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From: ables@ut-ngp.UUCP (King Ables)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: how story packages are sold
Message-ID: <829@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Aug-84 16:10:43 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  8 16:10:43 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 12-Aug-84 00:47:01 EDT
Organization: Comp. Center, Univ. of Texas at Austin
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Does anybody know how the BBC markets story packages to PBS
stations?  We were seeing Peter Davison but they switched
to Jon Pertwee at the end of Davison's second season (one
to go, yet).  I had just assumed that they would have bought
all of Davison's shows in a group (with the possible exception
of the one where he regenerates).  I was real suprised to see
Pertwee the next night after "The King's Demons" (plus, I wanted
to see more of Kamelion(sp?), he looked like one of the more
promising characters I've seen so far!).  Grumble, grumble.

Then, as if that wasn't strange enough, the first time we
see Pertwee is Episode 1 of "Inferno" which is the last story
of his first season (??!?!).  Does anybody know if there is
any specific way they break them up to market?  Do they do it
the same everywhere?  I'm going to try and talk to someone here
and find out what went on, but I'm curious if this is they way
it happened anywhere else.

As far as I know, the plan now is to run Pertwee through Baker
(again since we had Baker first) and then through Davison again.
Does anybody in this country get Hartnell or Troughton?  I've 
read that some of these have been lost at the BBC.  Do they
sell what they have to the U.S.?
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-King
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