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'''[[Wikipedia:Australia|AUSTRALIA]]''' is in the Pacific Ocean, and forms part of [[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Australasia]]. One of its closest neighbours is [[New Zealand]].  
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'''[[Wikipedia:Australia|AUSTRALIA]]''' is in the Pacific Ocean, and forms part of [[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Australasia]]. One of its closest neighbours is [[New Zealand]]. [[Papua New Guinea]] and [[Indonesia]] are to the north.  {{TOC right}}{{#css: #YouTube td { text-align:center; padding:0 0 0 0; }
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==Television Stations / Channels==
 
==Television Stations / Channels==
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[[File:ABClogo.JPG|right|thumb||right|thumb|250px||ABC 'sine-wave' logo adopted in May 1965]]
 
  
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Australia began its television service from 16 September 1956 (Channel Nine).  
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Australia began its television service from 16 September 1956; this was the commercial Channel Nine network.  
  
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The country has five major networks: '''ABC (Channel 2) – commenced broadcasts on 5 November 1956; ATN (Channel 7); TCN (Channel 9); TEN (Channel 10); SBS''', plus many state-wide regional and city-based independent stations.  
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Other stations followed: '''ABC (Channel 2)''' – this government-owned non-commercial station commenced broadcasts on 5 November 1956; commercial channels '''ATN (Channel 7); TCN (Channel 9); TEN (Channel 10); and SBS''', plus many state-wide or regional privately-owned independent TV stations. There were even "pirate" stations - such as the Warlpiri Media Association, which transmitted regional programmes as well as the ABC to a local Aborigine community of about 800 in the Northern Territory.
  
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_television_callsigns CALL SIGNS FOR REGIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_television_callsigns CALL SIGNS FOR REGIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS]
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In later years, independent cable and satellite stations launched.
 
In later years, independent cable and satellite stations launched.
  
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[[File:ABCcard.JPG|right|thumb|250px|On-screen caption card used by ABC, circa 1966]]
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[[File:ABClogosv.JPG|left|thumb|450px|The variant ABC 'sine-wave' logos that were in use when '''Doctor Who''' screened: 1956-1965 / 1965 – Feb 1975 / 1 March 1975 to 2001 (i.e. in colour)]]
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From January 1965 through until June 1994, '''Doctor Who''' aired regularly on the non-commercial station, the '''Australian Broadcasting Commission (the [[wikipedia:Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]])'''. The ABC changed its name to the '''Australian Broadcasting Corporation''' from 1 July 1983.
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[[File:ABCcard.JPG|right|thumb|250px|On-screen caption card apparently used by ABC, circa 1966]]
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From January 1965 through until June 1994, '''Doctor Who''' aired regularly on the non-commercial station, the '''Australian Broadcasting Commission (the [[wikipedia: ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC]])'''. The ABC changed its name to the '''Australian Broadcasting Corporation''' from 1 July 1983.
  
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In the early years of television broadcasts, each state had its own regional scheduling, which meant that different episodes of '''Doctor Who''' aired on different days, often many months apart. On rare occasions, the same episode aired on the same day but in different states, which meant that multiple prints of some episodes may have existed, although there were other methods by which 'dual' transmissions across the different states could be achieved. There were not only scheduling differences between states but the larger ones – such as Queensland - also had regional city-to-city variances '''within''' the state.  
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In the early years of television broadcasts, each state had its own network of stations each with its own schedules of programming, which meant that different episodes of '''Doctor Who''' aired on different days around the country, often many months apart. There were not only scheduling differences between states but the larger ones – such as Queensland - also had regional city-to-city variances '''within''' the state.  
  
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By 1960 or 1962 (sources differ) there was a permanent coaxial cable link between Sydney and Melbourne.  
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In April 1962, the permanent telecommunications [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney%E2%80%93Melbourne_co-axial_cable cable link between Sydney and Melbourne] (via Canberra) was opened: this allowed for the relaying of and simultaneous broadcasts of some programming between the three cities; Channel 9 was the first to adopt this service in 1963, but the ABC never used the co-axial for broadcasts of '''Doctor Who'''.  
  
 
On '''9 July 1970''', the ABC 'opened' its microwave link between the east and west coasts of Australia, enabling the transmission of programme material across the country.  The launch was promoted in a one-hour special, '''[http://www.televisionau.com/seventies.htm PROJECT AUSTRALIA]''' (7.55pm to 8.55pm), featuring contributions from various Australian cities.
 
On '''9 July 1970''', the ABC 'opened' its microwave link between the east and west coasts of Australia, enabling the transmission of programme material across the country.  The launch was promoted in a one-hour special, '''[http://www.televisionau.com/seventies.htm PROJECT AUSTRALIA]''' (7.55pm to 8.55pm), featuring contributions from various Australian cities.
  
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Colour transmissions began on '''1 March 1975''' using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system. It is possible that some of the minor regional stations may have continued broadcasting in black and white for several months. (By 1977, less than 50% of the population had colour televisions.)
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Colour transmissions on the ABC commenced on '''1 March 1975''' using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system. Some of the minor regional stations may have continued broadcasting in black and white for several months. (By 1977, less than 50% of the population had colour televisions.)
  
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Full country-wide networking on the ABC had commenced by the early 1980s, although there were still regional variances throughout that decade, usually around regional sporting events. It wasn't until the mid-to-late 1980s that full satellite coverage across the entire country was achieved.  
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Full country-wide networking on the ABC commenced on 26 January 1986 via the AUSSAT satellites, although there were still regional variances throughout that decade, usually around regional sporting events, which required video-taped copies. It wasn't until the early 1990s that full satellite networking across the entire country was achieved.  
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*[https://televisionau.com/2015/08/aussat-dawn-of-tvs-satellite-age.html History of the ABC on AUSSAT]
  
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From 1 August 1996 to 17 June 2002, the '''FOX-TEL satellite station, [[wikipedia:UK-TV|UKTV]]''', aired a run of all available complete stories. They also aired a brief repeat run in 2003.  
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From 1 August 1996 to 17 June 2002, the '''FOX-TEL satellite station, [[wikipedia:BBC UKTV|BBC UKTV]]''', aired a run of all available complete stories. They also aired a brief repeat run in 2003.  
  
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From 15 September 2003 through to 3 February 2006, the series returned to the '''ABC''' for a run of repeats, but which excluded a number of the stories penned by Terry Nation and/or featuring the Daleks; this was due to problems with securing rights from the Nation Estate. (A similar issue affected transmissions of Nation / Dalek serials on '''[http://whogold.blogspot.com/2010/07/uk-gold-air-dates-1992-2007.html UK Gold]''' in the 1990s.)
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From 15 September 2003 through to 3 February 2006, the series returned to the '''ABC''' for a fresh run of repeats now broadcast digitally via satellite from the new Ultimo centre (opened in November 2002) - but which excluded a number of the stories penned by Terry Nation and/or featuring the Daleks; this was due to problems with securing rights from the Nation Estate. (A similar issue affected transmissions of Nation / Dalek serials on '''[http://whogold.blogspot.com/2010/07/uk-gold-air-dates-1992-2007.html UK Gold]''' in the 1990s.)
  
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From 17 August 2011, the '''[[wikipedia:Sci Fi Channel (Australia)|Australian SCI-FI]]''' channel (established in December 2001) commenced a run of repeats.  
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From 17 August 2011, the '''[[wikipedia:Sci Fi Channel (Australia)|Australian SCI-FI]]''' channel (established in 1 December 2006) commenced a run of repeats that ran through to the end of 2012. The rebranded '''syfy''' channel continued to air episodes of the old series and the [[New Series]] into 2015…
  
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During 2013, Australia's '''BBC UKTV''' celebrated the series' 50th anniversary by showing select stories, one Doctor per month, one full story per week on Sundays. January featured four William Hartnell stories, February had four Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee in March, etc, through to Matt Smith in November. (The same stories also aired on [[New Zealand]]'s own BBC UKTV channel.)
  
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For the 50th anniversary itself, BBC UKTV aired a marathon of complete stories, one for each of the eleven Doctors along with various documentaries and specials.
  
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The principal language of Australia is English.  
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In late 2021, streaming platform '''[[wiki:Stan (service)|Stan]]''' (launched in January 2015) added a selection of Classic stories to its menu (they already had the [[New Series]] available).
  
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The ABC lost its broadcast rights to the [[New Series]], when '''Disney+''' was awarded the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to all future '''Doctor Who''' episodes, starting in November 2023.
  
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=='''DOCTOR WHO IN AUSTRALIA'''==
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From '''1965''' through to '''2022''', the ABC had been home to '''Doctor Who''' for '''57 years'''…
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[[File:ABCMemo1964.jpg|right|thumb|350px|ABC memo dated 9 March 1964, confirming purchase and intended airdates]]
 
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Australia was the '''second''' country to screen '''Doctor Who''' (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]). It was, however, the '''first''' to be offered the series; and a purchase was confirmed in early '''March 1964''', with transmission from '''17 May 1964''', with other regions to follow.
 
  
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The ABC duly received film prints from [[BBC Sydney]], and these were sent to the Australian Film Censorship Board (AFCB) for classification; the first two episodes were viewed on '''14 April 1964'''. But due to problems with the "A" classifications that were given to the first 13 episodes, screening was delayed until '''January 1965'''. ([[New Zealand]] therefore took the honour of being the first foreign country outside the UK to screen the series.)
 
  
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Australia is the only country to have screened '''Doctor Who''' virtually non-stop, screening episodes of all the Doctors (more or less) in 'chronological order'.
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Bar two stories, Australia has the unique position of having purchased and screened '''''every single story''''' of '''Doctor Who''', albeit not always screening them in strict story order.
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The principal language of Australia is English.  
  
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And with the exception of around 30 stories, it was in Australia that the most number of serials had their foreign debut, usually within a year of the UK screenings. (Other countries in which stories made their foreign debut were the [[Netherlands]], [[Hong Kong]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[New Zealand]], [[Canada]] and the [[United States]].)
 
  
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=='''DOCTOR WHO IN AUSTRALIA'''==
  
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Australia was the '''first''' country to be '''offered and to buy''' the series, but '''wasn't''' the first to broadcast the new series. (That honour fell on [[New Zealand]].) The reasons for the delay to the debut of the series are covered on the more detailed '''[[Australia Sales|AUSTRALIA SALES]]''' page.
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*'''[[Australia Sales|AUSTRALIA SALES]]'''
  
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The '''Stanmark Productions Ltd''' advertisement from 1966, identifies Australia as one of '''sixteen''' countries screening '''Doctor Who''' by January 1966.
 
