Frontier in Space - Revision history

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 * The story may have been dubbed into [[Arabic]].
-* Full PAL colour copies of the serial were sent to [[Australia]] along with b/w prints in mid-1973 (the video tape of part five had the alternative Delaware version of the theme music). The ABC planned to screen the story in b/w in late 1973, with the repeat in colour in 1975. However, the repeat aired a year early, and in b/w. The unused colour tapes went into storage and, basically, were forgotten about...
+* Full PAL colour copies of the serial were sent to [[Australia]] along with b/w prints in mid-1973 (contrary to some reports, the video tape of part five did not have the alternative Delaware version of the theme music). The ABC planned to screen the story in b/w in late 1973, with the repeat in colour in 1975. However, the repeat aired a year early, and in b/w. The unused colour tapes went into storage and, basically, were forgotten about...
 * Meanwhile at the BBC in London, soon '''after''' the 1974 sale to [[United Arab Emirates]], the PAL tapes of parts 1, 2, 3 and 6 were wiped.
 * When [[New Zealand]] purchased PAL colour Pertwees in 1974/75, the NZBC was incorrectly informed by the BBC that the serial was no longer available in that format.

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 * Meanwhile at the BBC in London, soon '''after''' the 1974 sale to [[United Arab Emirates]], the PAL tapes of parts 1, 2, 3 and 6 were wiped.
 * When [[New Zealand]] purchased PAL colour Pertwees in 1974/75, the NZBC was incorrectly informed by the BBC that the serial was no longer available in that format.
-* When the series was offered to them in late 1976, [[Brunei]] TV liaised with the ABC for the supply of tape copies of the full colour season 9, 10 and 11 episodes, and the ABC duly made copies - including Frontier in Space. (Tapes of [[Death to the Daleks]] were supplied by the NZBC, possibly because the ABC tapes were edited.)
+* When the Jon Pertwee stories were offered to them in late 1976, [[Brunei]] TV liaised with the [[BBC Sydney|BBC's Sydney office]] for the supply of tape copies of the full colour season 9, 10 and 11 episodes, and they duly made copies - including Frontier in Space. (Tapes of [[Death to the Daleks]] were supplied by the NZBC, possibly because the only available tapes, those held by the ABC tapes, were edited.)
 * In early 1983, the ABC in [[Australia]] bought a repeat run of the colour Pertwees via [[BBC Sydney]]. The colour tapes were again retrieved from storage. It was at this stage that BBC Enterprises in London learned of the existence of the tapes, and arranged to have copies shipped to them. The BBC's archive selector Steve Bryant then found out about the tapes, and also arranged for copies to be sent to him for the archive.
 *The tapes were subsequently sent to London, but too late for them to be converted into NTSC and included in the package of full colour stories that had just been sold for syndication in the [[United States]].

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 * The story may have been dubbed into [[Arabic]].
-* Full PAL colour copies of the serial were sent to [[Australia]] along with b/w prints in mid-1973 (the video tape of part five had the alternative Delaware version of the theme music). The ABC planned to screen the story in b/w in late 1973, with the repeat in colour in 1975. However, the repeat aired a year early, in b/w. The unused tapes went into storage and, basically, were forgotten about...
+* Full PAL colour copies of the serial were sent to [[Australia]] along with b/w prints in mid-1973 (the video tape of part five had the alternative Delaware version of the theme music). The ABC planned to screen the story in b/w in late 1973, with the repeat in colour in 1975. However, the repeat aired a year early, and in b/w. The unused colour tapes went into storage and, basically, were forgotten about...
-* Meanwhile at the BBC in London, soon '''after''' the 1974 sale to [[United Arab Emirates]], the PAL tapes of parts one, two, three and six were wiped. They continued to sell the serial in black and white.
+* Meanwhile at the BBC in London, soon '''after''' the 1974 sale to [[United Arab Emirates]], the PAL tapes of parts 1, 2, 3 and 6 were wiped.
-* When [[New Zealand]] purchased colour Pertwees in 74/75, the BBC said Frontier was no longer available in that format.
+* When [[New Zealand]] purchased PAL colour Pertwees in 1974/75, the NZBC was incorrectly informed by the BBC that the serial was no longer available in that format.
-* When the serial was sold to [[Brunei]] in 1976 via BBC Sydney, the colour tapes were retrieved.
+* When the series was offered to them in late 1976, [[Brunei]] TV liaised with the ABC for the supply of tape copies of the full colour season 9, 10 and 11 episodes, and the ABC duly made copies - including Frontier in Space. (Tapes of [[Death to the Daleks]] were supplied by the NZBC, possibly because the ABC tapes were edited.)
-* In 1982, the ABC in [[Australia]] bought a repeat run of colour Pertwees. The colour tapes were again retrieved from storage. It was at this stage that BBC London discovered they existed, and arranged to have copies sent to them for the archive. Tapes were subsequently sent to the BBC, but too late to be included in a package of full colour stories that had been sold to the [[United States]].
+* In early 1983, the ABC in [[Australia]] bought a repeat run of the colour Pertwees via [[BBC Sydney]]. The colour tapes were again retrieved from storage. It was at this stage that BBC Enterprises in London learned of the existence of the tapes, and arranged to have copies shipped to them. The BBC's archive selector Steve Bryant then found out about the tapes, and also arranged for copies to be sent to him for the archive.

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 * When [[New Zealand]] purchased colour Pertwees in 74/75, the BBC said Frontier was no longer available in that format.
 * When the serial was sold to [[Brunei]] in 1976 via BBC Sydney, the colour tapes were retrieved.
-* In 1982, the ABC in [[Australia]] bought a repeat run of colour Pertwees. The colour tapes were again retrieved, by which time BBC London wanted them back.
+* In 1982, the ABC in [[Australia]] bought a repeat run of colour Pertwees. The colour tapes were again retrieved from storage. It was at this stage that BBC London discovered they existed, and arranged to have copies sent to them for the archive. Tapes were subsequently sent to the BBC, but too late to be included in a package of full colour stories that had been sold to the [[United States]].

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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.)
+[[File:ApesQQQ.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Turkish edition of "Planet of the Apes" novel, using part of Chris Achilleos' artwork for the Target novelisation of Frontier in Space]]
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