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−	From the '''late 1990s''', the US cable and satellite station [[BBC America]] was available in [[Bermuda]], [[Barbados]], the Cayman Islands and Sint Maarten.	+	From the '''late 1990s''', the US cable and satellite station [[BBC America]] was available in a number of Caribbean countries - including [[Bermuda]], [[Barbados]], the [[Bahamas]], the Cayman Islands, Grenada, Bonaire, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten.

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	However, we feel sure that while the series was on offer to all ''nine'' potential buyers, it sold only to half…		However, we feel sure that while the series was on offer to all ''nine'' potential buyers, it sold only to half…
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		+	From the '''late 1990s''', the US cable and satellite station [[BBC America]] was available in [[Bermuda]], [[Barbados]], the Cayman Islands and Sint Maarten.

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-Only one known country is known to have screened the series in the '''1970s and 80s''':
+Only one country is known to have screened the series in the '''1970s and 80s''':
 *[[Puerto Rico]]
 **These signals were also relayed to the American Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands

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-Four countries in this region screened '''Doctor Who''' in the 1960s:
+Four countries in this region screened '''Doctor Who''' in the '''1960s''':
 *[[Barbados]]
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 With the [[Dominican Republic]] being a possible fifth.
 [[File:CT news.JPG|thumb|right|450px|Celestial Toyroom, September 1985: Sale to Caribbean news]]
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 This was reported in the DWAS news-zine ''Celestial Toyroom'', '''September 1985''' issue). The ''CT'' report is slightly misleading, as although nine countries ''attended'' the event, not all of them necessarily bought '''Doctor Who'''; the report in the 3 August 1985 edition of ''Screen International'' appears to be where the CT's information was taken, and as you can see it does not specifically state how many sales of '''Doctor Who''' there were.
-But of those nine potential customers, only the following '''three''' have been firmly identified, with confirmed post July 1985 airdates:
+But of those nine potential customers, only the following '''three''' have been firmly identified, with confirmed post-July 1985 airdates:
 *[[Bahamas]]

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 [[File:CT news.JPG|thumb|right|450px|Celestial Toyroom, September 1985: Sale to Caribbean news]]
 [[File:Nassau85.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Screen International, 3 August 1985]]
-From '''21-24 July 1985''', BBC Enterprises staged a three-day television sales festival at the Cable Beach Hotel in Nassau, the [[Bahamas]], for programme buyers from nine Caribbean countries, at which it sold '''Doctor Who''', part of a total package worth a quarter of a million pounds.
+From '''21-24 July 1985''', BBC Enterprises and Lionheart staged a three-day television sales festival at the Cable Beach Hotel in Nassau, the [[Bahamas]], for programme buyers from nine Caribbean countries, at which it sold '''Doctor Who''', part of a total package worth a quarter of a million pounds.
 This was reported in the DWAS news-zine ''Celestial Toyroom'', '''September 1985''' issue). The ''CT'' report is slightly misleading, as although nine countries ''attended'' the event, not all of them necessarily bought '''Doctor Who'''; the report in the 3 August 1985 edition of ''Screen International'' appears to be where the CT's information was taken, and as you can see it does not specifically state how many sales of '''Doctor Who''' there were.