  
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'''The Seventies''' records a sale of '''"(70)"''' stories by 28 February 1977. (This total is incorrect; it should be '''"(72)"'''). '''The Handbook''' identifies some of these as being: Hartnell - 27; Troughton - 21. The remainder is made up of Pertwee - 19, and Baker - 5 (up to {{4E}}), which totals 72.
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===[[Peter Cushing|PETER CUSHING]] Movies===
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[[File:SydneyDaleks1965.JPG|right|thumb|400px|Movie Dalek in Sydney, with Beverly Weynton; Unknown publication, 23 December 1965]]
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'''CINEMA'''
  
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'''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS] records a sale of '''"(93)"''' stories (by 10 February 1987).
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The two [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek features played in cinemas across the country. The first was often exhibited as a double bill with another feature film.
  
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This figure of 93 is made up of the same 19 Pertwees and 5 Bakers from the 1977 list, plus 33 additional Bakers, 20 Davisons, the 5 previously unaired Pertwees, and 11 Colin Bakers.  
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As part of the nation-wide promotion for the first film, a movie Dalek prop that had been repainted red travelled around Australia by train.  
  
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In '''DWM''', Australia is identified in '''148''' story Archives: Hartnell – all 27; Troughton – all 21; Pertwee - 23 (omits {{WWW}}); Baker – all 41; Davison - 15 (omits {{5W}}, {{6H}}, {{6L}}, {{6P}}, {{6Q}}; Baker - 9 (omits {{6W}} and {{7C}} 13-14); McCoy – all 12.
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The first filmed debuted in '''Melbourne''' on '''17 December 1965''' (at the 600–seat Grosvenor cinema – rated G; it played there for two weeks until '''30 December''').  
  
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The period of sale is given as from '''May 1964''' to '''November 1990'''.  
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The roaming Dalek then went to '''Sydney'''; the movie played at The Capitol from '''23 December 1965''' and into the New Year period. (The Dalek was photographed in Market Street outside the State Theatre with 21 year-old model Beverly Weynton of Newport on '''22 December 1965''' – see clipping.)
  
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The by-now rather battered Dalek prop (it was missing one claw, and its paint was badly peeling from its skirt globes) was repaired before it travelled back to '''Melbourne'''. The newly-repainted Dalek boarded a train at the Spencer Street station bound for '''Ballarat''' in the central highlands of Victoria, where the movie played at the Royal Theatre from '''20 January 1966'''.
  
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The Dalek continued to travel around the country to promote the film as it opened in each new city or region.  
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[[File:Movie1965.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Dr Who and the Daleks at the Capitol, Sydney, 23 December 1965; listing from the Australian]]
 
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Both [[Peter Cushing]] features played in cinemas across the country: for instance, the films opened in theatres in Sydney on '''23 December 1965''' and '''15 December 1967''' respectively.  
 
  
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Both films aired on television (on a regional basis) several times on a number of different stations (but not on the ABC).
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Movie listings in newspapers have the film playing in '''Bourke''', in north west New South Wales from '''mid-June to early July 1966''', and in '''Canberra''' starting from  '''14 October 1966''' at The Capitol cinema before shifting to the Civic Theatre by the end of the month, however it's possible these were re-releases rather than first showings at these locations.
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* '''[[Australia Cushing|Full listings for New South Wales-based stations can be found HERE]]'''
 
  
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It's not known what happened to the battered Dalek prop once the film had finished its national run. It's believed that it may have ended up at one of the commercial TV stations (either Channel Seven, Nine or Ten), where it was given a spruce up and with the addition of flashing lights up and down its skirt-section, and appeared as an on screen "host" for children's programmes! What became of it after that is unknown. Presumably it's still somewhere in Australia?!
  
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The Dalek sequel was shown in 1967: It played in '''Sydney''' at The Capitol from '''15 December''' to '''21 December 1967'''.
  
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The BBC offered the series to the ABC, which had first-refusal on all BBC productions over the other Australian television networks. By '''March 1964''', the broadcaster had purchased the rights to the first batch of stories, with the provision for a first screening (across all regions), plus a repeat (across all regions). All subsequent repeats were renegotiated, usually with the provision of two screenings across all regions.  
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Dates and locations in other states are unknown, but it's expected that like the first one, the film was shown around the country during that year, and into '''1968'''.
  
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Of the 158 '''Doctor Who''' stories made from 1963 to 1989, there have been nine that did not air in Australia during first-run screenings in the 1960s and 1970s. These nine are:
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The first film later returned to regional theatres, such as at the Center Theatre in '''Canberra''', playing "Matinee Only" sessions during the '''May 1969''' school holidays.  
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|[[File:DW&TD141066.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Dr Who and the Daleks at the Capitol, Canberra, October 1966]]|[[ File:DIE Syd 14-12-67.JPG|right|thumb|400px|Daleks Invasion in Sydney from 15 December 1967; Sydney Morning Herald]]
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[[Mission to the Unknown]] was "Rejected" outright due to its horror content, while the other eight were given "A" rating classifications, and as such they could not be broadcast in the early evening timeslot favoured by the ABC.
 
  
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The fact that the first seven of these nine stories did not air in Australia prevented other Asian Commonwealth countries – such as [[New Zealand]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[Singapore]] - from being able to afford to purchase them. This 'restriction' was still in effect into the 1980s, hence New Zealand could not purchase [[Logopolis]] ahead of Australia in 1981…
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The situation with [[The Brain of Morbius]] and [[The Deadly Assassin]] was slightly different, in that the former '''did''' go to air (but heavily truncated, and late at night), but the latter '''didn't''' - although there's every reason to believe that the ABC had intended to screen [[The Deadly Assassin]] in a similar way. (The biggest clue is that both serials aired in [[New Zealand]] in 1979, which suggests that both had been purchased by the ABC…)
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Both films aired on television (on a regional basis) many times on a number of different stations (but ironically never on the ABC!).  
  
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All bar the first two serials of that list - all copies of which had been wiped by the BBC by the mid-1970s - did eventually screen in Australia as part of "repeats" packages broadcast in the 1980s.
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'''Channel 10''' had the exclusive rights to the first film, which it aired for the first time at 7.30pm on '''22 July 1972'''. '''ATV-0''' in Melbourne aired it on '''22 January 1974'''.
  
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It wasn't until '''28 September 1980''' that the sequel made it to air.
  
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All the known TV '''[[Australia Cushing|Listings for New South Wales-based stations can be found HERE]]'''
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[[File:DWATDAustVHS.JPG|thumb|right|200px|1989 reissue of the first Dalek film in Australia by Weintraub/Warner Home Video]]
  
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===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]] (1965-67)===
 
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[[File:AWWWeb.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Bill Strutton on set of The Web Planet, Australian Womens Weekly, 24 March 1965]]
 
  
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Australia therefore screened all of the [[William Hartnell stories]], with the exception of two.  
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The films were also released on '''VHS and Betamax tapes''', distributed in Australia by Thorn EMI, mainly for the rental market. Reviews for the first film appeared in newspapers and magazines in '''October 1982''', and the sequel (which was apparently edited by 4 minutes) was reviewed in '''April 1983'''. These tapes did not have any classification ratings, as there was no legal requirement at that time for videotapes to be rated.  
  
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The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
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When the new Film and Video Tape Classification Act was introduced with effect from '''10 December 1984''', all forthcoming tapes (both retail and rental) had to be rated and stickered, while pre-1984 tapes had to be submitted for retrospective ratings. A sticker with the rating code was then affixed.  
  
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The episodes were censored between April 1964 and May 1967.
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The certification of '''Daleks Invasion''' as a rental tape was applied for by the Valley View Video rental store in Adelaide in '''1984''', and a "G" rating was granted. When the film was applied for certification as a Retail tape in '''1985''', it was given a higher "PG" rating. The same year, '''Dr Who and the Daleks''' was retrospectively granted a "G" rating but as a retail tape only.  
  
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The batch of 20 episodes covering [[Galaxy 4]] to [[The Daleks Master Plan]] (which was only available as an 11-parter) had been offered to the ABC on '''9 March 1966'''.  
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Both tapes were reissued on VHS in '''1989''' (this time distributed by Warner Home Video), then in a widescreen format (by UGC and Polygram) in '''1997'''. The respective "G" and "PG" ratings were retained.  
  
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DVD and Blu-ray editions – individual or as double sets - were released in the '''2000s''' and '''2010s'''.
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The '''Stanmark Productions Ltd''' advertisement from 1966, identifies Australia as one of '''sixteen''' countries screening '''Doctor Who''' by January 1966.
  
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The ABC had a strict policy of returning or destroying its prints. While the actual fate of all the prints is unverified, the following is known to have happened to some of the prints:
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Australia is named in the list of 27 countries in '''The Making of Doctor Who''' 1972 Piccolo edition.
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* The ABC's prints of all 17 episodes from [[The Reign of Terror]] through to [[The Rescue]] (the affected episodes still exhibiting the cuts that had been made by the censors) were sent to [[New Zealand]] in July 1967.
 
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*A consignment of eight Hartnell serials was returned to the BBC in London in mid-1975: the last three from season two, three 4-parters from season three, and Hartnell's final two serials (from season four). (Also sent was the majority of the Troughton serials, see below). From this batch, part three of [[Galaxy 4]] was salvaged, and returned to the BBC in 2011.
 
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*Although listed as being part of the 1975 consignment, [[The Chase]] part one was later found in Australia. Was the episode not actually sent – or was it a duplicate print?
 
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*Not part of the 1975 consignment was [[The Celestial Toymaker]], part four of which was recovered from the ABC film store at the now-demolished Frenchs Forest studios in 1984. (Refer below for how that film allegedly came to be found there...)
 
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*Also excluded from the shipment was [[The War Machines]], of which a copy of part two was saved from destruction in Australia.
 
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*The few stories not sent to London were apparently destroyed in mid-1976:
 
  
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'''The Seventies''' records a sale of '''"(70)"''' stories by 28 February 1977. (This total is incorrect; it should be '''"(72)"'''). '''The Handbook''' identifies some of these as being: Hartnell - 27; Troughton - 21. The remainder is made up of Pertwee - 19, and Baker - 5 (up to {{4E}}), which totals 72.
  
