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 The film was announced as "commencing tomorrow" in the Friday, '''1 July 1966''' edition of the ''Gibraltar Chronicle''. The Monday, '''4 July''' issue had a review of the film, calling it "derivative" but that "children will probably adore it".
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 There is no clear record that Gibraltar purchased and screened the series again after 1986.
-However, from the mid-'''1990s''', the series would have been available via the cable and satellite station, [[BBC Prime]].
+By '''1992''', the encrypted satellite feed from the '''[[BFBS|British Forces Broadcasting Service]] (BFBS) / [[British Forces TV]]''' was available in the military bases in Gibraltar (see also [[Wikipedia:British Forces Gibraltar|British Forces Gibraltar]]).
-<!--as well as the encrypted satellite feed of the '''[[BFBS|British Forces Broadcasting Service]] (BFBS) / British Forces TV''' beamed to the various British Airforce and Navy bases located in the territory (see [[Wikipedia:British Forces Gibraltar|British Forces Gibraltar]]). -->
+And from the mid-'''1990s''', the series would have been available via the cable and satellite station, [[BBC Prime]].

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 The first four season five serials probably went to [[Zambia]] soon after broadcast.
-Gibraltar was the last ever country to screen [[Fury from the Deep]], [[The Mind Robber]] and [[The Invasion]] in the 1970s.
+Gibraltar was the last ever country to screen [[Fury from the Deep]], [[The Mind Robber]] and [[The Invasion]] and possibly also [[The Wheel in Space]] in the 1970s.
 All the Troughton stories not sent to [[Zambia]] were probably junked or returned to the BBC. (The GBC moved to its new colour TV centre in 1980; it's likely that any black and white films prints still held would have been disposed of at the time of the relocation.)

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 '''[[Wikipedia:Gibraltar|GIBRALTAR]]''' lies at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea, on a peninsula to the south of [[Spain]].
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 Gibraltar therefore bought GROUP D, E and F of the [[Patrick Troughton stories]], albeit out of order.
 The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
 ====Origin of the Prints?====
-The prints of the first stories six stories in the above table most likely came directly from the BBC. (It's possible the film prints were ones originally struck for but not bought by [[New Zealand]].)
+The prints either came directly from the BBC (and it's possible the season six film prints were ones originally struck for but not bought by [[New Zealand]]), or they were bicycled in from [[Singapore]]. Or maybe a combination of the two - only some prints had been struck in anticipation for New Zealand, and the rest came from [[Singapore]]?
-The other seven stories would probably have been supplied directly by the BBC, struck especially for this sale (and perhaps for the purposes of establishing a new Bicycling Chain for Africa?).
+Alternatively, all were struck afresh for the sale to Gibraltar (perhaps for the purposes of establishing a new Bicycling system for Africa?).
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 ====Origin of the Prints?====
-The first three Pertwees were likely supplied by the BBC directly (and could be prints originally struck for but not purchased by [[New Zealand]]), or they were bicycled over from [[Singapore]], whilst the prints for seasons eight and nine were (also) supplied by [[Singapore]] and season ten from [[Hong Kong]]. [[The Time Warrior]] was likely provided by [[Australia]].
+The first three Pertwees were likely supplied by the BBC directly (and could be prints originally struck for but not purchased by [[New Zealand]]), or they were bicycled over from [[Singapore]].
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 Gibraltar was the last ever country to screen [[Fury from the Deep]], [[The Mind Robber]] and [[The Invasion]] in the 1970s.
-All the other Troughton stories were probably junked or returned to the BBC. (The GBC moved to its new colour TV centre in 1980; it's likely that any black and white films prints still held would have been disposed of at the time of the relocation.)
+All the Troughton stories not sent to [[Zambia]] were probably junked or returned to the BBC. (The GBC moved to its new colour TV centre in 1980; it's likely that any black and white films prints still held would have been disposed of at the time of the relocation.)
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 Between April 1965 and September 1986 (21 years) GBC had screened most of the episodes of '''Doctor Who''' (plus a run of repeats).
-There is no clear record that Gibraltar screened the series again after 1986.
+There is no clear record that Gibraltar purchased and screened the series again after 1986.

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 ==Gibraltar in Doctor Who==
-*In [[The Underwater Menace]], the city of Atlantis lies beneath the sea, west of Gibraltar, south of the Azores.
+*In [[The Underwater Menace]] the remains of the city of Atlantis is an island, that lies on the Atlantic ridge, west of Gibraltar, south of the Azores.
 * Jago mentions the Rock of Gibraltar in [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]].

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 ==Gibraltar in Doctor Who==
+*In [[The Underwater Menace]], the city of Atlantis lies beneath the sea, west of Gibraltar, south of the Azores.
 * Jago mentions the Rock of Gibraltar in [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]].

