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{{Infobox Story
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|image =  
|image       = Dr. Who meets his match.jpg
|doctor = Fourth Doctor
|doctor       = Fourth Doctor
|companions = [[Romana II]]
|companions   = [[Romana II]]
|enemy = [[Liprogopolisian]]s
|enemy       = [[Liprogopolisian]]s
|writer = [[Tom Baker]] <ref>[[DWM 501]]</ref>
|writer       = Tom Baker
|release date = 1980  
|release date = 1980
|format = 2x2 minute adverts  
|format       = 2x2 minute adverts  
|series = Prime Computer ads
|series       = Prime Computer ads
|prev = Step Into the 80's! (TV story)
|prev         = Step Into the 80's! (TV story)
}}
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'''''On Through the 80’s!''''' was a two-part mini-episode released in 1980 to accompany the marketing campaign to sell Prime Computers.
'''''On Through the 80’s!''''' was a two-part mini-episode released in 1980 to accompany the marketing campaign to sell Prime Computers. Although licensed by the [[BBC]], the adverts were broadcast only in [[Australia]] and never shown in the [[UK]].


It featured [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Lalla Ward]] as [[Romana II]]. Although licensed by the [[BBC]], the adverts were broadcast only in [[Australia]] and never shown in the [[UK]].
== Synopsis ==
''to be added''


The campaign consisted of four adverts, two in this story.
== Plot ==
 
== Story ==
''Note:'' The titles given here are those as shown on the adverts themselves.
''Note:'' The titles given here are those as shown on the adverts themselves.


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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Fourth Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Romana II|Romana]] - [[Lalla Ward]]
* [[Romana II|Romana]] - [[Lalla Ward]]
*[[Liprogopolisian]] - unknown
* [[Liprogopolisian]] - unknown
 
== Crew ==
* [[Writer]] - [[Tom Baker]]<ref>[[DWM 501]]</ref>


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* ''Prime Computer advertisement'' features one of the few instances of the Doctor cursing; he utters, ''"damn"'', quietly to himself in ''Dr. Who and the Aliens'' when he realises he's accidentally revealed he owns a [[Prime Computer]] to the aliens.
* ''Dr. Who and the Aliens'' features one of the few instances of the Doctor cursing; he utters, ''"damn"'', quietly to himself when he realises he's accidentally revealed he owns a [[Prime Computer]] to the aliens.


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
* The advertisements were released commercially as an extra on the [[DVD]] release of ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'' as well as on ''The Collection'' boxset of Season 18''.''
* The advertisements were released commercially as an extra on the [[DVD]] release of ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'' as well as on ''The Collection'' boxset of Season 18''.''
== External links ==
''to be added''


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
 
[[Category:Promotional videos]]
[[Category:Marketing campaigns]]
[[Category:1980 television stories]]
[[Category:1979 television stories]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor television stories]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor television stories]]
[[Category:Romana II television stories]]
[[Category:Romana II television stories]]
[[Category:Doctor Who mini-episodes]]
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