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-'''[[wikipedia:Televisio de Catalunya| Televisio de Catalunya]] (TVC)''' was launched on 11 September 1983 as Catalonia's public broadcasting service. The region of Catalonia / Cataluna is in the north east Spain at the border with [[France]]; Barcelona is its largest city. It's first and main channel was '''[[wikipedia:TV3 (Catalonia)|TV3]]''' (its signal reach included Andorra in the north, the southern Valencian Community, and the Balearic Islands – Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca and Formentera – to the east); it was on that station that '''Doctor Who''' screened in 1988 to 1989.
+'''[[wikipedia:Televisio de Catalunya| Televisió de Catalunya]] (TVC)''' was launched on 11 September 1983 as Catalonia's public broadcasting service. The region of Catalonia / Cataluna is in the north east Spain at the border with [[France]]; Barcelona is its largest city. It's first and main channel was '''[[wikipedia:TV3 (Catalonia)|TV3]]''' (its signal reach included Andorra in the north, the southern Valencian Community, and the Balearic Islands – Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca and Formentera – to the east); it was on that station that '''Doctor Who''' screened in 1988 to 1989.
-The regional language is Catalan, and the series would have been dubbed. In 1987, TV3 launched a "dual audio" service, through which foreign programmes were transmitted with more than one audio track; in the case of '''Doctor Who''', the second audio was likely to be the original English, or if not that, then one of the other Spanish dubs. (Programmes with a second audio channel were usually - but not always - marked with a '''(D)''' symbol or by the word '''"(dual)"''' in newspaper listings -- see samples below.)
+The regional language is Catalan; the series was dubbed accordingly. The identity of the actor dubbing for Tom Baker is not known.
 Seven months ''before'' '''Doctor Who''' aired, a preview of the newly-acquired series appeared in the pages of a TV listings publication dated '''7-13 September 1987''': the cover (the heading translates as '''"Waiting for Doctor Who"''') and a three-page article feature.
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 '''Doctor Who''' commenced on Tuesday, '''26 April 1988''', at 7.15pm. (TVG was screening [[The Android Invasion]] at this time.) Episodes aired three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Stories aired in production order.
 The episodes were transmitted with a "Dual" audio channel - the first in Catalan, and the other either had the original English soundtrack or one of the other languages into which these episodes had been dubbed - e.g. Galician or Spanish.
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 '''TV3 LISTINGS'''
-While the series was on the air, there were also a number of newspaper "preview" articles published in April 1988 and later in 1989. Oddly, three of these were illustrated with a photograph of the Daleks and the first Doctor from [[The Daleks]]!
+While the series was on the air, there were also several newspaper "preview" articles published in April 1988 and later in 1989. Oddly, three of these were illustrated with a photograph of the Daleks and the first Doctor from [[The Daleks]]!
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 |[[File:TV3260488.JPG|thumb|right|450px|Introduction to Doctor Who on TV3, April 1988]]|[[File:TV3Apr88.JPG |thumb|right|350px|Introduction to Doctor Who, April 1988]]

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−	The Galician station, '''[[wikipedia: Televisión de Galicia\|TV de Galicia (TVG)]]''' commenced broadcasts on 24 July 1985. The official language of Galicia is Galician~~, a derivative of Portuguese~~. Like all TVG programming, '''Doctor Who''' was dubbed into that language.	+	The Galician station, '''[[wikipedia: Televisión de Galicia\|TV de Galicia (TVG)]]''' commenced broadcasts on 24 July 1985. The official language of Galicia is Galician. Like all TVG programming, '''Doctor Who''' was dubbed into that language.

	The series was called '''"Doutor Who"''', being the Galician translation of the series' title. A voice-over speaks out the series' name over the opening titles.		The series was called '''"Doutor Who"''', being the Galician translation of the series' title. A voice-over speaks out the series' name over the opening titles.

