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Classic era '''Doctor Who''' has screened in the following countries that we know of:
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='''CLASSIC SERIES'''=
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Classic era '''Doctor Who''' has screened in the following countries identified directly from official [[BBC Records]], anecdotal evidence or other reliable sources
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==Countries==
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==Countries A to Z==
  
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The following countries are those for which airdates have been confirmed and recorded, and for which [[BBC Records|BBC Records]] clearly indicate the series was sold there:
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The following countries are those which [[BBC Records]] or other reliable sources report that the series was sold to, and for which airdates (even if only partial) have been confirmed:
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'''NOTE''': For those few countries marked with '''##''' we have not as yet been able to locate or confirm clear airdates
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'''NOTE''': For those few countries marked '''??''', they are recorded in BBC paperwork, but there is some doubt as to whether the series did ever air
  
 
<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
 
<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
 
*[[Aden]]
 
*[[Aden]]
 
*[[Algeria]]
 
*[[Algeria]]
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*[[Ascension Island]]
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*[[Australia]]  
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*[[Australia]]
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**(see also [[Papua New Guinea]])
  
  
 
*[[Bahamas]]
 
*[[Bahamas]]
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*[[Bahrain]]
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*[[Bahrain]]  
 
*[[Bangladesh]]
 
*[[Bangladesh]]
 
*[[Barbados]]
 
*[[Barbados]]
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**(see also [[Saint Lucia]])
 
*[[Bermuda]]
 
*[[Bermuda]]
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*[[Brazil]] ??
 
*[[Brunei]]
 
*[[Brunei]]
  
  
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*[[Canada]]
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*[[Canada]]  
 
*[[Chile]]
 
*[[Chile]]
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*[[Colombia]] 
 
*[[Costa Rica]]
 
*[[Costa Rica]]
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*[[Croatia]]
 
*[[Cyprus]]
 
*[[Cyprus]]
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*[[Czech Republic]]
  
  
 
*[[Denmark]]
 
*[[Denmark]]
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*[[Dominican Republic]]
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*[[Dominica]] ??
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*[[Dominican Republic]] ??
  
  
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*[[Ecuador]] 
 
*[[Ethiopia]]
 
*[[Ethiopia]]
  
  
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*[[Falkland Islands]]
 
*[[France]]
 
*[[France]]
  
  
 
*[[Germany]]
 
*[[Germany]]
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** also [[British Forces Broadcasting Service|BFBS]]
 
*[[Ghana]]
 
*[[Ghana]]
 
*[[Gibraltar]]
 
*[[Gibraltar]]
 
*[[Greece]]
 
*[[Greece]]
 
*[[Guam]]
 
*[[Guam]]
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*[[Guatemala]] ??
  
  
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*[[Honduras]] ##
 
*[[Hong Kong]]
 
*[[Hong Kong]]
  
  
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*[[Iran]]
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*[[Iran]]
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*[[Italy]]
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*[[Ireland]] (Republic of)
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*[[Italy]]  
  
  
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*[[Jamaica]]
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*[[Jamaica]]  
 
*[[Japan]]
 
*[[Japan]]
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*[[Jordan]]
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*[[Jordan]]  
  
  
 
*[[Kenya]]
 
*[[Kenya]]
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*[[Korea (South)]]</div>
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*[[Korea (South)]]  
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</div>
  
 
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*[[Lebanon]]
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*[[Libya]]
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*[[Lebanon]]  
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*[[Libya]] ##
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*[[Lithuania]]
  
  
 
*[[Malaysia]]
 
*[[Malaysia]]
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*[[Maldives]] ??
 
*[[Malta]]
 
*[[Malta]]
 
*[[Mauritius]]
 
*[[Mauritius]]
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*[[Mexico]]
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*[[Mexico]] 
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*[[Morocco]]  
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*[[Monaco]]  
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*[[Morocco]] ## 
  
  
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*[[Netherlands]]
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*[[Netherlands]] (Holland)
 
*[[New Zealand]]
 
*[[New Zealand]]
 
*[[Nicaragua]]
 
*[[Nicaragua]]
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*[[Nigeria]]
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*[[Nigeria]]  
  
  
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*[[Papua New Guinea]]
 
 
*[[Philippines]]
 
*[[Philippines]]
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*[[Poland]]
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*[[Poland]]
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*[[Puerto Rico]]  
  
  
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*[[Qatar]]
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*[[Qatar]] ##
  
  
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*[[Rhodesia / Zimbabwe]]
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*[[Rhodesia / Zimbabwe]]  
  
