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Welcome to BroaDWcast, the first (and so far only, at least that we know of) comprehensive online guide to the foreign airdates and worldwide transmissions of Doctor Who.
WHAT IS BROADWCAST?
Over the years, the BBC has claimed that "Doctor Who has been seen by 110 million viewers in 60 countries around the world".
But what are those 60 countries? When did Doctor Who screen? What stories were broadcast, and what stories weren't? How many stories made their foreign debut in Australia? How many debuted in the United States? And do any of those 110 million viewers have a copy of missing story Marco Polo?
BroaDWcast answers these questions - except for the bit about Marco Polo.
In these pages, you will find:
- Profiles on the 70+ countries where classic Doctor Who aired from 1964
- Foreign language episode titles
- Translations of some of the Arabic version narrations
- Checklists of the official BBC Records that have been researched
- Images of TV listings pages from foreign newspapers and magazines
- Clicking on the AIRDATES
icon on the country profile pages will take you to the airdates summary for that country
- Clicking on the AIRDATES
- and much, much more!
At this early stage the emphasis of BroaDWcast is on terrestrial over cable or satellite broadcasts of just the "Classic Era" of Doctor Who - that's the first eight Doctors, from 1963 to 1996. The new series – 2005 to date – will have to be another project for another time... Besides which, Ben Elliott is already doing sterling work in that area with THIS WEEK IN DOCTOR WHO...
BEST VIEWING SETTINGS
For optimum viewing experience there should be not much more than one inch / 2.5 centimetres between the right edge of the Profile box and the left edge of the Contents box as they appear on the country pages.
Your help is needed
BroaDWcast is still very much a work in progress. At the time of launch in February 2011, about 75% of the country profiles have been uploaded. The remaining profiles are Under Construction, and will be added over the coming weeks - so do keep an eye on the What's New page for updates.
As with any research of this nature, there are gaps in the information - and perhaps even errors. If you can assist us in any way by filling in any of the gaps, or if you've got additional information, such as foreign newspaper articles, clippings, copies of TV listings, or sales literature that we can use, or if you spot something that is wrong or you plain just disagree with, please drop us a line at:
(Due to the high volume of emails we've been receiving - thanks everyone for their interest and input so far; we do appreciate it! - we can't possibly reply straight away, but we will be in touch with you as soon as we can.)
WHERE TO BEGIN
Click HERE to start your tour through the exciting adventures of El Dr Misterio, Le Docteur Who, ادكتورهو , Il Dottore, and The Doctor...
Acknowledgements
The BroaDWcast Team:
- Jon Preddle
- John Lavalie
- Steven Warren Hill
And with grateful thanks to (alphabetically): Donald Bain; J Jeremy Bentham; Richard Bignell; Alain Carrazé; Gabrielle Cordone; Rami Daoud; Michael J Doran; Martin Dunne; Fady; Robert J Franks; David J Howe; Henrik Larsen; Bernhard Lürßen; Richard Molesworth; Darrell and Emma Patterson; Andrew Pixley; Steen Schapiro; Paul Scoones; Damian Shanahan; Tom Spilsbury (and all past DWM editors); Paul Vanezis; Stephen James Walker; Brian Wilson.
A big thank you to Georgia Higley, and the staff at the Library of Congress, Washington DC; the National Library of Australia, Canberra; the British Library Newspapers, Colindale, London; Los Angeles Public Library; Library of the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
