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Post by Servo on Jun 6, 2022 12:15:09 GMT
Coming soon. The story of the ABC’s purchase of this season through their own records.
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Post by Servo on Jun 15, 2022 10:56:49 GMT
In late 1969 there were five stories of Doctor Who totalling 34 episodes sitting in the bond store. They were still there in February 1970.
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Post by Servo on Jun 15, 2022 11:06:18 GMT
These episodes could only have been stories from Series 6. The Wheel in Space (the last story of Series 5) was first broadcast in April 1969. The odd thing is that the first five stories of Season 6 only add up to 28 episodes (5,5,4,8,6). Now it's mentioned twice that the number of episodes is 34 and there are five stories. it couldn't have been a miscalculation of the number of stories as The Space Pirates was not offered to the ABC until September 1970.
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Post by Servo on Jun 15, 2022 11:09:33 GMT
So, what were the extra episodes and if they knew about all these episodes being in the bond store why didn't they know DMP was still there?
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Post by Servo on Jun 15, 2022 11:18:21 GMT
perhaps DMP was counted and maybe the answer lies here. I have no purchase record for The Dominators, but I do for The Mind Robber and it was purchased prior to the December memo about the five stories in the bond store. Remove The Mind Robber and add DMP and you have five stories adding up to 34 episodes (5,11,4,8,6). The Dominators was viewed by the censor before The Mind Robber so that puts this theory into doubt, but unlike The Mind Robber it was censored, so maybe that was why it was still in the bond store.
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Post by Servo on Jun 15, 2022 11:28:43 GMT
it should be pointed out that the ABC, although they auditioned every episode of Doctor Who, they didn't receive each season as a whole. They received them at intervals and often not in broadcast order.
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Post by Black Orchid on Jun 15, 2022 12:28:03 GMT
The memos above dated 15/12/69 and 11/2/70 state 34 episodes awaiting censorship and purchase.There were only five Troughton stories that had not been purchased by 15/12/69: The Invasion - purchased 24/02/70 The Krotons - purchased 12/3/70 The Seeds of Death - purchased 16/06/70 The Space Pirates - purchased 25/08/70 The War Games - purchased 22/09/70 8, 4, 6, 6, 10 = 34 episodes. (Wiped! second edition page 354). ___________________________ The Daleks' Master Plan had already been viewed by the censors: "It was viewed by the Australian censors on 13 September 1966 - and rated with a mixture of "G" and "A" classifications, with and without cuts." broadwcast.org/index.php/The_Daleks%27_Master_Plan
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Post by Servo on Jun 15, 2022 21:40:47 GMT
The memos above dated 15/12/69 and 11/2/70 state 34 episodes awaiting censorship and purchase.There were only five Troughton stories that had not been purchased by 15/12/69: The Invasion - purchased 24/02/70 The Krotons - purchased 12/3/70 The Seeds of Death - purchased 16/06/70 The Space Pirates - purchased 25/08/70 The War Games - purchased 22/09/70 8, 4, 6, 6, 10 = 34 episodes. (Wiped! second edition page 354). ___________________________ The Daleks' Master Plan had already been viewed by the censors: "It was viewed by the Australian censors on 13 September 1966 - and rated with a mixture of "G" and "A" classifications, with and without cuts." broadwcast.org/index.php/The_Daleks%27_Master_PlanActually this is true, but it seems that stuff came in dribs and drabs and never as a whole package. Having said that what you’ve posted makes sense. I just find it curious that they’re talking about episodes of Doctor Who in the bond store and DMP should still have been there, although the Nation embargo may still have been in place. I have another memo that explains the censorship delay, but there is a long delay between The Seeds of Death and The Space Pirates and another between The Space Pirates and The War Games. The Invasion proved problematic as well. I’m sure you’re correct, but the censorship delays would have been more significant than implied in The Invasion memo. I also have audition notes for some of the stories, so that may help pin down the dates. Sometimes prints were auditioned before they went to the Censorship Board, sometimes afterwards. Also those dates in Wiped regarding purchasing dates are actually the days they were viewed by the censor. The War Games for instance wasn’t actually purchased until January 1971. I was going to post this stuff anyway as the second part.
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Post by Servo on Jun 16, 2022 7:24:28 GMT
As you can see there was an issue with the censors actually viewing the Invasion. It's length didn't help. In relation to wiped take note of the first date proposed for the screening.
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Post by Servo on Jun 16, 2022 7:27:05 GMT
The Invasion wasn't purchased until June. There was an issue with it's rating that had to go to appeal to be resolved. The ABC viewed the story on the same day as the censors (24/2/1970).
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Post by Servo on Jun 16, 2022 11:13:29 GMT
The Krotons was purchased in April 1970.
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Post by Servo on Jun 16, 2022 11:20:13 GMT
Ten days after the censor viewed The Seeds of Death the ABC purchased the story. That was really quick considering the lag for some other stories of that season.
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Post by Servo on Jun 17, 2022 11:12:40 GMT
Three months after purchasing the Invasion and The Seeds of Death the ABC purchased The Space Pirates. Note the typo in the purchase sheet. someone was dreaming of '71 when they typed that!
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Post by Servo on Jun 18, 2022 10:55:56 GMT
Now we come to the last story in Series 6 The War Games. As we've seen there were delays in getting The Invasion viewed for censorship, so god knows how difficult it was for this story. It was viewed by the censors and auditioned by the ABC in September 1970, but wasn't recommended for purchase until the November.
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Post by Servo on Jun 18, 2022 11:19:36 GMT
According to Damian Shanahan in the updated Second Doctor Handbook The Invasion was first offered for purchase in December 1968. The dominators was offered even earlier (August 1968).
It seems that the ABC never received things a series at a time and stuff came to them in dribs and drabs (and often not in broadcast order).
It's not known when the ABC first received an offer to purchase The War Games or how long it had been in the Bond Store (by at least the 15/12/69), but it would seem the delays were mainly due to delays in classification exacerbated by the length of some of the stories.
So, when did the War Games get purchased and how did all of these stories get broadcast?
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