The Three Doctors - Revision history

Jon Preddle at 21:31, 6 April 2025

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John Lavalie at 01:28, 28 October 2019

2019-10-28T01:28:03Z

Jon Preddle at 22:11, 22 July 2018

2018-07-22T22:11:33Z

Jon Preddle at 04:30, 19 June 2018

2018-06-19T04:30:03Z

Jon Preddle at 03:40, 10 June 2018

2018-06-10T03:40:59Z

Jon Preddle at 03:38, 10 June 2018

2018-06-10T03:38:28Z

Jon Preddle at 03:36, 10 June 2018

2018-06-10T03:36:39Z

Jon Preddle at 03:14, 10 June 2018

2018-06-10T03:14:37Z

Jon Preddle at 22:44, 13 May 2018

2018-05-13T22:44:56Z

John Lavalie at 12:58, 14 February 2015

2015-02-14T12:58:20Z

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 * [[United Arab Emirates]] appears to have been the first to air this story in PAL colour. (They returned some of their tapes of this story in 1991.)
 * The story may have been dubbed into [[Arabic]].
 *[[Saudi Arabia]] had acquired the serial in b/w along with the rest of season 10 in late 1977, but for reasons unknown the sale was subsequently cancelled, and the serial did not air. Two months later, the [[United Arab Emirates]] purchased a 'repeat' screening of the serial in PAL, however it is unlikely there is any direct co-relation between this sale and the Saudi cancellation.
 * The story aired in PAL colour for the first time in [[Australia]] in a May 78 repeat.
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 ==Reissue==
-* The serial was issued in mid-1983, as part of a package of 14 full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] sold to the [[United States]].
+* The serial was issued in mid-1983, as part of a package of 14 full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] sold to the [[United States]]:
 * Several US stations considered this episode to be a special, not billing it as '''Doctor Who''' (see clipping above).

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 * [[United Arab Emirates]] appears to have been the first to air this story in PAL colour. (They returned some of their tapes of this story in 1991.)
 * The story may have been dubbed into [[Arabic]].
-*The serial aired in [[Boston]] only; the rest of the [[United States]] did not get it until the 1983 re-issue. This appears to have been a special one-off deal struck between [[WGBX]] and the BBC that was in addition to the standard Time Life deal that was available elsewhere. (The BBC took the opportunity to also sell the serial to [[Canada|Canadian]] stations [[TVO]] and [[CKVU]] at the same time, presumably to cover the costs of having NTSC conversions made.)
+*The serial aired in [[Boston]] only; the rest of the [[United States]] did not get it until the 1983 re-issue. This appears to have been a special one-off deal struck between [[WGBX]] and the BBC that was in addition to the standard Time-Life deal that was available elsewhere. (The BBC took the opportunity to also sell the serial to [[Canada|Canadian]] stations [[TVO]] and [[CKVU]] at the same time, presumably to cover the costs of having NTSC conversions made.)
 * Although [[WGBX]] may well have bought seasons 10 and 11 ''before'' the two [[Canada|Canadian]] stations, they clearly had to wait until after all the other Jon Pertwee serials had aired in sequential order first before commencing with The Three Doctors some seven months after the serial had aired in [[Canada]]...
 *[[Saudi Arabia]] had acquired the serial in b/w along with the rest of season 10 in late 1977, but for reasons unknown the sale was subsequently cancelled, and the serial did not air. Two months later, the [[United Arab Emirates]] purchased a 'repeat' screening of the serial in PAL, however it is unlikely there is any direct co-relation between this sale and the Saudi cancellation.

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 * Although [[WGBX]] may well have bought seasons 10 and 11 ''before'' the two [[Canada|Canadian]] stations, they clearly had to wait until after all the other Jon Pertwee serials had aired in sequential order first before commencing with The Three Doctors some seven months after the serial had aired in [[Canada]]...
 *[[Saudi Arabia]] had acquired the serial in b/w along with the rest of season 10 in late 1977, but for reasons unknown the sale was subsequently cancelled, and the serial did not air. Two months later, the [[United Arab Emirates]] purchased a 'repeat' screening of the serial in PAL, however it is unlikely there is any direct co-relation between this sale and the Saudi cancellation.
 ==Reissue==
-* The story aired in colour for the first time in [[Australia]] in a May 78 repeat.
 * The serial was issued in mid-1983, as part of a package of 14 full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] sold to the [[United States]].
 * Several US stations considered this episode to be a special, not billing it as '''Doctor Who''' (see clipping above).

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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:New Orleans 19880103.jpg|thumb|right|250px|New Orleans, Jan. 3, 1988]]
+[[File:New Orleans 19880103.jpg|thumb|right|350px|New Orleans, Jan. 3, 1988]]
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 *It's interesting to note the number of countries that screened this story who never got the Hartnell and/or Troughton stories, given that the narrative of [[The Three Doctors]] relies heavily on the lore and mythology of the series, and on viewers being familiar with who the "other Doctors" were. (Which of the other Doctors viewers would have seen is noted.)
-* The story was dubbed into [[Arabic]].
+* The story may have been dubbed into [[Arabic]].
 * [[United Arab Emirates]] appears to have been the first to air this story in PAL colour. (They returned some of their tapes of this story in 1991.)
 *The serial aired in [[Boston]] only; the rest of the [[United States]] did not get the serial until the 1983 re-issue. This appears to have been a special one-off deal struck between [[WGBX]] and the BBC that was in addition to the standard Time Life deal that was available elsewhere. (The BBC took the opportunity to also sell the serial to [[Canada|Canadian]] stations [[TVO]] and [[CKVU]] at the same time, presumably to cover the costs of having NTSC conversions made.)

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 | ep3=The Doctor's "other self" joins him in the world of antimatter.
 | ep4=All three Doctors risk cosmic annihilation to defeat Omega.
-| comp =
+| comp =A bolt of space lightning from the cosmos begins a chain of events that turns Dr. Who into "The Three Doctors"
 }}
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