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On '''1 September 2003''' this posting was made to the [http://missingepisodes.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=who&thread=3389&page=1 MISSING EPISODES FORUM]:
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'''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS] records a sale of '''"(93)"''' stories (by 10 February 1987).
  
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''The person responsible for destroying the original ABC b/w prints surfaced fairly recently. Here is what he said:''
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This figure of 93 is made up of the same 19 Pertwees and 5 Bakers from the 1977 list, plus 33 additional Bakers, 20 Davisons, the 5 previously unaired Pertwees, and 11 Colin Bakers.  
  
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''"(I) put the axe through the Australian copies of the '''first 300 approx b/w 16mm telerecordings''' of the early '''Doctor Who''' episodes - only to find out years later that the BBC had junked most of their originals.''
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In '''DWM''', Australia is identified in '''148''' story Archives: Hartnell – all 27; Troughton – all 21; Pertwee - 23 (omits {{WWW}}); Baker – all 41; Davison - 15 (omits {{5W}}, {{6H}}, {{6L}}, {{6P}}, {{6Q}}; Baker - 9 (omits {{6W}} and {{7C}} 13-14); McCoy – all 12.
  
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''It was a long, long time ago, in another life … but I will carry this shame with me to my grave, along with the destruction of another early BBC classic "Sci Fi" series called "Out Of The Unknown". My excuse, much like the Nazis at the Nuremberg Trials, is/was "Just following orders".''  
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The period of sale is given as from '''May 1964''' to '''November 1990'''.
  
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''The only bright side was that some years later whilst doing a bin search of the main programme vault, looking for another missing programme, I found one '''Doctor Who''' episode that had been miss-binned and not junked with all the others and it turned out to be, after consulting with BBC Archives, the only print of this particular episode left in the world... [[The Celestial Toymaker]]. Alas it was only 1 episode out of a 4 or 5 part story IIRC. Still it was returned to the BBC with much thanks from them, and I believe [it later] went through a print restoration process by BBC Archives.''
 
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If this is indeed a true and accurate account of events, it's not clear how the figure of "300 approx" has been arrived at; there were 253 Hartnell and Troughton episodes, plus 78 Pertwees on 16mm film, out of which 17 Hartnell episodes had been sent to [[New Zealand]] in 1967, and some Pertwees to [[Singapore]] in 1974, with the bulk sent to London in mid-1975. There is, of course, the possibility of duplicate prints existing for some of those, which would certainly contribute to that (albeit high) total…
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*Due to its size, this section has its own dedicated page: [[Australia Sales|AUSTRALIA SALES]]'''.
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*A consignment of Troughton episodes consisting of all but five serials – [[The Highlanders]], [[The Macra Terror]], [[Fury from the Deep]], [[The Wheel in Space]] and [[The Krotons]] - was returned to the BBC in London in mid-1975 (along with a consignment of Hartnells, as noted above). From this batch, part two of [[The Underwater Menace]] was salvaged, and returned to the BBC by a film collector in 2011. The edited prints of [[The Dominators]] were found in 1978 to be still held by the BBC's film library.
 
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*Although it is listed as being one of the serials returned to the BBC in 1975, [[The Faceless Ones]] part one (with censor edits) was recovered in Australia circa 1969/70, and returned to the BBC in the late 1970s. Did some episodes not get sent to London after all - or was this a duplicate print?
 
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*[[The Krotons]] was subsequently set to London in mid-1976. Later that same year, the other four Troughton stories were destroyed.
 
−
 
 
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−
===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]] (Block One 1971-76)===
 
−
 
 
−
'''19 stories, 98 episodes''', but not always screened in story order
 
−
 
 
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{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|AAA||[[Spearhead from Space]]
 
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|-
 
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|||all bar five stories to
 
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|-
 
−
|ZZZ||[[Planet of the Spiders]]
 
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|-
 
−
|}
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|||'''(Excluding)'''
 
−
|-
 
−
|DDD||[[Inferno]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|FFF||[[The Mind of Evil]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|JJJ||[[The Daemons]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|TTT||[[The Green Death]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|WWW||[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]
 
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|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
Australia therefore bought most of the [[Jon Pertwee stories]], with the exception of five stories not purchased or screened due to censorship issues.
 
−
 
 
−
All the Pertwee episodes were supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
 
−
 
 
−
PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks were also supplied, especially for all serials covering [[The Three Doctors]] to [[Planet of the Spiders]], which were intended to be repeated following the launch of colour transmissions in March 1975. (The 16mm b/w prints may have also been used by those regional stations that had not fully converted to colour.)
 
−
 
 
−
The tapes included an extended version of part 2 of [[Carnival of Monsters]], and a copy of [[Frontier in Space]] part 5 with the alternative music.
 
−
 
 
−
(NOTE: It's uncertain whether [[Planet of the Daleks]] was supplied to the ABC in colour, as it appears that by 1973, when the serial was offered, part three of that had already been wiped by the BBC…)
 
−
 
 
−
The episodes were censored between January 1971 and May 1975, usually no more than six months after completion of each season in the UK.
 
−
 
 
−
Five serials were classified with "A" ratings, which meant they could not be screened in the early evening timeslot favoured by the ABC.
 
−
 
 
−
====Origin of the Films / Tapes====
 
−
 
 
−
The 16mm films would have been supplied by [[BBC Sydney]] via London.
 
−
 
 
−
The colour video tapes were also supplied via [[BBC Sydney]].
 
−
 
 
−
====Fate of the Films====
 
−
 
 
−
The ABC (or [[BBC Sydney]]) sent the black and white prints of [[Planet of the Daleks]] to [[Singapore]] on 24 March 1974, where they screened from 2 May to 6 June 1974. (It's possible that other b/w prints of season ten Pertwee stories were also sent Singapore at the same time.)
 
−
 
 
−
The majority of the other film prints were mostly junked by the ABC after the final run of repeats in 1974/75. Some of these films are known to have survived junking, and are held in a private collection.
 
−
 
 
−
====Fate of the Tapes====
 
−
 
 
−
In 1983, it was discovered that copies of complete PAL video tapes of [[Frontier in Space]] were still held in storage by the ABC, where they had been since 1973, a fact that was not known to BBC Enterprises in London, who was offering the story in black and white only. ([[BBC Sydney]] however, did sell [[Frontier in Space]] in colour to [[Brunei]], where it aired in October 1976.)
 
−
 
 
−
BBC Sydney did hold colour copies of [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]], but these were presumably wiped by August 1974, after the BBC had withdrawn it from sale. (See its profile for the "conspiracy theory" about this story…)
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]] (Block One 1976-78)===
 
−
[[File:ABCTom.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Listing for The Sontaran Experiment, 1986]]
 
−
 
 
−
'''16 stories, 64 episodes plus one omnibus edition'''
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|4A||[[Robot]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|4B||[[The Sontaran Experiment]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|4C||[[The Ark in Space]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|4E||[[Genesis of the Daleks]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|4D||[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|4F||[[Terror of the Zygons]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|||all bar one story to
 
−
|-
 
−
|4S||[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|||'''(Excluding)'''
 
−
|-
 
−
|4P||[[The Deadly Assassin]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
The ABC had actually decided to drop the series mid-way through Tom Baker's first season in 1976, but ultimately reversed that decision and screened the remaining purchased season 12 episodes in 1977, and purchased new episodes in 1978.
 
−
 
 
−
Australia therefore bought GROUP A, B and C of the [[Tom Baker stories]], with the exception of one story, which was not purchased and screened due to censorship issues.
 
−
 
 
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
−
 
 
−
The episodes were censored between September 1975 and March 1978, usually no more than six months after completion of each season in the UK.
 
−
 
 
−
[[The Brain of Morbius]] was given an "A" rating. It was re-submitted, and re-assessed on 6 September 1978, but still allocated an "A" rating; the ABC could have screened it as is in a late night timeslot, but for reasons that are not clear, they instead played a heavily edited 60 minute omnibus edition. (It is entirely possible that this was a copy of the 60 minute "repeat" that had screened in the UK on 4 December 1976.) As noted earlier, it's possible the ABC planned to do the same with [[The Deadly Assassin]], but the UK's 1977 repeat of that serial was not truncated.
 
−
 
 
−
[[Pyramids of Mars]] was heavily cut for its first screening, and further cuts made to it for the subsequent repeats.
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]] (Block Two 1978)===
 
−
 
 
−
'''One story, 6 episodes'''
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|TTT||[[The Green Death]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
====Origin of the Tapes?====
 
−
 
 
−
In mid-1978, the ABC purchased a repeat run of Pertwee stories, to be screened in '''colour''' for the first time. But with many of the original PAL tapes having been wiped by the BBC, the ABC was supplied only with those few serials that existed entirely in PAL colour: [[Spearhead from Space]] and [[Day of the Daleks]]. Reportedly, these colour video tapes ware sourced from the Middle East – most likely to be from [[United Arab Emirates]], or possibly closer to home, from [[Brunei]], where the colour serials had concluded by 1975/76.
 
−
 
 
−
The ABC already held - since 1973 - the colour tapes of [[The Three Doctors]], [[Carnival of Monsters]] (with an extended version of part 2), the same stories from season 11, as well as tapes for one story that had been previously withheld.
 
−
 
 
−
The colour tapes of [[The Green Death]] were still held by [[BBC Sydney]]. In May 1978, the story was re-classified from "A" to "G" by the AFCB, and it was able to be screened. (This re-classification also paved the way for the 6-parter to air in [[New Zealand]] in 1979. Since the serial had previously aired in Commonwealth [[Canada]], the ABC probably purchased the serial at a much cheaper rate!)
 
−
 
 
−
(Since the BBC was only offering [[Frontier in Space]] in black and white, it did not include that serial in the 1978 repeats; neither BBC Sydney nor the ABC were unaware that the ABC still held complete PAL colour tapes for that serial in its film and tape bond store!)
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]] (Block Two 1979-80)===
 
−
[[File:TVTimes79.JPG|right|thumb|650px|TV Times, 24-30 March 1979]]
 
−
 
 
−
'''17 stories, 72 episodes'''
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|4V||[[Horror of Fang Rock]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|||all stories to
 
−
|-
 
−
|5L||[[The Horns of Nimon]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
−
 
 
−
The episodes were censored in three separate blocks, between May 1978 and March 1980, usually no more than six months after completion of each of the three seasons in the UK.
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]] (Block Three 1982)===
 
−
 
 
−
'''Seven stories, 28 episodes'''
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|5N||[[The Leisure Hive]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|||all stories to
 
−
|-
 
−
|5V||[[Logopolis]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
Australia therefore bought all of GROUP F and G of the [[Tom Baker stories]]. The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
−
 
 
−
The transmission of season 18 was held over for a year, so the ABC could screen it back to back with season 19 to ease the transition between Doctors.
 
