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 ==Television Stations / Channels==
-Bermuda began its television service in 1958. There is just one television station: '''Capital Broadcasting Co Ltd (CBC-TV)''', which operated two channels – '''ZBM-TV, Channel 10''' and '''ZFB-TV, Channel 8'''.
+Bermuda's first television service, station '''ZBM-TV, Channel 10''', owned by '''Bermuda Radio & Television Co Ltd''' (aka Bermuda Broadcasting Company), commenced in 1958.
-'''Doctor Who''' aired on '''ZFB-TV, Channel 8'''.
+A rival station, '''ZFB-TV, Channel 8''', owned by '''Capital Broadcasting Co Ltd (CBC-TV)''', commenced broadcasting from Saturday, 7 August 1965. '''Doctor Who''' aired on '''ZFB-TV8''' four months later.
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 ===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
 [[File:Berm TV8.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Bermuda's new "most talked-about serials", 13 December 1965]]
 Five stories, 26 episodes:
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 ====Origin of the Prints====
-Bermuda was most likely supplied with its prints from [[Trinidad]], which was the first country in the Caribbean "chain", with the distributor, '''[[TIE Ltd|Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' acting as agent.
+Bermuda's first programme purchasing agent, the one who bought these five serials for them, was '''[[TIE Ltd|Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]'''. The prints may therefore have been bicycled from [[Trinidad]], which was another of TIE's clients in the Caribbean. But since [[Trinidad]] was still airing the first Dalek story when Bermuda screened [[An Unearthly Child]], the TTT would had to have been shipping out the prints to Bermuda in separate batches rather than as a complete set.
-An alternative is that the films were supplied by the CBC in [[Canada]], where the same short run of 26 episodes had concluded in late July 1965.
+But if TIE had already been dropped by ZFB as supplier before the series started screening, in order to satisfy their purchasing contract with the BBC, ZFB may have had to acquire the prints from outside TIE's distribution circle. One possible source would be [[Canada]], where the same five serials / short run of 26 episodes had concluded in late July 1965.
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 There is no record that Bermuda screened '''Doctor Who''' again, even after the introduction of colour.
-====Fate of the Prints====
+The films may have been sent across the Atlantic to [[Ghana]], where the same five serials / 26 episodes aired in early 1966 -- '''but''' that bicycle path is dependent on when '''Doctor Who''' debuted in [[Ghana]], a fixed date that has not yet been clearly determined; clearly, if there is an awkward overlap of airdates, then the fate of Bermuda's prints would be different.
-The films were likely sent to [[Jamaica]], the third in the Caribbean group of countries.
+It's possible the films were instead bicycled much closer to home, such as down to [[Jamaica]], which was the next country in the Caribbean to screen the series, starting from February 1966; this means ZFB was also shipping the prints to JBC in several batches rather than as a complete set.
 ==TV listings==
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 TV listings have been obtained from the Bermudan newspaper ''Bermuda Recorder''.
 Listings give the series name as '''"'Dr Who'"''' (including punctuation). None of the listings carried episode titles, so we can only assume the five stories aired in the correct order.
 The '''13 December 1965''' issue carried a brief preview of the new series, calling it "one of BBC's most talked-about serials". It gave the title of "... episode 1 "[[An Unearthly Child]]"".
 The '''3 January 1966''' listings were illustrated with a publicity photo of Carole Ann Ford.  The caption of which said, "CAROLE ANN FORD as Susan Foreman in BBC-TV's "DR. WHO" – an adventure in space and time consisting of a series of stories of varying lengths - started only recently on Channel 8. (Mondays at 6.30).

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	Bermuda was most likely supplied with its prints from [[Trinidad]], which was the first country in the Caribbean "chain", with the distributor, '''[[TIE Ltd\|Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' acting as agent.		Bermuda was most likely supplied with its prints from [[Trinidad]], which was the first country in the Caribbean "chain", with the distributor, '''[[TIE Ltd\|Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' acting as agent.
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		+	An alternative is that the films were supplied by the CBC in [[Canada]], where the same short run of 26 episodes had concluded in late July 1965.

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 ====Origin of the Prints====
-Bermuda was most likely supplied with its prints from [[Trinidad]], which was the first country in the Caribbean "chain", with the distributor, '''[[TIE Ltd|Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' being the agent.
+Bermuda was most likely supplied with its prints from [[Trinidad]], which was the first country in the Caribbean "chain", with the distributor, '''[[TIE Ltd|Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' acting as agent.
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 ====Fate of the Prints====
-The films were likely sent to [[Jamica]], the third in the Caribbean group of countries.
+The films were likely sent to [[Jamaica]], the third in the Caribbean group of countries.

