Third Doctor actor Jon Pertwee died a few days after the US broadcast of the film , and the UK broadcast included an epitaph to the actor . The UK broadcast was also edited for broadcast in a pre-Watershed timeslot , with around 1 minute of cuts made . The scenes where Chang Lee 's friends are fired upon was cut because of the BBC 's sensitivity about gun violence following the Dunblane massacre three months before . The operating room scene was also extensively cut , in particular shots involving the cardiac probe and the Seventh Doctor 's dying scream , and the shot of the Master breaking Chang Lee 's neck was also removed
Dunblane massacre
Dunblane massacre
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