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 *The seventh Doctor made his debut on Monday, '''31 October 1988'''. A technical fault during transmission of {{7F}} resulted in the opening titles playing blank but with the music audible!
 *And because the new series would run into November, the series' 25th anniversary month, the ABC was able to advance purchase {{7H}} and play it as the last story of the run, from Friday '''18 to 23 November 1988'''. However, the first three episodes aired in the main centres only, with many of the regional stations, such as CANBERRA, missing out because the ABC instead relayed "live" cricket coverage that was being provided to the main centres by one of the competing commercial stations! Only the fourth part of the serial was ultimately screened by all regions, which was on the anniversary date, '''23 November 1988'''. This prompted several Canberra viewers to ring the station to complain, only to be told there were no plans to replay the "missed" episodes; those viewers also wrote to the ''Canberra Times'' -- see clipping at right.
-*From time to time, '''THE AFTERNOON SHOW''' featured '''"Doctor Who Quizzes"''', where three contestants would answer trivia questions about the show. On the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of '''21-23 November 1988''' - prior to the screenings of {{7H}} parts 2-4 – six members of the '''Australasian Doctor Who Fan Club''' took part in those three quiz sessions: Harvey Callaghan, Tony Cooke, Mark Douglass, Frazer Hawthorne, Rob Irwin and Kate Orman (who a few years later would become the first female author of the '''"Doctor Who New Adventure"''' novels).
+*From time to time, '''THE AFTERNOON SHOW''' featured '''"Doctor Who Quizzes"''', where three contestants would answer trivia questions about the show. On the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of '''21-23 November 1988''' - prior to the screenings of {{7H}} parts 2-4 – six members of the '''Australasian Doctor Who Fan Club''' took part in those three quiz sessions: Harvey Callaghan, Tony Cooke, Mark Douglass, Frazer Hawthorne, Rob Irwin and Kate Orman (who a few years later would become the first female author of the '''"Doctor Who The New Adventures"''' novels).
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 *From '''late August 1985''', the ABC extended its transmission coverage via one of the [[wikipedia:Aussat|AUSSAT]] satellites to reach the island of New Guinea.
 *Satellite links also meant that broadcasts across Australia could begin to be fully synchronised.
-*After '''eleven months''' with no new episodes or repeats, it wasn't until Monday, '''9 December 1985''' that fans could see the first full season of the sixth Doctor. Screening Monday to Thursday, at 6.35pm, the season aired in the re-edited 25 minute episode format, with {{6W}} and {{6X}} in production order. Over the Christmas / New Years period, there was a break in the schedules, with part one of {{6W}} screening on '''23 December 1985''', and part two held over to '''31 December 1985'''. Part three of that serial aired the following day, on '''1 January 1986'''.
+*After '''eleven months''' with no new episodes or repeats, it wasn't until Monday, '''9 December 1985''' that fans could see the first full season of the sixth Doctor. Screening Monday to Thursday, at 6.35pm, the season aired in the re-edited 25 minute episode format, with {{6W}} and {{6X}} in production order. Over the Christmas / New Years period, there was a break in the schedules, with part one of {{6W}} screening on '''23 December 1985''', and part two held over to '''30 December 1985'''. Part three of that serial aired two days later, on '''1 January 1986'''.
 *Colin Baker's first season concluded on Tuesday, '''28 January 1986'''. This was immediately followed by a long run of repeats and some new episodes, which has been treated as a separate Block of its own…

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 *The repeat run, Monday to Thursday, commenced on Wednesday, '''29 January 1986''', at 6.35pm, with the Patrick Troughton serial {{UU}} followed by {{WW}} (both of which had been acquired by the ABC over a year earlier, and had already aired in [[New Zealand]] in April 1985). (These were the first Troughton episodes to screen since 1972.)
 *The full run of 127 Pertwee episodes commenced on '''13 February 1986'''. The previously "A" rated {{DDD}} aired from '''18 March 1986'''; {{FFF}} (b/w) from '''7 April 1986''', and {{JJJ}} (b/w) from '''5 May 1986'''. All 24 serials also aired for the first time in their correct story order.
