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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
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Subject: Re: What did they do to "Fendahl"?
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Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 08:45:39 EDT
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>TO ALL WHO HAPPENED TO SEE PART 2 OF "IMAGE OF THE FENDAHL" RECENTLY:
>        or anyone who didn't...
>
>[I saw it last night on WLIW in Long Island, NY]
>
>What was the meaning of all the announcer business?
>
>At the beginning, there was an announcer explaining the scenes
>from the previous part:  in addition, there were blackouts
>every 7 minutes or so, presumably for commercial breaks ---
>COMMERCIAL BREAKS???  ON DR. WHO???
>
>Then at the end, instead of giving way to the credit sequence,
>the part of the opening sequence displaying the "Doctor Who"
>logo was shown, followed by scenes from the next part of "Fendahl,"
>narrated of course.  This, in turn, gave way to the credits
>sequence, which, after the Director credit, continued on
>to display the name of the announcer (or introducer, as
>they said).
>
>Lionheart definitely did not add this in, as this part was
>distributed by Time/Life (Single episode format...)
>
>Wha' 'apenned?

I did not see the episode in question, I was in Europe, however,
a friend of mine did see it and told me what happened.  Based on
that, I would suggest the following explaination.

In the late 1970's, channel 9 in New York City were televising
Doctor Who Saturday mornings at 10AM.  They had an announcer
describe what happened, and had frequent commercial breaks.  I
would suggest that WLIW received that copy of the episode.

It does exist unadulterated, I saw it on channel 39.
-- 
James C Armstrong, Jnr.   ihnp4!abnji!nyssa

The Boss gave me one of these, ten seconds, he said.  Let's see
if it works...