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 ==DALEK MOVIES==
 ===[[Peter Cushing|PETER CUSHING]] Movies===
 The first [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek film, '''"Dr Who and the Daleks"''' (U certificate) commenced its four day run at the Queen's Cinema, '''2 to 5 July 1966''', with sessions at 6.30 and 9.30pm daily. [[The Web Planet]] was on TV at the time – see below.
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 ===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
+[[File:GBC gen 1960s.JPG|right|thumb|250px|"Dr Who", first episode; Gibraltar Chronicle, 8 April 1965]]
-Seventeen stories, 81 episodes:
+[[File:GBC DE E6.JPG|right|thumb|250px|"E6" – Keys of Marinus, 5 October 1965]]
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 ====Origin of the Prints?====
-The prints of the first stories six stories in the above table most likely came directly from the BBC (it's possible the film prints were ones originally struck for but not bought by [[New Zealand]]).
+The prints of the first stories six stories in the above table most likely came directly from the BBC. (It's possible the film prints were ones originally struck for but not bought by [[New Zealand]].)
 The other seven stories would probably have been supplied directly by the BBC, struck especially for this sale (and perhaps for the purposes of establishing a new Bicycling Chain for Africa?).
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 Sixteen stories, 82 episodes, some of which aired out of order:
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 ==Transmission==
 ===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
+The series started on Thursday, '''8 April 1965''', at 8.00pm. With the third episode, the series moved to Tuesdays, at 7.50pm. From '''5 March 1966''' it moved to Saturdays, at 7.40pm, where it remained for the rest of the run, which finished on '''12 November 1966''' -- after 19 continuous months!
 There are '''84''' weeks on which the series is listed, but only '''81''' episodes to account for, so presumably three episodes were pre-empted. One of these extra dates appears to have been '''30 July 1966''', as there are '''five''' listings for [[The Crusade]]. It's possible the other two pre-emptions occurred when the day of the week changed.
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 ===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]===
+[[File:Gib SSS.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Planet of the Daleks, part one, 11 January 1977]]
 The week following, on Monday, '''13 November 1972''', the Pertwee era commenced, at 8.00pm. The third episode of [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]] was moved to 26 December, to allow for the Christmas Day schedules. The run of 18 episodes from Pertwees first season ended on '''12 March 1973'''.
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 All the other Troughton stories were probably junked or returned to the BBC. (The GBC moved to its new colour TV centre in 1980; it's likely that any black and white films prints still held would have been disposed of at the time of the relocation.)
-There's a very high likelihood that the small batch of random episodes from season six still held in 1978 came from the GBC. Indeed, the existing prints of [[The Invasion]] may have come from Gibraltar.
+There's a very high likelihood that the small batch of random episodes from season six still held in 1978 came from the GBC. Indeed, the existing prints of [[The Invasion]] may have come from Gibraltar. There is also the matter of the films that apparently turned up in Taiwan (see [[Taiwan Prints|Taiwan]]); these may have originated from Gibraltar.
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 Three months later, the series picked up from where it left of, with [[The Androids of Tara]], on '''19 June 1981''', playing on Fridays at 7.30pm or 7.25pm. The 18 week run concluded with part four of [[The Creature from the Pit]] on '''16 October 1981'''. (Like many countries, Gibraltar was not sold [[Destiny of the Daleks]] or [[City of Death]].)
-After a six month break, '''29 April 1982''' had part one of [[The Horns of Nimon]] at 7.25pm. This 8-week run (on Thursdays) ended on '''17 June 1982''', with part four of [[Nightmare of Eden]]; for reasons unknown these two stories were swapped in order.
+After a six month break, '''29 April 1982''' had part one of [[The Horns of Nimon]] at 7.25pm. This 8-week run (on Thursdays) ended on '''17 June 1982''', with part four of [[Nightmare of Eden]]; for reasons unknown these two stories were swapped around in screening order.
 Almost a whole year to the day later, the series returned on Friday, '''8 July 1983''', at 7.30pm, with Tom Baker's final run of episodes, commencing with [[The Leisure Hive]], followed by [[Meglos]] and [[Full Circle]].
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 '''1960s'''
-The series was billed as '''"Dr Who"'''. The first episode that could be identified was billed as '''"E6"''' (e.g. [[The Keys of Marinus]], part six) on '''5 October 1965'''.
+The series was billed as '''"Dr Who"'''. The first episode that could be identified was billed as '''"E6"''' (e.g. [[The Keys of Marinus]], part six) on '''5 October 1965'''. [[The Aztecs]] was identified as "'''F1'''" and "'''F2'''".
 Interestingly, rather than using the individual episode titles, several of the stories are named with the overall title for the complete serial: '''"Dr Who and [[The Sensorites]], "Dr Who and [[The Romans]], "Dr Who on [[The Web Planet]]" and "Dr Who and [[The Crusade]]"'''.
-The second episode of [[The Web Planet]] was incorrectly billed as '''"Crater of Needles''', which is the fourth episode.
+The second episode of [[The Web Planet]] was incorrectly billed as '''"Crater of Needles''', which is the fourth episode. The correct title should be "The Zarbi".
-The '''4 July 1966''' issue of the ''Chronicle'' also ran a review of the [[Peter Cushing]] film, '''"Dr Who and the Daleks"'''. The ''Evening Standard'' reviewer is quoted as saying: "It thrilled even someone like me, who doesn't give a damn who's who".
+The '''4 July 1966''' issue of the ''Chronicle'' also ran a review of the [[Peter Cushing]] film, '''"Dr Who and the Daleks"'''. <!--The ''Evening Standard'' reviewer is quoted as saying: "It thrilled even someone like me, who doesn't give a damn who's who"[I have no idea where this quote comes from!].-->
 There were five listings for [[The Crusade]] – presumably one of these was pre-empted.