-*<!--For the first time, {{PPP}} episode 2 was the standard version, not the extended version that had aired previously. Likewise, part 5 of {{QQQ}} was also the standard version. (See email from GP; he says it WAS the extended version in Melbourne -->
+<!--*For the first time, {{PPP}} episode 2 was the standard version, not the extended version that had aired previously. Likewise, part 5 of {{QQQ}} was also the standard version. (See email from GP; he says it WAS the extended version in Melbourne -->
 *Commonwealth Games coverage interrupted the run mid-way through {{QQQ}}, from mid-July to early August. Part three of {{SSS}} was in b/w, but {{WWW}} was repeated only in its five-part full colour version.
 *Yet another repeat of {{4A}} commenced on '''8 October 1986'''. {{4B}} was missed because the schedulers did not want the run to conclude in the middle of the week. The repeat run concluded with part four of {{4F}} on Thursday, '''13 November 1986''', to make way for sports coverage over the summer. (Some newspapers, such as in BRISBANE, did list both parts of {{4B}}, but also that the run ended with {{4F}} part two; these are clearly editorial errors.)

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 *The repeat run, Monday to Thursday, commenced on Wednesday, '''29 January 1986''', at 6.35pm, with the Patrick Troughton serial {{UU}} followed by {{WW}} (both of which had been acquired by the ABC over a year earlier, and had already aired in [[New Zealand]] in April 1985). (These were the first Troughton episodes to screen since 1972.)
 *The full run of 127 Pertwee episodes commenced on '''13 February 1986'''. The previously "A" rated {{DDD}} aired from '''18 March 1986'''; {{FFF}} (b/w) from '''7 April 1986''', and {{JJJ}} (b/w) from '''5 May 1986'''. All 24 serials also aired for the first time in their correct story order.
-*<!--For the first time, {{PPP}} episode 2 was the standard version, not the extended version that had aired previously. Likewise, part 5 of {{QQQ}} was also the standard version. (See email from GPeck; he says it WAS the extended version in Melbourne -->
+*<!--For the first time, {{PPP}} episode 2 was the standard version, not the extended version that had aired previously. Likewise, part 5 of {{QQQ}} was also the standard version. (See email from GP; he says it WAS the extended version in Melbourne -->
 *Commonwealth Games coverage interrupted the run mid-way through {{QQQ}}, from mid-July to early August. Part three of {{SSS}} was in b/w, but {{WWW}} was repeated only in its five-part full colour version.
 *Yet another repeat of {{4A}} commenced on '''8 October 1986'''. {{4B}} was missed because the schedulers did not want the run to conclude in the middle of the week. The repeat run concluded with part four of {{4F}} on Thursday, '''13 November 1986''', to make way for sports coverage over the summer. (Some newspapers, such as in BRISBANE, did list both parts of {{4B}}, but also that the run ended with {{4F}} part two; these are clearly editorial errors.)

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 *The repeat run, Monday to Thursday, commenced on Wednesday, '''29 January 1986''', at 6.35pm, with the Patrick Troughton serial {{UU}} followed by {{WW}} (both of which had been acquired by the ABC over a year earlier, and had already aired in [[New Zealand]] in April 1985). (These were the first Troughton episodes to screen since 1972.)
 *The full run of 127 Pertwee episodes commenced on '''13 February 1986'''. The previously "A" rated {{DDD}} aired from '''18 March 1986'''; {{FFF}} (b/w) from '''7 April 1986''', and {{JJJ}} (b/w) from '''5 May 1986'''. All 24 serials also aired for the first time in their correct story order.
-*<!--For the first time, {{PPP}} episode 2 was the standard version, not the extended version that had aired previously. Likewise, part 5 of {{QQQ}} was also the standard version. (See email from Gerard Peck; he says it WAS the extended version in Melbourne -->
+*<!--For the first time, {{PPP}} episode 2 was the standard version, not the extended version that had aired previously. Likewise, part 5 of {{QQQ}} was also the standard version. (See email from GPeck; he says it WAS the extended version in Melbourne -->
 *Commonwealth Games coverage interrupted the run mid-way through {{QQQ}}, from mid-July to early August. Part three of {{SSS}} was in b/w, but {{WWW}} was repeated only in its five-part full colour version.
