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'''[[Wikipedia:Australia|AUSTRALIA]]''' is located in the Pacific Ocean in [[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Asia]]. It is a member of the British Commonwealth.
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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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{{Place-name
 
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|First broadcast        = 1956
 
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|First colour broadcast = 1 March 1975
 
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|Colour                = [[wikipedia:PAL|PAL]]
 
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|Doctors seen          = [[William Hartnell stories|Hartnell]], [[Patrick Troughton stories|Troughton]], [[Jon Pertwee stories|Pertwee]], [[Tom Baker stories|T Baker]], [[Peter Davison stories|Davison]], [[Colin Baker stories|C Baker]], [[Sylvester McCoy stories|McCoy]]
 
 
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==Population==
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==Profile==  
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|'''Country Number (2)'''||1965||[[Selling Doctor Who|FIRST WAVE]]
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|'''Region'''||[[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Australasia/Asia]]||Commonwealth
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|'''Television commenced'''||16 September 1956||
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|'''Colour System'''||1 March 1975||[[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]]
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|'''[[WRTH|Population]]'''||1966|| 11,362,000
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|'''[[WRTH|TV Sets]]'''||1966|| 2 million
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|'''Language/s'''||English||
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When '''Doctor Who''' screened in Australia in 1965, the population was 11,362,000, and licensed TV sets numbered over 2 million (per [[WRTH]], 1966). In 1974, it was 13 million, 3.5 sets ([[WRTH]], 1974); 1984, it was 15.3 million, 6.5 sets ([[WRTH]], 1984).
 
  
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ALSO 1979, 1990 WRTHs
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==Television Stations / Channels==
  
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==TV & system==
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Australia began its television service from 16 September 1956; this was the commercial Channel Nine network.
  
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Australia began its television service in 1956.  
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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.
  
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The country has four networks: ABC (channel 2); XXX (channel 7); XXX (channel 9); XXX 9channel 11). In later years, cable and satellite stations, such as FOX-TEL, commenced broadcasts.
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_television_callsigns CALL SIGNS FOR REGIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_television_in_Australia REGIONAL STATIONS]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_broadcasting_in_Australia REGIONAL COVERAGE]
  
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In the early years of television broadcasts, each state had its own regional scheduling, which meant that different episodes aired on different days, months apart.  
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In later years, independent cable and satellite stations launched.
  
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'''Doctor Who''' aired on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission; later Corporation), which was channel 2, from 1965 to 199X. (A run of repeats also aired from XXXX.)
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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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[[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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From 1 September 1996, the FOX-TEL satellite station UK-TV, aired a complete run of all available stories.
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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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From September 2003 through until 2006, the series returned to ABC for a run of repeats, that excluded the stories penned by Terry Nation or featuring the Daleks, due to problems with securing rights from the Nation Estate.
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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'''.  
  
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Colour transmissions began on 1 March 1975 using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system.
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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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Full country-wide networking commenced from XXXXX, although there were still some regional variations during the 1980s and 1990s, particularly around sporting events.  
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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 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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==Language/s==
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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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The main language of Australia is English.  
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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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=='''DOCTOR WHO IN AUSTRALIA'''==
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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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Australia was the 2nd country to screen '''Doctor Who''' (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]). It was, however, the first to be offered the series; the ABC received film prints from [[BBC Sydney]] in xxxx, and these were duly sent to the Australian Film Censorship Board (AFCB) for classification on XXXX. The series was scheduled to air in late 1964, but due to problems with the "A" classifications that were given, screening was delayed until January 1965. ([[New Zealand]] therefore has the honour of being the first foreign country to screen the series.)
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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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==[[BBC Records]]==
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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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With the exception of only two stories, Australia is the only country to have purchased and screened every single story of '''Doctor Who'''.
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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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And with the exception of only 26 stories, it was also the country where the most stories aired for the first time, usually within a year of the UK screenings.  
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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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The '''Stanmark Productions Ltd''' advertisement from 1966, identifies Australia as one twelve countries screening '''Doctor Who''' in that year.
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From '''1965''' through to '''2022''', the ABC had been home to '''Doctor Who''' for '''57 years'''…
  
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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}}).
 
  
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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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==Language/s==
  
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This figure 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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The principal language of Australia is English.  
  
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In '''DWM''', Australia is identified in '''148''' story Archives: Hartnell - 27; Troughton - 21; Pertwee - 23 (omits {{WWW}}); Baker - 41; Davison - 15 (omits {{5W}}, {{6H}}, {{6L}}, {{6P}}, {{6Q}}; Baker - 9 (omits {{6W}}) - NEED TO CHECK 7C; McCoy - 12.
 