  
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*[[Saudi Arabia]]  
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*[[Saudi Arabia]]
 
*[[Seychelles]]
 
*[[Seychelles]]
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*[[Sierra Leone]]
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*([[Scotland]])
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*[[Sierra Leone]]  
 
*[[Singapore]]
 
*[[Singapore]]
 
*[[Spain]]
 
*[[Spain]]
 
*[[Sri Lanka]]
 
*[[Sri Lanka]]
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*[[St Lucia]]
 
 
*[[Swaziland]]
 
*[[Swaziland]]
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*[[Sweden]]
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*[[Sweden]]  
  
  
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*[[Thailand]]
 
*[[Thailand]]
 
*[[Trinidad & Tobago]]
 
*[[Trinidad & Tobago]]
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*[[Tunisia]]
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*[[Tunisia]]  
 
*[[Turkey]]
 
*[[Turkey]]
  
  
 
*[[Uganda]]
 
*[[Uganda]]
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*[[United Arab Emirates]] ([[Abu Dhabi]]/[[Dubai]])
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*[[United Arab Emirates]] (Abu Dhabi/Dubai)
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*[[United States]]
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*[[:Category:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
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**[[Scotland]]
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**[[Wales]]
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**[[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC Repeats]]
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*[[United States]] - see table of States below
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*[[Venezuela]] 
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*([[Wales]])
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*[[Yugoslavia]]
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*[[Zambia]] </div>
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==United States of America (table of States)==
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For the handful of States tagged ** we have no screening details at all. Even if the series wasn't broadcast by a local station in those, viewers might still have been able to see the series on a station transmitting from a neighbouring State. (The only exception to that would of course be Hawaii!)
  
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{| {{small-table}}
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|-
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|[[Alabama]]||[[Idaho]]**||[[Michigan]]||[[New York]]||[[Tennessee]]
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|-
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|[[Alaska]]||[[Illinois]]||[[Minnesota]]||[[North Carolina]]||[[Texas]]
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|-
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|[[Arizona]]||[[Indiana]]||[[Mississippi]]||[[North Dakota]]||[[Utah]]
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|-
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|[[Arkansas]]||[[Iowa]]||[[Missouri]]||[[Ohio]]||[[Vermont]]
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|-
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|[[California]]||[[Kansas]]||[[Montana]]**||[[Oklahoma]]||[[Virginia]]
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|-
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|[[Colorado]]||[[Kentucky]]||[[Nebraska]]||[[Oregon]]||[[Washington]]
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|-
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|[[Connecticut]]||[[Louisiana]]||[[Nevada]]||[[Pennsylvania]]||[[Washington DC]]
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|-
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|[[Delaware]]**||[[Maine]]||[[New Hampshire]]||[[Rhode Island]]||[[West Virginia]]
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|-
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|[[Florida]]||[[Maryland]]||[[New Jersey]]||[[South Carolina]]||[[Wisconsin]]
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|-
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|[[Georgia]]||[[Massachusetts]]||[[New Mexico]]||[[South Dakota]]||[[Wyoming]]**
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|-
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|[[Hawaii]]**||||||||[[:Category:US_cable_stations|US Cable channels]]
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|-
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|}
  
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*[[Venezuela]]
 
  
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==BBC Repeats==
  
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*[[Yugoslavia]]
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The '''BBC''' repeated numerous episodes on its other terrestrial channels, such as on '''[[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC1, BBC2 and BBC4]]''', as well as on its own cable and satellite stations.
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*[[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC1, BBC2 and BBC4]]
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*[[:Category:United Kingdom|UK Cable and Satellite]]
  
  
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*[[Zambia]]</div>
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==Cable and Satellite==
  
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'''Doctor Who''' aired on a number of '''[[Cable and Satellite]]''' stations and '''[[:Category:Online Services|Online streaming platforms]]''':
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*[[HBO OLE]] cable station serving Central and South America
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*[[Horror Channel]]
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*[[:Category:Cable and Satellite|Cable and Satellite]] stations which served Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Asia, such as:
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**[[BBC TV Europe]]
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**[[BBC World Service Television Europe]]
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**[[BBC Prime]]
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**[[Super Channel]]
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**[[TV4 Science Fiction]]
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**[[Uniseries]]
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*[[:Category:US cable stations|US Cable Stations]]
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and on [[:Category:Online Services|Online streaming platforms]], such as:
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*[[Amazon Prime]]
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*[[BBC Store]]
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*[[Britbox]]
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*[[HBO Max]]
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*[[Homechoice]]
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*[[Hulu]]
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</div>
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<div style="float:right; width:48%;">
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*[[iTunes]]
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*[[Netflix]]
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*[[Plex]]
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*[[Pluto TV]]
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*[[Roku]]
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*[[Twitch]]
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*[[Vudu]]
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*[[In-flight TV Systems]]
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</div>
 