 *Yet another repeat of {{4A}} commenced on '''8 October 1986'''. {{4B}} was missed because the schedulers did not want the run to conclude in the middle of the week. The repeat run concluded with part four of {{4F}} on Thursday, '''13 November 1986''', to make way for sports coverage over the summer. (Some newspapers, such as in BRISBANE, did list both parts of {{4B}}, but also that the run ended with {{4F}} part two; these are clearly editorial errors.)

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 |'''First Run'''||'''{{7A}}----{{7B}}----{{7C}}----{{4K}}----{{4P}}'''
 |-
-|'''Repeats'''||'''{{4H}}----{{4G}}----{{4J}}----{{4L}}----{{4M}}----{{4N}}----{{4Q}}----{{4R}}----{{4S}}----{{4V}}----{{4T}}----{{4X}}----{{4W}}----{{4Y}}----{{4Z}}----{{5A}}----{{5B}}----{{5C}}----{{5D}}----{{5E}}----{{5F}}----{{5J}}----{{5H}}----{{5G}}----{{5K}}----{{5L}}----{{5N}}----{{5Q}}----{{5R}}----{{5P}}----{{5S}}----{{5T}}----{{5V}}----{{5Z}}----{{5W}}----{{5Y}}----{{5X}}----{{6L}}----{{6N}}----{{6P}}----{{6Q}}----{{6R}}?'''
+|'''Repeats'''||'''{{4H}}----{{4G}}----{{4J}}----{{4L}}----{{4M}}----{{4N}}----{{4Q}}----{{4R}}----{{4S}}----{{4V}}----{{4T}}----{{4X}}----{{4W}}----{{4Y}}----{{4Z}}----{{5A}}----{{5B}}----{{5C}}----{{5D}}----{{5E}}----{{5F}}----{{5J}}----{{5H}}----{{5G}}----{{5K}}----{{5L}}----{{5N}}----{{5Q}}----{{5R}}----{{5P}}----{{5S}}----{{5T}}----{{5V}}----{{5Z}}----{{5W}}----{{5Y}}----{{5X}}----{{6L}}----{{6N}}----{{6P}}----{{6Q}}----{{6R}}'''
 |}
 [[File:5B19Dec87.JPG|right|thumb|350px|The Pirate Planet Omnibus, 19 December 1987]]
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 *From '''9 April 1988''', the screenings in '''MELBOURNE''' (Victoria) went out of sync with the rest of the country: instead of full story omnibuses, the region aired only two episodes back to back, starting with {{5P}}.
 *From '''7 May 1988''', all regions bar Victoria aired the first four Peter Davison stories, then with a jump to four serials from season 21 (the stories spanning {{6A}} to {{6K}} were skipped as most of them had already been repeated in 1983, 1984 or 1985). Three further serials were omitted from this run: {{6E}}, {{6D}} (which remain the only two serials never to be repeated in Australia during the initial ABC runs) and {{6M}}, which was skipped because of its shorter length, and the ABC did not have other material to fill the other 50 minutes of the extended timeslot.
-*The omnibus repeat run concluded on Saturday, '''25 June 1988''' with the omnibus of {{6Q}}. The final Davison serial, {{6R}}, was dropped from the schedule in all regions, although some TV listings publications listed it for that week. (In QUEENSLAND, TV listings also had two further repeats announced: {{6D}} scheduled for 2 July 1988 (instead of {{6R}}), and a repeat of {{6F}} for the following week - but both scheduled screenings were dropped.)
+*The omnibus repeat run concluded on Saturday, '''2 July 1988''' with the omnibus of {{6R}}. Although some TV publications had it listed for that week, the final Davison serial may have been dropped from the schedule in some regions. It did air in SYDNEY. (In QUEENSLAND, TV listings also had two further repeats announced: {{6D}} scheduled for 2 July 1988 (instead of {{6R}}), and a repeat of {{6F}} for the following week - but both scheduled screenings were dropped.)
