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| − | '''[[Wikipedia:Libya|LIBYA]]''' is in North Africa, | + | '''[[Wikipedia:Libya|LIBYA]]''' is in North Africa, bordered by [[Tunisia]] and [[Algeria]]. |
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Libya did not establish its own television service until the end of 1968. However, television entertainment was available to those wealthy enough to own a television set as they could receive limited transmissions from [[Italy]] and [[Tunisia]], and also broadcasts in English from the Wheelus Airforce Base in Tripoli. | Libya did not establish its own television service until the end of 1968. However, television entertainment was available to those wealthy enough to own a television set as they could receive limited transmissions from [[Italy]] and [[Tunisia]], and also broadcasts in English from the Wheelus Airforce Base in Tripoli. | ||
| − | The American [[wikipedia:Wheelus Air Base|Wheelus Base (WAB)]] operated its own NTSC station | + | The American [[wikipedia:Wheelus Air Base|Wheelus Base (WAB)]] operated its own NTSC station since 1958; this was one of the first television stations established within the greater the Arab world. |
The '''Libyan Broadcasting & TV Service''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster, began transmitting on 24 December 1968. | The '''Libyan Broadcasting & TV Service''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster, began transmitting on 24 December 1968. | ||
| − | All television broadcasts were disrupted following the 1 September 1969 Libyan revolution | + | All television broadcasts were disrupted following the 1 September 1969 Libyan revolution led by Muammar al-Gaddafi. |
Wheelus Base was vacated in June 1970. Regular television broadcasts were re-established on the local channels by 1971. Colour transmissions began in 1976 using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system. | Wheelus Base was vacated in June 1970. Regular television broadcasts were re-established on the local channels by 1971. Colour transmissions began in 1976 using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system. | ||
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It is likely that Libya got the standard [[Arabic]] package of nine stories, 37 episodes: | It is likely that Libya got the standard [[Arabic]] package of nine stories, 37 episodes: | ||
| − | [[File:Libya TV71.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Generic 1971 Libyan TV listings in Arabic, Al-Thawrah – Doctor Who not included!]] | + | [[File:Libya TV71.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Generic 1971 Libyan TV listings in Arabic, from Al-Thawrah – Doctor Who not included!]] |
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| − | Libya would have acquired the standard [[Arabic]]-dubbed package of GROUP A, B and C of the [[William Hartnell stories]]; like other [[Arabic]] countries, only part one of [[An Unearthly Child]] | + | Libya would have acquired the standard [[Arabic]]-dubbed package of GROUP A, B and C of the [[William Hartnell stories]]; like other [[Arabic]] countries, only part one of [[An Unearthly Child]] would have aired. |
The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with [[Arabic]] soundtracks. | The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with [[Arabic]] soundtracks. | ||
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| − | [[Morocco]] was the previous [[Arabic]]-speaking country in [[:Category:Africa|Africa]] to screen the series so it's possible that Libya was supplied with the same set of prints. Alternatively, the prints were supplied from a Middle Eastern country – [[Saudi Arabia]] or [[Jordan]], or from television distributors in [[Lebanon]], where most Arabic dubs were recorded. | + | [[Morocco]] was the previous [[Arabic]]-speaking country in [[:Category:Africa|Africa]] to screen the series so it's possible that Libya was supplied with the same set of prints. Alternatively, the prints were supplied from a Middle Eastern country – [[Saudi Arabia]] or [[Jordan]], or even from television distributors in [[Lebanon]], where most Arabic dubs were recorded. |
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====Fate of the Prints?==== | ====Fate of the Prints?==== | ||
| − | + | It's highly likely that any film prints that may have been held by the Libyan Broadcasting & TV Service were "lost" following the 1969 revolution... | |
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| + | However, for the record, the next African/[[Arabic]] country to air '''Doctor Who''' was [[Algeria]], in 1973/74. It is therefore possible that Libya sent its prints of the [[Arabic]] dubbed Hartnell stories to [[Algeria]] (which was the last ever country to purchase that package of episodes). | ||
Revision as of 23:23, 26 May 2011
LIBYA is in North Africa, bordered by Tunisia and Algeria.
