http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Gratuitous_violence_for_kids%27_TV&feed=atom&action=historyGratuitous violence for kids' TV - Revision history2024-03-29T13:04:00ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.0http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Gratuitous_violence_for_kids%27_TV&diff=14238&oldid=prevJohn Lavalie: Created page with "{{article | publication = The Canberra Times | file = 1985-12-08 Canberra Times.jpg | px = 450 | height = | width = | date = 1985-12-08 | author = | pages = 10 | language =..."2016-07-20T02:52:36Z<p>Created page with "{{article | publication = The Canberra Times | file = 1985-12-08 Canberra Times.jpg | px = 450 | height = | width = | date = 1985-12-08 | author = | pages = 10 | language =..."</p>
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WHEN 'Dr Who' returns to ABC<br />
TV tomorrow at 6.30pm in place of<br />
'The National', it will be bringing<br />
"gratuitous violence" to the children's timeslot, according to the BBC.<br />
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A letter I have received from the<br />
Australasian Dr Who Fan Club, based<br />
in Sydney, says the series to begin<br />
tomorrow is the 22nd season of the<br />
show, and was originally screened in<br />
Britain earlier this year.<br />
<br />
The letter says, "The series is the<br />
most controversial in the show's his<br />
tory due to its emphasis on gratuitous<br />
violence, and led to the show's postponement for 18 months.<br />
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"Michael Grade, the BBC's program controller, said it was 'relying<br />
too much on straightforward, on-the<br />
nose violence', and he needed to 're<br />
think the shape of the program'.<br />
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"Anyone wishing to know more<br />
about what happened, and to be kept<br />
up to date with the situation, please<br />
write to: The Australasian Dr Who<br />
Fan Club, PO Box 148, Gladesville,<br />
NSW, 2111."<br />
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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.<br />
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