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==Transmission to the Unknown==
 
  
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The following countries are said to have aired '''Doctor Who''', but they are either not named in any official BBC documentation, and/or we've not been able to locate or confirm airdates:
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==Relayed Broadcasts==
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Several countries in [[:Category:Europe|Western Europe]] only saw '''Doctor Who''' on UK satellite channels and/or from transmissions received from a neighbouring country:
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*[[Austria]] 
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*[[Belgium]]
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*[[Finland]]
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*[[Germany|West Germany]] (on the [[British Forces Broadcasting Service]])
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</div>
  
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<div style="float:right; width:48%;">
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*[[Luxembourg]]
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**[[Norway]]
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*[[Switzerland]]
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</div>
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Likewise, several countries in [[:Category:Central America|Central America]] and [[:Category:South America|South America]] only had the series on satellite channels, or via transmissions from a neighbouring country:
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*[[Argentina]]
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*[[Belize]]
 
*[[Bolivia]]
 
*[[Bolivia]]
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*[[Brazil]]
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*[[El Salvador]]
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*[[Dominica]]
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</div>
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*[[Ecuador]]
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*[[Guatemala]]
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*[[Honduras]]
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*[[Panama]]
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*[[Paraguay]]
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*[[Uruguay]]
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</div>
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<br />
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'''Doctor Who''' was not sold ''per se'' to these broadcasters, but the series was unofficially available because transmissions were relayed from another country:
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*American Virgin Islands (relayed from [[Puerto Rico]])
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*British Virgin Islands (relayed from [[Puerto Rico]])
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*[[Papua New Guinea]] (relayed from [[Australia]])
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*[[Saint Lucia]] (relayed from [[Barbados]])
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*[[Macau]] (signals from [[Hong Kong]])
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*Satellite stations broadcasting from the south-eastern [[United States]] could be received in a number of the smaller islands in the Caribbean, such as the Dutch Antilles. 
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*From the late 1990s, the US cable and satellite station [[BBC America]] was also available in a number of the smaller Caribbean countries, such as the Cayman Islands, Grenada, Bonaire, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten. It was also available on the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific.
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See also the section on the [[:Category:Middle East|Middle East]] - the Arabic countries of the Persian Gulf received TV broadcasts from their neighbours.
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==Other Countries==
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Although '''Doctor Who''' did not screen on television in these countries or territories, it was known there because of the [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek movies, the 1996 [[TV Movie]], or novelisations, videos and other merchandise that was available:
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<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
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*[[Canary Islands]]
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*[[China]]
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*[[Egypt]]
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*[[Hungary]]
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*[[Iceland]]
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*[[India]]
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*[[Israel]]
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</div>
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<div style="float:right; width:48%;">
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*[[Madeira]]
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*[[Pakistan]]
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*[[Portugal]]
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*[[Russia]]
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*[[Slovenia]]
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*[[South Africa]]
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*[[Syria]]
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</div>
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<br / clear="all">
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<br />
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==Countries Unconfirmed==
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The following countries '''apparently''' screened the series - or just the [[TV Movie]] - but the only "evidence" is anecdotal rather than from any official [[BBC Records]] or other reliable sources, and for which no airdates have been located:
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<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
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*[[Ascension Island]]
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*[[Botswana]]
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*[[Burkina Faso]]
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*[[Indonesia]]
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</div>
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<div style="float:right; width:48%;">
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*[[Iraq]]
 
*[[Kuwait]]
 
*[[Kuwait]]
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*[[Portugal]]
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*[[Nepal]]  
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*[[Peru]] </div>
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==Regions==
 
==Regions==
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Each country falls into one of eight continents or global regions:  
 
Each country falls into one of eight continents or global regions:  
  
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[[:Category:Africa|Africa]]  
 
[[:Category:Africa|Africa]]  
  
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[[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]]  
 
[[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]]  
  
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[[:Category:Europe|Europe]]
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[[:Category:Europe|Europe]] (inc Mediterranean)
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</div>
  
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<div style="float:right; width:48%;">
 
[[:Category:Middle East|Middle East]]  
 
[[:Category:Middle East|Middle East]]  
  
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[[:Category:South America|South America]]
 
[[:Category:South America|South America]]
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</div>
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<br />
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='''NEW SERIES'''=
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[[File:NewSeriesIconC.JPG|left|100px]]{{clear}}
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The "New" series of '''Doctor Who''' that was launched in 2005 has been broadcast domestically in over 40 countries, as well as reaching far wider audiences via satellite and cable stations that cover whole continents.
  