-*Some of these repeats did not play in some regions, mainly due to pre-emption by sports coverage. The omnibuses aired in the main cities but not out in the provincial areas. And when cricket was rained-off, '''Doctor Who''' would sometimes be slotted in as an unbilled replacement.
+**Some of these repeats did not play in some regions, mainly due to pre-emption by sports coverage. The omnibuses aired in the main cities but not out in the provincial areas. And when cricket was rained-off, '''Doctor Who''' would sometimes be slotted in as an unbilled replacement.
 *The out of sync screenings in MELBOURNE came to an end on '''10 September 1988''', with the final serial, {{6P}}, shown as an omnibus.
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-*The remaining season 25 stories aired weekdays, still part of '''THE AFTERNOON SHOW''', from Friday, '''17 November 1989''' (immediately after the run of Block 21 repeats above), but in production order. The first episode of {{7K}} screened on the 26th anniversary date of '''23 November 1989'''. The remainder of this anniversary serial were held over until 29 November for country regions. The third part of {{7L}} (this serial had been interrupted by tennis) brought the run to an end on Monday, '''4 December 1989''' in metro areas, and '''9 December''' in country areas.
+*The remaining season 25 stories aired weekdays, still part of '''THE AFTERNOON SHOW''', from Friday, '''17 November 1989''' (immediately after the run of Block 21 repeats above), but in production order. The first episode of {{7K}} screened on the 26th anniversary date of '''23 November 1989'''. The remainder of this anniversary serial were held over until 29 November for country regions. The third part of {{7L}} was delayed until the following week (due to interruptions by tennis), bringing the run of season 25 to an end on Monday, '''4 December 1989''' in metro areas, and '''8 December''' in country areas.
 * Five months later, from '''2 April 1990''', at 5.30pm (and still part of '''THE AFTERNOON SHOW''' line-up), the repeats that had ended in August 1989 recommenced from where they had left off, with the rest of season 15 ({{4X}}, and then all of the Key to Time sequence). There was no episode on 23 April, to make way for broadcasts from parliament, and 25 April, to make way for ANZAC Day celebrations. And on at least one other airdate between 2 and 24 April or 26 April to 7 May, another episode did not screen. The only episode known to have been pre-empted was {{5B}} part three, which was dropped on '''8 May 1990''' (and not subsequently re-scheduled) to make way for televised coverage of the opening of Parliament! This was followed by the first three serials from season 17.
 *A few days later, the Australian media programme '''Backchat''' featured letters from irate '''Doctor Who''' fans complaining about the missing episode not going to air. However, the show incorrectly identified the story as [[City of Death]], even going as far as showing clips from that as compensation.

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 *'''SYDNEY''' and '''PERTH''' aired the two episodes at 6.10pm. It remained in SYDNEY at that timeslot through until September, but for PERTH there was a variation when, to accommodate local broadcast of the '''WAFL Match Of The Day''', it was moved to 4.10pm from '''4 April''' (with {{4H}} parts 3/4) through to '''29 August''' (with {{4K}} episodes 3/4). Then, from Saturday '''5 September''', both SYDNEY and PERTH moved the two episodes to 1.00pm (starting with {{4S}} 3/4).
 *In ADELAIDE, a scheduling error resulted in parts 3-4 of {{4P}} airing before parts 1-2. To make up for this blunder, the ADELAIDE station broadcast the story as a complete omnibus on '''1 August 1987'''.
-*In some regions, {{4V}} may have aired as a complete omnibus on '''19 September 1988''', with no episode the following week.
+*In some regions, {{4V}} may have aired as a complete omnibus on '''19 September 1987''', with no episode the following week.
 *From Saturday, '''17 October 1987''', starting with {{4W}}, all the stories now aired with all episodes edited together as omnibus "movies", playing from 1.00 to 2.35pm, or from 12.20 to 2.35pm for the longer six-parters. (It was one of these edited omnibuses that actress Karen Gledhill saw during her holiday in '''[[Papua New Guinea]]''' – see that country's profile for more on these [[Papua New Guinea]] episodes.)
 *The rest of the Tom Baker serials aired in this omnibus format.