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Station: '''Qatar Television Service''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster. | Station: '''Qatar Television Service''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster. | ||
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'''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS] records a sale of '''"(3)"''' stories by 10 February 1987. | '''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS] records a sale of '''"(3)"''' stories by 10 February 1987. | ||
| − | In '''DWM''', Qatar is identified in only '''two''' story Archives: {{AAA}} and {{PPP}}, with a sale date given as '''1977'''. Presumably the third unknown story is also a Jon Pertwee serial. | + | In '''DWM''', Qatar is identified in only '''two''' story Archives: {{AAA}} and {{PPP}}, with a sale date given as '''1977'''. Presumably the third unknown story is also a Jon Pertwee serial. |
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==TV listings== | ==TV listings== | ||
| − | Despite having accessed and checked several Qatar and | + | Despite having accessed and checked several Qatar and Persian Gulf region newspapers from 1977 onwards, many of which contained TV listings for all television stations in the region, there was no sign of '''Doctor Who''' in any of the listings for Qatar. |
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| + | Qatar did screen children's programming on weekday afternoons, and during the weekends, so it's possible that '''Doctor Who''' screened then, and simply doesn't have its own billing in the newspapers. | ||
| − | It is entirely possible that Qatar did not actually purchase and screen the series | + | It is also entirely possible that Qatar itself did not actually purchase and screen the series, but since it could receive TV broadcasts from its neighbours the [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Bahrain]], and [[Saudi Arabia]], all of which did screen '''Doctor Who''', Qatar may have had to pay a "fee" to the BBC as a matter of course, and it is this 'payment' that appears in [[BBC Records]]. |
Revision as of 04:14, 27 December 2010
QATAR is a country at the north of the Persian Gulf, in the Middle East.
Contents
Profile
| Country Number (?) | ? | SECOND WAVE? |
| Region | Middle East | . |
| Television commenced | 1970 | . |
| Colour System | 1974 | PAL |
| Population | 19xx | xx mill |
| TV Sets | 19xx | xx mill |
| Language/s | Arabic and English | . |
Television Stations / Channels
Station: Qatar Television Service, a government-owned commercial broadcaster.
Ident / Channels: 9,11,37
DOCTOR WHO IN QATAR
Qatar was the eighth country in the Middle East region to buy Doctor Who.
BBC Records
The Eighties - THE LOST CHAPTERS records a sale of "(3)" stories by 10 February 1987.
In DWM, Qatar is identified in only two story Archives: AAA and PPP, with a sale date given as 1977. Presumably the third unknown story is also a Jon Pertwee serial.
Stories bought and broadcast
JON PERTWEE
Three stories, ? episodes:
| AAA | Spearhead from Space | 4 |
| PPP | Carnival of Monsters | 4 |
| . | unknown | . |
The programme would have been supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
Origin of the tapes?
Qatar, like the other Persian Gulf states – United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia (and Kuwait?) - all seemed to get PAL tapes of Doctor Who (Pertwees and Bakers) around the same time, so it is expected that there was exchange taking place.
Transmission
JON PERTWEE
We have been unable to find any airdates for Qatar.
TV listings
Despite having accessed and checked several Qatar and Persian Gulf region newspapers from 1977 onwards, many of which contained TV listings for all television stations in the region, there was no sign of Doctor Who in any of the listings for Qatar.
Qatar did screen children's programming on weekday afternoons, and during the weekends, so it's possible that Doctor Who screened then, and simply doesn't have its own billing in the newspapers.
It is also entirely possible that Qatar itself did not actually purchase and screen the series, but since it could receive TV broadcasts from its neighbours the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia, all of which did screen Doctor Who, Qatar may have had to pay a "fee" to the BBC as a matter of course, and it is this 'payment' that appears in BBC Records.
