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Step Into the 80’s! was a two-part mini-episode released in 1979 as part of a marketing campaign to sell Prime Computers. Although licensed by the BBC, the adverts were broadcast only in Australia and never shown in the UK.

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Note: The titles given here are those as shown on the adverts themselves.

Step into the 80's! [Part 1][]

The Doctor and Romana use their Prime Computer to calculate the orbital coordinates of nine hundred planets in the constellation of Kasterborous to stop the end of the universe.

Step into the 80's! [Part 2][]

The Doctor enters his TARDIS to discover that Romana redecorated the interior and added a Prime Computer. The Doctor says that he has already seen one on Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. The sentient computer answers the Doctor's question as to how long his scarf is: "7.013 meters long excluding loose threads." When the Doctor tells the computer "You're going to be all right, kid", an angry message appears on the monitor: "Don't patronise me, Doctor. I'm a Prime Computer."

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  • The advertisements were released commercially as an extra on the DVD release of Destiny of the Daleks as well as on The Collection boxset of Season 18.

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