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 [[File:CT news.JPG|thumb|right|450px|Celestial Toyroom, September 1985: Sale to Caribbean news]]
-From '''21-24 July 1985''', BBC Enterprises staged a three-day television sales festival at the Cable Beach Hotel in Nassau, the [[Bahamas]], for Caribbean programme buyers, at which it sold '''Doctor Who''' to '''nine''' countries, part of a package worth a quarter of a million pounds (as was reported in the DWAS news-zine ''Celestial Toyroom'', '''September 1985''' issue).
+[[File:Nassau85.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Screen International, 3 August 1985]]
-Of those '''nine''', only the following have been identified with confirmed post-1985 airdates:
+But of those nine potential customers, only the following '''three''' have been firmly identified, with confirmed post July 1985 airdates:
 *[[Bahamas]]
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-The papers 1985 onwards for one obvious candidate - [[Jamaica]] - have been checked, but there were no listings for '''Doctor Who'''.
+The newspapers for one obvious candidate, [[Jamaica]], for 1985 onwards have been checked, but there were no listings for '''Doctor Who'''.
-Newspapers for other nations in the region have also been checked (such as [[Dominica]]), but many didn't have TV listings, or the relevant date range wasn't available. In all likelihood, the other Caribbean countries that bought '''Doctor Who''' at this time would have been those with English as an official language.
+Newspapers for other nations in the region have also been checked (such as [[Dominica]]), but many didn't have TV listings, or the relevant date range wasn't available. In all likelihood, any other Caribbean country that bought '''Doctor Who''' at this time would have been those with English as an official language. But the problem there is that there simply aren't nine countries in the Caribbean where English is the principal language.
+It's possible that the description "the Caribbean" extended to those Central and South American, [[Spanish]]-speaking countries that have coasts on the Caribbean Sea, such as:
 *[[Colombia]]
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 * See [[Missing Misterio|The Mystery of the Missing Misterios]]

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 With the [[Dominican Republic]] being a possible fifth.
+[[File:CT news.JPG|thumb|right|450px|Celestial Toyroom, September 1985: Sale to Caribbean news]]
-In '''July 1985''', BBC Enterprises attended a three-day television sales festival in Nassau, the [[Bahamas]], [[File:CT news.JPG|thumb|right|450px|Celestial Toyroom, September 1985: Sale to Caribbean news]] at which it sold '''Doctor Who''' to '''nine''' countries, a package worth a quarter of a million pounds (as was reported in the DWAS news-zine ''Celestial Toyroom'', '''September 1985''' issue).
+From '''21-24 July 1985''', BBC Enterprises staged a three-day television sales festival at the Cable Beach Hotel in Nassau, the [[Bahamas]] for Caribbean programme buyers, at which it sold '''Doctor Who''' to '''nine''' countries, a package worth a quarter of a million pounds (as was reported in the DWAS news-zine ''Celestial Toyroom'', '''September 1985''' issue).

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	Newspapers for other nations in the region have also been checked (such as [[Dominica]]), but many didn't have TV listings, or the relevant date range wasn't available. In all likelihood, the other Caribbean countries that bought '''Doctor Who''' at this time would have been those with English as an official language.		Newspapers for other nations in the region have also been checked (such as [[Dominica]]), but many didn't have TV listings, or the relevant date range wasn't available. In all likelihood, the other Caribbean countries that bought '''Doctor Who''' at this time would have been those with English as an official language.
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		+	==The Caribbean in Doctor Who==
		+	Generic references to the Caribbean have featured in the following stories:
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		+	* Ben's ship, the ''HMS Teazer'', was bound for the West Indies ([[The War Machines]]).
		+	* Jacko (Paul Anil) was West Indian ([[The Underwater Menace]]).
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	In '''July 1985''', BBC Enterprises attended a three-day television sales festival in Nassau, the [[Bahamas]], [[File:CT news.JPG\|thumb\|right\|450px\|Celestial Toyroom, September 1985: Sale to Caribbean news]] at which it sold '''Doctor Who''' to '''nine''' countries, a package worth a quarter of a million pounds (as was reported in the DWAS news-zine ''Celestial Toyroom'', '''September 1985''' issue).		In '''July 1985''', BBC Enterprises attended a three-day television sales festival in Nassau, the [[Bahamas]], [[File:CT news.JPG\|thumb\|right\|450px\|Celestial Toyroom, September 1985: Sale to Caribbean news]] at which it sold '''Doctor Who''' to '''nine''' countries, a package worth a quarter of a million pounds (as was reported in the DWAS news-zine ''Celestial Toyroom'', '''September 1985''' issue).

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	Of those nine, only the following have been identified, with confirmed airdates:		Of those nine, only the following have been identified, with confirmed airdates: