Talk:Doctor Who in Australia
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[edit] 2003 repeat run
"In 2003 the ABC began repeating almost every episode. These were screened chronologically every week night, and included almost every surviving episode from 1963 to 1989 - except those featuring Daleks."
I could have sworn that there were Dalek episodes included in that run. Am I imagining things? - Gobeirne 03:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
This is what was broadcast on ABC during 2003-06: - 22.09.03-01.10.03 The Daleks - 10.11.03-18.11.03 The Dalek Invasion Of Earth - 17.12.03-29.12.03 The Chase - 15.09.04-21.09.04 Death To The Daleks - 01.11.04-09.11.04 Genesis Of The Daleks Day, Planet, Destiny, Ressurection, Revelation and Remembrance were skipped. I thought this was something to do with the ongoing issue of Terry Nation's estate and broadcast rights, which I think was sorted by the time te latter skipped stories could have been broadcast, but by then I guess the ABC must've decided it was too late to bother getting the rights or whatever. --Tinascousin (talk) 03:46, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
All surviving William Hartnell Dalek stories were shown (The Daleks, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Chase) and Tom Baker's The Genesis of the Daleks was shown. (The Daleks' Master Plan and the two Patrick Troughton Dalek stories no longer survive.) The three Jon Pertwee Dalek stories were skipped (Day of the Daleks, The Planet of the Daleks and Death to the Daleks) as were Tom Baker's other story (Destiny of the Daleks) and those of the 1980s.
Two other stories which are complete were not shown: Troughton's final story The War Games, presumably because the Doctor conjures the image of a Dalek in his defence at his trial, and Pertwee's Frontier in Space, presumably because Daleks appear at the very end as a prelude to The Planet of the Daleks, which follows. The Five Doctors was shown (in the four-episode edit) with the sequence showing the first Doctor and Susan's encounter with the Dalek omitted.
Paul McGann's untitled tv movie was not shown.
We should change the statement for another reason: it was not almost all surviving episodes that were shown but rather almost all surviving stories. (Surviving episodes in incomplete stories were not shown.) Klippa 06:44, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] the dalek and sydney uni
I don't think the dalek was originally part of the Doctor Who club; indeed i don't recall a dr who club at sydney uni earlyt on, although records might prove me wrong. I think it was used in the science fiction club. I've emailled Syd Uni in the hope that someone can dig up the archives of clubs from that era.
I do recall in 1987 that Kate Orman told me that she was nearly pushed down a set of stairs by someone who decided that the modified trike she was 'piloting' was a symbol of the patriarchy. I also recall a manuscript of what might of been a very good doctor who story, but which was, alas, unreadable due to hasty typing.
58.168.98.200 19:35, 14 July 2007 (UTC) Brett Caton
[edit] Torchwood airing schedule
I'm not sure about the timings for this show when it aired on TEN last year. I'm not sure that it was six episodes before the time shift to midnight - I thought it was just 3 episodes but again, I'm not 100% sure - could someone please verify the info in the article. Also, I am sure that on one night - the night of the (Big Brother finale) the show didn't air until about 11, though it was scheduled for earlier. The remainder of the time (prior to the reschedule to midnight) the show was supposed to air at 9:30, but sometimes didn't come on until closer to 10pm because of the prior show running overtime. There was some online and print media coverage of this at the time (might still be able to track some down) in relation to ratings. Torchwood had excellent audience share the first week but went down in the following two weeks - interestingly, this was when the show aired at a later time to the 9.30pm listing. TEN had also cut back on advertising the program, prior to, and once the spot had changed to 12:00am. I remember thinking they had just cancelled it until I looked it up on the web. Tinkstar1985 11:29, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
