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The Horror Channel will be showing remastered classic episodes of Doctor Who this autumn on UK TV for the first time.
The serials were restored for DVD release by BBC Worldwide so will look good as new when they start airing at the tail-end of this month, across October and edging into November.
As part of Who on Horror, the Horror Channel has been showing 30 classics since April, entertaining nearly 4 million viewers, including fan-favourite stories like The Caves of Androzani, The Curse of Fenric and An Unearthly Child.
This new season of remastered masterpieces kicks off with a personal favourite, the Fourth Doctor adventure, Robots of Death, and continues with: The Talons of Weng-Chiang; Horror of Fang Rock; City of Death; Doctor Who and the Silurians; Inferno; Carnival of Monsters; The Time Warrior; The Sontaran Experiment; The Sun Makers; and The Ribos Operation.
As you can see, most are Fourth Doctor serials – with a few choice Third Doctors ones added in for good measure – but they’ll be accompanied with tales from Doctors Two, Five, Six and Seven.
“It’s been great to be able to offer our regular fans the classic Doctor Who content, but it’s equally exciting to see Time Lord devotees flock to Horror Channel in greater number and take part in the various on and off air activities that resulted in a surge in viewership and social media interaction,” Alina Florea, Director of Programming for Horror Channel, said. “With the newer batch of re-mastered episodes, there will be even more reasons for our viewers to tune in and stick around for more fright, thrill and shock.”
These are really exciting and much-loved storylines, so the channel is sure to get good viewing figures screening Doctor Who remastered classics!
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