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From: percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Re: "The Five Doctors" (partial reposting)
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Date: Sun, 15-Dec-85 16:00:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 15 16:00:00 1985
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> Is the "all-one-episode" version you saw an original off the BBC
> broadcast?

No, it wasn't -- it was the version transmitted on New Jersey Network
on November 23, 1983 at 8:00 P.M.

> > So, it seems that the BBC actually put back some of the cut scenes for
> > us U.S. viewers.
> 
> Really?  Or perhaps they cut out some scenes in the movie version
> distributed in the USA?

Based on your case evidence, that seems to be the logical answer.
It's a shame, really.

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