−
 
 
−
The first 24 episodes were censored between January and April 1981, shortly after completion of the series in the UK. [[Logopolis]] however, was not assessed until March 1982.
 
−
 
 
−
It is thought that the ABC might not have been able to purchase this last serial at the time, because their budget allocation for 1981/82 did not take into account the season being two episodes longer than usual. [[Logopolis]] was therefore held over to the next financial year, hence the delay in having it censored, some eleven months after the rest of season 18 had been assessed. As a direct result of this, despite TVNZ having acquired the tapes in 1981, [[Logopolis]] could not be screened in [[New Zealand]] until after it had been purchased by the ABC.
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Peter Davison stories|PETER DAVISON]] (1982-84) ===
 
−
 
 
−
'''20 stories, equivalent of 70 half-hour episodes and one 90 minute special'''
 
−
 
 
−
[[File:AWW13Jan82.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Australian Womens' Weekly, 13 January 1982]]
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|5Z||[[Castrovalva]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|||all stories to
 
−
|-
 
−
|6R||[[The Caves of Androzani]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
Australia therefore bought '''all''' of the [[Peter Davison stories]]. [[The Five Doctors]] was supplied in its 90 minute version. The ABC helped the BBC to finance the special.
 
−
 
 
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks. The BBC edited the original 50 minute episodes of [[Resurrection of the Daleks]] by cutting them in half at a convenient moment, creating 'new' cliffhangers, but without adding recaps or changing the opening titles: Parts Two, Three and Four did not have 'number' captions.
 
−
 
 
−
The episodes were censored between March 1982 and April 1984, usually only a few months after completion of each season in the UK.
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Colin Baker stories|COLIN BAKER]] (Block One 1984)===
 
−
 
 
−
'''One story, 4 episodes'''
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|6S||[[The Twin Dilemma]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]] (Block Three 1984)===
 
−
 
 
−
A further repeat run of colour Pertwees was scheduled for 1984. The package supplied included a "new" Pertwee story that had not screened before due to censorship issues, but which was subsequently cleared for screening:
 
−
 
 
−
'''One story, 5 episodes'''
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|WWW||[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks. Part One was not supplied as it existed only as a 16mm black and white film print. Accordingly, Part Two was re-captioned to become PART ONE, Part Three became PART TWO, and so on.
 
−
 
 
−
Also included in this package was [[The Curse of Peladon]], which had not previously been screened in colour before; it had been recently repeated in the UK.
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[K9 and Company|K9 AND COMPANY]] (1984)===
 
−
 
 
−
'''50 minute special'''
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[K9 and Company]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Colin Baker stories|COLIN BAKER]] (Block Two 1985-86)===
 
−
[[File:Attack Cybermen.JPG|300px|thumb|Squared four-part variant of titles]]
 
−
[[File:Parts One to Four.JPG|300px|thumb|Squared four-part variant of episode numbers]]
 
−
'''Six stories, equivalent of 26 half-hour episodes'''
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|6T||[[Attack of the Cybermen]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|||all stories to
 
−
|-
 
−
|6Z||[[Revelation of the Daleks]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
Australia therefore bought '''all''' of GROUP A of the [[Colin Baker stories]].
 
−
 
 
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks. The BBC in London re-edited the original 45 minute episodes into 25 minute segments, by cutting them 'in half' at a convenient moment and creating 'new' cliffhangers. The opening title captions were modified to reflect the new episode numbering; a new "squared" font was used for the remade titles, writer credits and episode numbers.
 
−
 
 
−
By this time, the ABC was responsible for its own censorship ratings. Only [[Revelation of the Daleks]] was cut by the in-house censors. (An uncut version of this story has never screened in Australia.)
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]] (Block Four 1986)===
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
'''Three stories, 18 episodes'''
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|DDD||[[Inferno]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|FFF||[[The Mind of Evil]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|JJJ||[[The Daemons]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
In '''1985''', the BBC reissued all 24 of the Pertwee stories - in a mix of colour and black and white episodes (but still not including the b/w part one of [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]). The complete package was sold to the [[United States]], [[New Zealand]] and Australia; the package purchased by Australia included the above three stories that did not screen in the 1970s due to censorship issues, but which were now cleared for screening by the ABC's in-house censors.
 
−
 
 
−
The standard (i.e. not extended) versions of [[Carnival of Monsters]] and [[Frontier in Space]] were also supplied.
 
−
 
 
−
These programmes were supplied as PAL colour video tapes, NTSC to PAL conversions, or tape transfers from 16mm black and white film, with English soundtracks.
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Colin Baker stories|COLIN BAKER]] (Block Three 1987)===
 
−
 
 
−
'''One story, 14 episodes'''
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|7A-7C||[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]] (Block Four 1987)===
 
−
 
 
−
For a subsequent repeat run of Tom Baker stories, the ABC acquired one further Tom Baker serial that had previously been unable to screen due to censorship issues:
 
−
 
 
−
'''One story, 4 episodes'''
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|4P||[[The Deadly Assassin]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
−
 
 
−
At this same time, [[The Brain of Morbius]], which had previously aired in 1978 and 1980 as a 60 minute edited edition, was reclassified as "G" and able to be screened in full during this run.
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Sylvester McCoy stories|SYLVESTER McCOY]] (1988-1990)===
 
−
 
 
−
'''Twelve stories, 42 episodes, not screened in correct order'''
 
−
[[File:SydMcCoy.JPG|right|thumb|450px|"Slapstick McCoy", Sydney Morning Herald; 31 October 1988]]
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|7D||[[Time and the Rani]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|||all stories to
 
−
|-
 
−
|7P||[[Survival]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
Australia therefore bought '''all''' of the [[Sylvester McCoy stories]].
 
−
 
 
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
−
 
 
−
[[The Curse of Fenric]] did not have the Russian to English subtitles over the opening moments of Part One.
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Paul McGann stories|PAUL McGANN]] (1996)===
 
−
 
 
−
'''TV Movie, 84 minutes'''
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|TVM||The [[TV Movie]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
Australia was the '''third''' country to screen the movie.
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
----
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]] (Block Five 1997)===
 
−
 
 
−
'''One 'new' episode'''
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|WWW||[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]||1
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
 
−
The b/w first episode of this serial aired for the first time in Australia on 28 March 1997, on UKTV.
 
−
 
 
−
The broadcast of this episode marked the equivalent of the '''683rd''' and final 'new' instalment of '''Doctor Who''' to screen on Australian TV (albeit some still in an edited form). It had taken '''32 years''' to reach this milestone...
 
  
  
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==TRANSMISSION==
 
==TRANSMISSION==
  
−
'''Doctor Who''' has aired on '''three''' different broadcasters in Australia:
+
'''Doctor Who''' has aired on '''several''' different broadcasters in Australia over the years:
 
   
 
   
−
 
−
----
 
  
 
===ABC (Channel 2) (1964-1996)===
 
===ABC (Channel 2) (1964-1996)===
  
−
The series aired across Australia on a regional basis:
+
The series initially aired across Australia on a regional basis, with transmissions out of each capital city relayed to the state network (see our [[Australia Stations|AUSTRALIA STATIONS]] page for a full description and expanded list of these).
−
 
+
[[File:ABCPerthAd.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Print ad for the first episode's debut in Perth, January 1965]]
−
[[File:AustABCad.JPG|Perth|thumb|right|450px|Ad for first episode in Perth, January 1965]]  
 
 
{| {{small-table}}  
 
{| {{small-table}}  
−
!Region!!Capital!!!!First Airdate
+
!Region/Network!!Capital!!!!First Airdate
 
|-  
 
|-  
 
|'''Western Australia'''||'''Perth'''||1st||'''12 Jan 1965'''
 
|'''Western Australia'''||'''Perth'''||1st||'''12 Jan 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''New South Wales'''||'''Sydney'''||2nd =||'''15 Jan 1965'''
+
|'''New South Wales'''||'''Sydney'''||2nd||'''15 Jan 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''Australian Capital Territory'''||'''Canberra'''||2nd =||'''15 Jan 1965'''
+
|'''Queensland''' ##||'''Brisbane'''||3rd||'''22 Jan 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''Queensland'''||'''Brisbane'''||4th||'''22 Jan 1965'''
+
|'''Victoria'''||'''Melbourne'''||4th||'''20 Feb 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''Victoria'''||'''Melbourne'''||5th||'''20 Feb 1965'''
+
|'''Queensland''' ##||'''Townsville'''||5th||'''4 Mar 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''South Australia'''||'''Adelaide'''||6th||'''15 Mar 1965'''
 
|'''South Australia'''||'''Adelaide'''||6th||'''15 Mar 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''Tasmania'''||'''Hobart'''||7th||'''11 Jun 1965'''
+
|'''Queensland''' ##||'''Rockhampton'''||7th||'''18 Mar 1965'''  
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''Northern Territory'''||'''Darwin'''||8th||'''15 Aug 1971'''
+
|'''Tasmania'''||'''Hobart'''||8th||'''11 Jun 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
 +
|'''Northern Territory'''||'''Darwin'''||9th||'''15 Aug 1971'''
 
|}
 
|}
  
−
Episodes tended to be aired at the same timeslot in each region; there is a two-hour time difference between west coast (Perth) and east coast (Brisbane), so there was always at least this slight variance across the country.
+
: ## Initially, '''Queensland''' had three separate networks operating ('''Brisbane, Townsville, Rockhampton'''); these amalgamated into one (Brisbane) at the beginning of 1966
  
−
The final regular screening on '''ABC''' was a repeat of [[Revelation of the Daleks]] part four, on '''3 March 1994'''.
+
Episodes usually aired at the same timeslot in each region; there is a two-hour time difference between west coast (Perth) and east coast (Brisbane), so there was always some variance to the start times across the country. The ABC therefore adopted different "duplication" methods to enable the same episode to air on the same day in each region. These methods are covered in more detail on the relevant '''Transmission History''' pages.
  