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The period of sale is given as XXXX to XXXXX.
 
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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 the first-run screenings in the 1960s and 1970s. These nine are: [[Mission to the Unknown]], [[The Daleks' Master Plan]], [[Inferno]], [[The Mind of Evil]], [[The Daemons]], [[The Green Death]], [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]], [[The Brain of Morbius]] and [[The Deadly Assassin]].
 
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With the exception of [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]], all were "rejected" due to censorship. That the first seven of these nine did not air in Australia also prevented other Commonwealth countries from purchasing them - a restriction that was lifted in 1979.
 
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All bar the first two - all copies of which had been wiped by the BBC - did eventually screen in the 1980s, usually during repeat runs with the stories from the same seasons.
 
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==Stories bought and broadcast==
 
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===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
 
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|B||[[The Daleks]]||7
 
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|C||[[Inside the Spaceship]]||2
 
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|D||[[Marco Polo]]||7
 
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|E||[[The Keys of Marinus]]||6
 
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|F||[[The Aztecs]]||4
 
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|G||[[The Sensorites]]||6
 
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|H||[[The Reign of Terror]]||6
 
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|J||[[Planet of Giants]]||3
 
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|K||[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]||6
 
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|L||[[The Rescue]]||2
 
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|M||[[The Romans]]||4
 
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|N||[[The Web Planet]]||6
 
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|P||[[ The Crusade]]||4
 
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|Q||[[The Space Museum]]||4
 
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|R||[[The Chase]]||6
 
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|S||[[The Time Meddler]]||4
 
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|T||[[Galaxy 4]]||4
 
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|U||[[The Myth Makers]]||4
 
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|W||[[The Massacre]]||4
 
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|X||[[The Ark]]||4
 
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|Y||[[The Celestial Toymaker]]||4
 
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|Z||[[The Gunfighters]]||4
 
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|AA||[[The Savages]]||4
 
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|BB||[[The War Machines]]||4
 
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|CC||[[The Smugglers]]||4
 
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|DD||[[The Tenth Planet]]||4
 
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Australia therefore bought GROUPs A to E of the [[William Hartnell stories]], with the exception of [[Mission to the Unknown]] and [[The Daleks' Master Plan]].
 
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The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
 
  
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=='''DOCTOR WHO IN AUSTRALIA'''==
  
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===[[Patrick Troughton stories|PATRICK TROUGHTON]]===
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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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Twenty One stories, 119 episodes:
 
  
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==DALEK MOVIES==
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|EE||[[The Power of the Daleks]]||6
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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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|FF||[[The Highlanders]]||4
 
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|GG||[[The Underwater Menace]]||4
 
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|JJ||[[The Macra Terror]]||4
 
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|KK||[[The Faceless Ones]]||6
 
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|MM||[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]||4
 
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|NN||[[The Abominable Snowmen]]||6
 
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|OO||[[The Ice Warriors]]||6
 
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|PP||[[The Enemy of the World]]||6
 
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|QQ||[[The Web of Fear]]||6
 
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|LL||[[The Evil of the Daleks]]||7
 
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|RR||[[Fury from the Deep]]||6
 
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|SS||[[The Wheel in Space]]||6
 
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|TT||[[The Dominators]]||5
 
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|UU||[[The Mind Robber]]||5
 
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|VV||[[The Invasion]]||8
 
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|WW||[[The Krotons]]||4
 
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|XX||[[The Seeds of Death]]||6
 
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|YY||[[The Space Pirates]]||6
 
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|ZZ||[[The War Games]]||10
 
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Australia therefore bought all stories, GROUPs A to X, of the [[Patrick Troughton stories]].  
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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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The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
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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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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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===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]===
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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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Five stories were not purchased or screened due to censorship issues.  
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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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Nineteen stories, 98 episodes, and not always screened in story order:
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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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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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|AAA||[[Spearhead from Space]]||4
 
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|BBB||[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]||7
 
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|CCC||[[The Ambassadors of Death]]||7
 
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|EEE||[[Terror of the Autons]]||4
 
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|GGG||[[The Claws of Axos]]||4
 
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|HHH||[[Colony in Space]]||6
 
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|KKK||[[Day of the Daleks]]||4
 
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|MMM||[[The Curse of Peladon]]||4
 
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|LLL||[[The Sea Devils]]||6
 
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|NNN||[[The Mutants]]||6
 
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|OOO||[[The Time Monster]]||6
 
