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 - Since [[Planet of the Daleks]] and [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] both had one episode that was in black and white, the serials were re-edited into 5-parters. A supply error by the BBC meant that several stations received and aired the b/w part 3 instead of part 6. It wasn't until 1993 that the proper 6-part version of [[Planet of the Daleks]] with its b/w part 3 was made available for US syndication, but with few sales being made then, this version would not have had a very wide distribution.
-:*A full account of the story behind the issues with and the edits made to [[Planet of the Daleks]] can be found [http://homepages.bw.edu/~jcurtis/Z1R0_1.htm HERE]
+:*A full account of the story behind the issues with and the edits made to [[Planet of the Daleks]] can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20210125014721/https://homepages.bw.edu/~jcurtis/Z1R0_1.htm HERE]
 * [[WILL]] in Champaign, Illinois is the first station to screen the Pertwee episodes, from '''4 December 1984'''.

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 - At the time the 24-story package deal had been signed off in April 1983, [[Frontier in Space]] existed only in black and white. However full colour PAL copies of [[Frontier in Space]] were recovered from [[Australia]] in late 1983 and these were converted to NTSC and replaced the b/w copies that would have otherwise been in the US syndication package.
-- Since [[Planet of the Daleks]] and [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] both had one episode that was in black and white, the serials were re-edited into 5-parters. A supply error by the BBC meant that several stations received and aired the b/w part 3 instead of part 6. A few years later a replacement "Part 3" was assembled from Parts 2 and 4, so the serial could now be sold as a 6-parter. It wasn't until 1993 that the proper 6-part version of [[Planet of the Daleks]] with its b/w part 3 was made available for US syndication, but with few sales being made then, this version would not have had a very wide distribution.
+- Since [[Planet of the Daleks]] and [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] both had one episode that was in black and white, the serials were re-edited into 5-parters. A supply error by the BBC meant that several stations received and aired the b/w part 3 instead of part 6. It wasn't until 1993 that the proper 6-part version of [[Planet of the Daleks]] with its b/w part 3 was made available for US syndication, but with few sales being made then, this version would not have had a very wide distribution.
 :*A full account of the story behind the issues with and the edits made to [[Planet of the Daleks]] can be found [http://homepages.bw.edu/~jcurtis/Z1R0_1.htm HERE]

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 - The copy of [[Spearhead from Space]] part 2 that was supplied to Lionheart was a slightly different edit; during the sequence when Ransome is being escorted through the doll factory, in one of the cut-a-ways to dolls on a conveyor belt there is a very brief shot of dolls' shoes which doesn't appear in the 'standard' TV version. This alternative edit was also used for the initial UK and Australian omnibus VHS release. Presumably this was an earlier assembly that the BBC had in its archive.
-- [[Terror of the Autons]] episode 4 was missing parts of the final battle between the Autons and UNIT; this is because the BBC had suppied Lionheart with a copy from the cut print that had been returned from [[Australia]] in 1975.
+- [[Terror of the Autons]] episode 4 was missing parts of the final battle between the Autons and UNIT; this is because the BBC had supplied Lionheart with a copy from the cut print that had been returned from [[Australia]] in 1975.
 - At the time the 24-story package deal had been signed off in April 1983, [[Frontier in Space]] existed only in black and white. However full colour PAL copies of [[Frontier in Space]] were recovered from [[Australia]] in late 1983 and these were converted to NTSC and replaced the b/w copies that would have otherwise been in the US syndication package.

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-- The copy of [[Spearhead from Space]] part 2 that was supplied to Lionheart was a slightly different edit; during the sequence when Ransome is being escorted through the doll factory, in one of the cut-a-ways to dolls on a conveyor belt there is a very brief shot of dolls' shoes which doesn't appear in the 'standard' version (i.e. TV, VHS, DVD, Blu-ray). Presumably this was an earlier assembly that the BBC had in its archive.
+- The copy of [[Spearhead from Space]] part 2 that was supplied to Lionheart was a slightly different edit; during the sequence when Ransome is being escorted through the doll factory, in one of the cut-a-ways to dolls on a conveyor belt there is a very brief shot of dolls' shoes which doesn't appear in the 'standard' TV version. This alternative edit was also used for the initial UK and Australian omnibus VHS release. Presumably this was an earlier assembly that the BBC had in its archive.
 - [[Terror of the Autons]] episode 4 was missing parts of the final battle between the Autons and UNIT; this is because the BBC had suppied Lionheart with a copy from the cut print that had been returned from [[Australia]] in 1975.

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 - The copy of [[Spearhead from Space]] part 2 that was supplied to Lionheart was a slightly different edit; during the sequence when Ransome is being escorted through the doll factory, in one of the cut-a-ways to dolls on a conveyor belt there is a very brief shot of dolls' shoes which doesn't appear in the 'standard' version (i.e. TV, VHS, DVD, Blu-ray). Presumably this was an earlier assembly that the BBC had in its archive.
 - [[Terror of the Autons]] episode 4 was missing parts of the final battle between the Autons and UNIT; this is because the BBC had suppied Lionheart with a copy from the cut print that had been returned from [[Australia]] in 1975.
 - Since [[Planet of the Daleks]] and [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] both had one episode that was in black and white, the serials were re-edited into 5-parters. A supply error by the BBC meant that several stations received and aired the b/w part 3 instead of part 6. A few years later a replacement "Part 3" was assembled from Parts 2 and 4, so the serial could now be sold as a 6-parter. It wasn't until 1993 that the proper 6-part version of [[Planet of the Daleks]] with its b/w part 3 was made available for US syndication, but with few sales being made then, this version would not have had a very wide distribution.