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Our snap-shot coverage of the new series can be seen on our dedicated page:
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* [[New Series|NEW SERIES]]
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*[[The Day of the Doctor]]
  
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
*[[Main Page]]
 
*[[Main Page]]
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*[[Broadcasts around the World]]
 
 
*[[Articles & Analysis]]
 
*[[Articles & Analysis]]
 
*[[BBC Records]]
 
*[[BBC Records]]
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*[[Spanish]]
 
*[[Spanish]]
 
*[[Arabic]]
 
*[[Arabic]]
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*[[:Category:Airdates|Airdates]]
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*[[First airings by location]]

Latest revision as of 22:13, 1 November 2024

CLASSIC SERIES

Classic era Doctor Who has screened in the following countries identified directly from official BBC Records, anecdotal evidence or other reliable sources

Financial Times, 27 April 1965
BBC Enterprises globe


Countries A to Z

The following countries are those which BBC Records or other reliable sources report that the series was sold to, and for which airdates (even if only partial) have been confirmed:

NOTE: For those few countries marked with ## we have not as yet been able to locate or confirm clear airdates

NOTE: For those few countries marked ??, they are recorded in BBC paperwork, but there is some doubt as to whether the series did ever air






United States of America (table of States)

For the handful of States tagged ** we have no screening details at all. Even if the series wasn't broadcast by a local station in those, viewers might still have been able to see the series on a station transmitting from a neighbouring State. (The only exception to that would of course be Hawaii!)

Alabama Idaho** Michigan New York Tennessee
Alaska Illinois Minnesota North Carolina Texas
Arizona Indiana Mississippi North Dakota Utah
Arkansas Iowa Missouri Ohio Vermont
California Kansas Montana** Oklahoma Virginia
Colorado Kentucky Nebraska Oregon Washington
Connecticut Louisiana Nevada Pennsylvania Washington DC
Delaware** Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island West Virginia
Florida Maryland New Jersey South Carolina Wisconsin
Georgia Massachusetts New Mexico South Dakota Wyoming**
Hawaii** US Cable channels


BBC Repeats

The BBC repeated numerous episodes on its other terrestrial channels, such as on BBC1, BBC2 and BBC4, as well as on its own cable and satellite stations.


Cable and Satellite

Doctor Who aired on a number of Cable and Satellite stations and Online streaming platforms:


and on Online streaming platforms, such as:




Relayed Broadcasts

Several countries in Western Europe only saw Doctor Who on UK satellite channels and/or from transmissions received from a neighbouring country:



Likewise, several countries in Central America and South America only had the series on satellite channels, or via transmissions from a neighbouring country:




Doctor Who was not sold per se to these broadcasters, but the series was unofficially available because transmissions were relayed from another country:

  • American Virgin Islands (relayed from Puerto Rico)
  • British Virgin Islands (relayed from Puerto Rico)
  • Papua New Guinea (relayed from Australia)
  • Saint Lucia (relayed from Barbados)
  • Macau (signals from Hong Kong)
  • Satellite stations broadcasting from the south-eastern United States could be received in a number of the smaller islands in the Caribbean, such as the Dutch Antilles.
  • From the late 1990s, the US cable and satellite station BBC America was also available in a number of the smaller Caribbean countries, such as the Cayman Islands, Grenada, Bonaire, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten. It was also available on the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific.


See also the section on the Middle East - the Arabic countries of the Persian Gulf received TV broadcasts from their neighbours.


Other Countries

Although Doctor Who did not screen on television in these countries or territories, it was known there because of the Peter Cushing Dalek movies, the 1996 TV Movie, or novelisations, videos and other merchandise that was available:



Countries Unconfirmed

The following countries apparently screened the series - or just the TV Movie - but the only "evidence" is anecdotal rather than from any official BBC Records or other reliable sources, and for which no airdates have been located:




Regions

Each country falls into one of eight continents or global regions:

Africa

Australasia/Asia

Caribbean

Europe (inc Mediterranean)




NEW SERIES

NewSeriesIconC.JPG

The "New" series of Doctor Who that was launched in 2005 has been broadcast domestically in over 40 countries, as well as reaching far wider audiences via satellite and cable stations that cover whole continents.

Our snap-shot coverage of the new series can be seen on our dedicated page:


Links

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