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	The '''20 July''' billing just had '''"FILM: "DR WHO" (1984)"''', with the same (but incorrect) author and cast credit without a story title to identify what it was. The next six billings just said '''FILM: "DR WHO" (1984)"''' without any additional credits.		The '''20 July''' billing just had '''"FILM: "DR WHO" (1984)"''', with the same (but incorrect) author and cast credit without a story title to identify what it was. The next six billings just said '''FILM: "DR WHO" (1984)"''' without any additional credits.

−	''ΗΠΕΙΡΩΤΙΚΟΣ ΑΓΩΝ'' identifies the '''3 August''' and '''17 August 1991''' "ΞΕΝΗ ΤΑΙΝΙΑ" / "Foreign Movie" on MEGA as '''«Ο ΔΟΚΤΩΡ ΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ Η ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΗ ΡΙΜΠΟΣ»''' (literal translation is "[[The Ribos Operation\|The Company Rimbos]]") and '''«o δόκτωρ χου και οι πέτρες του αίματος»''' (which is [[The Stones of Blood]]) respectively. The listings give the date of '''1984''', and also provide the names of the cast – for instance, Tom Baker is "Τομ ~~Πέικερ~~".	+	''ΗΠΕΙΡΩΤΙΚΟΣ ΑΓΩΝ'' identifies the '''3 August''' and '''17 August 1991''' "ΞΕΝΗ ΤΑΙΝΙΑ" / "Foreign Movie" on MEGA as '''«Ο ΔΟΚΤΩΡ ΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ Η ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΗ ΡΙΜΠΟΣ»''' (literal translation is "[[The Ribos Operation\|The Company Rimbos]]") and '''«o δόκτωρ χου και οι πέτρες του αίματος»''' (which is [[The Stones of Blood]]) respectively. The listings give the date of '''1984''', and also provide the names of the cast – for instance, Tom Baker is "Τομ MΠέικερ".

