Difference between revisions of "Ascension Island"
Jon Preddle (talk | contribs) |
Jon Preddle (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | |||
'''[[Wikipedia:Ascension Island|ASCENSION ISLAND]]''' is a tiny island of XXXX km2, located in the south Atlantic Ocean to the west of XXXX. It is a British military base since XXXX. | '''[[Wikipedia:Ascension Island|ASCENSION ISLAND]]''' is a tiny island of XXXX km2, located in the south Atlantic Ocean to the west of XXXX. It is a British military base since XXXX. | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
==Population== | ==Population== | ||
| Line 12: | Line 8: | ||
==TV & system== | ==TV & system== | ||
| − | Ascension Island does not have a television service. Instead, the military base would have had its own cinema and radio; when '''Doctor Who''' screened there it was | + | Ascension Island does not have a television service. Instead, the military base there would have had its own cinema and radio service; when '''Doctor Who''' screened there it was most likely in an unofficial capacity. |
==Language/s== | ==Language/s== | ||
| Line 22: | Line 18: | ||
==[[BBC Records]]== | ==[[BBC Records]]== | ||
| − | Ascension Island is not recorded in any official BBC records. The only known 'evidence' that the series | + | Ascension Island is not recorded in any official BBC records. The only known 'evidence' that some of the series had been seen there comes from the report in the March 1985 issue of ''Celestial Toyroom'', which states: "No further missing episodes have yet been discovered as a result of Roger Brunskill's telexes. Ascension Island sent a reply, aptly stating that they had THE SEA DEVILS!" |
| + | |||
| + | In the June 1985 issue, the following update is given: "For those who questioned me, when I reported in the March CT that Ascension Island possessed a copy of THE SEA DEVILS, as to whether it was a colour 625 line master tape, thus superseding the BBC Archives' current copies (part 625, part 525). I'm afraid the answer is no. The copy the island possesses is a black and white film print." | ||
| + | |||
| + | In the interview with him that appears on the "Missing in Action" mini-documentary that preceded the BBC repeat of [[Planet of the Daleks]] episode 3 in 1993, Ian Levine said: "I've spent hours and hours and hours on the phone, ringing people all over the world, chasing '''Doctor Who''' episodes. Nigeria, Cyprus, the Ascension Islands, New Zealand... One phone bill alone came in at £4,000!" | ||
| + | |||
| + | Ascension Island is a UK territory, so it probably wouldn't need to be listed in any sales documentation; the story (and any others?) may have been screened at a cinema or military base as the island did not possess its own television station. | ||
| − | + | The BBC did sell some of its programmes under the category of "Non-Theatric", but such sales were usually to schools and other educational institutions. | |
| − | |||
==Stories bought and broadcast== | ==Stories bought and broadcast== | ||
| − | |||
===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]=== | ===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]=== | ||
| Line 42: | Line 42: | ||
The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks. | The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks. | ||
| + | |||
==Transmission== | ==Transmission== | ||
| Line 48: | Line 49: | ||
The date/s on which [[The Sea Devils]] was seen are unknown. | The date/s on which [[The Sea Devils]] was seen are unknown. | ||
| + | |||
==TV listings== | ==TV listings== | ||
| − | No | + | |
| + | No newspapers for Ascension Island have been accessed. | ||
| + | |||
==Fate of the Prints== | ==Fate of the Prints== | ||
| − | The 16mm prints of [[The Sea Devils]] were still held | + | The 16mm prints of [[The Sea Devils]] were still held on the island in 1985. Since the BBC did not want these black and white film copies, they did not request return of the prints. |
| + | |||
==Ascension Island in Doctor Who== | ==Ascension Island in Doctor Who== | ||
| − | * While '''BroaDWcast''' does not cover the new series, it's worth noting that the Ascension Islands (sic) was where the lone Dalek had crashed | + | * While '''BroaDWcast''' does not cover the new series, it's worth noting that the Ascension Islands (sic) was where the lone Dalek, from the 2005 episode of the same name, had crashed. |
| + | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
==Link== | ==Link== | ||
Revision as of 04:05, 18 December 2010
ASCENSION ISLAND is a tiny island of XXXX km2, located in the south Atlantic Ocean to the west of XXXX. It is a British military base since XXXX.
Contents
Population
Nil
TV & system
Ascension Island does not have a television service. Instead, the military base there would have had its own cinema and radio service; when Doctor Who screened there it was most likely in an unofficial capacity.
Language/s
The main language of Ascension Island is English.
DOCTOR WHO IN ASCENSION ISLAND
BBC Records
Ascension Island is not recorded in any official BBC records. The only known 'evidence' that some of the series had been seen there comes from the report in the March 1985 issue of Celestial Toyroom, which states: "No further missing episodes have yet been discovered as a result of Roger Brunskill's telexes. Ascension Island sent a reply, aptly stating that they had THE SEA DEVILS!"
In the June 1985 issue, the following update is given: "For those who questioned me, when I reported in the March CT that Ascension Island possessed a copy of THE SEA DEVILS, as to whether it was a colour 625 line master tape, thus superseding the BBC Archives' current copies (part 625, part 525). I'm afraid the answer is no. The copy the island possesses is a black and white film print."
In the interview with him that appears on the "Missing in Action" mini-documentary that preceded the BBC repeat of Planet of the Daleks episode 3 in 1993, Ian Levine said: "I've spent hours and hours and hours on the phone, ringing people all over the world, chasing Doctor Who episodes. Nigeria, Cyprus, the Ascension Islands, New Zealand... One phone bill alone came in at £4,000!"
Ascension Island is a UK territory, so it probably wouldn't need to be listed in any sales documentation; the story (and any others?) may have been screened at a cinema or military base as the island did not possess its own television station.
The BBC did sell some of its programmes under the category of "Non-Theatric", but such sales were usually to schools and other educational institutions.
Stories bought and broadcast
JON PERTWEE
1 known story, 6 episodes:
| LLL | The Sea Devils | 6 |
The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
Transmission
JON PERTWEE
The date/s on which The Sea Devils was seen are unknown.
TV listings
No newspapers for Ascension Island have been accessed.
Fate of the Prints
The 16mm prints of The Sea Devils were still held on the island in 1985. Since the BBC did not want these black and white film copies, they did not request return of the prints.
Ascension Island in Doctor Who
- While BroaDWcast does not cover the new series, it's worth noting that the Ascension Islands (sic) was where the lone Dalek, from the 2005 episode of the same name, had crashed.
