Puerto Rico - Revision history

Jon Preddle at 21:34, 28 October 2024

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Jon Preddle at 10:27, 25 June 2020

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John Lavalie at 01:28, 28 October 2019

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John Lavalie at 02:58, 31 March 2016

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John Lavalie at 02:48, 14 March 2013

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Jon Preddle at 02:16, 14 March 2013

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Jon Preddle at 02:16, 14 March 2013

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Jon Preddle at 02:15, 14 March 2013

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Jon Preddle at 02:05, 14 March 2013

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Jon Preddle at 02:04, 14 March 2013

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 Puerto Rican television broadcasts were also available in [[wikipedia:American Virgin Islands|American Virgin Islands]] and the [[wikipedia:British Virgin Islands|British Virgin Islands]].
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 In Spanish-language countries, the series was known as '''Doctor Misterio'''. Puerto Rico was the (approximately) '''47th''' country to screen the series.
-Time-Life Television had actively promoted and sold the series to Spanish-speaking countries in Central and South America from late 1978 onwards, soon after the big launch of the Tom Baker series to the [[United States]] in that year. Based on available evidence (see below), Puerto Rico was the third Latin American country / [[Spanish]]-language nation to screen the Tom Baker series. (See our dedicated [[Spanish]] page.)
+Time Life Television had actively promoted and sold the series to Spanish-speaking countries in Central and South America from late 1978 onwards, soon after the big launch of the Tom Baker series to the [[United States]] in that year. Based on available evidence (see below), Puerto Rico was the third Latin American country / [[Spanish]]-language nation to screen the Tom Baker series. (See our dedicated [[Spanish]] page.)
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-Puerto Rico therefore bought the standard package of [[Tom Baker stories]] in [[Spanish]] that were distributed by Time-Life Television.
+Puerto Rico therefore bought the standard package of [[Tom Baker stories]] in [[Spanish]] that were distributed by Time Life Television.
 * For the Spanish story titles, go to: [[Spanish|SPANISH]]
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 The repeat run should have concluded on Tuesday, '''7 April 1981''', but there were a further seven episodes billed, with the last on Thursday, '''16 April 1981'''. This was due either to pre-emptions during the 1981 run, or, with the full weeks' TV listings published in the Sunday paper, it's possible an additional week's worth of episodes was published in error.
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 Puerto Rican newspapers for the rest of 1981, and then 1985 to 1988 were also checked, and no further listings for the series were found. Puerto Rico was therefore probably '''not''' one of the nine unidentified [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]] countries recorded as being offered the series in 1985.
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 *[[Doctors]]
 **[[Tom Baker stories]]
 *[[Spanish]]

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	Puerto Rican newspapers for the rest of 1981, and then 1985 to 1988 were also checked, and no further listings for the series were found. Puerto Rico was therefore probably '''not''' one of the nine unidentified [[:Category:Caribbean\|Caribbean]] countries recorded as being offered the series in 1985.		Puerto Rican newspapers for the rest of 1981, and then 1985 to 1988 were also checked, and no further listings for the series were found. Puerto Rico was therefore probably '''not''' one of the nine unidentified [[:Category:Caribbean\|Caribbean]] countries recorded as being offered the series in 1985.
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		+	==Puerto Rico in Doctor Who==
		+	*The radio telescope at [[Wikipedia:Arecibo Observatory\|Arecibo]] is mentioned in [[The Ambassadors of Death]]

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 In Spanish-language countries, the series was known as '''Doctor Misterio'''. Puerto Rico was the (approximately) '''47th''' country to screen the series.
-Time Life Television had actively promoted and sold the series to Spanish-speaking countries in Central and South America from late 1978 onwards, soon after the big launch of the Tom Baker series to the [[United States]] in that year. Based on available evidence (see below), Puerto Rico was the third Latin American country / [[Spanish]]-language nation to screen the Tom Baker series. (See our dedicated [[Spanish]] page.)
+Time-Life Television had actively promoted and sold the series to Spanish-speaking countries in Central and South America from late 1978 onwards, soon after the big launch of the Tom Baker series to the [[United States]] in that year. Based on available evidence (see below), Puerto Rico was the third Latin American country / [[Spanish]]-language nation to screen the Tom Baker series. (See our dedicated [[Spanish]] page.)
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-Puerto Rico therefore bought the standard package of [[Tom Baker stories]] in [[Spanish]] that were distributed by Time Life Television.
+Puerto Rico therefore bought the standard package of [[Tom Baker stories]] in [[Spanish]] that were distributed by Time-Life Television.
 * For the Spanish story titles, go to: [[Spanish|SPANISH]]

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-'''[[Wikipedia:PUERTO RICO|PUERTO RICO]]''' is a small island in the Caribbean Sea. It is an unincorporated territory of the [[United States]]. Its closest island neighbour is Haiti / the [[Dominican Republic]].
+'''[[Wikipedia:Puerto Rico|PUERTO RICO]]''' is a small island in the Caribbean Sea. It is an unincorporated territory of the [[United States]]. Its closest island neighbour is Haiti / the [[Dominican Republic]].
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 ==Profile==

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 ==TV listings==
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+{{Airdates-left|Puerto Rico}}
 Listings are from the Virgin Islands edition (in English) of the Puerto Rican newspaper, ''San Juan Star''.
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 [[Category:United States]]
 [[Category:Independent stations]]

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	Two months later, from Monday, '''12 January 1981''', the series was back in its 3:00pm weekday slot, presumably picking up from where the last run left off (with [[The Brain of Morbius]]?).		Two months later, from Monday, '''12 January 1981''', the series was back in its 3:00pm weekday slot, presumably picking up from where the last run left off (with [[The Brain of Morbius]]?).

−	The repeat run ~~would~~ have concluded on Tuesday, '''7 April 1981''', but there were a further seven episodes billed, with the last on Thursday, '''16 April 1981'''. This was due either to pre-emptions during the 1981 run, or, with the full weeks' TV listings published in the Sunday paper, it's possible an additional week's worth of episodes was published in error.	+	The repeat run should have concluded on Tuesday, '''7 April 1981''', but there were a further seven episodes billed, with the last on Thursday, '''16 April 1981'''. This was due either to pre-emptions during the 1981 run, or, with the full weeks' TV listings published in the Sunday paper, it's possible an additional week's worth of episodes was published in error.

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	Two months later, from Monday, '''12 January 1981''', the series was back in its 3:00pm weekday slot, presumably picking up from where the last run left off (with [[The Brain of Morbius]]?).		Two months later, from Monday, '''12 January 1981''', the series was back in its 3:00pm weekday slot, presumably picking up from where the last run left off (with [[The Brain of Morbius]]?).

−	The ~~first~~ repeat run would have concluded on Tuesday, '''7 April 1981''', but there were a further seven episodes billed, with the last on Thursday, '''16 April 1981'''. This was due either to pre-emptions, or, with the full weeks' TV listings published in the Sunday paper, it's possible an additional week's worth of episodes was published in error.	+	The repeat run would have concluded on Tuesday, '''7 April 1981''', but there were a further seven episodes billed, with the last on Thursday, '''16 April 1981'''. This was due either to pre-emptions, or, with the full weeks' TV listings published in the Sunday paper, it's possible an additional week's worth of episodes was published in error.