United States--1985 - Revision history

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-- The stories are also edited into compilations, with the cliffhangers between stories removed, and new title cards and closing credits created, sometimes displaying a '''LXXXV''' (1985) copyright date.
+- The stories are also edited into compilations, with the cliffhangers between stories removed, and new title cards and closing credits created, sometimes displaying a '''MCMLXXXV''' (1985) copyright date.
 - It has been reported (refer ''DWB'' issue 43, dated May 1987) that the Hartnell to Troughton regeneration sequence from [[The Tenth Planet]] was edited onto the end of [[The War Machines]] and the start of [[The Dominators]], although no off-air copies of such broadcasts are known to exist, which suggests it was not true.

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-- The stories are also edited into compilations, with the cliffhangers between stories removed, and new title cards and closing credits created, sometimes displaying a 1984 or 1985 copyright date.
+- The stories are also edited into compilations, with the cliffhangers between stories removed, and new title cards and closing credits created, sometimes displaying a '''LXXXV''' (1985) copyright date.
 - It has been reported (refer ''DWB'' issue 43, dated May 1987) that the Hartnell to Troughton regeneration sequence from [[The Tenth Planet]] was edited onto the end of [[The War Machines]] and the start of [[The Dominators]], although no off-air copies of such broadcasts are known to exist, which suggests it was not true.

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 *'''28 August 1985''': ''USA Today'' publishes a two page article on '''Doctor Who''' fandom.  (''see at below right'')
-*An [[Lionheart Promotional|11-minute promotional video]] is produced (presumably) by Lionheart Promotional, chiefly as an 'electronic press kit' for selling the series to PBS broadcasters; some stations aired it as a "behind the scenes" feature, sometimes during pledge-drives. The video contains clips from the forthcoming package of Hartnell and Troughton episodes; there are no clips from Season 22, which has only just aired in the UK:
+*An [[Lionheart Promotional|11-minute promotional video]] is produced by (presumably) Lionheart, chiefly as an 'electronic press kit' for selling the series to PBS broadcasters; some stations aired it as a "behind the scenes" feature, sometimes during pledge-drives. The video contains clips from the forthcoming package of Hartnell and Troughton episodes; there are no clips from Season 22, which has only just aired in the UK:
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 *'''28 August 1985''': ''USA Today'' publishes a two page article on '''Doctor Who''' fandom.  (''see at below right'')
-*An 11-minute promotional video is produced (presumably) by Lionheart, chiefly as an 'electronic press kit' for selling the series to PBS broadcasters; some stations aired it as a "behind the scenes" feature, sometimes during pledge-drives. The video contains clips from the forthcoming package of Hartnell and Troughton episodes; there are no clips from Season 22, which has only just aired in the UK:
+*An [[Lionheart Promotional|11-minute promotional video]] is produced (presumably) by Lionheart Promotional, chiefly as an 'electronic press kit' for selling the series to PBS broadcasters; some stations aired it as a "behind the scenes" feature, sometimes during pledge-drives. The video contains clips from the forthcoming package of Hartnell and Troughton episodes; there are no clips from Season 22, which has only just aired in the UK:
 {{YouTube table |Xaw9bQb0oT0|'''Lionheart Promotional Video (1984/85)'''
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 * '''7 September 1985''', the 17 repackaged [[William Hartnell stories]] go into syndication, debuting on the [[New Jersey]] Network:

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 [[File:1985-09-25 Variety.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<center>Variety, Sept. 25, 1985</center>]]
 [[File:Lionheartinfo.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Lionheart sales brochure, circa 1985]]
 *'''January 1985''': [[The Time Meddler]] and [[The War Machines]] are found in [[Nigeria]] and returned to the BBC. The BBC quickly adds these two serials / eight episodes to the forthcoming US syndication package. The sale to the US of the entire "back catalogue" of all the older serials is reported to have earned the BBC £4.5 million.
 * '''9-10 March 1985''': A marathon of the new Pertwee stories airs on [[WHA]], [[Wisconsin]].

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 *'''28 August 1985''': ''USA Today'' publishes a two page article on '''Doctor Who''' fandom.  (''see at below right'')
 *A 10-minute promotional video is produced (presumably) by Lionheart, chiefly as an 'electronic press kit' for selling the series to PBS broadcasters; some stations aired it as a "behind the scenes" feature, sometimes during pledge-drives. The video contains clips from the forthcoming package of Hartnell and Troughton episodes; there are no clips from Season 22, which has only just aired in the UK:
-**'''CLIP: PBS DOCUMENTARY''':
+{{YouTube table |Xaw9bQb0oT0|'''PBS Promotional Video'''
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 * '''7 September 1985''', the 17 repackaged [[William Hartnell stories]] go into syndication, debuting on the [[New Jersey]] Network: