This Week in Australia
Horror of Fang Rock: Part One
Last updated 02 January 2017
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BBC UKTV (adverts during broadcast)
Featuring: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Colin Douglas, Ralph Watson
The TARDIS lands on the island of Fang Rock at the start of the 20th century. There the Doctor and Leela find a lighthouse keeper has been killed and a creature is at large...
Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:
Friday 23rd March 2001:
UKTV Australia http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/
Sun 7AM, Late Sun 1AM AEST The Deadly Assassin all 4 eps
(with apologies to Jim Henson)
Why are there so many - Doctor Who titles with death in them?
What is the ob-ses-sion?
Why are there so many - writers who like dying?
It seems a bit much - for fun.
Characters keep on dying while young viewers keep on crying -
But the writers will win their hearts - wait and see.
Some day we'll find it. The Death Title Connection.
The writers, the viewers, and me.
La-da-da-dee-da-da-do, La-la-dee-da-do-dee-da-DO!
Mon-Thu 11:30PM AEDT Horror of Fang Rock eps 1 - 4 of 4
It comes from Outer Space. It can hide in the water and alter the atmosphere. It can assume the form of living things. And once it lays its eyes on you, you're dead. The Doctor and Leela race to protect the people in a lighthouse from a devil in the dark - all this week on Doctor Who.
ยป the following edition indicated that The Sun Makers: Part One aired instead of episode 4
Fri 11:30PM AEDT The Invisible Enemy ep 1 of 4
An intergalactic parasite sets up home in the Doctor's brain as part of a scheme to take control of time and space.
UKTV Australia http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/
Sun 7AM, Late Sun 1AM AEST The Deadly Assassin all 4 eps
(with apologies to Jim Henson)
Why are there so many - Doctor Who titles with death in them?
What is the ob-ses-sion?
Why are there so many - writers who like dying?
It seems a bit much - for fun.
Characters keep on dying while young viewers keep on crying -
But the writers will win their hearts - wait and see.
Some day we'll find it. The Death Title Connection.
The writers, the viewers, and me.
La-da-da-dee-da-da-do, La-la-dee-da-do-dee-da-DO!
Mon-Thu 11:30PM AEDT Horror of Fang Rock eps 1 - 4 of 4
It comes from Outer Space. It can hide in the water and alter the atmosphere. It can assume the form of living things. And once it lays its eyes on you, you're dead. The Doctor and Leela race to protect the people in a lighthouse from a devil in the dark - all this week on Doctor Who.
ยป the following edition indicated that The Sun Makers: Part One aired instead of episode 4
Fri 11:30PM AEDT The Invisible Enemy ep 1 of 4
An intergalactic parasite sets up home in the Doctor's brain as part of a scheme to take control of time and space.
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