−
ABC's rights expired on''' 30 June 1994'''.  
+
The final regular screening on '''ABC''' was a repeat of [[Revelation of the Daleks]] part four, on '''3 March 1994'''. ABC's rights expired on''' 30 June 1994'''.  
  
 
The Paul McGann [[TV Movie]] aired on Sunday, '''3 July 1996''', and was repeated on '''15 January 1997'''.  
 
The Paul McGann [[TV Movie]] aired on Sunday, '''3 July 1996''', and was repeated on '''15 January 1997'''.  
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This transmission marked the final screening of '''Doctor Who''' on the '''ABC''' in the twentieth century, where it had had its home for '''32 years'''...  
 
This transmission marked the final screening of '''Doctor Who''' on the '''ABC''' in the twentieth century, where it had had its home for '''32 years'''...  
  
 +
{{clear}}
  
 
----
 
----
  
−
===[[Papua New Guinea|**PAPUA NEW GUINEA**]]===
+
===[[Papua New Guinea|**Papua New Guinea**]]===
  
 
By late 1985, the ABC had extended its transmission coverage via one of the [[wikipedia:Aussat|AUSSAT]] satellites to reach the island of New Guinea. '''Doctor Who''' was therefore seen by viewers in [[Papua New Guinea]] and Australia simultaneously from late 1985 onwards.
 
By late 1985, the ABC had extended its transmission coverage via one of the [[wikipedia:Aussat|AUSSAT]] satellites to reach the island of New Guinea. '''Doctor Who''' was therefore seen by viewers in [[Papua New Guinea]] and Australia simultaneously from late 1985 onwards.
  
−
Refer to the profile of that country for further details.
+
Refer to the [[Papua New Guinea|Papua New Guinea profile]] for further details.
−
 
 
−
* [[Papua New Guinea]]
 
  
  
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===[[wikipedia:UKTV_(Australia_and_New_Zealand)|UKTV / FOXTEL]] (1996–2002)===
 
===[[wikipedia:UKTV_(Australia_and_New_Zealand)|UKTV / FOXTEL]] (1996–2002)===
  
−
[[wikipedia:UKTV (Australia and New_Zealand)|UKTV]] was a pay-TV channel, featuring programming from the BBC and Freemantle Media (Thames and Grundy) broadcast on [[wikipedia:Foxtel|Foxtel]] (channel 20), OptusTV (channel 26) and Austar (channel 7).
+
[[wikipedia:UKTV (Australia and New_Zealand)|BBC UKTV]] was a pay-TV channel, featuring programming from the BBC and Freemantle Media (Thames and Grundy) broadcast on [[wikipedia:Foxtel|Foxtel]] (channel 20), OptusTV (channel 26) and Austar (channel 7).
  
−
Transmission of '''Doctor Who''' commenced on Thursday, '''1 August 1996'''. Episodes aired episodically Monday to Friday (at 11.30pm), with a separate stream of omnibus editions airing Saturdays (at 1.00pm) and Sundays (9.00am).  
+
Transmission of '''Doctor Who''' commenced on Thursday, '''1 August 1996'''. The episodes (which were uncut) aired episodically Monday to Friday (at 11.30pm), with a separate stream of omnibus editions airing Saturdays (at 1.00pm) and Sundays (9.00am).  
  
−
All the existing serials aired, including the 17 complete [[William Hartnell stories]] (albeit not always in strict story order), and six complete [[Patrick Troughton stories]] (including the first airing of [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]] since its recovery in 1992), then all serials of the third through eighth Doctors.   
+
Katy Manning provided voice-over continuity links for some of this run.
 +
 
 +
All the existing serials aired, including the 17 complete [[William Hartnell stories]] (albeit not always in strict story order), and six complete [[Patrick Troughton stories]] (including the first airing of [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]] in Australia since its recovery in 1992), then all serials of the third through eighth Doctors.   
  
 
This run also included for the first time on Australian TV the b/w first episode of [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]. [[The Ambassadors of Death]] however, was shown with a mixture of both colour and b/w episodes.  
 
This run also included for the first time on Australian TV the b/w first episode of [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]. [[The Ambassadors of Death]] however, was shown with a mixture of both colour and b/w episodes.  
  
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The final episode to air on '''UKTV''' was on Monday, '''17 June 2002'''.  
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The final episode to air on '''BBC UKTV''' was on Monday, '''17 June 2002'''.  
  
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UKTV also aired a short run of special 40th Anniversary repeats, from '''11 October to 23 November 2003''', concurrent with the ABC repeats (see below). For this run, at least one serial (in an omnibus format) per Doctor aired:
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'''BBC UKTV''' also aired a short run of special 40th Anniversary repeats, from '''11 October to 23 November 2003''', concurrent with the ABC repeats (see below). For this run, at least one serial (in an omnibus format) per Doctor aired:
 
*[[An Unearthly Child]]
 
*[[An Unearthly Child]]
 
*[[The War Games]] (split in two: eps 1-5, 6-10)
 
*[[The War Games]] (split in two: eps 1-5, 6-10)
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===ABC (Channel 2) (2003-2006)===
 
===ABC (Channel 2) (2003-2006)===
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[[File:ABCPressKit.JPG |right|thumb|300px|ABC Press Kit issued in 2003]]  
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[[File:ABCPressKit.JPG |right|thumb|250px|ABC Press Kit issued in 2003]]  
  
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'''Doctor Who''' returned to the '''ABC''' from Monday, '''15 September 2003''' for a '''three-year''' run of repeats.  
+
'''Doctor Who''' returned to the '''ABC''' from Monday, '''15 September 2003''' for a '''three-year''' run of repeats, under the generic banner '''"Back to the Future"'''.  
  
−
This run included the first through seventh Doctors only.
+
This run included the first through seventh Doctors only. The episodes were uncut and were broadcast digitally; these new digital 'master' dubs replaced all the old analogue tapes that the ABC has been using since the 1970s. As such, some episodes were of different edits to those previously supplied.  
  
 
However, due to rights issues with the estate of Terry Nation, the following serials (42 episodes) could not be screened:
 
However, due to rights issues with the estate of Terry Nation, the following serials (42 episodes) could not be screened:
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The final airings of this ABC run were [[Survival]] parts two and three, which aired together on Friday, '''3 February 2006'''.  
 
The final airings of this ABC run were [[Survival]] parts two and three, which aired together on Friday, '''3 February 2006'''.  
  
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===SCI-FI (2011 to ????)===
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===SCI-FI / syfy / SF (2011 to ????)===
 
[[File:SCIFI2011.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ad for DOCTOR WHO TWEETUP by Sci-Fi Channel, August 2011]]
 
[[File:SCIFI2011.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ad for DOCTOR WHO TWEETUP by Sci-Fi Channel, August 2011]]
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Starting on Wednesday, '''17 August 2011''', the full run of [[Tom Baker stories]] commenced on the Australian '''[[wikipedia:Sci Fi Channel (Australia)|Sci-Fi Channel]]'''.  
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Starting on Wednesday, '''17 August 2011''', the full run of [[Tom Baker stories]] (uncut) commenced on the Australian '''[[wikipedia:Sci Fi Channel (Australia)|Sci-Fi Channel]]''' (aka '''Syfy / SF)''' (on Digital channel 125). These aired weeknights at 5.30pm, usually two episodes back to back.
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From '''19 March 2012''', the [[Peter Davison stories]] commenced…  
 
From '''19 March 2012''', the [[Peter Davison stories]] commenced…  
  
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**[http://www.scifitv.com.au/Blog/2011/07/the-fourth-doctor-a-doctor-who-special/ DOCTOR WHO ON SCI-FI (BAKER)]
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The Jon Pertwee stories concluded in '''November 2012'''.  
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**[http://www.scifitv.com.au/Blog/2011/12/a-new-doctor-is-coming-to-sci-fi/ DOCTOR WHO ON SCI-FI (DAVISON)]
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**[http://www.scifitv.com.au/Shows/DoctorWho/Blog SCI-FI BLOG]
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In '''2013, 2014 and 2015''', '''Syfy''' aired repeats of the classic series as well as repeats of the new series…
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== TRANSMISSION and AIRDATES ==
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===[[wikipedia:UKTV_(Australia_and_New_Zealand)|BBC UKTV / FOXTEL]] (2013 to ????)===
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Full Transmission History and Airdates coverage is presented on the linked series of pages:
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 +
Australia's BBC UKTV channel celebrated '''Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary''' in 2013 with a run of weekly (on Sundays) omnibuses, one Doctor shown each month, from January to November.
 +
*[http://www.bbcaustralia.com/video/?v=244737 BBC UKTV Doctor Who page]
 +
 
 +
In '''2014 and 2015''', BBC UKTV continued to play repeats of the new series episodes.
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===[[Wikipedia:Stan (service)|Stan]] (2021 to ????)===
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 +
Beginning in '''late 2021''', streaming platform Stan added Classic Who to its menu. (It already featured the [[TV Movie]] and [[New Series]] on its service, as well as '''Torchwood'''.)
 +
 
 +
Unlike some of the other [[:Category:Online Services|Online services]], Stan was able to acquire the rights to screen Dalek stories, as well as some of the recent animation reconstructions – a package similar to those that had previously played on the [[Horror Channel]] and [[Twitch]].
 +
 
 +
Many of the episodes were sourced from the UK DVD masters, and as such have 'remade' credits and other 'restoration' work done to them – for instance, [[Remembrance of the Daleks]] was missing The Beatles music from its soundtrack.
 +
 
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=='''TRANSMISSION HISTORY NAVIGATION TABLES'''==
 +
 
 +
These two Tables appear on every page to assist with navigating around the Australian profile.
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 +
The '''YEAR-BY-YEAR COMMENTARY''' on the Transmission History of '''Doctor Who''' in Australia, an overview of '''SALES and CENSORSHIP''', a more detailed look at the '''ABC'S REGIONAL STATIONS''' and a Table of '''REPEATS''' are all linked via these ten '''GREEN''' pages:
 
{{Aus tx nav}}
 
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 +
And a sortable table of '''AIRDATES''' can be accessed via the corresponding '''RED''' pages:
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{{Aus date nav}}
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 +
 +
The years in which each story was [[Australia Repeats|REPEATED is indexed on a sortable table]].
  
