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'''[[wikipedia:Wales|WALES]]''' is part of the United Kingdom. As such, it received BBC transmissions from London.
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'''[[wikipedia:Wales|WALES]]''' is part of the United Kingdom.  
 
[[File:BBCWalesIdent.JPG|right|thumb|250px|BBC Cymru / BBC Wales ident (1974-81)]]
 
[[File:BBCWalesIdent.JPG|right|thumb|250px|BBC Cymru / BBC Wales ident (1974-81)]]
However, from time to time the network's regional station '''[[wikipedia:BBC Cymru Wales|BBC Cymru]]''' altered its TV schedules to make way for local and regional programming, and series such as '''Doctor Who''' were sometimes shown on dates or times that were different to the rest of the network:
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Prior to 1964, Wales was a broadcast region of the BBC, and as such, it received transmissions by relay from London. But from April 1964 with the launch of BBC2, '''[[wikipedia:BBC Cymru Wales|BBC Wales (aka BBC Cymru]])''' was treated as a separate third channel, but which continued to carry almost all BBC1 programmes.
  
*[[The Abominable Snowmen]] 1-6 = all episodes aired in an earlier timeslot
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However, from time to time the '''BBC Wales''' altered its TV schedules to make way for alternative programming. As a result, '''Doctor Who''' was sometimes shifted to a different timeslot, delayed by a few days, or dropped entirely:
*[[The Mutants]] 4 = was shown in an earlier timeslot
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*[[The Time Monster]] 1 = was shown in an earlier timeslot
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*1967: [[The Abominable Snowmen]] 1-6 = all episodes aired in an earlier timeslot
*[[Day of the Daleks]] omnibus repeat 1973 = was shown three days later
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*1972: [[The Mutants]] 4 was shown in an earlier timeslot
*[[The Time Warrior]] 2 to [[Planet of the Spiders]] 6 = were all shown a day later, on Sundays
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*1972: [[The Time Monster]] 1 was shown in an earlier timeslot
*[[The Ark in Space]] omnibus repeat 1975 = was shown in a later timeslot
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*1973: [[Day of the Daleks]] omnibus repeat was shown three days later
*[[The Deadly Assassin]] 4 1977 repeat = was shown on a different (unknown) date
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*1973: [[The Time Warrior]] 2 was shown two days later, on Monday
*BBC Cymru didn't repeat [[The Invisible Enemy]] in 1978
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*1974: [[The Time Warrior]] 3-4 and [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] 1 were shown three days later, on Tuesday
*[[The Sun Makers]] 4 1978 repeat = was shown on a different date
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*1974: [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] 2 to [[Planet of the Spiders]] 6 were all shown on Sundays
*BBC Cymru didn't repeat [[The Pirate Planet]] or [[The Androids of Tara]] in 1979
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*1975: [[The Ark in Space]] omnibus repeat was shown in a later timeslot
*BBC Cymru didn't repeat [[Destiny of the Daleks]] or [[City of Death]] in 1980
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*1977: [[The Deadly Assassin]] 4 repeat was shown on a different (unknown) date
*BBC Cymru didn't repeat [[Full Circle]] and [[The Keeper of Traken]] in 1981
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*1978: [[The Invisible Enemy]] repeat was not shown
*[[Castrovalva]] 1 to [[Time-Flight]] 4 = were all shown on different dates and times
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*1978: [[The Sun Makers]] 4 repeat was shown on a different date
*BBC Cymru didn't show the "Doctor Who and the Monsters" repeats in 1982
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*1979: [[The Pirate Planet]] and [[The Androids of Tara]] repeats were not shown
*[[Terminus]] 1 = aired a day earlier than the rest of the network
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*1980: [[Destiny of the Daleks]] and [[City of Death]] repeats were not shown
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*1981: [[Full Circle]] and [[The Keeper of Traken]] repeats were not shown
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*1982: [[Castrovalva]] 1 to [[Time-Flight]] 4 = episodes shown by the network on Mondays were seen in a later timeslot, and those shown on Tuesdays were instead aired in Wales on Wednesdays
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*1982: The "Doctor Who and the Monsters" repeats were not shown
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*1983: [[Terminus]] 1 aired a day earlier than the rest of the network
  
  
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==[[Cushing Daleks|Peter Cushing and the Daleks]]==
 
