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From: ags@pucc-h (Dave Seaman)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Re: "The Five Doctors" queries
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Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 09:23:50 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 21 09:23:50 1986
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In article <1372@wucec2.UUCP> ph@wucec2.UUCP (Paul Hahn) writes:
>In article <808@tellab1.UUCP> barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards) writes:
>>								  However,
>>the Chicago PBS station (WTTW), which shows DW in feature format, also shows
>>"The Five Doctors" out of sequence (after all the other Davison stories have
>>been shown.)
>
>	    I don't know if this is the case with your station, but KETC
>	tends to broadcast of THE FIVE DOCTORS out of order with the
>	rest of the episodes so they can show it during their (???)-ly
>	fund drives and ensure as large an audience as possible.
>
>						--pH

That's not what's happening at WTTW, because in December, 1984, they could
have shown THE FIVE DOCTORS in its proper place during their special pledge
week.  Instead they showed it in January, 1985, after CAVES OF ANDROZANI.

I do know that THE FIVE DOCTORS is packaged separately from everything else.
WFYI in Indianapolis showed it during their last pledge drive.  This is the
only Doctor Who they have ever shown at WFYI.  They were swamped with pledges,
by the way, but so far no plans have been announced to pick up the series.

It's going to be interesting to see what happens next time around on WTTW.
They have announced new acquisitions since last time around, including
"nine Colin Baker adventures", and they have retained the rights to
"most of" the stories that have been on before, including "twenty of the
Peter Davison adventures".

From things that have been said on the air and reported in this news group,
I have come to the conclusion that CAVES OF ANDROZANI has been withdrawn
from the Peter Davison package and reissued as part of the Colin Baker
package, probably with a re-edited regeneration sequence.  Perhaps next
time we'll see THE FIVE DOCTORS after PLANET OF FIRE and before CAVES OF
ANDROZANI?

For those who are counting there should be 22 Peter Davison stories if
you include both THE FIVE DOCTORS and CAVES OF ANDROZANI.  I believe there
are 7 Colin Baker stories, one of which (THE TWO DOCTORS) will presumably
be shown in two parts on WTTW, plus ANDROZANI for a total of nine "adventures."
-- 
Dave Seaman	  					pur-ee!pucc-h!ags