  
 
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==TV LISTINGS==
 
==TV LISTINGS==
 
The following online newspaper archives (issues available only to 31 December 1989) have been accessed:
 
The following online newspaper archives (issues available only to 31 December 1989) have been accessed:
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**[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC THE AGE (MELBOURNE)]
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*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC THE AGE (MELBOURNE)]
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**[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lL5f5cZgq8MC SYDNEY MORNING HERALD]
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*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lL5f5cZgq8MC SYDNEY MORNING HERALD]
  
 
Our TV listings have also been compiled from numerous Australian newspapers, fanzines, TV Guides and other listings publications (far too many to list here), plus the generous contributions of Australian fans listed below. The following online fan sites have also been accessed:
 
Our TV listings have also been compiled from numerous Australian newspapers, fanzines, TV Guides and other listings publications (far too many to list here), plus the generous contributions of Australian fans listed below. The following online fan sites have also been accessed:
  
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**[http://www.varos.net/doctorwho/australia/tv/ AUSTRALIAN BROADCAST HISTORY 1996 to 2002]  
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*[http://www.varos.net/doctorwho/australia/tv/ AUSTRALIAN BROADCAST HISTORY 1996 to 2002]  
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**[http://www.varos.net/doctorwho/australia/tv/uktv/ AUSTRALIAN UKTV SCREENINGS]
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*[http://www.varos.net/doctorwho/australia/tv/uktv/ AUSTRALIAN UKTV SCREENINGS]
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**[http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Doctor_Who_in_Australia DOCTOR WHO IN AUSTRALIA]
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*[http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Doctor_Who_in_Australia DOCTOR WHO IN AUSTRALIA]
  
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This '''FORUM''' at Gallifrey Base also provided lots of useful anecdotal information:
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The '''[http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Australia Doctor Who Cuttings Archive]''' also has scans of or links to other articles and features from Australian newspapers and magazines
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** [http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1999 PAST BROADCASTING IN AUSTRALIA]
 
  
  
 
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==MERCHANDISE==
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[[File:ABCShopads.JPG |right|thumb|400px|Examples of "ABC Shop" TV ads]]
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==NEWS ITEMS, PROMOS and TRAILERS, etc==
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[[File:ABCMakeBook.JPG |right|thumb|200px|Make Your Own Adventure book, with ABC logo]]
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The following are some novelty items of interest that are (or used to be!) available on YouTube:
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Several items of merchandise unique or specific to Australia have been released over the years. While it is beyond the scope of even '''BroaDWcast''' to attempt to catalogue all of these, those of interest include:
 
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*'''Doctor Who Technical Manual''' (1983) - same as the UK edition, but with ABC logo, and published by J M Dent Pty Ltd (Retailed for $8.95)
 
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*'''BBC Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special''' – same as the UK's Radio Times publication, but with slightly different cover text (Retailed for $4.95)
 
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* '''Make Your Own Adventure''' books – the first two books in this series, '''"Search for the Doctor"''' and '''"Crisis in Space"''', were published with the ABC logo, and published by J M Dent Pty Ltd
 
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*'''BBC Videos / DVDs (region 4)''' – the Australasian releases (for Australia and New Zealand) were authored and manufactured in Australia, and the packaging carries ABC logos
 
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Many of the items were sold through '''The ABC Shop''', a chain-store owned and operated by the broadcaster, and selling TV-tie-in material. Although the ABC was a non-commercial broadcaster, television spots for products sold through the ABC Shop were often placed at the end of the credits; '''Doctor Who''' merchandise, such as videos and books, was often promoted after the programme.
 
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[[File:DrPoo.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Dr Poo]]
 
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*A parody called '''"Dr Poo"''', a 2-minute comedy radio serial that broadcast over 450 episodes in one massive run, from 1979 to 1981(?) inspired a couple of LPs – such as "Dr Poo and the Psychic Koalas", released in 1985 .
 
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**[http://www.drpoo.co.uk DR POO]
 
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*Other examples of 'unique to Australia' merchandise are the novelty songs:
 
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**Jackson Zumdish: "I Wanna Be Doctor Who" (Argo Fish, 1980)
 
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**Bullamakanka: "Doctor Who is Gonna Fix It" (RCL, 1983)
 
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  <td>{{YouTube|id=jcaJmdD_FLE|float=left}}<br />'''CLIP: BULLAMAKANKA'''</td>
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  <td>{{YouTube|id=NzO-6SWxcFc|float=left}}<br />'''CLIP: FOURPLAY on SPICKS AND SPECKS'''</td>
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<td>{{YouTube|id=JT60eY_goJ8|float=left}}<br />'''AFTERNOON SHOW NovaCon 5/11/91'''</td>
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*Other YouTube clips are located within the '''Transmission History''' pages.
  
  
 
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==NEWS ITEMS, PROMOS and TRAILERS, etc==
 
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The following are some of the items available on YouTube:
 
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*'''ANIMATED COMMERCIAL FOR STREETS ICE CREAM'''
 
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*'''THE AFTERNOON SHOW "THE WHO GAME" QUIZ'''
 
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*'''THE AFTERNOON SHOW NovaCon convention promo 5 November 1991'''
 
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*'''THE AFTERNOON SHOW 27 November 1991'''
 
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*'''THE LATE SHOW 1993 SPOOF'''
 
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*'''TV NEWS ITEMS re JON PERTWEE'S DEATH MAY 1996'''
 
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*'''CHASER'S WAR ON EVERYTHING PARODY SONG'''
 
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==MERCHANDISE==
  
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There are several items of merchandise that are unique to Australia – VHS, DVD, books and ice creams!
  
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[[Australian Merchandise|We take a look at some of them HERE]].
  
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*Other YouTube clips are located within the '''Transmission History''' pages.
 
  
 
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Australia has a very strong fan culture. There are fan clubs in each of the states, some of which have an online presence:
 
Australia has a very strong fan culture. There are fan clubs in each of the states, some of which have an online presence:
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* [http://www.drwhoaustralia.org/history.php HISTORY OF DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF AUSTRALIA]
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* [https://dwca.org.au/about/ HISTORY OF DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF AUSTRALIA]
 
* [http://www.doctorwhoaustralia.org/ DOCTOR WHO FAN CLUB OF AUSTRALIA]
 
* [http://www.doctorwhoaustralia.org/ DOCTOR WHO FAN CLUB OF AUSTRALIA]
 
* [http://www.dwcv.org.au/ DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF VICTORIA]
 
* [http://www.dwcv.org.au/ DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF VICTORIA]
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* [http://www.comedydownunder.com/westlodge/ THE WEST LODGE (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)]
 
 
* [http://www.sfsa.org.au/ SOUTH AUSTRALIA FAN CLUB]
 
* [http://www.sfsa.org.au/ SOUTH AUSTRALIA FAN CLUB]
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* [http://roswell.fortunecity.com/angelic/96/613.htm AUSTRALIAN COLIN BAKER SITE]
 
  
  
 
==Many thanks to==
 
==Many thanks to==
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Donald Bain; Dylan Crawfoot; Alan Creaser; Matt Dunn; Martin Dunne; Daniel Frankham; Dallas Jones; John Lister; George Rainey; Damian Shanahan; Grant Sirett; Data Extract; Dark Circus
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Donald Bain; Sue Butcher; Dylan Crawfoot; Alan Creaser; Matt Dunn; Martin Dunne; Aaron Evans; Daniel Frankham; Jason Fraser; Andrew Hodson; Dallas Jones; Brian Labser; John Lister; David McKinlay; George Rainey; Damian Shanahan; Marty Schultz; Grant Sirett; Data Extract; Dark Circus
  
  
 
==AUSTRALIA IN DOCTOR WHO==
 
==AUSTRALIA IN DOCTOR WHO==
  
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Australia has been mentioned directly or indirectly many times; and a number of Australian actors or production personnel have worked on the series:
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Australia has been mentioned directly or indirectly many times; and a number of Australian-born actors or production personnel have worked on the series:
  
  
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*Bruce Wightman (William de Tornebu, [[The Crusade]]; Scott [[The Daleks' Master Plan]]; Radio Operator, [[Terror of the Zygons]])
 
*Bruce Wightman (William de Tornebu, [[The Crusade]]; Scott [[The Daleks' Master Plan]]; Radio Operator, [[Terror of the Zygons]])
 
*John Maxim (Frankenstein's monster, [[The Chase]]; Cyberman, [[The Moonbase]] (credited as John Wills)
 
*John Maxim (Frankenstein's monster, [[The Chase]]; Cyberman, [[The Moonbase]] (credited as John Wills)
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*Lyn Ashley (Drahvin in [[Galaxy 4]])
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*Lyn Ashley (Drahvin Three in [[Galaxy 4]])
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*Bill Hunter ([[The Ark]])
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*Bill Hunter (Guardian in [[The Ark]])
 
*Alan White (Schultz in [[The Tenth Planet]])
 
*Alan White (Schultz in [[The Tenth Planet]])
 
*Pamela Ann Davy (Janley in [[The Power of the Daleks]])
 
*Pamela Ann Davy (Janley in [[The Power of the Daleks]])
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*Lewis Fiander (Tryst, [[Nightmare of Eden]])
 
*Lewis Fiander (Tryst, [[Nightmare of Eden]])
 
*Bob Hornery (Pilot in [[The Horns of Nimon]])
 
*Bob Hornery (Pilot in [[The Horns of Nimon]])
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*Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka)
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*Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka), [[Logopolis]] to [[Resurrection of the Daleks]])
 
*Dolore Whiteman (Aunt Vanessa in [[Logopolis]])  
 
*Dolore Whiteman (Aunt Vanessa in [[Logopolis]])  
 
*Peter Dahlsen (Horton, [[Time-Flight]])
 
*Peter Dahlsen (Horton, [[Time-Flight]])
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*Moonbase crewmen J Elliot (No 5) and Robert "Bob" Anders (No 7) are Australian ([[The Moonbase]])
 
*Moonbase crewmen J Elliot (No 5) and Robert "Bob" Anders (No 7) are Australian ([[The Moonbase]])
 
*There is an Ioniser Base in Australasia ([[The Ice Warriors]])
 
