Broadcast History
The series was initially scheduled for May 1964, but it appears after the censors classified most of the episodes "A" for Adult the ABC had to find a later time-slot, so it was held over until the start of 1965, thereafter becoming an important part of the ABC's schedule, often with at least one repeat of each story during school holidays which meant Australian viewers saw the series more times than those in Britain where it was very rare for any part to be repeated. However, the BBC switch to colour for the series featuring the Third Doctor was not reflected in Australia due to the late start of colour broadcasting there (1975), so nearly the entire set of Jon Pertwee era stories were first seen in black and white. A few from his last series were screened in colour in 1976-77, but the earlier stories were not until the ABC repurchased them for extra repeats in the mid-1980s.
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