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|PPP||[[Carnival of Monsters]]||4
 
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|RRR||[[The Three Doctors]]||4
 
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|QQQ||[[Frontier in Space]]||6
 
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|SSS||[[Planet of the Daleks]]||6
 
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|UUU||[[The Time Warrior]]||4
 
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|XXX||[[Death to the Daleks]]||4
 
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|YYY||[[The Monster of Peladon]]||6
 
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|ZZZ||[[Planet of the Spiders]]||6
 
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Australia therefore bought GROUPs A to E of the [[Jon Pertwee stories]].  
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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 programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks (for GROUPs A, B, C and D), and as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks for GROUP E.  (Censorship documents record that the AFCB classified [[The Time Warrior]] from 16mm film; the story was aired in colour, which indicates that [[BBC Sydney]] held the story in both formats.)
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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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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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===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
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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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{{image table
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|[[File:DIOEMelbourne.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Dr Who and the Daleks at the Grosvenor, Melbourne; Melbourne Age, 17 December 1965]]|[[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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|[[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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In the first block, fifteen stories, 64 episodes:
 
  
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'''TELEVISION'''
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|4A||[[Robot]]||4
 
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|4B||[[The Sontaran Experiment]]||2
 
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|4C||[[The Ark in Space]]||4
 
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|4E||[[Genesis of the Daleks]]||6
 
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|4D||[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]||4
 
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|4F||[[Terror of the Zygons]]||4
 
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|4H||[[Planet of Evil]]||4
 
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|4G||[[Pyramids of Mars]]||4
 
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|4J||[[The Android Invasion]]||4
 
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|4L||[[The Seeds of Doom]]||6
 
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|4M||[[The Masque of Mandragora]]||4
 
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|4N||[[The Hand of Fear]]||4
 
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|4Q||[[The Face of Evil]]||4
 
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|4R||[[The Robots of Death]]||4
 
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|4S||[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]||6
 
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Australia therefore bought GROUP A, B and C of the [[Tom Baker stories]], with the exception of two stories, which were not purchased and screened due to censorship issues: [[The Brain of Morbius]] and [[The Deadly Assassin]].
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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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The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
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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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===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]] (continued)===
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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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One further Pertwee story was purchased midway through the Tom Baker run:
 
  
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One story, 6 episodes:
 
  
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'''VHS AND DVD'''
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|TTT||[[The Green Death]]||6
 
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The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
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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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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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===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]] (continued)===
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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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In the second batch of fourth Doctor stories, this included an omnibus edition of [[The Brain of Morbius]]:
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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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Twenty Five stories, 104 episodes:
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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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|4V||[[Horror of Fang Rock]]||4
 
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|4T||[[The Invisible Enemy]]||4
 
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|4X||[[Image of the Fendahl]]||4
 
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|4W||[[The Sun Makers]]||4
 
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|4Y||[[Underworld]]||4
 
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|4Z||[[The Invasion of Time]]||6
 
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|5A||[[The Ribos Operation]]||4
 
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|5B||[[The Pirate Planet]]||4
 
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|5C||[[The Stones of Blood]]||4
 
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|5D||[[The Androids of Tara]]||4
 
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|5E||[[The Power of Kroll]]||4
 
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|5F||[[The Armageddon Factor]]||6
 
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|4K||[[The Brain of Morbius]]||omnibus
 
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|5J||[[Destiny of the Daleks]]||4
 
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|-
 
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|5H||[[City of Death]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|5G||[[The Creature from the Pit]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|5K||[[Nightmare of Eden]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|5L||[[The Horns of Nimon]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|5N||[[The Leisure Hive]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|5Q||[[Meglos]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|5R||[[Full Circle]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|5P||[[State of Decay]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|5S||[[Warriors' Gate]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|5T||[[The Keeper of Traken]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|5V||[[Logopolis]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
  
−
Australia therefore bought GROUPs D, E F and G of the [[Tom Baker stories]].
+
==[[BBC Records|BBC RECORDS]]==
  
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
+
The '''Stanmark Productions Ltd''' advertisement from 1966, identifies Australia as one of '''sixteen''' countries screening '''Doctor Who''' by January 1966.  
  
−
===[[Peter Davison stories|PETER DAVISON]]===
+
Australia is named in the list of 27 countries in '''The Making of Doctor Who''' 1972 Piccolo edition.
  
−
Twenty stories, 70 half-hour episodes and one 90 minute special:
+
'''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.
  