*There is an Ioniser Base in Australasia ([[The Ice Warriors]])
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*[[The Enemy of the World]] is partially set in Australia (at Kanowa), and features many Australian characters, such as Griffin the chef from Wooloomooloo.  
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*Leo Ryan and Bill Duggan are both Australian ([[The Wheel in Space]])
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*Leo Ryan and Bill Duggan are both Australians ([[The Wheel in Space]])
 
*There is a T-Mat terminal in Canberra ([[The Seeds of Death]])
 
*There is a T-Mat terminal in Canberra ([[The Seeds of Death]])
 
*Australian-born actor Errol Flynn is mentioned by Bill Filer ([[The Claws of Axos]])
 
*Australian-born actor Errol Flynn is mentioned by Bill Filer ([[The Claws of Axos]])
 
*Magnus Greel was known as "the Butcher of Brisbane", presumably named for the city ([[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]])
 
*Magnus Greel was known as "the Butcher of Brisbane", presumably named for the city ([[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]])
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*Garron tried to sell Sydney Harbour – but not the Opera House – to an Arab ([[The Ribos Operation]])
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*Garron sold Sydney Harbour – but not the Opera House – to an Arab for fifty millions dollars ([[The Ribos Operation]])
 
*The Doctor mentions Australian singer, Dame Nellie Melba ([[The Power of Kroll]])
 
*The Doctor mentions Australian singer, Dame Nellie Melba ([[The Power of Kroll]])
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*Brisbane is named in [[Logopolis]], [[Castrovalva]], [[Arc of Infinity]] and [[Enlightenment]]  
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*Tegan Jovanka, her Aunt Vanessa, Air Australia, and Tegan's father's farm are named in various stories
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*Tegan Jovanka, her Aunt Vanessa, Air Australia, and Tegan's father's farm are named in various
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*Tegan comes from Brisbane; she name-checks her home city in [[Logopolis]], [[Castrovalva]], [[Arc of Infinity]] and [[Enlightenment]]  
 
*Kurkutji and other aborigines appear in [[Four to Doomsday]]
 
*Kurkutji and other aborigines appear in [[Four to Doomsday]]
 
*The fifth Doctor says he once bowled six wickets for New South Wales ([[Four to Doomsday]])
 
*The fifth Doctor says he once bowled six wickets for New South Wales ([[Four to Doomsday]])
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*Tegan once saw Concorde on the tarmac in Melbourne ([[Time-Flight]])
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*Air Australia flight AS342 was bound for Sydney ([[Time-Flight]])
 
*Tegan's cousin Colin Fraser appears in [[Arc of Infinity]]
 
*Tegan's cousin Colin Fraser appears in [[Arc of Infinity]]
 
*The second Doctor mentions kangaroos in [[The Five Doctors]]
 
*The second Doctor mentions kangaroos in [[The Five Doctors]]

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AUSTRALIA is in the Pacific Ocean, and forms part of Australasia. One of its closest neighbours is New Zealand. Papua New Guinea and Indonesia are to the north.

Profile

Country Number (2) 1965 FIRST WAVE
Region Australasia/Asia Commonwealth
Television commenced 16 September 1956
Colour System 1 March 1975 PAL
Population 1966 11,362,000
TV Sets 1966 2 million
Language/s English


Television Stations / Channels

Australia began its television service from 16 September 1956; this was the commercial Channel Nine network.

Other stations followed: ABC (Channel 2) – this government-owned non-commercial station commenced broadcasts on 5 November 1956; commercial channels ATN (Channel 7); TCN (Channel 9); TEN (Channel 10); and SBS, plus many state-wide or regional privately-owned independent TV stations. There were even "pirate" stations - such as the Warlpiri Media Association, which transmitted regional programmes as well as the ABC to a local Aborigine community of about 800 in the Northern Territory.

In later years, independent cable and satellite stations launched.

The variant ABC 'sine-wave' logos that were in use when Doctor Who screened: 1956-1965 / 1965 – Feb 1975 / 1 March 1975 to 2001 (i.e. in colour)
On-screen caption card apparently used by ABC, circa 1966

From January 1965 through until June 1994, Doctor Who aired regularly on the non-commercial station, the Australian Broadcasting Commission (the ABC). The ABC changed its name to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 1 July 1983.

In the early years of television broadcasts, each state had its own network of stations each with its own schedules of programming, which meant that different episodes of Doctor Who aired on different days around the country, often many months apart. There were not only scheduling differences between states but the larger ones – such as Queensland - also had regional city-to-city variances within the state.

In April 1962, the permanent telecommunications cable link between Sydney and Melbourne (via Canberra) was opened: this allowed for the relaying of and simultaneous broadcasts of some programming between the three cities; Channel 9 was the first to adopt this service in 1963, but the ABC never used the co-axial for broadcasts of Doctor Who.

On 9 July 1970, the ABC 'opened' its microwave link between the east and west coasts of Australia, enabling the transmission of programme material across the country. The launch was promoted in a one-hour special, PROJECT AUSTRALIA (7.55pm to 8.55pm), featuring contributions from various Australian cities.

Colour transmissions on the ABC commenced on 1 March 1975 using the PAL colour broadcast system. Some of the minor regional stations may have continued broadcasting in black and white for several months. (By 1977, less than 50% of the population had colour televisions.)

Full country-wide networking on the ABC commenced on 26 January 1986 via the AUSSAT satellites, although there were still regional variances throughout that decade, usually around regional sporting events, which required video-taped copies. It wasn't until the early 1990s that full satellite networking across the entire country was achieved.

From 1 August 1996 to 17 June 2002, the FOX-TEL satellite station, BBC UKTV, aired a run of all available complete stories. They also aired a brief repeat run in 2003.

From 15 September 2003 through to 3 February 2006, the series returned to the ABC for a fresh run of repeats now broadcast digitally via satellite from the new Ultimo centre (opened in November 2002) - but which excluded a number of the stories penned by Terry Nation and/or featuring the Daleks; this was due to problems with securing rights from the Nation Estate. (A similar issue affected transmissions of Nation / Dalek serials on UK Gold in the 1990s.)

From 17 August 2011, the Australian SCI-FI channel (established in 1 December 2006) commenced a run of repeats that ran through to the end of 2012. The rebranded syfy channel continued to air episodes of the old series and the New Series into 2015…

During 2013, Australia's BBC UKTV celebrated the series' 50th anniversary by showing select stories, one Doctor per month, one full story per week on Sundays. January featured four William Hartnell stories, February had four Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee in March, etc, through to Matt Smith in November. (The same stories also aired on New Zealand's own BBC UKTV channel.)

For the 50th anniversary itself, BBC UKTV aired a marathon of complete stories, one for each of the eleven Doctors along with various documentaries and specials.

In late 2021, streaming platform Stan (launched in January 2015) added a selection of Classic stories to its menu (they already had the New Series available).

The ABC lost its broadcast rights to the New Series, when Disney+ was awarded the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to all future Doctor Who episodes, starting in November 2023.

From 1965 through to 2022, the ABC had been home to Doctor Who for 57 years…


Language/s

The principal language of Australia is English.


DOCTOR WHO IN AUSTRALIA

Australia was the first country to be offered and to buy the series, but wasn't the first to broadcast the new series. (That honour fell on New Zealand.) The reasons for the delay to the debut of the series are covered on the more detailed AUSTRALIA SALES page.


DALEK MOVIES

PETER CUSHING Movies

Movie Dalek in Sydney, with Beverly Weynton; Unknown publication, 23 December 1965

CINEMA

The two Peter Cushing Dalek features played in cinemas across the country. The first was often exhibited as a double bill with another feature film.

As part of the nation-wide promotion for the first film, a movie Dalek prop that had been repainted red travelled around Australia by train.

The first filmed debuted in Melbourne on 17 December 1965 (at the 600–seat Grosvenor cinema – rated G; it played there for two weeks until 30 December).

The roaming Dalek then went to Sydney; the movie played at The Capitol from 23 December 1965 and into the New Year period. (The Dalek was photographed in Market Street outside the State Theatre with 21 year-old model Beverly Weynton of Newport on 22 December 1965 – see clipping.)

The by-now rather battered Dalek prop (it was missing one claw, and its paint was badly peeling from its skirt globes) was repaired before it travelled back to Melbourne. The newly-repainted Dalek boarded a train at the Spencer Street station bound for Ballarat in the central highlands of Victoria, where the movie played at the Royal Theatre from 20 January 1966.

The Dalek continued to travel around the country to promote the film as it opened in each new city or region.

Movie listings in newspapers have the film playing in Bourke, in north west New South Wales from mid-June to early July 1966, and in Canberra starting from 14 October 1966 at The Capitol cinema before shifting to the Civic Theatre by the end of the month, however it's possible these were re-releases rather than first showings at these locations.

It's not known what happened to the battered Dalek prop once the film had finished its national run. It's believed that it may have ended up at one of the commercial TV stations (either Channel Seven, Nine or Ten), where it was given a spruce up and with the addition of flashing lights up and down its skirt-section, and appeared as an on screen "host" for children's programmes! What became of it after that is unknown. Presumably it's still somewhere in Australia?!

The Dalek sequel was shown in 1967: It played in Sydney at The Capitol from 15 December to 21 December 1967.

Dates and locations in other states are unknown, but it's expected that like the first one, the film was shown around the country during that year, and into 1968.

The first film later returned to regional theatres, such as at the Center Theatre in Canberra, playing "Matinee Only" sessions during the May 1969 school holidays.

Dr Who and the Daleks at the Grosvenor, Melbourne; Melbourne Age, 17 December 1965
Dr Who and the Daleks at the Capitol, Sydney, 23 December 1965; listing from The Australian


Dr Who and the Daleks at the Capitol, Canberra, October 1966
Daleks Invasion in Sydney from 15 December 1967; Sydney Morning Herald



TELEVISION

Both films aired on television (on a regional basis) many times on a number of different stations (but ironically never on the ABC!).

Channel 10 had the exclusive rights to the first film, which it aired for the first time at 7.30pm on 22 July 1972. ATV-0 in Melbourne aired it on 22 January 1974.

It wasn't until 28 September 1980 that the sequel made it to air.

All the known TV Listings for New South Wales-based stations can be found HERE

1989 reissue of the first Dalek film in Australia by Weintraub/Warner Home Video


VHS AND DVD

The films were also released on VHS and Betamax tapes, distributed in Australia by Thorn EMI, mainly for the rental market. Reviews for the first film appeared in newspapers and magazines in October 1982, and the sequel (which was apparently edited by 4 minutes) was reviewed in April 1983. These tapes did not have any classification ratings, as there was no legal requirement at that time for videotapes to be rated.

