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| − | '''[[Wikipedia:Papua New Guinea|Papua New Guinea]]''' is an island in the to thenorth of [[Australia]], part of Indonesia. It is a member of the British Commonwealth.????????????
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| − | |First broadcast = 1986
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| − | |First colour broadcast = 1986
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| − | |Colour = [[wikipedia:PAL|PAL]]
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| − | |Doctors seen = [[Tom Baker stories|T Baker]] and others?
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| − | ==Population== | + | ==Links== |
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| − | When '''Doctor Who''' was seen in Papua New Guinea in 1988, the population was 3 million (per [[WRTH]], 1990).?????????????
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| − | ==TV & system==
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| − | Papua New Guinea began its own television service in 1986, which used the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system.
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| − | By 1988, there were two stations: NTN, EMTV '''XXXXXXXXXXX''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster.
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| − | TV started in 1986; ABC is the Australian broadcaster, channel 2 - and Doctor Who was available in PNG via that channel...
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| − | ==Language/s==
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| − | The main language of Papua New Guinea is English, plus XXXXXXX.
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| − | =='''DOCTOR WHO IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA'''==
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| − | Papua New Guinea was the XXXXX ((not included in totals at this stage)) country to screen '''Doctor Who''' (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]).
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| − | ==[[BBC Records]]==
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| − | Papua New Guinea is not named in any [[BBC Records]]. Strictly speaking, '''Doctor Who''' was not sold to that country, but it did screen there.
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| − | In the fanzine '''The Frame''' (number 9; XXX 19XX), actress Karen Gledhill ([[Remembrance of the Daleks]]) recalls seeing a Tom Baker episode on TV while holidaying in Papua New Guinea NG in 1988. This was because TV receivers on the island could pick up transmissions from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - presumably beamed at the island rather than stray transmissions.
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| − | ==Stories broadcast==
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| − | ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
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| − | ==Transmission==
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| − | ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]] and beyond===
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| − | When television began in PNG, the first episodes of '''Doctor Who''' they viewed were the omnibus repeats of XXXXXXX airing on Saturdays in the early afternoon. These were the ones that Karen Gledhill would have seen.
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| − | This repeat run ended in July 1988. Presumably all subsequent repeats, and new episodes of the series were seen.
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| − | See the listings for [[Australia]] for further details.
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| − | ==TV listings==
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| − | TV listings have been obtained from the newspaper ''Times of Papua New Guinea''.
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| − | The Listings initially gave the series name as '''Dr Who''' ???????
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| − | ==Papua New Guinea in Doctor Who==
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| − | There are no instances where Papua New Guinea is mentioned in the series.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | ==Link==
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| | *[[Main Page]] | | *[[Main Page]] |
| | *[[Broadcasts around the World]] | | *[[Broadcasts around the World]] |
| | *[[Articles & Analysis]] | | *[[Articles & Analysis]] |
| | *[[BBC Records]] | | *[[BBC Records]] |
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| | *[[Doctors]] | | *[[Doctors]] |
| − | **[[Tom Baker stories]]
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| | [[Category:Australasia/Asia]] | | [[Category:Australasia/Asia]] |