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	- At the time the 24-story package deal had been signed off in April 1983, [[Frontier in Space]] existed only in black and white. However full colour PAL copies of [[Frontier in Space]] were recovered from [[Australia]] in late 1983 and these were converted to NTSC and replaced the b/w copies that would have otherwise been in the US syndication package.		- At the time the 24-story package deal had been signed off in April 1983, [[Frontier in Space]] existed only in black and white. However full colour PAL copies of [[Frontier in Space]] were recovered from [[Australia]] in late 1983 and these were converted to NTSC and replaced the b/w copies that would have otherwise been in the US syndication package.
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		+	- The copy of [[Spearhead from Space]] part 2 that was supplied to Lionheart was a slightly different edit; during the sequence when Ransome is being escorted through the doll factory, in one of the cut-a-ways to dolls on a conveyor belt there is a very brief shot of dolls' shoes which doesn't appear in the 'standard' version (i.e. TV, VHS, DVD, Blu-ray). Presumably this was an earlier assembly that the BBC had in its archive.

	- [[Terror of the Autons]] episode 4 was missing parts of the final battle between the Autons and UNIT; this is because the BBC had suppied Lionheart with a copy from the cut print that had been returned from [[Australia]] in 1975.		- [[Terror of the Autons]] episode 4 was missing parts of the final battle between the Autons and UNIT; this is because the BBC had suppied Lionheart with a copy from the cut print that had been returned from [[Australia]] in 1975.

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:02, 5 February 2022
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	- At the time the 24-story package deal had been signed off in April 1983, [[Frontier in Space]] existed only in black and white. However full colour PAL copies of [[Frontier in Space]] were recovered from [[Australia]] in late 1983 and these were converted to NTSC and replaced the b/w copies that would have otherwise been in the US syndication package.		- At the time the 24-story package deal had been signed off in April 1983, [[Frontier in Space]] existed only in black and white. However full colour PAL copies of [[Frontier in Space]] were recovered from [[Australia]] in late 1983 and these were converted to NTSC and replaced the b/w copies that would have otherwise been in the US syndication package.
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		+	- [[Terror of the Autons]] episode 4 was missing parts of the final battle between the Autons and UNIT; this is because the BBC had suppied Lionheart with a copy from the cut print that had been returned from [[Australia]] in 1975.

	- Since [[Planet of the Daleks]] and [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] both had one episode that was in black and white, the serials were re-edited into 5-parters. A supply error by the BBC meant that several stations received and aired the b/w part 3 instead of part 6. A few years later a replacement "Part 3" was assembled from Parts 2 and 4, so the serial could now be sold as a 6-parter. It wasn't until 1993 that the proper 6-part version of [[Planet of the Daleks]] with its b/w part 3 was made available for US syndication, but with few sales being made then, this version would not have had a very wide distribution.		- Since [[Planet of the Daleks]] and [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] both had one episode that was in black and white, the serials were re-edited into 5-parters. A supply error by the BBC meant that several stations received and aired the b/w part 3 instead of part 6. A few years later a replacement "Part 3" was assembled from Parts 2 and 4, so the serial could now be sold as a 6-parter. It wasn't until 1993 that the proper 6-part version of [[Planet of the Daleks]] with its b/w part 3 was made available for US syndication, but with few sales being made then, this version would not have had a very wide distribution.

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 - For [[Resurrection of the Daleks]], Lionheart was sent different versions of the episodes including undubbed first edits: early 25 minute cuts of parts 1 and 2 (the latter was missing music and sound effects, and had several extra or extended scenes), plus two 45-minute edits (the second of which was missing music and sound effects). Lionheart created its omnibus "movie" versions by combining the two 45 minute edits. (A few years later, corrected versions with the missing audio were supplied - a fully-dubbed new 4-part edit was known to be shown by Canadian station [[TVO]] in December 1986.)
+* In 1984, '''Doctor Who''' merchandise started to become more readily available through specialist mail-order companies, particularly '''Starlog Press''' and '''Geppi's''', as well as the fan clubs.
 * '''By December 1984''': As had been announced at Longleat back in '''April 1983''', a full package of [[Jon Pertwee stories]] is released for syndication in the US; although the package was made available from the start of 1985, the first serial actually went to air as early as December 1984. (The same third Doctor package had already been sold to [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].)
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 * [[WILL]] in Champaign, Illinois is the first station to screen the Pertwee episodes, from '''4 December 1984'''.
 *Some stations (such as [[Arkansas Educational Television Network|AETN]] in [[Arkansas]]) inserted a caption over the opening credits to explain that an episode was in "BLACK AND WHITE", done so viewers didn't think there was something wrong with their TV sets!

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 ='''[[Colin Baker stories|COLIN BAKER]]'''=
 Seven stories, equivalent of 26 episodes (also in "movie length" omnibus editions):
-[[File:OnTargetUSA1984.JPG|right|thumb|600px|Print ad for BBC programs available through Lionheart; Broadcasting 10 December 1984]]
+[[File:OnTargetUSA1984.JPG|right|thumb|600px|Print ad for BBC programs available through Lionheart, including '''470 episodes''' of '''Doctor Who'''; Broadcasting 10 December 1984]]
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