−
{| {{small-table}}
+
'''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS] records a sale of '''"(93)"''' stories (by 10 February 1987).
−
|-
 
−
|5Z||[[Castrovalva]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|5W||[[Four to Doomsday]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|5Y||[[Kinda]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|5X||[[The Visitation]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|6A||[[Black Orchid]]||2
 
−
|-
 
−
|6B||[[Earthshock]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|6C||[[Time-Flight]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|6E||[[Arc of Infinity]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|6D||[[Snakedance]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|6F||[[Mawdryn Undead]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|6G||[[Terminus]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|6H||[[Enlightenment]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|6J||[[The King's Demons]]||2
 
−
|-
 
−
|6K||[[The Five Doctors]]||1
 
−
|-
 
−
|6L||[[Warriors of the Deep]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|6M||[[The Awakening]]||2
 
−
|-
 
−
|6N||[[Frontios]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|6P||[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]||(2/4)
 
−
|-
 
−
|6Q||[[Planet of Fire]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|6R||[[The Caves of Androzani]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
  
−
Australia therefore bought GROUPs A, B and C of the [[Peter Davison stories]].  
+
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.  
  
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
+
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'''.
  
−
===[[Colin Baker stories|COLIN BAKER]]===
 
  
−
One story, 4 episodes:
+
==STORIES BOUGHT and BROADCAST==
  
−
{| {{small-table}}
+
*Due to its size, this section has its own dedicated page: [[Australia Sales|AUSTRALIA SALES]]'''.
−
|-
 
−
|6S||[[The Twin Dilemma]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
  
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
  
 +
----
  
−
===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]] (continued)===
+
==TRANSMISSION==
  
−
One further Pertwee story was purchased during the Tom Baker run:
+
'''Doctor Who''' has aired on '''several''' different broadcasters in Australia over the years:
 +
  
−
One story, 5 episodes:
+
===ABC (Channel 2) (1964-1996)===
  
−
{| {{small-table}}
+
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]]
 +
{| {{small-table}}  
 +
!Region/Network!!Capital!!!!First Airdate
 +
|-
 +
|'''Western Australia'''||'''Perth'''||1st||'''12 Jan 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|WWW||[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]||5
+
|'''New South Wales'''||'''Sydney'''||2nd||'''15 Jan 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|}
+
|'''Queensland''' ##||'''Brisbane'''||3rd||'''22 Jan 1965'''
−
 
 
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks. Part One was not supplied as it existed only as a poor quality 16mm black and white film print. Accordingly, Part Two was re-captioned to become PART ONE, Part Three became PART TWO etc.
 
−
 
 
−
 
 
−
===[[Colin Baker stories|COLIN BAKER]] (continued)===
 
−
 
 
−
Six stories, equivalent of 26 half-hour episodes:
 
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|6T||[[Attack of the Cybermen]]||2/4
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
|6V||[[Vengeance on Varos]]||2/4
+
|'''Victoria'''||'''Melbourne'''||4th||'''20 Feb 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|6W||[[The Two Doctors]]||3/6
+
|'''Queensland''' ##||'''Townsville'''||5th||'''4 Mar 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|6X||[[The Mark of the Rani]]||2/4
+
|'''South Australia'''||'''Adelaide'''||6th||'''15 Mar 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|6Y||[[Timelash]]||2/4
+
|'''Queensland''' ##||'''Rockhampton'''||7th||'''18 Mar 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
|6Z||[[Revelation of the Daleks]]||2/4
+
|'''Tasmania'''||'''Hobart'''||8th||'''11 Jun 1965'''
 
|-
 
|-
 +
|'''Northern Territory'''||'''Darwin'''||9th||'''15 Aug 1971'''
 
|}
 
|}
  
−
Australia therefore bought all of GROUP A of the [[Colin Baker stories]].
+
: ## Initially, '''Queensland''' had three separate networks operating ('''Brisbane, Townsville, Rockhampton'''); these amalgamated into one (Brisbane) at the beginning of 1966
−
 
 
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
  
 +
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.
  
−
===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]] (continued)===
+
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'''.
  
−
In 1985, the BBC reissued all the Pertwee stories - in a mix of colour and black and white episodes. Included in the packages purchased by Australia were three stories that had been unable to screen in the 1970s due to censorship issues:
+
The Paul McGann [[TV Movie]] aired on Sunday, '''3 July 1996''', and was repeated on '''15 January 1997''' and again on '''25 November 1998'''.  
  