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 Gibraltar began its television service in 1962. There is just one television station: '''[[wikipedia: Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation| Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation (GBC-TV)]]''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster.
-Colour transmissions began in 1969 using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system.
+Limited colour transmissions began in 1969 using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system. In 1980, the GBC moved to brand new premises, a purpose-built facility designed for full colour broadcasts. (The new facility would not have catered for broadcast from or long-term storage of film.)
 While the principal language of Gibraltar is English, Gibraltans could also receive broadcasts from the Spanish television station, '''Televisión Española ([[wikipedia:TVE|TVE]])'''; the newspapers often carried TV listings for that channel.
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 Sixteen stories, 82 episodes, some of which aired out of order:
-[[File:Gib DW.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Dr Who, generic listing, Gibraltar Chronicle]]
+[[File:Gib DW.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Dr Who, generic untitled 1970s listing, Gibraltar Chronicle]]
 [[File:Gib WO.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Dr Wo – Dr Who?, 17 September 1973]]
 [[File:Gib SSS.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Planet of the Daleks, part one, 11 January 1977]]
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 The remaining season two serials probably went to [[Zambia]].
 <!--Gibraltar had screened (and sent?) [[Marco Polo]] by the time the series debuted (delayed by a couple of weeks) in [[Rhodesia]]. But the trade sanctions imposed on [[Rhodesia]] in February 1966 may have prevented Gibraltar from supplying any more episodes; in which case the prints of the subsequent episodes may have by-passed [[Rhodesia]] and gone to [[Zambia]] instead.-->
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 Gibraltar was the last ever country to screen [[Fury from the Deep]], [[The Mind Robber]] and [[The Invasion]] in the 1970s.
-All the other Troughton stories were probably junked or returned to the BBC. (There's a very high likelihood that the small batch of random episodes from season six still held in 1978 came from the GBC. Indeed, the existing prints of [[The Invasion]] may have come from Gibraltar.)
+All the other Troughton stories were probably junked or returned to the BBC. (The GBC moved to its new colour TV centre in 1980; it's likely that any black and white films prints still held would have been disposed of at the time of the relocation.)
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 ====Fate of the Prints?====
-Gibraltar was the last country to screen these Pertwees in black and white. The films were either junked or returned to the BBC.
+Gibraltar was the last country to screen these Pertwees in black and white. The films were either junked or returned to the BBC. (The GBC moved to its new colour TV centre in 1980; it's likely that any black and white films prints still held would have been disposed of at the time of the relocation.)
+.

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 ====Fate of the Prints?====
-Gibraltar most likely sent its prints to [[Aden]], which was the next country in the [[TIE Ltd]] distribution network to screen the series (starting in July 1965).
+Gibraltar most likely sent its prints of the first eleven stories to [[Aden]], which was the next country in the [[TIE Ltd]] distribution network to screen the series (starting in July 1965).
 <!--Gibraltar had screened (and sent?) [[Marco Polo]] by the time the series debuted (delayed by a couple of weeks) in [[Rhodesia]]. But the trade sanctions imposed on [[Rhodesia]] in February 1966 may have prevented Gibraltar from supplying any more episodes; in which case the prints of the subsequent episodes may have by-passed [[Rhodesia]] and gone to [[Zambia]] instead.-->

