Nepal
NEPAL is a land-locked nation in central Asia.
Profile
Country Number (N/K) | 1990s? | THIRD WAVE |
Region | Asia | |
Television commenced | 5 January 1984 | |
Colour System | 1984 | PAL |
Population | 1987 | 17 million |
TV Sets | 1990 | 27,000 |
Language/s | Nepali, English |
Television Stations / Channels
Nepal began its PAL colour television service in 1984.
There is just one Government-owned television service, Nepal Television Corporation (Channel 25 / TV25), operating from Kathmandu.
In more recent years, a number of privately-owned stations have been established.
Language/s
The principal language of Nepal is Nepali.
DOCTOR WHO IN NEPAL
BBC Records
Nepal is not named in any of the main BBC Records sources that we have used. With the series said to have aired in the early 1990s, records for that period have not been accessed.
This FORUM POSTING says "I have a friend who grew up in Nepal who said he watched black and white Dr. Who episodes in the early 1990s…", which is all we have to go on.
Stories bought and broadcast
If the reference to "black and white" episodes is accurate, Nepal presumably bought the standard reissue package of the 17 complete William Hartnell stories, and/or the five complete Patrick Troughton stories, and/or some of the black and white Jon Pertwee stories. If the package also included colour episodes, there were likely to have been Tom Baker stories as well.
Transmission
TV listings
We have no information regarding what screened or when, other than it being in "the early 1990s".