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From: percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: "The Five Doctors" (partial reposting)
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 14:48:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 11 14:48:00 1985
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I saw the first epiosde of the broken-up version of "The Five Doctors"
last night, and watched the beginning of a taped copy of the all-one-
episode version right afterwards.  Despite contrary informration from
a number of people, I noticed that there WAS a difference between the
two -- a number of scenes were cut in the all-one-episode version to
trim it down to 90 minutes when broadcast on BBC.

For example, in the broken-up version, after K-9 tries to warn Sarah
Jane Smith not to leave her house ("Danger, mistress"), the camera
pans to the right and a "Beware of the Dog" sign, written in the same
computer-style lettering as the symbols "K-9" on K-9's body, is noticed
on the gate.  I checked, and this was not in the all-one-episode form.

I'm sure, also that the "Come on, Doc" scene was NOT in the all-one-episode
form, whereas I know it was in both the broken-up form and the novelisation.
(There I go with my British spelling again -- "novelization" for purists...)

So, it seems that the BBC actually put back some of the cut scenes for
us U.S. viewers.

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