Planet of the Spiders - Revision history

Jon Preddle at 21:38, 6 April 2025

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 * If this story was telerecorded as a black and white film print for foreign sales, the prints were never used.
 * In '''1991''', the [[United Arab Emirates]] returned some of its tapes to the BBC.
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 * If this story was telerecorded as a black and white film print for foreign sales, the prints were never used.
-*The serial aired in [[Boston]] only; the rest of the [[United States]] did not get the serial until the 1983 re-issue. This appears to have been a special one-off deal struck between [[WGBX]] and the BBC that was in addition to the standard Time Life deal that was available elsewhere. (The BBC took the opportunity to also sell the serial to [[Canada|Canadian]] stations [[TVO]] and [[CKVU]] at the same time, presumably to cover the costs of having NTSC conversions made.)
+*The serial aired in [[Boston]] only; the rest of the [[United States]] did not get the serial until the 1983 re-issue. This appears to have been a special one-off deal struck between [[WGBX]] and the BBC that was in addition to the standard Time-Life deal that was available elsewhere. (The BBC took the opportunity to also sell the serial to [[Canada|Canadian]] stations [[TVO]] and [[CKVU]] at the same time, presumably to cover the costs of having NTSC conversions made.)
 * In '''1991''', the [[United Arab Emirates]] returned some of its tapes to the BBC.
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-|[[Saudi Arabia]]||Feb 82?||PAL
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 This story aired in the following '''known''' countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. If no month is noted, the actual airdate is not confirmed, and is a close approximate. (Refer also to [[Selling Doctor Who]] for expanded airdates.)
+[[File:ZZZ repeat.JPG|right|thumb|275px|The serial was shown as an edited compilation on [[Airdates in the UK (BBC repeats)|BBC1 on 27 December 1974 at 2:45pm]]; this trailer was screened the day before]]
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 * If this story was telerecorded as a black and white film print for foreign sales, the prints were never used.
 *The serial aired in [[Boston]] only; the rest of the [[United States]] did not get the serial until the 1983 re-issue. This appears to have been a special one-off deal struck between [[WGBX]] and the BBC that was in addition to the standard Time Life deal that was available elsewhere. (The BBC took the opportunity to also sell the serial to [[Canada|Canadian]] stations [[TVO]] and [[CKVU]] at the same time, presumably to cover the costs of having NTSC conversions made.)
 * In '''1991''', the [[United Arab Emirates]] returned some of its tapes to the BBC.

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-* The serial was dubbed into [[Arabic]].
+<!--* The serial was dubbed into [[Arabic]]. -->.
 * If this story was telerecorded as a black and white film print for foreign sales, the prints were never used.
 *The serial aired in [[Boston]] only; the rest of the [[United States]] did not get the serial until the 1983 re-issue. This appears to have been a special one-off deal struck between [[WGBX]] and the BBC that was in addition to the standard Time Life deal that was available elsewhere. (The BBC took the opportunity to also sell the serial to [[Canada|Canadian]] stations [[TVO]] and [[CKVU]] at the same time, presumably to cover the costs of having NTSC conversions made.)

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 | ep5=Revolution on Metebelis Three ... revolution on Earth.
 | ep6=Sarah, Tommy and Dr. Who escape with the crystal and take it back to K'anpo Rimpoche.  [[WNED]]: The Doctor must risk death to return to the Cave of the Great One.
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+| comp = "Planet of the Spiders" finds Doctor Who and Sarah entangled in a sinister web.
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 ==Reissue==
-* The serial was issued in mid-1983, as part of a package of 14 full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]].
+* The serial was issued in mid-1983, as part of a package of 14 full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] sold to the [[United States]].
 *It was also sold to one known country in Europe:

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 |[[Hong Kong]]||Aug 75||PAL
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 |[[Australia]]||Mar 76||PAL