−
Three stories, 18 episodes:
+
This transmission marked the final screening of '''Doctor Who''' on the '''ABC''' in the twentieth century, where it had had its home for '''33 years'''...
−
 
 
−
{| {{small-table}}
 
−
|-
 
−
|DDD||[[Inferno]]||7
 
−
|-
 
−
|FFF||[[The Mind of Evil]]||6
 
−
|-
 
−
|JJJ||[[The Daemons]]||5
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
  
−
These programmes were supplied as PAL colour video tapes (converted from NTSC), or PAL video tape, converted from 16mm black and white film, with English soundtracks.
+
{{clear}}
  
 +
----
  
−
===[[Colin Baker stories|COLIN BAKER]] (continued)===
+
===[[Papua New Guinea|**Papua New Guinea**]]===
  
−
One story, equivalent of 14 half-hour episodes:
+
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.
  
−
{| {{small-table}}
+
Refer to the [[Papua New Guinea|Papua New Guinea profile]] for further details.
−
|-
 
−
|7A||[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]||14
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
  
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
  
 +
----
  
−
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]] (continued)===
+
===[[wikipedia:UKTV_(Australia_and_New_Zealand)|UKTV / FOXTEL]] (1996–2002)===
−
One story that had previously been unable to screen due to censorship issues,
 
  
−
One story, 4 episodes:
+
[[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).
  
−
{| {{small-table}}
+
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).
−
|-
 
−
|4P||[[The Deadly Assassin]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
  
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
+
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. 
  
−
===[[Sylvester McCoy stories|SYLVESTER McCOY]]===
+
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.
  
−
Twelve stories, 42 episodes, not screened in correct order:
+
The final episode to air on '''BBC UKTV''' was on Monday, '''17 June 2002'''.
  
−
{| {{small-table}}
+
'''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]]
−
|7D||[[Time and the Rani]]||4
+
*[[The War Games]] (split in two: eps 1-5, 6-10)
−
|-
+
*[[The Three Doctors]]
−
|7E||[[Paradise Towers]]||4
+
*[[The Green Death]]
−
|-
+
*[[The Deadly Assassin]]
−
|7F||[[Delta and the Bannermen]]||3
+
*[[Logopolis]]
−
|-
+
*[[The Five Doctors]]
−
|7G||[[Dragonfire]]||3
+
*[[The Caves of Androzani]]
−
|-
+
*[[The Two Doctors]]
−
|7H||[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]||4
+
*[[The Trial of a Time Lord]] (eps 13-14 only)
−
|-
+
*[[Survival]]
−
|7J||[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]||4
+
*[[TV Movie]]
−
|-
 
−
|7K||[[Silver Nemesis]]||3
 
−
|-
 
−
|7L||[[The Happiness Patrol]]||3
 
−
|-
 
−
|7N||[[Battlefield]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|7Q||[[Ghost Light]]||3
 
−
|-
 
−
|7M||[[The Curse of Fenric]]||4
 
−
|-
 
−
|7P||[[Survival]]||3
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
  
−
Australia therefore bought GROUPs A, B and C of the [[Sylvester McCoy stories]].
 
  
−
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
+
----
  
 +
===ABC (Channel 2) (2003-2006)===
 +
[[File:ABCPressKit.JPG |right|thumb|250px|ABC Press Kit issued in 2003]]
  
−
==Origin of the Prints?==
+
'''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"'''.
  
−
Australia received pristine prints from [[BBC Sydney]]; this was part of its "gentlemen's agreement" with the BBC, that it got brand new positives.  
+
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.  
  
−
The colour video tapes were also supplied by [[BBC Sydney]]. For some of the later colour repeats of [[Jon Pertwee stories]] in the late 1970s/early 1980s, the tapes were sourced from countries in the [[:Category:Middle East|Middle East]].
+
However, due to rights issues with the estate of Terry Nation, the following serials (42 episodes) could not be screened:
 +
*[[The War Games]]
 +
*[[Day of the Daleks]]
 +
*[[Frontier in Space]]
 +
*[[Planet of the Daleks]]
 +
*[[Destiny of the Daleks]]
 +
*[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]
 +
*[[Revelation of the Daleks]]
 +
*[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]
  
−
==Transmission==
+
Also skipped was the [[TV Movie]].
  
−
The broadcasting history of '''Doctor Who''' in Australia is very complex, especially with its regional screenings, and numerous (and some would say endless!) repeats during the 1970s and 1980s. Therefore, full coverage of the transmissions has not been attempted - yet. At this stage, all we have listed is the start date in Sydney for each of the 26 seasons:
+
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.
  