==[[Cushing Daleks|Peter Cushing and the Daleks]]==
  
'''[[wikipedia:S4C|S4C]]''' is a Welsh-language station, also broadcasting programmes in English (often but not always with subtitles). Much of this undubbed/subbed English-only content consisted of the simultaneous or deferred transmission of programmes from the UK station '''Channel 4'''; '''C4''' aired the two [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek movies in widescreen several times between '''1994''' and '''1999'''; these were seen on '''S4C''' on a deferred basis two weeks later.  
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'''[[wikipedia:S4C|S4C]]''' is a Welsh-language station, also broadcasting programmes in English (often but not always with subtitles). Much of the un-dubbed/un-subbed English-only content was the simultaneous or deferred transmission of programmes from the UK station '''Channel 4'''. When '''C4''' aired the two [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek movies in widescreen several times between '''1994''' and '''1999''', they were seen on '''S4C''' on a deferred basis two weeks later.  
  
  
 
==Wales in Doctor Who==
 
==Wales in Doctor Who==
 
The following stories were either filmed and/or set in Wales:
 
The following stories were either filmed and/or set in Wales:
*[[The Abominable Snowmen]] (filmed)
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*[[The Abominable Snowmen]]: filmed as a stand-in for the Himalayas
*[[The Green Death]] (filmed and set)
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*[[The Green Death]]: filming for the fictional town of Llanfairfach, with Welsh characters such as Professor Cliff Jones, Hughes, Dai Evans, Dave, and Bert
*[[The Masque of Mandragora]] (filmed)
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*[[The Masque of Mandragora]]: filmed as a stand-in for Italy
*[[The Pirate Planet]] (filmed)
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*[[The Pirate Planet]]: filming for the valleys and mines of Zanak
*[[The Five Doctors]] (filmed)
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*[[Warriors' Gate]]: Powis Castle in Welshpool for the mirror world
*[[Delta and the Bannermen]] (filmed and set)
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*[[The Five Doctors]]: filmed as the Eye of Orion and the Death Zone on Gallifrey
*The [[New Series]] of course!  
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*[[Delta and the Bannermen]]: filming as the Shangri-La holiday camp, with Welsh characters such as Billy, Ray, Burton, and Goronwy
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*The [[New Series]] is made there, of course!  
  
Some of the Welsh actors / crew who have worked on the series are:
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Some of the Welsh-born actors / crew who have worked on the series are:
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'''Actors'''
 
*Philip Madoc ([[Cushing Daleks|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD]], [[The Krotons]], [[The War Games]], [[The Brain of Morbius]], [[The Power of Kroll]])
 
*Philip Madoc ([[Cushing Daleks|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD]], [[The Krotons]], [[The War Games]], [[The Brain of Morbius]], [[The Power of Kroll]])
*Windsor Davies ([[The Evil of the Daleks]])
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*Hywel Bennett (Rynian in [[The Chase]])
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*Michael Elwyn (Algernon ffinch in [[The Highlanders]]) was from Pontypridd
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*Windsor Davies (Toby in [[The Evil of the Daleks]])
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*Raymond Llewelleyn (Sapan in [[The Abominable Snowmen]]) was born in Gwent
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*Charles Morgan (Songsten in [[The Abominable Snowmen]] and Gold Usher ([[The Invasion of Time]])
 
*Derek Pollitt (Driver Evans in [[The Web of Fear]] / [[Shada]])
 
