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-'''[[Wikipedia:Swaziland|SWAZILAND]]''' is in the south of [[:Category:Africa|Africa]], bordered by [[South Africa]] and Mozambique. It was renamed '''Eswatini''' in April 2018.
+'''[[Wikipedia:Swaziland|SWAZILAND]]''' is in the south of [[:Category:Africa|Africa]], bordered by [[South Africa]] and [[Mozambique]]. It was renamed '''Eswatini''' in April 2018.
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 There is no clear record that Swaziland screened '''Doctor Who''' again.
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 ==Swaziland in Doctor Who==
-* Actor Richard E Grant, who appeared in '''The Curse of Fatal Death''' (1999), and played the non-canonical "ninth Doctor" in the 2003 web-cast adventure, '''Scream of the Shalka''', and who later appeared as Dr Simeon in the 2012 Christmas Special, '''The Snowmen''', grew up in Swaziland. He says he had never seen '''Doctor Who''', although it had certainly been on for a few years by the time he left the country in 1982.
+* Actor Richard E Grant, who appeared in '''The Curse of Fatal Death''' spoof (1999), played the non-canonical "ninth Doctor" in the 2003 web-cast adventure, '''Scream of the Shalka''', and who later appeared as Dr Simeon in the 2012 Christmas Special, '''The Snowmen''', grew up in Swaziland. He says he had never seen '''Doctor Who''', although it had certainly been on for a few years by the time he left the country in 1982.

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−	* Actor Richard E Grant, who played the non-canonical "ninth Doctor" in the 2003 web-cast adventure, '''Scream of the Shalka''', and who appeared as Dr Simeon in the 2012 Christmas Special, '''The Snowmen''', grew up in Swaziland. He says he had never seen '''Doctor Who''', although it had certainly been on for a few years by the time he left ~~Swaziland~~ in 1982.	+	* Actor Richard E Grant, who appeared in '''The Curse of Fatal Death''' (1999), and played the non-canonical "ninth Doctor" in the 2003 web-cast adventure, '''Scream of the Shalka''', and who later appeared as Dr Simeon in the 2012 Christmas Special, '''The Snowmen''', grew up in Swaziland. He says he had never seen '''Doctor Who''', although it had certainly been on for a few years by the time he left the country in 1982.

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-'''[[Wikipedia:Swaziland|SWAZILAND]]''' is in the south of [[:Category:Africa|Africa]], bordered by South Africa and Mozambique. It was renamed '''Eswatini''' in April 2018.
+'''[[Wikipedia:Swaziland|SWAZILAND]]''' is in the south of [[:Category:Africa|Africa]], bordered by [[South Africa]] and Mozambique. It was renamed '''Eswatini''' in April 2018.
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-'''[[Wikipedia:Swaziland|SWAZILAND]]''' is in the south of [[:Category:Africa|Africa]], bordered by South Africa and Mozambique.
+'''[[Wikipedia:Swaziland|SWAZILAND]]''' is in the south of [[:Category:Africa|Africa]], bordered by South Africa and Mozambique. It was renamed '''Eswatini''' in April 2018.
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 The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
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 After a short break, the series was back on Saturday, '''26 September 1981''', at 6.00pm, ending '''9 January 1982'''. For this 16 week run, there would have been four 4-parters, or two 6-parters and one 4-parter. Since '''The Eighties''' records a sale of '''30''' stories, the former combination does contribute towards the tally of '''30''', whereas the latter would only allow for '''29'''.
 (At a guess, the four 'unknown' stories were [[The Invisible Enemy]], [[Image of the Fendahl]] or [[The Sun Makers]], [[Underworld]] and [[The Creature from the Pit]], as those four were seen in more countries than any of the Key to Time serials and the first two of season 17.)
 Eight months on, [[Nightmare of Eden]] (Hooray! The papers finally give story titles!) aired on Saturday, '''18 September 1982'''. This short 8-week run, ended on '''6 November''', with part four of [[The Horns of Nimon]].
 After another long break of nine months, [[The Leisure Hive]] opened the seventh run, which ran for 16 weeks from '''6 August 1983'''. Only the first three stories from Tom Baker's final season aired, with the last episode of [[Full Circle]] screening on '''22 October'''.

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 After a short break, the series was back on Saturday, '''26 September 1981''', at 6.00pm, ending '''9 January 1982'''. For this 16 week run, there would have been four 4-parters, or two 6-parters and one 4-parter. Since '''The Eighties''' records a sale of '''30''' stories, the former combination does contribute towards the tally of '''30''', whereas the latter would only allow for '''29'''.
-(At a guess, three of the 'unknown' stories were [[The Invisible Enemy]], [[The Sun Makers]], [[Underworld]] and [[The Creature from the Pit]], as those were other stories that were widely sold at the time.
+(At a guess, the 'unknown' stories were [[The Invisible Enemy]], [[The Sun Makers]], [[Underworld]] and [[The Creature from the Pit]], as those four were seen in more countries than any of the Key to Time serials and the first two of season 17.)
 Eight months on, [[Nightmare of Eden]] (Hooray! The papers finally give story titles!) aired on Saturday, '''18 September 1982'''. This short 8-week run, ended on '''6 November''', with part four of [[The Horns of Nimon]].

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	Eight months on, [[Nightmare of Eden]] (Hooray! The papers finally give story titles!) aired on Saturday, '''18 September 1982'''. This short 8-week run, ended on '''6 November''', with part four of [[The Horns of Nimon]].		Eight months on, [[Nightmare of Eden]] (Hooray! The papers finally give story titles!) aired on Saturday, '''18 September 1982'''. This short 8-week run, ended on '''6 November''', with part four of [[The Horns of Nimon]].

−	After another long break of nine months, [[The Leisure Hive]] opened the seventh run, which ran for 16 weeks: '''6 August ~~1983''' to '''19 November~~ 1983'''. Only the first three stories from Tom Baker's final season aired.	+	After another long break of nine months, [[The Leisure Hive]] opened the seventh run, which ran for 16 weeks from '''6 August 1983'''. Only the first three stories from Tom Baker's final season aired, with the last episode of [[Full Circle]] screening on '''22 October'''.

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 ===[[Peter Davison stories|PETER DAVISON]]===
-The seventh run of episodes concluded with Peter Davison's second adventure, [[Four to Doomsday]] (which was the first story he recorded). The last episode aired on '''19 November 1983'''.
+One week later, Swazi viewers found themselves watching a new Doctor, when Peter Davison's second story [[Four to Doomsday]] aired on '''29 October 1983'''. (This was the first story he recorded). The last episode aired on '''19 November 1983'''.
 (Exactly one month earlier, on '''30 September 1983''', viewers in [[Gibraltar]] had also experienced this unusual jump from [[Full Circle]] to [[Four to Doomsday]]... This can't have been a coincidence, and must be due to some sales restriction or policy of the BBC's at the time.)