−
===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
+
The final airings of this ABC run were [[Survival]] parts two and three, which aired together on Friday, '''3 February 2006'''.
  
−
* The series started on:
+
{{clear}}
  
−
** 12 Jan 1965 PERTH
+
----
−
** 15 Jan 1965 SYDNEY
 
−
** 18 Jan 1965 CANBERRA
 
−
** 22 Jan 1965 BRISBANE
 
−
** 20 Feb 1965 MELBOURNE
 
−
** 15 Mar 1965 ADELAIDE
 
−
** 18 Jun 1965 HOBART
 
−
 
−
* Season Two commenced in Sydney on 5 November 1965
 
  
−
* Season Three commenced in Sydney on 26 October 1966
+
===SCI-FI / syfy / SF (2011 to ????)===
 +
[[File:SCIFI2011.jpg|thumb|right|250px|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 '''[[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. 
  
 +
{{YouTube|float=left|id=vFE6gPQm8SA}}
 +
{{clear}}
  
−
===[[Patrick Troughton stories|PATRICK TROUGHTON]]===
+
From '''19 March 2012''', the [[Peter Davison stories]] commenced…
  
−
* [[The Power of the Daleks]] commenced in Sydney on 21 July 1967
+
The Jon Pertwee stories concluded in '''November 2012'''.
  
−
* Season Four commenced in Sydney on 26 May 1967 (sans [[The Evil of the Daleks]]
+
In '''2013, 2014 and 2015''', '''Syfy''' aired repeats of the classic series as well as repeats of the new series…
  
−
* Season Five commenced in Sydney on 5 July 1968 (with [[The Evil of the Daleks]])
 
  
−
* Season Six commenced in Sydney on 26 April 1970
+
----
  
 +
===[[wikipedia:UKTV_(Australia_and_New_Zealand)|BBC UKTV / FOXTEL]] (2013 to ????)===
  
−
===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]===
+
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]
  
−
* Season Seven commenced in Sydney on 1 August 1971
+
In '''2014 and 2015''', BBC UKTV continued to play repeats of the new series episodes.
  
−
* Season Eight commenced in Sydney on 12 May 1972
 
  
−
* Season Nine commenced in Sydney on 16 March 1973
+
----
  
−
* Season Ten commenced in Sydney on 14 September 1973
+
===[[Wikipedia:Stan (service)|Stan]] (2021 to ????)===
  
−
* Season Eleven commenced in Sydney on 7 March 1975 (now in colour)
+
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]].
  
−
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
+
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.
  
−
* Season Twelve commenced in Sydney on 23 April 1976
 
  
−
* Season Thirteen commenced in Sydney on 7 February 1978
+
----
  
−
* Season Fourteen commenced in Sydney on 23 March 1978
+
=='''TRANSMISSION HISTORY NAVIGATION TABLES'''==
  
−
* Season Fifteen commenced in Sydney on 19 February 1979
+
These two Tables appear on every page to assist with navigating around the Australian profile.
  
−
* Season Sixteen commenced in Sydney on 10 April 1979
 
  
−
* Season Seventeen commenced in Sydney on 18 February 1980
+
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}}
  
−
* Season Eighteen commenced in Sydney on 8 March 1982
 
  
 +
And a sortable table of '''AIRDATES''' can be accessed via the corresponding '''RED''' pages:
 +
{{Aus date nav}}
  
−
===[[Peter Davison stories|PETER DAVISON]]===
 
  
−
* Season Nineteen commenced in Sydney on 26 April 1982
+
The years in which each story was [[Australia Repeats|REPEATED is indexed on a sortable table]].
  
−
* Season Twenty commenced in Sydney on 25 April 1983
 
  
−
* [[The Five Doctors aired in Sydney on 13 December 1983
+
----
  
−
* Season Twenty One commenced in Sydney on 5 March 1974
+
==TV LISTINGS==
 +
The following online newspaper archives (issues available only to 31 December 1989) have been accessed:
 +
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC THE AGE (MELBOURNE)]
 +
*[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:
  
−
===[[Colin Baker stories|COLIN BAKER]]===
+
*[http://www.varos.net/doctorwho/australia/tv/ AUSTRALIAN BROADCAST HISTORY 1996 to 2002]
 +
*[http://www.varos.net/doctorwho/australia/tv/uktv/ AUSTRALIAN UKTV SCREENINGS]
 +
*[http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Doctor_Who_in_Australia DOCTOR WHO IN AUSTRALIA]
  