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 The first of the two Dalek movies screened in Spain and its island territories under the title '''"Dr Who y los Daleks"'''. It was distributed by Rosa Films, and as far as we can tell, the film was dubbed.
-The film appears to have had its Spanish '''premiere''' on the Balearic island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean; it makes its first appearance in the [https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/results?o=&w=%22los+daleks%22+&f=text&o=o&w=&f=text&o=n&w=&f=text&o=&w=&f=text&o=o&w=&f=text&o=n&w=&f=text&p=0%7E0&g=p&d=date&d=&d=&l=10&t=date-asc&g=e&upload= ''Diario de Mallorca'' issue dated '''30 September 1966''']. The paper itself is not available for viewing online, so we can't determine if this is a mid-run listing, a "starting today" ad, or a "starts tomorrow" style promotion.
+The film appears to have had its Spanish '''premiere''' in Palma on the Balearic island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean; it makes its first appearance in the [https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/results?o=&w=%22los+daleks%22+&f=text&o=o&w=&f=text&o=n&w=&f=text&o=&w=&f=text&o=o&w=&f=text&o=n&w=&f=text&p=0%7E0&g=p&d=date&d=&d=&l=10&t=date-asc&g=e&upload= ''Diario de Mallorca'' issue dated '''30 September 1966''']. The paper itself is not available for viewing online, so we can't determine if this is a mid-run listing, a "starting today" ad, or a "starts tomorrow" style promotion.
 The final listing for the film in that paper is in the '''9 October 1966''' issue. Again, it’s not known if this was the final day of exhibition, or it's merely the last appearance because not all the issues of the paper are archived.

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 ===[[Peter Cushing|PETER CUSHING]] and the Daleks===
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-|[[File:DaleksCanaryIs1966.JPG|250px|thumb|right|The film debuted on the Grand Canary Island, on 28 December 1966; El Eco da Canarias; 27 December 1966]]| [[File:Y Los Daleks.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster for the first movie's release in Spain in 1967 (painted by Macario 'Mac' Gomez]]|[[File:SpainDWAD.JPG|250px|thumb|Generic newspaper listing for the first film]]
+|[[File:DaleksCanaryIs1966.JPG|250px|thumb|right|The film was seen on the Grand Canary Island, from 28 December 1966; El Eco da Canarias; 27 December 1966]]| [[File:Y Los Daleks.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster for the first movie's release in Spain in 1967 (painted by Macario 'Mac' Gomez]]|[[File:SpainDWAD.JPG|250px|thumb|Generic newspaper listing for the first film]]
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 [[File:DWYLD1967.JPG|thumb|right|450px|Dr Who y los Daleks - starts today! ABC, 7 January 1967]]
-The first of the two Dalek movies screened in Spain, under the title '''"Dr Who y los Daleks"'''. It was distributed by Rosa Films, and as far as we can tell, the film was dubbed.
+The first of the two Dalek movies screened in Spain and its island territories under the title '''"Dr Who y los Daleks"'''. It was distributed by Rosa Films, and as far as we can tell, the film was dubbed.
-The film had its true Spanish premiere in the [[Canary Islands]] a month prior to the mainland; one such screening was at the Cine Avenida on the Grand Canary Island from Wednesday, '''28 December 1966'''.
+The film appears to have had its Spanish '''premiere''' on the Balearic island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean; it makes its first appearance in the [https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/results?o=&w=%22los+daleks%22+&f=text&o=o&w=&f=text&o=n&w=&f=text&o=&w=&f=text&o=o&w=&f=text&o=n&w=&f=text&p=0%7E0&g=p&d=date&d=&d=&l=10&t=date-asc&g=e&upload= ''Diario de Mallorca'' issue dated '''30 September 1966''']. The paper itself is not available for viewing online, so we can't determine if this is a mid-run listing, a "starting today" ad, or a "starts tomorrow" style promotion.
-The film premiered in mainland Spain at the El Apolo theatre in Madrid on '''7 January 1967'''. A review appeared in the '''8 January 1967''' edition of the ''ABC'':
+The final listing for the film in that paper is in the '''9 October 1966''' issue. Again, it’s not known if this was the final day of exhibition, or it's merely the last appearance because not all the issues of the paper are archived.
 *[https://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Estreno_de_la_pelicula_%22Doctor_Who_y_los_Daleks%22,_en_el_Apolo#tab=Description Review dated 8 January 1967]
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-The film then appeared in other city cinemas, and continued to play from time to time over the next few years in small regional theatres.
+The film then appeared in other cities around the country, and continued to play from time to time over the next few years in small regional theatres.
-There is no clear indication that the second film was ever shown at cinemas in Spain during the 1960s and 1970s. (We accessed several late 1960s / early 70s Spanish newspapers and found no sign of the movie.)
+The second film was never shown at cinemas in Spain during the 1960s and 1970s. (We accessed several late 1960s / early 70s Spanish newspapers and found no sign of the movie; there is certainly no sign of it in the Hemeroteca Digital archive linked above.)
-In '''August 1970''', some theatres screened the movie in a double-bill with '''King Kong Escapes''' (''King Kong se Escapa''); the chief villain in this Japanese-America co-production is called "Dr Who" -- see our [[Japan]] page for more.
+In '''August 1970''', some theatres screened the first movie in a double-bill with '''King Kong Escapes''' (''King Kong se Escapa''); the chief villain in this Japanese-America co-production is called "Dr Who" -- see our [[Japan]] page for more.
 English prints of both films were later shown at the Pequeño Cine Estudio during the annual Festival Internacional de Cine Imaginario y de Ciencia Ficción de Madrid on '''15 March 1981'''.

