nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) (07/06/85)
> 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???)