*Derek Pollitt (Driver Evans in [[The Web of Fear]] / [[Shada]])
*Talfyn Thomas ([[Spearhead from Space]] / [[The Green Death]])
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*Clyde Pollitt (brother of Derek above, was a Time Lord in [[The War Games]] and [[The Three Doctors]])
*Mostyn Evans ([[The Green Death]] / [[Death to the Daleks]])
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*Talfyn Thomas (Welsh hospital porter Mullins in [[Spearhead from Space]] / Welsh miner Dave in [[The Green Death]])
*Emrys James ([[State of Decay]])
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*Cynthia Grenville (Maren in [[The Brain of Morbius]]) was from Glamorgan
*Richard Davies ([[Delta and the Bannermen]])
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*Mostyn Evans (miner Dai Evans in [[The Green Death]] / Exxilon High Priest in [[Death to the Daleks]])
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*Gareth Armstrong (Giuliano in [[The Masque of Mandragora]])
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*Glyn Houston (Watson in [[The Hand of Fear]] / Wolsey in [[The Awakening]])
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*Davyd Harries (Shapp in [[The Armageddon Factor]])  
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*Emrys James (Aukon in [[State of Decay]])
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*Clinton Greyn (Ivo in [[State of Decay]] / Stike in [[The Two Doctors]])
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*Nerys Hughes (Todd in [[Kinda]])
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*Owen Teale (Maldak in [[Vengeance on Varos]])
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*Richard Davies (Burton in [[Delta and the Bannermen]])
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'''Crew'''
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*Terry Nation (creator of the Daleks)
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*Paul Erickson (writer of [[The Ark]])
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*Innes Lloyd (series producer 1966-68) was born (full name George Innes Llewelyn Lloyd) in Penmaenmawr
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*Hugh David (director of [[The Highlanders]], [[Fury from the Deep]])
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*Elwyn Jones (credited co-writer on [[The Highlanders]])
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*Pennant Roberts (director of [[The Face of Evil]], [[The Sun Makers]], [[The Pirate Planet]], [[Shada]], [[Warriors of the Deep]], [[Timelash]])
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*Producer / writer of the [[New Series]], Russell T Davies was born (as Stephen Russell Davies) in Swansea
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'''Other contributors'''
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*Target book cover artist Jeff Cummins was born in Wales
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*Hugh David (director [[The Highlanders]], [[Fury from the Deep]])
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'''Other references:'''
*Elwyn Jones (co-writer [[The Highlanders]])
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*The Inspector at the Liverpool police station asks the Doctor if he is Welsh ([[The Daleks' Master Plan]])
*Pennant Roberts (director [[The Face of Evil]], [[The Sun Makers]], [[The Pirate Planet]], [[Shada]], [[Warriors of the Deep]], [[Timelash]])
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*Trask uses the phrase "bold as a Welsh pirate" in [[The Highlanders]]
 
Other references:
 
 
*Euro Sea Gas supplied gas to the whole of Wales ([[Fury from the Deep]])  
 
*Euro Sea Gas supplied gas to the whole of Wales ([[Fury from the Deep]])  
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*The metal from the guerilla's weapon was mined from North Wales ([[Day of the Daleks]])
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*Vivien Fay mentions the stone circle called the Gorsedd of Bryn Gwyddon in Wales. Emilia Rumford can read Old Welsh; she also mentions Cardiff ([[The Stones of Blood]])
  
  

Latest revision as of 18:52, 5 October 2024

WALES is part of the United Kingdom.

BBC Cymru / BBC Wales ident (1974-81)

Prior to 1964, Wales was a broadcast region of the BBC, and as such, it received transmissions by relay from London. But from April 1964 with the launch of BBC2, BBC Wales (aka BBC Cymru) was treated as a separate third channel, but which continued to carry almost all BBC1 programmes.

However, from time to time the BBC Wales altered its TV schedules to make way for alternative programming. As a result, Doctor Who was sometimes shifted to a different timeslot, delayed by a few days, or dropped entirely:


BBC Wales Idents and logos


Peter Cushing and the Daleks

S4C is a Welsh-language station, also broadcasting programmes in English (often but not always with subtitles). Much of the un-dubbed/un-subbed English-only content was the simultaneous or deferred transmission of programmes from the UK station Channel 4. When C4 aired the two Peter Cushing Dalek movies in widescreen several times between 1994 and 1999, they were seen on S4C on a deferred basis two weeks later.


Wales in Doctor Who

The following stories were either filmed and/or set in Wales:


Some of the Welsh-born actors / crew who have worked on the series are:

Actors

Crew

Other contributors

  • Target book cover artist Jeff Cummins was born in Wales


Other references:

  • The Inspector at the Liverpool police station asks the Doctor if he is Welsh (The Daleks' Master Plan)
  • Trask uses the phrase "bold as a Welsh pirate" in The Highlanders
  • Euro Sea Gas supplied gas to the whole of Wales (Fury from the Deep)
  • The metal from the guerilla's weapon was mined from North Wales (Day of the Daleks)
  • Vivien Fay mentions the stone circle called the Gorsedd of Bryn Gwyddon in Wales. Emilia Rumford can read Old Welsh; she also mentions Cardiff (The Stones of Blood)


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