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The '''[[Wikipedia:Dominican Republic|DOMINICAN REPUBLIC]]''' is an island nation in the [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]], to the west of Cuba. The western third of the same island is occupied by Haiti.
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==Profile== 

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|'''Country Number (29?)'''||1968?||[[Selling Doctor Who|FIRST (and THIRD?) WAVE]] 
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|'''Region'''|| [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]]|| 
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|'''Television commenced'''||1952||
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|'''Colour System'''||1969||[[:Wikipedia:NTSC|NTSC]] 
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|'''[[WRTH|Population]]'''||1966|| 4 million
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|'''[[WRTH|TV Sets]]'''||1968|| 85,000 
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|'''Language/s'''||[[Spanish]]||Dubbed 
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==Television Stations / Channels==

The Dominican Republic began its television service in 1952.

In 1968, there were two television providers: the Educational station '''Radio Television Dominica''', which operated channels 2,4,9, and '''Rahintel Television''', which had channels 7 and 11. 

In the 1980s, there were seven broadcasters.


==Language/s==

The official language of the Dominican Republic is [[Spanish]]. It is the only Caribbean country that would have broadcast the series in that language.


=='''DOCTOR WHO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'''==
[[File:Dr Misterio logo.JPG|200px|right|Doctor Misterio logo]]
The Dominican Republic may have been the '''29th''' country to screen '''Doctor Who''', and the '''fifth''' in the [[:Category:Caribbean| Caribbean]]. However there is some There is however some uncertainty as to whether '''Doctor Who''' ever did screen. 


==[[BBC Records]]==

The Dominican Republic is not listed in '''The Seventies''', or '''The Handbook'''.  

In '''DWM''', the Dominican Republic is identified in '''10''' story Archives: {{A}}, {{B}}, {{C}}, {{E}}, {{F}}, {{K}}, {{L}}, {{N}}, {{Q}}, {{R}}. The year of sale is given as 1966 and 1968. 

'''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS] records a sale of '''"(7)"''' stories (by 10 February 1987) to '''Dominica'''. It is assumed that this is actually Dominican Republic rather than the small island nation of [[wikipedia:Dominica|Dominica]] which did not have a television service before 1987.  

However, as covered below, there is some uncertainty as to the accuracy of these records.  


==Stories bought and broadcast==

===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===

As far as can be determined, the Dominican Republic may have purchased the standard package of twelve stories, 56 episodes that played in other [[Spanish]]-language countries in the 1960s.

* See [[Spanish|SPANISH TITLES]] for our table showing the Spanish package. 

The Dominican Republic therefore may have acquired the standard package of GROUP A, B, C and D of the [[William Hartnell stories]] dubbed into [[Spanish]].

The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with [[Spanish]] soundtracks.

====Origin of the Prints?====

Dominican Republic may have received its prints of the Hartnell stories from [[Mexico]] or [[Venezuela]].

====Fate of the Prints?====

On the assumption that it ever received them, Dominican Republic may have sent its prints of the Hartnell stories to [[Chile]]. 


===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]?===

[[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]] were sold a package of eleven [[Tom Baker stories]] in late 1985 – part of a package sold to '''nine''' Caribbean countries (see [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean sales]] for more on this). If the reference in '''The Eighties''' does indeed mean Dominican Republic, they could have bought the same or a smaller package of Baker stories (NTSC with [[Spanish]] dubs) on offer at the time. 


==Transmission==
==TV listings==
===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]?===

We have checked several Dominican Republican newspapers, covering 1968 to 1970, and 1980 to 1988, but have not found any listings for '''"Dr Misterio"'''.

One newspaper, ''El Caribe'', regularly had full daily listings for channels 2,4,9, but only irregular listings for the Rahintel channels. The RTD stations had quite detailed listings information. But the Rahintel coverage was often very basic, giving only the '''type''' of programme – such "Cartoones Animados", "Programa Vivo" (Live Programme), "Película" (Movie), "Telenovela en Video Tape" (Telemovie on video tape) – rather than actual series titles. 

In the 1980s, the papers gave listings for all seven stations and their channels, but there was no sign of '''"Dr Misterio"''' in any of them. 

So - if '''"Dr Misterio"''' '''did''' indeed screen in the Dominican Republic in the late 1960s, it may have done so on one of the Rahintel stations. And if it did screen in the 1980s, despite our covering a wide range of newspapers and dates, it has completely slipped under our radar... 


==Links==
*[[Main Page]]
*[[Broadcasts around the World]]
*[[Articles & Analysis]]
*[[BBC Records]]
*[[Doctors]]
**[[William Hartnell stories]]
**[[Tom Baker stories]]
*[[Spanish]]

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