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 ===[[Peter Cushing|PETER CUSHING]] and the Daleks===
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-|[[File:Y Los Daleks.jpg|thumb|350px|Poster for the first movie's release in Spain in 1967 (painted by Macario 'Mac' Gomez]]|[[File:SpainDWAD.JPG|275px|thumb|Generic newspaper listing for the first film]]
+|[[File:DaleksCanaryIs1966.JPG|250px|thumb|right|The film debuted on the Grand Canary Island, on 28 December 1966; El Eco da Canarias; 27 December 1966]]| [[File:Y Los Daleks.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster for the first movie's release in Spain in 1967 (painted by Macario 'Mac' Gomez]]|[[File:SpainDWAD.JPG|250px|thumb|Generic newspaper listing for the first film]]
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 The first of the two Dalek movies screened in Spain, under the title '''"Dr Who y los Daleks"'''. It was distributed by Rosa Films, and as far as we can tell, the film was dubbed.
-The film premiered at the El Apolo theatre in Madrid on '''7 January 1967'''. A review appeared in the '''8 January 1967''' edition of the ''ABC'':
+The film had its true Spanish premiere in the [[Canary Islands]] a month prior to the mainland; one such screening was at the Cine Avenida on the Grand Canary Island from Wednesday, '''28 December 1966'''.
 *[https://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Estreno_de_la_pelicula_%22Doctor_Who_y_los_Daleks%22,_en_el_Apolo#tab=Description Review dated 8 January 1967]
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 '''"LOS MARCIANOS INVADEN LA TIERRA"'''
-The sequel appears to have made its Spanish '''TV debut''' on '''Calle 13''' in '''1999''', according to [https://www.eldoblaje.com/datos/FichaPelicula.asp?id=19818 this website], however we have not been able to find any firm listings for that year.
+The sequel appears to have made its Spanish '''TV debut''' on '''Calle 13''' in '''1999''', according to [https://www.eldoblaje.com/datos/FichaPelicula.asp?id=19818 this Spanish dubbing website], however we have not been able to find any firm listings for that year.
-The newly-dubbed film was given the title '''"Los Marcianos Invaden la Tierra"''' (''The Martians Invade Earth''); this is spoken by a narrator as the English credits play.
+The newly-dubbed film was given the title '''"Los Marcianos Invaden la Tierra"''' (''The Martians Invade Earth''); this is spoken by a narrator as the English text credits play.
 The actor providing the voice for "Dr Who" was Claudi Garcia:
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 *The Doctor had five piastres in his pocket ([[Death to the Daleks]]).
 *A flight coming in from "Palma de Mallorca" is listed on the 'Arrivals' board at Schiphol Airport in [[Arc of Infinity]].
 * [[The Two Doctors]] was filmed as well as being set in Seville, in southern Spain.