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 ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
-Two separate runs of [[Tom Baker stories]] aired – the first from 1986 to 1987, the other 1990 and 1991.
+Two separate runs of [[Tom Baker stories]] aired – the first from 1986 to 1987 on ERT, the other 1990 and 1991 on the MEGA Channel.
-The first consisted of 22 episodes, and from anecdotal evidence is believed to have included the following stories from GROUP A and GROUP B of the [[Tom Baker stories]]:
+The first run was on ERT, which consisted of 22 episodes, and from anecdotal evidence is believed to have included the following stories from GROUP A and GROUP B of the [[Tom Baker stories]]:
 [[File:Greece DrX.JPG|thumb|250px|right|DOCTOR X, 5 December 1986]]
 Five stories, 22 episodes
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-The two MEGA CHANNEL runs included at least two stories from season 17, with others believed to be from seasons 13 and 16.
+The two MEGA CHANNEL runs included at least two confirmed stories from season 16 and two from season 17, with the other four believed to be from seasons 13, 16 and 17.
-Anecdotal evidence indicates that it was these eight stories, 32 episodes:
+Newspaper listings and anecdotal evidence indicates that it was these eight stories, 32 episodes:
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 The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with the original English soundtracks (Greek subtitles would have been added). (It appears that the ABC in [[Australia]] sent copies of [[The Brain of Morbius]] to "Athens" in 1990.)
-[[City of Death]] and [[Nightmare of Eden]] were later edited into omnibus editions in 1991. Presumably the other seven 1991 omnibuses were re-edits of the other six listed here, plus one other.
+[[City of Death]] and [[Nightmare of Eden]] were later edited into omnibus editions in 1991. Presumably some of (or all?) the other seven 1991 omnibuses were re-edits of the six listed here, plus one other.
-That these screenings carried a '''"(1984)"''' copyright date on them (see below) it's possible these were PAL or SECAM conversions taken from the Lionheart NTSC master tapes created for the US market, which also often display a "1984" or "1985" copyright date.
+The newspaper listings give these movies a '''"(1984)"''' copyright date. It's not clear why.
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 ==Transmission==
-[[File:Greece TV.JPG|thumb|350px|right|ERT2 listings for "Doctor X"; December 1986]]
 ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
 ERT-2-TV commenced its 22-episode run of '''Doctor Who''' from Friday, '''5 December 1986''', at 8.00pm. The newspapers incorrectly give the title as '''"DOCTOR X"''', a printing error also repeated on '''2 and 9 January 1991'''.
 None of the billings had story titles, so it is unclear what aired, but to account for the "(5)" stories recorded as being sold, a 22-episode run would consist of one 6-parter and four 4-parters. Alternatively, 22 consists of five 4-parters and a single 2-parter, but that would be a total of '''6''' stories.
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 This run ended on '''8 May 1987'''.
-Three and a half years later, from Sunday, '''7 October 1990''', '''Doctor Who''' returned to Greece TV, this time on the '''MEGA CHANNEL''' channel 2 (which was launched on 20 November 1989).
 The first four episodes aired at 4.00pm; the series moved to the earlier slot of 12.30pm for the fifth episode, then 11.30am for the next 11 weeks. From '''27 January 1991''', the timeslot moved back to 12.30pm. There was no episode on '''7 April 1991''', to allow for special Easter programming.
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 It's not known if MEGA played any of the same serials that ERT-2-TV had aired.
-After a two month break, the series returned for nine weeks, from Saturday, '''6 July 1991''', with a two hour timeslot running from 11.00am to 13.00pm for the first four, then a 90 minute slot of 9.45am to 11.15am for the remaining five. These were all omnibus editions, the first of which was [[City of Death]], followed by [[Nightmare of Eden]] on '''13 July'''. The other seven weeks/stories are not named. They would all have been 4-parters to account for the regular 90 minute timeslot. It is likely they were the same eight stories that screened episodically in 1990, with the addition of a ninth (unidentified) story, or possibly a repeat or rescheduled pre-emption of one of the others.
+After a two-month break, the series returned for nine weeks, from Saturday, '''6 July 1991''', with a two-hour timeslot running from 11.00am to 13.00pm for the first four, then a 90-minute slot of 9.45am to 11.15am for the remaining five.
 This run ended on '''31 August 1991'''.
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 ==TV listings==
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-TV listings are from the ''Athens News'', an English language newspaper.
+TV listings are from the ''Athens News'', an English language newspaper, and the Greek paper, ''ΗΠΕΙΡΩΤΙΚΟΣ ΑΓΩΝ''.
-The first listing gives the title as '''"DOCTOR X"''', an error also repeated on the '''2 and 9 January 1991''' listings. The billing goes on to describe the series as being a "Science fiction BBC series. In 22 episodes." No story titles are given.
+The first ''Athens News'' listing gives the title as '''"DOCTOR X"''', an error also repeated on the '''2 and 9 January 1991''' listings. The billing goes on to describe the series as being a "Science fiction BBC series. In 22 episodes." No story titles are given.
-With the switch to the MEGA CHANNEL, the listings change; there are still no story titles given, but the listings describe the series as being a "British science fiction series".
+With the switch to the MEGA CHANNEL, the listings change; there are still no story titles given for these, but the listings describe the series as being a "British science fiction series".
-For the 1991 omnibus editions, the listings give the titles for the first two of these only, with the description: '''"FILM: "DR WHO Q CITY OF DEATH" (1984) British science fiction by David Agnew with Tom Baker, Lola Ward".''' The miss-spelling of Lalla Ward's name and the stray letter '''Q''' aside, it is curious to see the date of '''(1984)''' given for this 1979 serial. (Is 1984 a reflection of when these compilations were supplied? Are they NTSC to PAL/SECAM conversions from the mid-80s [[United States]] compilations?)
+For the 1991 omnibus editions, the ''Athens News'' gives the titles for the first two of these only, with the description: '''"FILM: "DR WHO Q CITY OF DEATH" (1984) British science fiction by David Agnew with Tom Baker, Lola Ward".''' The miss-spelling of Lalla Ward's name and the stray letter '''Q''' aside, it is curious to see the date of '''(1984)''' given for this 1979 serial. (Is 1984 a reflection of when these compilations were supplied? Are they NTSC to PAL/SECAM conversions from the mid-80s [[United States]] compilations?)
-The billing for the next "FILM", [[Nightmare of Eden]] repeated the date, author credit and actors' names.
+The billing for the next "FILM", [[Nightmare of Eden]] repeated the same date, author credit and actors' names as the previous billing.
 The '''20 July''' billing just had '''"FILM: "DR WHO" (1984)"''', with the same (but incorrect) author and cast credit without a story title to identify what it was. The next six billings just said '''FILM: "DR WHO" (1984)"''' without any additional credits.
 ==Greece in Doctor Who==
-NOTE: There are a number of characters, planets, places and items named by letters of the Greek alphabet (Beta Darts in [[The Space Pirates]] for instance), far too many to identify and list all of them here!
+NOTE: There are quite a few characters, planets, places and items named with letters of the Greek alphabet (Beta Darts in [[The Space Pirates]] for instance), far too many to identify and list all of them here!
 * Alexander the Great is mentioned in [[Marco Polo]], [[Robot]] and [[Genesis of the Daleks]]
 *The Greek philosopher Pyrrho is named in [[The Keys of Marinus]]
 * The legend of Theseus, the labyrinth and the Minotaur are alluded to in [[The Space Museum]], [[The Time Monster]], [[The Creature from the Pit]] and [[The Horns of Nimon]]
 * The Greek army attacks the city of Troy in [[The Myth Makers]]
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 * Medusa, the Minotaur, and a book called "Legends of Ancient Greece" appear in [[The Mind Robber]]; also mentioned is Perseus
 * There is a T-Mat terminal in Athens ([[The Seeds of Death]])
 *There is a Greek War Zone in [[The War Games]]
 * Solar flare activity is monitored from Athens ([[The Ambassadors of Death]])

