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 | Subtitled |
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. Foreign-language television programmes are usually subtitled.
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
The majority of all television sets sold and owned in Nepal were black and white, so the reference to "black and white" episodes does not necessarily mean that TV25 screened William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton stories. In all likelihood, the episodes would have been the more widely-sold Tom Baker stories.
Transmission
TV listings
We have no information regarding what screened or when. With the station having launched in the mid-1980s, Doctor Who could have aired several years earlier than the cited "early 1990s".
