Season Seven

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254) Spearhead from Space
Episode 1
3 Jan 70 23’38” 16mm colour film
  • Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978

16mm b/w film

  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
255) Spearhead from Space
Episode 2
10 Jan 70 24’21” 16mm colour film
  • Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978

16mm b/w film

  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
256) Spearhead from Space
Episode 3
17 Jan 70 24’16” 16mm colour film
  • Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978

16mm b/w film

  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
257) Spearhead from Space
Episode 4
24 Jan 70 24’38” 16mm colour film
  • Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978

16mm b/w film

  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
258) Doctor Who and the Silurians
Episode 1
31 Jan 70 24’15” 16mm b/w telerecording
  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

NTSC U-Matic (colour)

  • Copy of Domestic USA recording (from omnibus)

PAL D3 colour restoration

  • New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source
259) Doctor Who and the Silurians
Episode 2
7 Feb 70 23’08” 16mm b/w telerecording
  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

NTSC U-Matic (colour)

  • Copy of Domestic USA recording (from omnibus)

PAL D3 colour restoration

  • New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source
260) Doctor Who and the Silurians
Episode 3
14 Feb 70 23’16” 16mm b/w telerecording
  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

NTSC U-Matic (colour)

  • Copy of Domestic USA recording (from omnibus)

PAL D3 colour restoration

  • New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source
261) Doctor Who and the Silurians
Episode 4
21 Feb 70 25’00” 16mm b/w telerecording
  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

NTSC U-Matic (colour)

  • Copy of Domestic USA recording (from omnibus)

PAL D3 colour restoration

  • New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source
262) Doctor Who and the Silurians
Episode 5
28 Feb 70 23’58” 16mm b/w telerecording
  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

NTSC U-Matic (colour)

  • Copy of Domestic USA recording (from omnibus)

PAL D3 colour restoration

  • New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source
263) Doctor Who and the Silurians
Episode 6
7 Mar 70 24’15” 16mm b/w telerecording
  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

NTSC U-Matic (colour)

  • Copy of Domestic USA recording (from omnibus)

PAL D3 colour restoration

  • New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source
264) Doctor Who and the Silurians
Episode 7
14 Mar 70 22’55” 16mm b/w telerecording
  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
  • Telerecording also contains trailer for The Ambassadors of Death at the end

NTSC U-Matic (colour)

  • Copy of Domestic USA recording (from omnibus)

PAL D3 colour restoration

  • New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source
265) The Ambassadors of Death
Episode 1
21 Mar 70 24’15” PAL 2” colour videotape
  • Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978

16mm b/w telerecording

  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

NTSC U-Matic (colour)

  • Copy of Domestic USA recording (w/ colour problems)
266) The Ambassadors of Death
Episode 2
28 Mar 70 24’39” 16mm b/w telerecording
  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

NTSC U-Matic (colour)

  • Copy of Domestic USA recording

PAL D3 colour restoration

  • New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source
  • Only stable colour scenes restored
267) The Ambassadors of Death
Episode 3
4 Apr 70 24’38” 16mm b/w telerecording
  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

NTSC U-Matic (colour)

  • Copy of Domestic USA recording

PAL D3 colour restoration

  • New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source
  • Only stable colour scenes restored
268) The Ambassadors of Death
Episode 4
11 Apr 70 24’37” 16mm b/w telerecording
  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

NTSC U-Matic (colour)

  • Copy of Domestic USA recording

PAL D3 colour restoration

  • New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source
  • Only stable colour scenes restored
269) The Ambassadors of Death
Episode 5
18 Apr 70 24’17” 16mm b/w telerecording
  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

NTSC U-Matic (colour)

  • Copy of Domestic USA recording

PAL D3 colour restoration

  • New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source
270) The Ambassadors of Death
Episode 6
25 Apr 70 24’31” 16mm b/w telerecording
  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

NTSC U-Matic (colour)

  • Copy of Domestic USA recording

PAL D3 colour restoration

  • New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source
271) The Ambassadors of Death
Episode 7
2 May 70 24’32” 16mm b/w telerecording
  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

NTSC U-Matic (colour)

  • Copy of Domestic USA recording

PAL D3 colour restoration

  • New tape made using the telerecording and NTSC colour source
  • Only stable colour scenes restored
272) Inferno
Episode 1
9 May 70 23’21” NTSC 2” colour videotape
  • Recovered from TV Ontario in Canada c.1985

PAL conversion

  • Conversion from NTSC 2” broadcast tapes

16mm b/w telerecording

  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
273) Inferno
Episode 2
16 May 70 22’04” NTSC 2” colour videotape
  • Recovered from TV Ontario in Canada c.1985

PAL conversion

  • Conversion from NTSC 2” broadcast tapes

16mm b/w telerecording

  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
274) Inferno
Episode 3
23 May 70 24’34” NTSC 2” colour videotape
  • Recovered from TV Ontario in Canada c.1985

PAL conversion

  • Conversion from NTSC 2” broadcast tapes

16mm b/w telerecording

  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
275) Inferno
Episode 4
30 May 70 24’57” NTSC 2” colour videotape
  • Recovered from TV Ontario in Canada c.1985

PAL conversion

  • Conversion from NTSC 2” broadcast tapes

16mm b/w telerecording

  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
276) Inferno
Episode 5
6 Jun 70 23’42” NTSC 2” colour videotape
  • Recovered from TV Ontario in Canada c.1985
  • NTSC tape contains an extra scene not originally broadcast in the UK

PAL conversion

  • Conversion from NTSC 2” broadcast tapes

16mm b/w telerecording

  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
277) Inferno
Episode 6
13 Jun 70 23’32” NTSC 2” colour videotape
  • Recovered from TV Ontario in Canada c.1985

PAL conversion

  • Conversion from NTSC 2” broadcast tapes

16mm b/w telerecording

  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
278) Inferno
Episode 7
20 Jun 70 24’33” NTSC 2” colour videotape
  • Recovered from TV Ontario in Canada c.1985

PAL conversion

  • Conversion from NTSC 2” broadcast tapes

16mm b/w telerecording

  • Film print recovered from Ents c.1978

Ents - BBC Enterprises • FVTL - The BBC’s Film and Video Tape Library

PAL - a 625 line broadcast standard used in the UK and Australia

NTSC - a 525 line broadcast standard used in the USA and Canada


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For full details on recolourisation of The Dæmons and other Pertwee stories, visit
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For more details on the colour Ambassadors of Death, stop by
Dominic Jackson’s Video and Audio FAQ

Last Updated on 29th August 1997
By Robert D. Franks

With thanks to Dominic Jackson, Richard Molesworth, Andrew Pixley, Steve Roberts and Bruce Robinson