84||PAL
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|[[United States]]||Mar 85||NTSC
 
 
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|[[New Zealand]]||Sep 86||PAL
 
|[[New Zealand]]||Sep 86||PAL
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Part one existed only in B/W, and the other episodes were 'lost' but were located by 1978. It was released without Part One in NTSC and PAL in 1985. Part One was finally added to syndication packages in the late 1990s.
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* All six parts - the black and white first instalment included - were released in later years. [[New Zealand]] aired all six episodes in a Jan 2001 repeat.
  
  

Revision as of 09:14, 18 January 2011

Story Code: WWW / Season 11 UK Airdate: 12 Jan to 16 Feb 1974 Doctor: Jon Pertwee
First airings by location UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite Previous Story / Next Story

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  • Although The Time Warrior was the last full story to be telerecorded onto 16mm black and white film, at least the first and second episodes of WWW were also transferred to film.
  • However, by August 1974, only six months after the serial had aired in the UK, it had been marked by the BBC as having no further commercial use - i.e. they did not want to sell it overseas.
    • CONSPIRACY THEORY: Where does one even begin?


GO INTO SOME DETAIL ABOUT HOW THIS WS "MISSING" UNTIL 1985

CONSPIRACY THEORIES AS TO HOWS AND WHYS

  • A film recording for part one was recovered in the early 1980s.
  • The story was finally released for foreign sale in early 1985, when it was provided as part of a package of all 24 Jon Pertwee stories.
  • However, the black and white part one was not included. Part Two was edited slightly to remove references to scenes from part one (such as the attack by the pterodactyl). The opening titles captions were also adjusted, so PART TWO was now "PART ONE", PART THREE became "PART TWO", and so on.
  • The serial was sold to:
United States from Mar 85 NTSC
Australia Nov 84 PAL
New Zealand Sep 86 PAL
Canada 1990s? NTSC
  • All six parts - the black and white first instalment included - were released in later years. New Zealand aired all six episodes in a Jan 2001 repeat.


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