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 *There is a Greek War Zone in [[The War Games]]
 * Solar flare activity is monitored from Athens ([[The Ambassadors of Death]])
-*The Doctor refers to "Epsilon Coordinates" in [[Infertno]]
+*The Doctor refers to "Epsilon Coordinates" in [[Inferno]]
 * Professor Thascales (the Master) hails from Athens University. The Doctor encounters the Minotaur ([[The Time Monster]])
 * Omega appears in [[The Three Doctors]] and [[Arc of Infinity]]

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 *There is a Greek War Zone in [[The War Games]]
 * Solar flare activity is monitored from Athens ([[The Ambassadors of Death]])
 * Professor Thascales (the Master) hails from Athens University. The Doctor encounters the Minotaur ([[The Time Monster]])
 * Omega appears in [[The Three Doctors]] and [[Arc of Infinity]]

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 '''Doctor Who''' aired on two different TV stations in Greece:
-'''[[Wikipedia:Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|Elliniki Radiophonia Tileorassi]] (ERT-2-TV, Channels 5,8,30)''' (which broadcast in the SECAM colour system), and '''[[wikipedia:Mega Channel|Mega Channel]] (MEGA 2)''' (which used the PAL colour system).
+'''[[Wikipedia:Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|Elliniki Radiophonia Tileorassi]] (ERT-TV, Channels 5,8,30)''' (which broadcast in the SECAM colour system), and '''[[wikipedia:Mega Channel|Mega Channel]] (MEGA 2)''' (which used the PAL colour system).
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 And since there is no listing for the first film on that site, either by title or listed under actor Peter Cushing or director Gordon Flemyng, might we conclude there wasn't a Greek edition of that movie?
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 ==Greece in Doctor Who==
 NOTE: There are a number of characters, planets, places and items named by letters of the Greek alphabet (Beta Darts in [[The Space Pirates]] for instance), far too many to identify and list all of them here!
 * Alexander the Great is mentioned in [[Marco Polo]], [[Robot]] and [[Genesis of the Daleks]]
 *The Greek philosopher Pyrrho is named in [[The Keys of Marinus]]

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 ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
-ERT-2-TV commenced its 22-episode run of '''Doctor Who''' from Friday, '''5 December 1986''', at 8.00pm.
+ERT-2-TV commenced its 22-episode run of '''Doctor Who''' from Friday, '''5 December 1986''', at 8.00pm. The newspapers incorrectly give the title as '''"DOCTOR X"''', a printing error also repeated on '''2 and 9 January 1991'''.
 None of the billings had story titles, so it is unclear what aired, but to account for the "(5)" stories recorded as being sold, a 22-episode run would consist of one 6-parter and four 4-parters. Alternatively, 22 consists of five 4-parters and a single 2-parter, but that would be a total of '''6''' stories.
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 * The legend of Jason and the Golden Fleece is alluded to in [[Underworld]]; various character names are taken from Greek mythology
 * The Doctor's nickname at school was Theta Sigma ([[The Armageddon Factor]], [[The Happiness Patrol]])
-*Dymond's ship is called ''Hecate'', after the Greek goddess of Magic and Spells.
+*Dymond's ship is called ''Hecate'', after the Greek goddess of Magic and Spells ([[Nightmare of Eden]]).
 *Various character names in [[The Horns of Nimon]] are taken from Greek mythology and literature
 * Ancient Greeks and Athens are mentioned by Mena ([[The Leisure Hive]])

