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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Revenge of the duff episodes
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Date: Sat, 6-Jul-85 11:03:57 EDT
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>   KTEH here in San Jose showed Tom Baker's `Underworld' last Saturday and
>there were some strange things going on with this story.  The first episode
>was alright but the second had a narrator explain what happened in the first
>(even called The Doctor `Doctor Who').  The big surprise was about three
>10 second gaps when the screen and sound just went blank.  At the end they
>didn't even have closeing credits, just ran a short piece of the opening
>again!
>   Episode three was the same way, three or four blackouts and another nar-
>rator.  The blackouts were almost as if the episode was too short and they
>were trying to stretch it out, or if scenes were missing.

Doctor Who was originally marketed in the US by Time-Life, who edited some
episodes for comercial television, ie they had a narrator at the ends
of the episode and spots for comercial breaks.  (Apparently, in Iowa,
a station was showing them with subtitles!)  It would be supposed that
you saw one of these copies.
-- 
James C Armstrong, Jnr.   ihnp4!abnji!nyssa

"I know a computer when I talk to one."  -The Doctor.  (Anybody know
which episode???)