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 Gibraltar was the last ever country to screen [[Fury from the Deep]], [[The Mind Robber]] and [[The Invasion]] in the 1970s.
-All the other Troughton stories were probably junked or returned to the BBC. (There's a very high likelihood that the small batch of random episodes from season six still held in 1978 came from the GBC. Indeed, the existing prints of [[The Invasion]] are very likely to be the set from Gibraltar.)
+All the other Troughton stories were probably junked or returned to the BBC. (There's a very high likelihood that the small batch of random episodes from season six still held in 1978 came from the GBC. Indeed, the existing prints of [[The Invasion]] may have come from Gibraltar.)
+.
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 Although GBC-TV could transmit in colour, these episodes were still in black and white. (By late 1975, the BBC had wiped the colour video tapes of [[Frontier in Space]] and [[Planet of the Daleks]], so those two serials at least certainly played in black and white in Gibraltar.)
-For reasons unknown, the run opened with [[Planet of the Daleks]], followed by [[The Sea Devils]], which had been missed during the 1974 run. This was followed by the remaining season 10 stories (aired in production code order), with the run ending with [[The Time Warrior]]; this was the final story that had been supplied on 16mm film. ([[The Green Death]] was missed, as it had been rejected in [[Australia]].)
+For reasons unknown, the run opened with [[Planet of the Daleks]], followed by [[The Sea Devils]], which had been missed during the 1974 run. (It's possible that the GBC had sent its unaired prints of [[The Sea Devils]] to [[Ascension Island]] and didn't get them back, and thus had to procure a replacement set!)
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 For reasons not clear, the GBC skipped over Jon Pertwees final three stories (which would have been available in colour), and instead elected to screen the [[Tom Baker stories]].
-The next billed episodes of '''Doctor Who''' do not appear in the newspapers until January 1980. However, Duncan, who lived in Gibraltar until early 1980, clearly recalls watching the series early evening on Saturdays (around 5.30pm) during '''1979''' ([http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94238#8 ON THIS FORUM]). Newspapers for that whole year were checked, but it was noted that the TV listings for Saturday started from 7.30pm, so if '''Doctor Who''' did indeed air at the earlier time of 5.30pm (?), then the listings for that timeslot were not published in the ''Chronicle''.
+The next billed episodes of '''Doctor Who''' do not appear in the newspapers until January 1980. However, Duncan, who lived in Gibraltar until early 1980, clearly recalls watching the series early evening on Saturdays (around 5.30pm) during '''1979''' ([http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94238#8 ON THIS FORUM]). Newspapers for that whole year were checked, but it was noted that the TV listings for Saturdays started from 7.30pm, so if '''Doctor Who''' did indeed air at the earlier time of 5.30pm, then the listings for that timeslot were not published in the ''Chronicle''.
 * Indeed, the [[WRTH|World Radio Television Handbooks]] published during the 1970s record the Gibraltar television schedules as running from 1100-1300, then from 1500-2300, which does support there being several hours of programming in the afternoon / early evening that wasn't advertised in the newspaper.
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 The edition that covered '''11 July 1986''' carried a short article called '''"REGENERATED DOCTOR – SERIES SAVED"''', which looked at how the series is "saved" with each change of lead actor. Peter Davison is said to be "3 years old", clearly a typo for 30! The timing of this article is rather odd, as it was published mid-way through rather than at the start of Peter Davison's run – and although it mentions "[[Logopolis]]" and (with correct spelling) "[[Castrovalva]]" there's no certainty that Tom Baker's last story screened in Gibraltar…
-'''BUT''': There is the ''minute'' possibility that the final 4-parter in 1983 wasn't [[Four to Doomsday]] after all but was [[State of Decay]] or [[Warriors' Gate]] or [[The Keeper of Traken]] or [[Logopolis]], and that the 1986 run opened with the subsequent Tom Baker episodes, with [[Castrovalva]] airing in July to coincide with the article. But that means the ''Chronicle'' published the wrong episode titles for four weeks running in October 1983 and again in April to May 1986. Is that likely? Wouldn't they have been notified of the 'correct' titles by the GBC, who would have provided them with the billings in the first place? And that also means that following [[Castrovalva]] was on more 4-parter and a 2-parter ([[Black Orchid]]).
+'''BUT''': There is the ''minute'' possibility that the final 4-parter in 1983 wasn't [[Four to Doomsday]] after all but was [[State of Decay]] or [[Warriors' Gate]] or [[The Keeper of Traken]] or [[Logopolis]], and that the 1986 run opened with the subsequent Tom Baker episodes, with [[Castrovalva]] airing in July to coincide with the article. But that means the ''Chronicle'' published the wrong episode titles for four weeks running in October 1983 and again in April to May 1986. Is that likely? Wouldn't they have been notified of the 'correct' titles by the GBC, who would have provided them with the billings in the first place? And that also means that following [[Castrovalva]] was one more 4-parter and a 2-parter (presumably [[Black Orchid]]).