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| − | '''[[Wikipedia:Abu Dhabi|ABU DHABI]]''' is a city in the United Arab Emirates, which borders the south shores of the Persian Gulf, in the [[Category:Middle East|Middle East]].
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| − | |First broadcast = 1969
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| − | |First colour broadcast = 1974
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| − | |Colour = [[wikipedia:PAL|PAL]]
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| − | |Doctors seen = [[Jon Pertwee stories|Pertwee]], [[Tom Baker stories|T Baker]]
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| − | ==Population==
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| − | When '''Doctor Who''' screened in Abu Dhabi in the 1970s, the population was 200,000, and licensed TV sets numbered only 16,000 (per [[WRTH]], 1974).
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| − | ==TV & system==
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| − | Abu Dhabi began its television service in 1969.
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| − | Colour transmissions began in 1974 using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system.
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| − | There is just one television station: '''United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Television Service''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster. '''Doctor Who''' screened on its channel 5.
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| − | ==Language/s==
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| − | The main languages of Abu Dhabi is [[Arabic]] and English.
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| − | =='''DOCTOR WHO IN ABU DHABI'''==
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| − | Abu Dhabi was the 41st purchaser of '''Doctor Who'''; it was the second in the UAE, the other being [[Dubai]] (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]).
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| − | ==[[BBC Records]]==
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| − | '''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - The Lost Chapters] records a sale of '''1''' story (by 10 February 1987).
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| − | Abu Dhabi is not named in any of the '''DWM''' story Archives.
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| − | Tom Baker mentions being a star in Abu Dhabi on pages 195 and 257 of his 1997 autobiography '''Who on Earth is Tom Baker'''.
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| − | ==Stories bought and broadcast==
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| − | ===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]===
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| − | The programme was supplied as 16mm colour film or PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
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| − | ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
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| − | The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
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| − | ==Transmission==
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| − | ===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]===
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| − | Apparently screened some Pertwees. Other than {AAA}}, don't know what else.
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| − | ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
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| − | Baker says he's popular in Abu Dhabi n hs autobiogapy!
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| − | There is no record that Abu Dhabi screened '''Doctor Who''' again; however given that the countries of the Persian Gulf could receive tramsissions from each other's broadcasts, it is certain that viewers in Abu Dhabi viewed screenings of '''Doctor Who''' from [[Bahrain]], [[Dubai]], [[Kuwait]], [[Qatar]] and [[Saudi Arabia]].
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| − | ==TV listings==
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| − | '''1970s'''
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| − | '''1980s'''
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| − | ==Abu Dhabi in Doctor Who==
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| − | There are no instances where Abu Dhabi is mentioned in the series.
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| − | Abu Dhabi has been mentioned directly or indirectly in:
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| − | ==References==
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| − | ==Link==
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| − | *[[Main Page]]
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| − | *[[Broadcasts around the World]]
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| − | *[[Articles & Analysis]]
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| − | *[[BBC Records]]
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| − | *[[Doctors]]
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| − | **[[Jon Pertwee stories]]
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| − | **[[Tom Baker stories]]
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| − | *[[Arabic]]
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| − | [[Category:Middle East]]
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