When the new Film and Video Tape Classification Act was introduced with effect from 10 December 1984, all forthcoming tapes (both retail and rental) had to be rated and stickered, while pre-1984 tapes had to be submitted for retrospective ratings. A sticker with the rating code was then affixed.

The certification of Daleks Invasion as a rental tape was applied for by the Valley View Video rental store in Adelaide in 1984, and a "G" rating was granted. When the film was applied for certification as a Retail tape in 1985, it was given a higher "PG" rating. The same year, Dr Who and the Daleks was retrospectively granted a "G" rating but as a retail tape only.

Both tapes were reissued on VHS in 1989 (this time distributed by Warner Home Video), then in a widescreen format (by UGC and Polygram) in 1997. The respective "G" and "PG" ratings were retained.

DVD and Blu-ray editions – individual or as double sets - were released in the 2000s and 2010s.


BBC RECORDS

The Stanmark Productions Ltd advertisement from 1966, identifies Australia as one of sixteen countries screening Doctor Who by January 1966.

Australia is named in the list of 27 countries in The Making of Doctor Who 1972 Piccolo edition.

The Seventies records a sale of "(70)" stories by 28 February 1977. (This total is incorrect; it should be "(72)"). The Handbook identifies some of these as being: Hartnell - 27; Troughton - 21. The remainder is made up of Pertwee - 19, and Baker - 5 (up to 4E), which totals 72.

The Eighties - THE LOST CHAPTERS records a sale of "(93)" stories (by 10 February 1987).

This figure of 93 is made up of the same 19 Pertwees and 5 Bakers from the 1977 list, plus 33 additional Bakers, 20 Davisons, the 5 previously unaired Pertwees, and 11 Colin Bakers.

In DWM, Australia is identified in 148 story Archives: Hartnell – all 27; Troughton – all 21; Pertwee - 23 (omits WWW); Baker – all 41; Davison - 15 (omits 5W, 6H, 6L, 6P, 6Q; Baker - 9 (omits 6W and 7C 13-14); McCoy – all 12.

The period of sale is given as from May 1964 to November 1990.


STORIES BOUGHT and BROADCAST


TRANSMISSION

Doctor Who has aired on several different broadcasters in Australia over the years:


ABC (Channel 2) (1964-1996)

The series initially aired across Australia on a regional basis, with transmissions out of each capital city relayed to the state network (see our AUSTRALIA STATIONS page for a full description and expanded list of these).

Print ad for the first episode's debut in Perth, January 1965
Region/Network Capital First Airdate
Western Australia Perth 1st 12 Jan 1965
New South Wales Sydney 2nd 15 Jan 1965
Queensland ## Brisbane 3rd 22 Jan 1965
Victoria Melbourne 4th 20 Feb 1965
Queensland ## Townsville 5th 4 Mar 1965
South Australia Adelaide 6th 15 Mar 1965
Queensland ## Rockhampton 7th 18 Mar 1965
Tasmania Hobart 8th 11 Jun 1965
Northern Territory Darwin 9th 15 Aug 1971
## Initially, Queensland had three separate networks operating (Brisbane, Townsville, Rockhampton); these amalgamated into one (Brisbane) at the beginning of 1966

Episodes usually aired at the same timeslot in each region; there is a two-hour time difference between west coast (Perth) and east coast (Brisbane), so there was always some variance to the start times across the country. The ABC therefore adopted different "duplication" methods to enable the same episode to air on the same day in each region. These methods are covered in more detail on the relevant Transmission History pages.

The final regular screening on ABC was a repeat of Revelation of the Daleks part four, on 3 March 1994. ABC's rights expired on 30 June 1994.

The Paul McGann TV Movie aired on Sunday, 3 July 1996, and was repeated on 15 January 1997.

This transmission marked the final screening of Doctor Who on the ABC in the twentieth century, where it had had its home for 32 years...


**Papua New Guinea**

By late 1985, the ABC had extended its transmission coverage via one of the AUSSAT satellites to reach the island of New Guinea. Doctor Who was therefore seen by viewers in Papua New Guinea and Australia simultaneously from late 1985 onwards.

Refer to the Papua New Guinea profile for further details.


UKTV / FOXTEL (1996–2002)

BBC UKTV was a pay-TV channel, featuring programming from the BBC and Freemantle Media (Thames and Grundy) broadcast on Foxtel (channel 20), OptusTV (channel 26) and Austar (channel 7).

Transmission of Doctor Who commenced on Thursday, 1 August 1996. The episodes (which were uncut) aired episodically Monday to Friday (at 11.30pm), with a separate stream of omnibus editions airing Saturdays (at 1.00pm) and Sundays (9.00am).

Katy Manning provided voice-over continuity links for some of this run.

All the existing serials aired, including the 17 complete William Hartnell stories (albeit not always in strict story order), and six complete Patrick Troughton stories (including the first airing of The Tomb of the Cybermen in Australia since its recovery in 1992), then all serials of the third through eighth Doctors.

This run also included for the first time on Australian TV the b/w first episode of Invasion of the Dinosaurs. The Ambassadors of Death however, was shown with a mixture of both colour and b/w episodes.

The final episode to air on BBC UKTV was on Monday, 17 June 2002.

BBC UKTV also aired a short run of special 40th Anniversary repeats, from 11 October to 23 November 2003, concurrent with the ABC repeats (see below). For this run, at least one serial (in an omnibus format) per Doctor aired:


ABC (Channel 2) (2003-2006)

ABC Press Kit issued in 2003

Doctor Who returned to the ABC from Monday, 15 September 2003 for a three-year run of repeats, under the generic banner "Back to the Future".

This run included the first through seventh Doctors only. The episodes were uncut and were broadcast digitally; these new digital 'master' dubs replaced all the old analogue tapes that the ABC has been using since the 1970s. As such, some episodes were of different edits to those previously supplied.

However, due to rights issues with the estate of Terry Nation, the following serials (42 episodes) could not be screened:

Also skipped was the TV Movie.

This run commenced a matter of weeks ahead of the BBC's announcement that the series was to be revived. Ironically, by mid-2004, the BBC itself experienced difficulties with securing from Nation's estate the rights to use the Daleks…!

Death to the Daleks aired uncut for the first time.

The final airings of this ABC run were Survival parts two and three, which aired together on Friday, 3 February 2006.


SCI-FI / syfy / SF (2011 to ????)

Ad for DOCTOR WHO TWEETUP by Sci-Fi Channel, August 2011

Starting on Wednesday, 17 August 2011, the full run of Tom Baker stories (uncut) commenced on the Australian Sci-Fi Channel (aka Syfy / SF) (on Digital channel 125). These aired weeknights at 5.30pm, usually two episodes back to back.




From 19 March 2012, the Peter Davison stories commenced…

The Jon Pertwee stories concluded in November 2012.

In 2013, 2014 and 2015, Syfy aired repeats of the classic series as well as repeats of the new series…


BBC UKTV / FOXTEL (2013 to ????)

Australia's BBC UKTV channel celebrated Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary in 2013 with a run of weekly (on Sundays) omnibuses, one Doctor shown each month, from January to November.

In 2014 and 2015, BBC UKTV continued to play repeats of the new series episodes.


Stan (2021 to ????)

Beginning in late 2021, streaming platform Stan added Classic Who to its menu. (It already featured the TV Movie and New Series on its service, as well as Torchwood.)

Unlike some of the other Online services, Stan was able to acquire the rights to screen Dalek stories, as well as some of the recent animation reconstructions – a package similar to those that had previously played on the Horror Channel and Twitch.

Many of the episodes were sourced from the UK DVD masters, and as such have 'remade' credits and other 'restoration' work done to them – for instance, Remembrance of the Daleks was missing The Beatles music from its soundtrack.


TRANSMISSION HISTORY NAVIGATION TABLES

These two Tables appear on every page to assist with navigating around the Australian profile.


The YEAR-BY-YEAR COMMENTARY on the Transmission History of Doctor Who in Australia, an overview of SALES and CENSORSHIP, a more detailed look at the ABC'S REGIONAL STATIONS and a Table of REPEATS are all linked via these ten GREEN pages:


And a sortable table of AIRDATES can be accessed via the corresponding RED pages:

Airdates in Australia
1965-66 | 1966-67 | 1967-71 | 1971-75 | 1976-78 | 1979-82 | 1983-85 | 1985-90 | 1991-2002 | 2003-(2020s)
Key: BOLD = first airing | ITALICS = repeat
Table of Repeats | ABC's Regional Stations


The years in which each story was REPEATED is indexed on a sortable table.


TV LISTINGS

The following online newspaper archives (issues available only to 31 December 1989) have been accessed:

Our TV listings have also been compiled from numerous Australian newspapers, fanzines, TV Guides and other listings publications (far too many to list here), plus the generous contributions of Australian fans listed below. The following online fan sites have also been accessed:

The Doctor Who Cuttings Archive also has scans of or links to other articles and features from Australian newspapers and magazines


NEWS ITEMS, PROMOS and TRAILERS, etc

The following are some novelty items of interest that are (or used to be!) available on YouTube:



AFTERNOON SHOW NovaCon 5/11/91



THE LATE SHOW 1993 SPOOF



CHASER'S WAR ON EVERYTHING PARODY SONG



MANTA on SPICKS AND SPECKS


  • Other YouTube clips are located within the Transmission History pages.


MERCHANDISE

There are several items of merchandise that are unique to Australia – VHS, DVD, books and ice creams!

We take a look at some of them HERE.


FAN CLUBS

Australia has a very strong fan culture. There are fan clubs in each of the states, some of which have an online presence:


Many thanks to

Donald Bain; Sue Butcher; Dylan Crawfoot; Alan Creaser; Matt Dunn; Martin Dunne; Aaron Evans; Daniel Frankham; Jason Fraser; Andrew Hodson; Dallas Jones; Brian Labser; John Lister; David McKinlay; George Rainey; Damian Shanahan; Marty Schultz; Grant Sirett; Data Extract; Dark Circus


AUSTRALIA IN DOCTOR WHO

Australia has been mentioned directly or indirectly many times; and a number of Australian-born actors or production personnel have worked on the series:


BEHIND THE SCENES:


ACTORS:


GENERAL REFERENCES:


LINKS

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