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The doctor who episodes that were never shown..

Gambler · 2009-12-10 10:44:52

Interesting article on BBC about a six part dr who arc that they shelved in 1979 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8400078.stm

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Interesting article on BBC about a six part dr who arc that they shelved in 1979

So why did the BBC abandon six weeks-worth of programmes for one of its most popular series?

Until now, the conventional answer has been that the strike in autumn 1979 so disrupted the recording of programmes that when the studios were back in action priority had to be given to Christmas specials. Doctor Who's slot went to Morecambe and Wise.

But Professor Jean Seaton who is writing the latest volume of the BBC's official history suggests a different reason. She sees Shada as a line in the sand.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8400078.stm

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