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WHEN 'Dr Who' returns to ABC
TV tomorrow at 6.30pm in place of
'The National', it will be bringing
"gratuitous violence" to the children's timeslot, according to the BBC.

A letter I have received from the
Australasian Dr Who Fan Club, based
in Sydney, says the series to begin
tomorrow is the 22nd season of the
show, and was originally screened in
Britain earlier this year.

The letter says, "The series is the
most controversial in the show's his
tory due to its emphasis on gratuitous
violence, and led to the show's postponement for 18 months.

"Michael Grade, the BBC's program controller, said it was 'relying
too much on straightforward, on-the
nose violence', and he needed to 're
think the shape of the program'.

"Anyone wishing to know more
about what happened, and to be kept
up to date with the situation, please
write to: The Australasian Dr Who
Fan Club, PO Box 148, Gladesville,
NSW, 2111."

I mentioned the new series here a couple of weeks ago. It is a six-parter, which begins with a four-part serial called '[[broadwcast:Attack of the Cybermen|Attack of the Cybermen]]', and will run each evening Monday to Thursday in the 6.30 timeslot.

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