Honduras
HONDURAS is on the XXXX coast of the Central American isthmus.
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Population
When Doctor Who screened in Honduras in the mid-1980s, the population was 4 million, and licensed TV sets numbered only 135,024 (per WRTH, 1984).
TV & system
Honduras began its television service in 1956.
It is not known on which station Doctor Who aired – possibly Compania Televisora Hondurena SA.
COMPANIA TELEVISORA HONDURENA SA (HRTG) ch 5, 9, 13 HRTG-TV ch 5 HRSU-TV ch 9 HRYA-TV ch 13 TELESISTEMA HONDURENO SA (HRNN) ch 3, 7 COMPANIA BROADCASTING CENTROAMERICANA SA ch 6 There are also cable and satellite TV stations
Language/s
The main language of Honduras is Spanish.
DOCTOR WHO IN HONDURAS
Honduras was the 61st country to screen Doctor Who; it was the fifth in Central America (see Selling Doctor Who).
BBC Records
The Eighties - The Lost Chapters records a sale of 24 stories (by 10 February 1987).
This may be an error, as only 23 Tom Baker stories were known to have aired in Central American countries. If there indeed were 24, it is not known what the other story was. (See also Guatemala and Nicaragua, which also have a sale of 24 stories recorded here).
Honduras is not named in any of the DWM story Archives.
Stories bought and broadcast
TOM BAKER
Presumably:
23 stories, 98 episodes:
| 4A | Robot | 4 |
| 4B | The Sontaran Experiment | 2 |
| 4C | The Ark in Space | 4 |
| 4D | Revenge of the Cybermen | 4 |
| 4E | Genesis of the Daleks | 6 |
| 4F | Terror of the Zygons | 4 |
| 4G | Pyramids of Mars | 4 |
| 4H | Planet of Evil | 4 |
| 4J | The Android Invasion | 4 |
| 4K | The Brain of Morbius | 4 |
| 4L | The Seeds of Doom | 6 |
| 4M | The Masque of Mandragora | 4 |
| 4N | The Hand of Fear | 4 |
| 4P | The Deadly Assassin | 4 |
| 4Q | The Face of Evil | 4 |
| 4R | The Robots of Death | 4 |
| 4S | The Talons of Weng-Chiang | 6 |
| 4V | Horror of Fang Rock | 4 |
| 4T | The Invisible Enemy | 4 |
| 4X | Image of the Fendahl | 4 |
| 4W | The Sun Makers | 4 |
| 4Y | Underworld | 4 |
| 4Z | The Invasion of Time | 6 |
Honduras therefore bought GROUPs A to D of the standard package of Tom Baker stories in Spanish that were distributed by Time-Life.
Origin of the Tapes?
Costa Rica and Nicaragua had both screened Tom Baker stories in NTSC by the mid-1980s.
Transmission
TOM BAKER
No details, other than the year of sale being pre-February 1987.
TV listings
No details.
Fate of the Tapes?
Honduras was the final Central American country to screen the series.
Honduras in Doctor Who
None.
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