−
* [[The Twin Dilemma]] screened in Sydney from 25 June 1984
+
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
  
−
* Season Twenty Two commenced in Sydney on 9 December 1985 (edited into half hour episodes)
 
  
−
* Season Twenty Three commenced in Sydney on 7 February 1987 (edited into 7 one hour episodes)
+
----
  
−
===[[Sylvester McCoy stories|SYLVESTER McCOY]]===
+
==NEWS ITEMS, PROMOS and TRAILERS, etc==
 +
The following are some novelty items of interest that are (or used to be!) available on YouTube:
 +
 +
<table id="YouTube">
  
−
* Season Twenty Four commenced in Sydney on 31 October 1988
+
<tr>
 +
<td>{{YouTube|id=JT60eY_goJ8|float=left}}<br />'''AFTERNOON SHOW NovaCon 5/11/91'''</td>
 +
<td>{{YouTube|id=sLPQpdIPwuE|float=left}}<br />'''THE LATE SHOW 1993 SPOOF'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
 +
<tr>
 +
<td>{{YouTube|id=r9gInRos5iM|float=left}}<br />'''CHASER'S WAR ON EVERYTHING PARODY SONG'''</td>
 +
<td>{{YouTube|id=5jla5ecXBXQ|float=left}}<br />'''MANTA on SPICKS AND SPECKS'''
 +
</tr>
 +
 +
</table>
 +
{{clear}}
  
−
* Season Twenty Five commenced in Sydney on 18 November 1988
+
*Other YouTube clips are located within the '''Transmission History''' pages.
  
−
* Season Twenty Six commenced in Sydney on 29 October 1990
 
  
 +
----
  
−
==[[Papua New Guinea|PAPUA NEW GUINEA]]==
+
==MERCHANDISE==
  
−
When television broadcasts began in [[Papua New Guinea]], the ABC extended its transmission coverage from the north of Australia to reach the island of Papua New Guinea. '''Doctor Who''' was therefore seen by viewers in these two countries simultaneously from 1988 onwards.
+
There are several items of merchandise that are unique to Australia – VHS, DVD, books and ice creams!
  
−
Refer to the profile of that country for further details.
+
[[Australian Merchandise|We take a look at some of them HERE]].  
  
−
==TV listings==
 
  
−
{{airdates-left|Australia}}
+
----
 +
==FAN CLUBS==
  
−
TV listings from ''The Australian'', and other references sources, too many to mention, such as WEBSITE ON DWFCA SITE.
+
Australia has a very strong fan culture. There are fan clubs in each of the states, some of which have an online presence:
 +
* [https://dwca.org.au/about/ HISTORY OF DOCTOR WHO 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.sfsa.org.au/ SOUTH AUSTRALIA FAN CLUB]
  
−
==Fate of the Prints?==
 
  
−
Due to the regional screenings, there were sometimes multiple copies of each story in circulation. These ere held at the film library in Woodhill ????
+
==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
  
−
It is known that the ABC's prints of {{H}}, {{J}}, {{K}}, {{L}}, {{M}}, {{N}}, {{P}} were sent to [[New Zealand]] in 1967. These still exhibited the cuts that had been made by the censors.
 
  
−
Part four of [[The Celestial Toymaker]] was recovered from the ABC film vaults in the mid 1980s. (Refer to the relevant page for further thought as to how that film came to be found there...)
+
==AUSTRALIA IN DOCTOR WHO==
  
−
In 1983, it was discovered that complete PAL video tapes of [[Frontier in Space]] were held in storage by the ABC, where they had been since 1973, a fact that was not known to BBC Enterprises, who was only offering the story in black and white. ([[BBC Sydney]] sold [[Frontier in Space]] in colour only to [[Brunei]], where it aired in October 1976.)
+
Australia has been mentioned directly or indirectly many times; and a number of Australian-born actors or production personnel have worked on the series:
  
  
−
==Australia in Doctor Who==
+
'''BEHIND THE SCENES''':
  
−
Australia has been mentioned directly or indirectly several times; and many Australian actors or production personnel have worked on the series:
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*Writers Anthony Coburn ([[An Unearthly Child]]), Bill Strutton ([[The Web Planet]])
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*Composers Ron Grainer, Dudley Simpson, Tristram Carey
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*Viktors Ritellis (Assistant Floor Manager on [[The Crusade]])
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*Sue Wills (Production Secretary on [[Galaxy 4]] and [[The Invasion]])
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*Sandra Reid (designer ([[The Tenth Planet]])
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*Lennie Mayne (director [[The Curse of Peladon]], [[The Three Doctors]], [[The Monster of Peladon]], [[The Hand of Fear]])
  
