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Revision as of 01:51, 1 May 2011
CBC (1965)
Channel Profile
The CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (CBC) is a publicly-owned network, operating numerous affiliate stations and relay transmitters across the whole of Canada.
Canada stretches across five time zones; each channel broadcast its own schedule of programmes, but via the microwave link the network affiliates were often able to screen the same programme at the same time, but with allowances for the five-hour east coast to west coast time variance.
An alternative method for nationwide screenings was that for some shows the CBC made film copies to be distributed to each affiliate.
Another distribution method was that as one station was broadcasting, others in the chain would tape those transmissions for later playback.
It is not known which of the second two methods was used with Doctor Who in 1965; but it is not unreasonable to assume there may have been multiple copies of Marco Polo in circulation in May and June...
Stories bought and broadcast
WILLIAM HARTNELL
Five stories, 26 episodes:
| A | An Unearthly Child | 4 |
| B | The Daleks | 7 |
| C | Inside the Spaceship | 2 |
| D | Marco Polo | 7 |
| E | The Keys of Marinus | 6 |
CBC therefore bought GROUP A of the William Hartnell stories.
The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
Origin of the Prints?
The CBC would have received a fresh set of prints from the BBC.
Transmission
The series started on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Saturday, 23 January 1965, at 5.00pm (*). From 21 April, the series moved to Wednesdays, in the same timeslot. (The Winnipeg Free Press stated that the date change was from 14 April, which appears to be incorrect.)
The week of 18 April 1965 Winnipeg Free Press, in its write-up for the new serial starting on 21 April, does identify the story as Marco Polo rather than Inside the Spaceship. However a TV listing for channel CBLT dated 12 May does identify that evening's episode as being The Singing Sands.
To coincide with the start of Vacation Time, the series shifted to weekday screenings, from Monday, 28 June to Friday, 2 July 1965. The last serial to air was The Keys of Marinus.
CBC did not screen the original series again.
Affiliates
CBC affiliates that aired Doctor Who in 1965 include (but not limited to) the following:
| Station | City | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| CBFT | Montreal | 2 |
| CKPR-TV | Port Arthur / Fort Williams | 2 |
| CKCK-TV | Regina | 2 |
| CBHT | Halifax | 3 |
| CKVR | Barrie | 3 |
| CKOS | Yorkton | 3,6,7,8 |
| CKX-TV | Brandon | 5 |
| CBLT | Toronto | 6 |
| CBWT | Winnipeg | 6 |
| CJAY-TV | Winnipeg | 7 |
| CJLH-TVKOS | Lethbridge | 7 |
| CBWAT | Kenora | 8 |
| CKNX | Wingham | 8 |
(*) Doctor Who screened in the same 5.00pm slot nationally (although CBWAT in Kenora aired it an hour "earlier" at 4.00pm). The series would have been broadcast centrally from Toronto and Montreal, but aired one hour 'earlier' in Halifax to the east, and three hours 'later' in Vancouver in the west.
It was on CJAY-TV channel 7 in Winnipeg that Doctor Who script-editor Andrew Cartmel recalls having watched the Daleks when he was young...
Fate of the Prints?
The Canadian prints may have been sent to the nearby island of Bermuda, which was one of just tree countries to have screened only those five Hartnell serials.
TV listings
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← AIRDATES ...... (CLICK ICON TO GO TO TABLE SHOWING EPISODE BREAKDOWN AND AIRDATES - N/S = story title is Not Stated) |
TV listings have been obtained from the newspapers Globe and Mail, Toronto Daily Star, and Winnipeg Free Press.
The papers called it "Doctor Who" or "Dr Who". The Globe labelled it as "(Juvenile)" in the listings.
The Globe had a "HIGHLIGHTS ON 6" box-out for the new series. This paper carried listings for CBLT Toronto (CH 6) and CKVR Barrie (Ch 3), although from 28 June, when the series shifted to its new weekday slot, it was no longer listed under CKVR.
The Free Press for the week of 18 April 1965 previewed the new story starting on the Wednesday ("Dr Who In New Series"), but identified it as being Marco Polo, rather than Inside the Spaceship (It's possible the writer thought they were both of one long 9-part serial?)
The paper also stated that "there will be repeats of the best of Doctor Who ... on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays"; however it would appear that these planned repeats never eventuated.
And the Free Press gave the final serial a large write up, under the heading "The Vicious Voords Menace To Dr Who"; the article confirmed the dates on which the six-part serial – named as The Keys of Marinus - would air. The article identified the first part being "sub-titled" "The Sea of Death".
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