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 ==Peter Cushing and the Daleks==
 The second of the two [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek films may have been shown at cinemas in Greece in the late 1960s, since that had a far wider distribution across Europe than the first.
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 *''' O Dr Who kai oi Dalekoi'''
-*'''Ντάλεκς: Εισβολή στη Γη''' ('''Daleks: Eisvoli Sti Gi''') / '''Οι ιπτάμενοι δίκοι επιτίθενται''' ('''Oi Iptamenoi Diskoi Epitithentai''') / '''Εισβολείς απο το διάστημα'''
+*'''Daleks: Eisvoli Sti Gi''' / '''Oi Iptamenoi Diskoi Epitithentai''' / '''Ντάλεκς: Εισβολή στη Γη''' / '''Οι ιπτάμενοι δίκοι επιτίθενται''' / '''Εισβολείς απο το διάστημα'''
-These titles all fail to produce anything relevant when performing an online search.
+These titles all failed to produce anything relevant when performing an online search.
 However, after a bit of digging, we found a VHS and Betamax listing for the second film only - '''[http://www.pgcosmos.gr/results.php?search=daleks HERE]'''.
-While many Greek VHS tapes have a translated title, this was not always the case for Thorn / EMI releases, which often retained the original English sleeve insert - but these sometimes have a sticker stating "ελληνικοί υπότιτλοι" ("Greek Subtitles") affixed to the front cover instead (although in the case of this particular image the sticker may have been removed).
+At a first glance, the cover shown appears to be that of the 1982 UK release - but while there is no "Greek Subtitles" sticker affixed, the shadow outline where it used to be is still visible - bottom right, across the Roboman's left leg.
-So at a first glance, the front cover on the site appears to be that of the 1982 UK release - but it's [http://www.pgcosmos.gr/thumb.php?fn=uploads/betarear/X44.jpg&mw=1024&co=90&ai=uploads/no_img.jpg the text on the back cover that displays its true origins - this gives the title, blurb and copyright notices in Greek].
+But most significantly, the site also has a link to the back cover - [http://www.pgcosmos.gr/thumb.php?fn=uploads/betarear/X44.jpg&mw=1024&co=90&ai=uploads/no_img.jpg which gives the title, blurb and copyright notices in Greek].
 The Greek title of the second Dalek film is '''ΕΙΣΒΟΛΕΙΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΔΙΑΣΤΗΜΑ''' (''Invasions from Space'' / ''Invaders from Space''), which is similar to but a couple of letters different from one recorded on IMDB, which would explain why none of those titles produced accurate search returns.

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 ==Peter Cushing and the Daleks==
-[[File:DalekInvasionGreece.JPG|right|thumb|400px|Greek VHS back cover blurb]]
+[[File:DalekInvasionGreece.JPG|right|thumb|400px|Back cover blurb for "Daleks Invasion" in Greek]]
-The second of the two [[Peter Cushing]] films may have been shown at cinemas in Greece in the late 1960s, since that had a far wider distribution across Europe than the first.
+The second of the two [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek films may have been shown at cinemas in Greece in the late 1960s, since that had a far wider distribution across Europe than the first.
-According to IMDB [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059126/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas Here] and [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060278/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas Here], the two [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek movies were also released on video under the following titles:
+According to IMDB [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059126/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas Here] and [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060278/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas Here], the two movies were also released on video in Greece under the following titles:
 *''' O Dr Who kai oi Dalekoi'''
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 These titles all fail to produce anything relevant when performing an online search.
-However, after a bit of digging, we found this VHS and Betamax listing for the second film only [http://www.pgcosmos.gr/results.php?search=daleks HERE].
+However, after a bit of digging, we found a VHS and Betamax listing for the second film only - '''[http://www.pgcosmos.gr/results.php?search=daleks HERE]'''.
-While the site displays a front cover, this appears to be the one from the 1982 UK release rather than the actual Greek edition (which should have Greek text on it).
+While many Greek VHS tapes have a translated title, this was not always the case for Thorn / EMI releases, which often retained the original English sleeve insert - but these sometimes have a sticker stating "ελληνικοί υπότιτλοι" ("Greek Subtitles") affixed to the front cover instead (although in the case of this particular image the sticker may have been removed).
-However the back cover text is Greek: the title is given as '''ΕΙΣΒΟΛΕΙΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΔΙΑΣΤΗΜΑ''' (''Invasions from Space''), which is similar to but slightly different from one recorded on IMDB, which could explain why none of those produce accurate search returns.
+So at a first glance, the front cover on the site appears to be that of the 1982 UK release - but it's [http://www.pgcosmos.gr/thumb.php?fn=uploads/betarear/X44.jpg&mw=1024&co=90&ai=uploads/no_img.jpg the text on the back cover that displays its true origins - this gives the title, blurb and copyright notices in Greek].
-The subtitled film was released (circa '''1985/86''') on both VHS and Betamax by MTC Video A.E.
+The Greek title of the second Dalek film is '''ΕΙΣΒΟΛΕΙΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΔΙΑΣΤΗΜΑ''' (''Invasions from Space'' / ''Invaders from Space''), which is similar to but a couple of letters different from one recorded on IMDB, which would explain why none of those titles produced accurate search returns.
 The boxed text at the foot states that MTC Video was "ΑΠΟΚΑΕΣΤΙΚΟΙ ΑΝΤΙΠΡΟΣΩΠΌ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ-ΚΥΠΡΟΥ", which is "EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF GREECE-CYPRUS" - which indicates the tape may have also been available in [[Cyprus]].
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 And since there is no listing for the first film on that site, either by title or listed under actor Peter Cushing or director Gordon Flemyng, might we conclude there wasn't a Greek edition of that movie?
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 ==[[BBC Records]]==