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| − | '''[[Wikipedia:Saudi Arabia|SAUDI ARABIA]]''' is a [[:Category:Middle East|Middle Eastern]] country, between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
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| − | |First broadcast = 1957
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| − | |First colour broadcast = 1973
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| − | |Colour = [[wikipedia:SECAM|SECAM]]
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| − | |Doctors seen = [[William Hartnell stories|Hartnell]], [[Jon Pertwee stories|Pertwee]]
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| − | ==Population==
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| − | When '''Doctor Who''' screened in Saudi Arabia in 19XXX, the population was 7 million, and licensed TV sets numbered only 30,000 (per [[WRTH]], 1966).
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| − | In 1970s, it was 7.741 million, and 122,000 sets (per [[WRTH]], 1974).
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| − | ==TV & system==
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| − | Saudi Arabia began its television service in 1957.
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| − | Aramco-TV, based in Dhahran.
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| − | Colour transmissions began in 1973 using the [[Wikipedia:SECAM|SECAM]] colour broadcast system.
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| − | ==Language/s==
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| − | The main language of Saudi Arabia is [[Arabic]], although television broadcasts were also in English, for the benefit of the English-speaking worker at the oil-fields.
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| − | =='''DOCTOR WHO IN SAUDI ARABIA'''==
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| − | Saudi Arabia was the 27th country to screen '''Doctor Who'''; it was the third to screen the series in [[Arabic]] (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]).
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| − | ==[[BBC Records]]==
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| − | '''The Seventies''' records a sale of '''4''' stories by 28 February 1977. '''The Handbook''' identifies these as being: {{C}}, {{E}}, {{J}} and {{L}}.
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| − | '''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - The Lost Chapters] records a sale of '''25''' stories (by 10 February 1987).
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| − | In '''DWM''', Saudi Arabia is identified in '''16''' story Archives: the same four Hartnells as above, plus {{K}}; and {{AAA}}, {{BBB}}, {{DDD}}, {{EEE}}, {{KKK}}, {{MMM}}, {{LLL}}, {{RRR}}, {{PPP}}, {{QQQ}}, {{UUU}} for Pertwee, in 1977.
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| − | ==Stories bought and broadcast==
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| − | ===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
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| − | Nine stories, 37 episodes:
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| − | |A||[[An Unearthly Child]]||1
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| − | |B||[[The Daleks]]||7
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| − | |C||[[Inside the Spaceship]]||2
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| − | |E||[[The Keys of Marinus]]||6
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| − | |F||[[The Aztecs]]||4
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| − | |G||[[The Sensorites]]||6
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| − | |J||[[Planet of Giants]]||3
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| − | |K||[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]||6
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| − | |L||[[The Rescue]]||2
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| − | Saudi Arabia therefore bought the standard package of 37 GROUP A, B and C of the [[William Hartnell stories]] dubbed into [[Arabic]].
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| − | The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with [[Arabic]] soundtracks. It is possible that the broadcaster was also supplied with English prints, enabling a simulcast in both languages, with the English soundtrack available through radio.
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| − | ===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]===
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| − | 20 stories, XX episodes: ????????
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| − | Saudi Arabia therefore bought GROUP ONE and GROUP TWO of the [[Jon Pertwee stories]].
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| − | The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with [[Arabic]] soundtracks. It is possible that the broadcaster was also supplied with English prints, enabling a simulcast in both languages, with the English soundtrack available through radio.
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| − | ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
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| − | ??? 3 stories, XX episodes:
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| − | Saudi Arabia therefore bought part of GROUP A of the [[Tom Baker stories]].
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| − | The programme would have been supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
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| − | ==Origin of the Prints?==
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| − | [[Tunisia]] and [[Morocco]] had screened the Hartnell stories by the time Saudi Arabia began so it's possible the prints sent to Saudi Arabia came from one of these two countries.
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| − | ==Transmission==
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| − | ===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
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| − | Unknown. Circa 1968.
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| − | ===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]===
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| − | The series started on Tuesday, 26 April 1977, at 4.45pm (which was only a few days after the Pertwee episodes screened in [[Lebanon]]).
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| − | The first story was [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]].
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| − | MORE TO GO HERE.
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| − | ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
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| − | There is no record that Saudi Arabia screened '''Doctor Who''' again.
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| − | ==TV listings==
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| − | '''1960s'''
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| − | '''1970s'''
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| − | TV listings have been obtained from the English newspapers ''Arab News'', from Jeddah, and ''Gulf Mirror'' from [[Bahrain]].
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| − | REQUIRES A BIT HERE
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| − | '''1980s'''
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| − | REQUIRES A BIT HERE
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| − | ==Fate of the Prints?==
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| − | [[Jordan]] was the next [[Arabic]] country in the [[:Category:Middle East|Middle East]] country to air '''Doctor Who''', from mid-1969). It is possible that Saudi Arabia sent its prints of the Hartnell stories to [[Jordan]].
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| − | Saudi Arabia appears to be the last ever country to screen a full run of Jon Pertwee stories from black and white film. With the exception of [[Bangladesh]], who aired a handful in black and white in 1980, all other countries screened the third Doctor stories in colour.
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| − | ==Saudi Arabia in Doctor Who==
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| − | There are no instances where Saudi Arabia is mentioned in the series.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | ==Links==
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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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| − | **[[William Hartnell stories]]
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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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