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 '''"LOS MARCIANOS INVADEN LA TIERRA"'''
-The sequel appears to have made its Spanish '''TV debut''' on '''2 May 2002''': this was at 12.15am on '''Calle 13'''.
+The sequel appears to have made its Spanish '''TV debut''' on '''Calle 13''' in '''1999''', according to [https://www.eldoblaje.com/datos/FichaPelicula.asp?id=19818 this website], however we have not been able to find any firm listings for that year.
-The dubbed film was given the title '''"Los Marcianos Invaden la Tierra"''' (''The Martians Invade Earth''); this is spoken by a narrator as the English credits play.
+The newly-dubbed film was given the title '''"Los Marcianos Invaden la Tierra"''' (''The Martians Invade Earth''); this is spoken by a narrator as the English credits play.
 The actor providing the voice for "Dr Who" was Claudi Garcia:
 * [http://www.eldoblaje.com/datos/FichaPelicula.asp?id=19818 SPANISH VOICES for DALEK INVASION EARTH]
 Two weeks after it had played the first film (see above), '''Sci-Fi Channel''' screened the second movie on Sunday, '''4 November 2007''' at 9.14am. It was repeated less than 14 hours later, from midnight into Monday, '''5 November''' [see clipping showing both screenings].
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-|4A||[[Robot]]||4||Robot||Robot||Robot
+|4A||[[Robot]]||4||Robot||El Robot||Robot
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 |4B||[[The Sontaran Experiment]]||2||||L'experiment Sontaran||El Experimento Sontaran

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 When this channel was launched, there was a separate feed to each country but synchronised with the same schedule, meaning that viewers in Spain saw a dubbed film, while in [[Portugal]] they saw the same film, but in English with subtitles!
-However, in the case of the Dalek movies, the two channels aired different films, likely because there wasn't a Portuguese subtitled edition of the first movie  - so on '''18 April 2000''' and also '''26 June 2000''', when Hollywood Spain showed '''"Dr Who y los Daleks"''' (dubbed), Hollywood Portugal instead had '''"A Invasão da Terra"''' (subtitled)! (See our [[Portugal]] profile page for the newspaper clippings showing the different billings.)
+However, in the case of the Dalek movies, the two channels aired different films, likely because there wasn't a Portuguese subtitled edition of the first movie  - so on '''18 April 2000''' and '''26 June 2000''', when Hollywood Spain showed '''"Dr Who y los Daleks"''' (dubbed), Hollywood Portugal instead had '''"A Invasão da Terra"''' (subtitled)! (See our [[Portugal]] profile page for the newspaper clippings showing the different billings.)
 (Today, the two Canal Hollywood channels play their own separate non-synched schedules.)
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 In June 2006, most of '''Calle 13''''s science fiction content was moved to the new '''[[Wikipedia:Syfy (Spanish TV channel)|Sci-Fi Channel Spain]]''', launched from on 1 June 2006; '''"Dr Who y los Daleks"''' was shown for the first time on the SF station on Saturday, '''20 October 2007''' at 11.55am, with a repeat at 11.20pm.
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 *[https://twidw.doctorwhonews.net/channels.php?code=21&pglist=pcm&detail=broadcast Cushing on Sci-Fi Spain (This Week in DW)]
-The first film can currently be viewed online (in English with Spanish subtitles) at '''[https://www.filmin.es/pelicula/dr-who-y-los-daleks FILMIN]'''
+In the late 2010s, both films were available on '''[[Wikipedia:Movistar Plus+|Movistar Plus+]]''', a subscription platform based in Andorra. The second film was added to the service on '''9 December 2018''', while the first wasn't added until '''15 February 2019'''.

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 * The Doctor took on the stance of a matador during his fight with the bull-like Minotaur ([[The Time Monster]]).
 *The Doctor had five piastres in his pocket ([[Death to the Daleks]]).
-*"Palma de Mallorca" is a destination listed on the flight 'Arrivals and Departures' board at Schiphol Airport in [[Arc of Infinity]].
+*A flight coming in from "Palma de Mallorca" is listed on the 'Arrivals' board at Schiphol Airport in [[Arc of Infinity]].
 *[[Planet of Fire]] was filmed and partially set on Lanzarote. (The Canary Islands are an autonomous territory of Spain.)
 * [[The Two Doctors]] was filmed as well as being set in Seville, in southern Spain.