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* Canberra has a T-Mat terminal ([[The Seeds of Death]])
 
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*Dalek operators Bob Jewell and Kevin Manser (various episodes and spin-off movies)
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*Ray Barrett (Bennett; [[The Rescue]])
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*Roslyn de Winter (Menoptra Vrestin and "Insect Movement" in [[The Web Planet]], the Grey Lady [[The Chase]])
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*Barbara Joss (Nemini in [[The Web Planet]])
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*Bruce Wightman (William de Tornebu, [[The Crusade]]; Scott [[The Daleks' Master Plan]]; Radio Operator, [[Terror of the Zygons]])
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*John Maxim (Frankenstein's monster, [[The Chase]]; Cyberman, [[The Moonbase]] (credited as John Wills)
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*Lyn Ashley (Drahvin Three in [[Galaxy 4]])
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*Bill Hunter (Guardian in [[The Ark]])
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*Alan White (Schultz in [[The Tenth Planet]])
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*Pamela Ann Davy (Janley in [[The Power of the Daleks]])
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*Ron Pinnell (Scientist in [[The Moonbase]])
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*Bill Kerr (Giles Kent, [[The Enemy of the World]])
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*David Nettheim (Fedorin, [[The Enemy of the World]])
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*Reg Lye (Griffin, [[The Enemy of the World]])
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*Dibbs Mather (Guard in Caravan, [[The Enemy of the World]])
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*Gordon Stothard (Yeti, [[The Web of Fear]]; Cyberman, [[The Wheel in Space]])
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*Norman Atkyns (The Guardian, [[Colony in Space]]; Rear Admiral, [[The Sea Devils]])
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*Sarah Kemp (aka Gypsie Kemp) (UNIT Radio Operator in [[Day of the Daleks]])
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*Damon Sanders (Skybase Guard, [[The Mutants]])
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*Kevin Lindsay (Linx, [[The Time Warrior]]; Cho-Je, [[Planet of the Spiders]]; Styre/The Marshal, [[The Sontaran Experiment]])
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*John Gregg (Lycett, [[The Ark in Space]])
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*Edmund Pegge (Meeker, [[The Invisible Enemy]])
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*Adrienne Burgess (Veet, [[The Sun Makers]])
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*Lewis Fiander (Tryst, [[Nightmare of Eden]])
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*Bob Hornery (Pilot in [[The Horns of Nimon]])
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*Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka), [[Logopolis]] to [[Resurrection of the Daleks]])
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*Dolore Whiteman (Aunt Vanessa in [[Logopolis]])
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*Peter Dahlsen (Horton, [[Time-Flight]])
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*Dolore Whiteman's daughter played one of the Lorrells in [[Delta and the Bannermen]].
  
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*A cricket match between Australia and England is interrupted during [[The Daleks Master Plan]]
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*Dan "Blue" Schultz, the ZEUS IV astronaut, is Australian ([[The Tenth Planet]])
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*The ZEUS spaceships are launched from Woomera ([[The Tenth Planet]])
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*Moonbase crewmen J Elliot (No 5) and Robert "Bob" Anders (No 7) are Australian ([[The Moonbase]])
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*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 Australians ([[The Wheel in Space]])
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*There is a T-Mat terminal in Canberra ([[The Seeds of Death]])
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*In [[The Ambassadors of Death]], the Doctor asks "What is the capital of Australia?"
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*Australian-born actor Errol Flynn is mentioned by Bill Filer ([[The Claws of Axos]])
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*Jago mentions Australia. Magnus Greel was known as "the Butcher of Brisbane", presumably named for the city ([[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]])
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*Garron sold Sydney Harbour – but not the Opera House – to an Arab for fifty millions dollars ([[The Ribos Operation]])
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*The Doctor mentions Australian singer, Dame Nellie Melba ([[The Power of Kroll]])
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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 comes from Brisbane; she name-checks her home city in [[Logopolis]], [[Castrovalva]], [[Arc of Infinity]] and [[Enlightenment]]
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*Kurkutji and other aborigines appear in [[Four to Doomsday]]
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*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]])
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*Tegan's cousin Colin Fraser appears in [[Arc of Infinity]]
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*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 and again on 25 November 1998.

This transmission marked the final screening of Doctor Who on the ABC in the twentieth century, where it had had its home for 33 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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