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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.)
 
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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[[File:TVNZLLL.JPG|right|thumb|300px|New Zealand Herald, December 1985]]
 
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|[[Hong Kong]]||Jul 73||b/w
 
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|[[Gibraltar]]||Feb 77||b/w
 
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|[[Saudi Arabia]]||Nov 77||b/w
 
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* The story was dubbed into [[Arabic]].  
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* The story may have been dubbed into [[Arabic]].  
* The serial was screened in the [[Ascension Island]]. The black and white film prints were still there in 1985.  
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* It was not sold anywhere in its original PAL format. The PAL tapes of eps 1, 2 and 3 had been wiped by the end of 1973.
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* A set of b/w film prints were discovered on [[Ascension Island]] in 1985.  
 
* The NTSC tapes were recovered from [[Canada]] by March 1983.  
 
* The NTSC tapes were recovered from [[Canada]] by March 1983.  
* The story was reissued to the [[United States]] soon afterwards.
 
* From March 1985, the tapes were released for sale to [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Australia]].
 
  
  
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==Reissue==
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* The story was reissued to the [[United States]] soon afterwards, as part of a package of 14 full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]].
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* It was released again in early 1985, as part of a package of all 24 [[Jon Pertwee stories]], and sold again to the [[United States]], as a NTSC to PAL conversion in [[Australia]] (in May 86, for the first time in colour), and later again to [[Canada]].
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*It also aired for the first time in:
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|[[New Zealand]]||Nov 85||N/PC
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|[[Ireland]]||Mar 00||PAL
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{{TV Guide blurbs
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| part = episode
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| Pertwees = {y/n}
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| ep1=Ships have been mysteriously vanishing near the island on which The Master has been living in guarded exile.
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| ep2=A race of intelligent lizard-like beings seeks control of Earth.
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| ep3=Captured by The Master, Dr. Who attempts a desperate escape.
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| ep4="The Sea Devils" take over the prison and form an alliance with The Master.
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| ep5=The Master refuses Dr. Who's peace proposal.
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| ep6="The Sea Devils" force Dr. Who to repair machinery that will revive their colonies.
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| comp = Near the island on which The Master is living in guarded exile, lizardlike beings have been attacking ships in a bid for world control.
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}}
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
*[[Main Page]]
 
*[[Main Page]]

Latest revision as of 20:11, 2 December 2020

Story Code: LLL / Season 9 UK Airdate: 26 Feb to 1 Apr 1972 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.)

New Zealand Herald, December 1985
United States Nov 72 NTSC
Guam 72 or 73 NTSC
Australia Apr 73 b/w
Hong Kong Jul 73 b/w
Singapore Aug 73 b/w
Philippines 76 NTSC
Gibraltar Feb 77 b/w
Canada 77? NTSC
Saudi Arabia Nov 77 b/w
  • The story may have been dubbed into Arabic.
  • It was not sold anywhere in its original PAL format. The PAL tapes of eps 1, 2 and 3 had been wiped by the end of 1973.
  • A set of b/w film prints were discovered on Ascension Island in 1985.
  • The NTSC tapes were recovered from Canada by March 1983.


Reissue

  • It also aired for the first time in:
New Zealand Nov 85 N/PC
Ireland Mar 00 PAL


US TV Guide descriptions

More Information
Title: The Sea Devils

  • Episode 1: Ships have been mysteriously vanishing near the island on which The Master has been living in guarded exile.
  • Episode 2: A race of intelligent lizard-like beings seeks control of Earth.
  • Episode 3: Captured by The Master, Dr. Who attempts a desperate escape.
  • Episode 4: "The Sea Devils" take over the prison and form an alliance with The Master.
  • Episode 5: The Master refuses Dr. Who's peace proposal.
  • Episode 6: "The Sea Devils" force Dr. Who to repair machinery that will revive their colonies.
  • Compilation: Near the island on which The Master is living in guarded exile, lizardlike beings have been attacking ships in a bid for world control.


Links