
Summary
edit| Description | Cherub holds Polly at gunpoint in front of the Doctor and Ben in the Doctor Who serial The Smugglers. |
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| Author or copyright owner |
BBC |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Screen capture from the Doctor Who: The Smugglers episode "Episode 4" (original air date 1 October 1966). Immediate source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/photonovels/smugglers/four/12.shtml |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | The Smugglers |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | To identify the serial in question. The serial was noted for its depiction of violence, and required several cuts for its Australian broadcast. After the serial was subsequently wiped, these cuts were the only clips that remained. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
Any free substitute would be a copyright violation or misinterpret the work. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | A low resolution image will be used, consisting of one frame of the serial. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
As a still of a lost serial, it cannot compete with any existing commercial release, including a photonovel version. |
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| current | 01:40, 15 June 2026 | 370 × 270 (28 KB) | Rhain (talk | contribs) | Better representation of the serial's production and reception. | |
| 11:51, 25 May 2008 | No thumbnail | 340 × 255 (17 KB) | Blaine Coughlan (talk | contribs) | {{Non-free use rationale |Article=The Smugglers |Description=The Doctor, Ben and Polly |Source=BBC |Portion= |Low_resolution= |Purpose=To depict the Doctor, Ben and Polly |Replaceability= |other_information= }} |
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