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 ====Origin of the Prints====
-Bermuda was supplied with its prints by its distributor, '''[[TIE Ltd|Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]'''.
+Bermuda was most likely supplied with its prints from [[Trinidad]], which was the first country in the Caribbean "chain", with the distributor, '''[[TIE Ltd|Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' being the agent.
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 ====Fate of the Prints====
-The films were either returned to TIE or the BBC, destroyed, or sent to other (unnamed) countries to be used as "Audition" prints.
+The films were likely sent to [[Jamica]], the third in the Caribbean group of countries.

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 The '''Stanmark Productions Ltd''' advertisement from 1966, identifies Bermuda as one of '''sixteen''' countries screening '''Doctor Who''' by January 1966.
 '''The Seventies''' records a sale of '''"(2)"''' stories by 28 February 1977. '''The Handbook''' identifies these as being {{D}} and {{E}}.
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 The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
-====Origin of the Prints?====
+====Origin of the Prints====
-Alternatively, the 26 episodes were sent from [[Canada]], who had also screened only those five serials.
+Bermuda was supplied with its prints by its distributor, '''[[TIE Ltd|Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]'''.
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 ====Fate of the Prints====
-The next [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]] country to air '''Doctor Who''' was [[Jamaica]], in March 1966; both countries were serviced by the programme distributor '''[[TIE Ltd|Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''', so it is possible that Bermuda sent its prints of those five Hartnell stories to [[Jamaica]] soon after each episode was transmitted.
+The films were either returned to TIE or the BBC, destroyed, or sent to other (unnamed) countries to be used as "Audition" prints.

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 ====Origin of the Prints?====
-[[Trinidad & Tobago]] was the previous [[:Category:Caribbean|Carribbean]] country to screen the series; since both countries were serviced by the programme distributor '''Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd''' (see [[WRTH]]), it’s likely that Bermuda was sent the same set of prints shortly after transmission had completed in [[Trinidad & Tobago]] two month earlier (although [[Trinidad & Tobago]] went on to screen six more stories).
+[[Trinidad & Tobago]] was the previous [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]] country to screen the series; since both countries were serviced by the programme distributor '''Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd''' (see [[WRTH]]), it’s likely that Bermuda was sent the same set of prints shortly after transmission had completed in [[Trinidad & Tobago]] two month earlier (although [[Trinidad & Tobago]] went on to screen six more stories).
 Alternatively, the 26 episodes were sent from [[Canada]], who had also screened only those five serials.
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 ====Fate of the Prints====
-The next [[:Category:Caribbean|Carribbean]] country to air '''Doctor Who''' was [[Jamaica]], in March 1966; both countries were serviced by the programme distributor '''Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd''' (see [[WRTH]]), so it is possible that Bermuda sent its prints of those five Hartnell stories to [[Jamaica]] soon after each episode was transmitted.
+The next [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]] country to air '''Doctor Who''' was [[Jamaica]], in March 1966; both countries were serviced by the programme distributor '''Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd''' (see [[WRTH]]), so it is possible that Bermuda sent its prints of those five Hartnell stories to [[Jamaica]] soon after each episode was transmitted.

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 In '''DWM''', Bermuda is identified in '''five''' Archives: {{A}}, {{B}}, {{C}}, {{D}} and {{E}}.
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 The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
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-==Fate of the Prints==
+====Fate of the Prints====
 The next [[:Category:Caribbean|Carribbean]] country to air '''Doctor Who''' was [[Jamaica]], in March 1966; both countries were serviced by the programme distributor '''Television International Enterprises Limited / TIE (Programmes) Ltd''' (see [[WRTH]]), so it is possible that Bermuda sent its prints of those five Hartnell stories to [[Jamaica]] soon after each episode was transmitted.
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 ==TV listings==
 [[File:Berm DW.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Geneic billing for "Dr Who"]]
-[[File:Berm CAF.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Carol Anne Ford, 3 January 1966]]
+[[File:Berm CAF.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Carole Ann Ford, 3 January 1966]]
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 ==Bermuda in Doctor Who==
 * Earl Cameron (Williams in [[The Tenth Planet]]) was born in Bermuda.
 * Sarah likens the mysterious goings on at Tullock Moor to be like "Another Bermuda Triangle" ([[Terror of the Zygons]]).

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		+	* Earl Cameron (Williams in [[The Tenth Planet]]) was born in Bermuda.
	* Sarah likens the mysterious goings on at Tullock Moor to be like "Another Bermuda Triangle" ([[Terror of the Zygons]]).		* Sarah likens the mysterious goings on at Tullock Moor to be like "Another Bermuda Triangle" ([[Terror of the Zygons]]).

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-'''[[Wikipedia:Bermuda|BERMUDA]]''' is a small island nation located to the west of the [[United States]]. It is a British territory, and member of the Commonwealth. Although it lies at the same latitude as the USA, it is still considered to be part of the [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]], which lies further south.
+'''[[Wikipedia:Bermuda|BERMUDA]]''' is a small island nation located to the east of the [[United States]]. It is a British territory, and member of the Commonwealth. Although it lies at the same latitude as the USA, it is still considered to be part of the [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]], which lies further south.
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