Profile
| Country Number (32) | 1969? | FIRST WAVE |
| Region | Africa | |
| Television commenced | 1958 / 24 December 1968 | |
| Colour System | 1976 | PAL |
| Population | 1970 | 1.8 million |
| TV Sets | 1970 | 1,000 |
| Language/s | English, Arabic and French | Dubbed and Subtitled |
Television Stations / Channels
Libya did not establish its own television service until the end of 1968. However, television entertainment was available to those wealthy enough to own a television set as they could receive limited transmissions from Italy and Tunisia, and also broadcasts in English from the Wheelus Airforce Base in Tripoli.
The American Wheelus Base (WAB) operated its own NTSC station since 1958; this was one of the first television stations established within the greater the Arab world.
The Libyan Broadcasting & TV Service, a government-owned commercial broadcaster, began transmitting on 24 December 1968.
All television broadcasts were disrupted following the 1 September 1969 Libyan revolution led by Muammar al-Gaddafi.
Wheelus Base was vacated in June 1970. Regular television broadcasts were re-established on the local channels by 1971. Colour transmissions began in 1976 using the PAL colour broadcast system.
Language/s
The principal languages of Libya are Arabic and French. Local television was broadcast in both languages. The Wheelus Base station broadcast in English.
DOCTOR WHO IN LIBYA
الدكتور هو
Libya was (we believe) the 32nd country to screen Doctor Who; it was the 11th in Africa, and the fifth to broadcast the Arabic language versions (see Selling Doctor Who).
BBC Records
Libya is named in The Making of Doctor Who (1972 edition) as one of 27 countries to screen the series.
Libya is not recorded in the The Seventies, nor is it named in any of the DWM story Archives.
Other BBC documentation indicates that the series was sold to Libya by late 1969.
Stories bought and broadcast
WILLIAM HARTNELL
It is likely that Libya got the standard Arabic package of nine stories, 37 episodes:
| A | An Unearthly Child | 1 |
| B | The Daleks | 7 |
| C | Inside the Spaceship | 2 |
| E | The Keys of Marinus | 6 |
| F | The Aztecs | 4 |
| G | The Sensorites | 6 |
| J | Planet of Giants | 3 |
| K | The Dalek Invasion of Earth | 6 |
| L | The Rescue | 2 |
Libya would have acquired the standard Arabic-dubbed package of GROUP A, B and C of the William Hartnell stories; like other Arabic countries, only part one of An Unearthly Child would have aired.
The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with Arabic soundtracks.
Origin of the Prints?
Morocco was the previous Arabic-speaking country in Africa to screen the series so it's possible that Libya was supplied with the same set of prints. Alternatively, the prints were supplied from a Middle Eastern country – Saudi Arabia or Jordan, or even from television distributors in Lebanon, where most Arabic dubs were recorded.
Transmission
TV listings
We have been unable to locate TV listings for Doctor Who. We feel sure that the series was aired on the local Libyan station rather than Wheelus.
With a date of sale in late 1969, it is almost certain that broadcasts of the series were affected by the September 1969 revolution – unless all 37 episodes had aired earlier in the year.
We viewed random issues of the Arabic paper Al-Thawrah, those available from November 1969 to the end of 1971, but TV listings were infrequent, and the few that were published did not appear to include Doctor Who.
We also accessed the English language paper The Libyan Times from July 1968 to December 1971, but the irregular TV listings that were published were those for the Wheelus Base station only. And following the September 1969 revolution and vacation of the base in June 1970, those TV listings discontinued.
Fate of the Prints?
It's highly likely that any film prints that may have been held by the Libyan Broadcasting & TV Service were "lost" following the 1969 revolution...
However, for the record, the next African/Arabic country to air Doctor Who was Algeria, in 1973/74. It is therefore possible that Libya sent its prints of the Arabic dubbed Hartnell stories to Algeria (which was the last ever country to purchase that package of episodes).
