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'''[[wikipedia:Wales|WALES]]''' is part of the United Kingdom. As such, it receives 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 output station '''[[wikipedia:BBC Cymru Wales|BBC Cymru]]''' altered its TV schedules to make way for local and regional programming, and '''Doctor Who''' was sometimes shown on dates or in slots that were different to the rest of the network or pre-empted:
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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.
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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:  
  
 
*1967: [[The Abominable Snowmen]] 1-6 = all episodes aired in an earlier timeslot
 
*1967: [[The Abominable Snowmen]] 1-6 = all episodes aired in an earlier timeslot
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*1972: [[The Time Monster]] 1 was shown in an earlier timeslot
 
*1972: [[The Time Monster]] 1 was shown in an earlier timeslot
 
*1973: [[Day of the Daleks]] omnibus repeat was shown three days later
 
*1973: [[Day of the Daleks]] omnibus repeat was shown three days later
*1973: [[The Time Warrior]] 2 was shown two days later, on the Monday
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*1973: [[The Time Warrior]] 2 was shown two days later, on Monday
*1974: [[The Time Warrior]] 3-4 and [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] 1 were shown on the Tuesday
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*1974: [[The Time Warrior]] 3-4 and [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] 1 were shown three days later, on Tuesday
 
*1974: [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] 2 to [[Planet of the Spiders]] 6 were all shown on Sundays
 
*1974: [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] 2 to [[Planet of the Spiders]] 6 were all shown on Sundays
 
*1975: [[The Ark in Space]] omnibus repeat was shown in a later timeslot
 
*1975: [[The Ark in Space]] omnibus repeat was shown in a later timeslot
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*1980: [[Destiny of the Daleks]] and [[City of Death]] repeats were not shown
 
*1980: [[Destiny of the Daleks]] and [[City of Death]] repeats were not shown
 
*1981: [[Full Circle]] and [[The Keeper of Traken]] repeats were not shown
 
*1981: [[Full Circle]] and [[The Keeper of Traken]] repeats were not shown
*1982: [[Castrovalva]] 1 to [[Time-Flight]] 4 = episodes shown by the network on Mondays were in a later timeslot, and those shown on Tuesdays were instead aired on Wednesdays
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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
 
*1982: The "Doctor Who and the Monsters" repeats were not shown
 
*1982: The "Doctor Who and the Monsters" repeats were not shown
 
*1983: [[Terminus]] 1 aired a day earlier than the rest of the network
 
*1983: [[Terminus]] 1 aired a day earlier than the rest of the network
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*Michael Elwyn (Algernon ffinch in [[The Highlanders]]) was from Pontypridd
 
*Michael Elwyn (Algernon ffinch in [[The Highlanders]]) was from Pontypridd
 
*Windsor Davies (Toby in [[The Evil of the Daleks]])
 
*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]])
 
*Clyde Pollitt (brother of Derek above, was a Time Lord in [[The War Games]] and [[The Three Doctors]])
 
*Clyde Pollitt (brother of Derek above, was a Time Lord in [[The War Games]] and [[The Three Doctors]])
 
*Talfyn Thomas (Welsh hospital porter Mullins in [[Spearhead from Space]] / Welsh miner Dave in [[The Green Death]])
 
*Talfyn Thomas (Welsh hospital porter Mullins in [[Spearhead from Space]] / Welsh miner Dave in [[The Green Death]])
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*Cynthia Grenville (Maren in [[The Brain of Morbius]]) was from Glamorgan
 
*Mostyn Evans (miner Dai Evans in [[The Green Death]] / Exxilon High Priest in [[Death to the Daleks]])
 
*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]])
 
*Glyn Houston (Watson in [[The Hand of Fear]] / Wolsey in [[The Awakening]])
 
*Glyn Houston (Watson in [[The Hand of Fear]] / Wolsey in [[The Awakening]])
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*Davyd Harries (Shapp in [[The Armageddon Factor]])
 
*Emrys James (Aukon in [[State of Decay]])
 
*Emrys James (Aukon in [[State of Decay]])
 
*Clinton Greyn (Ivo in [[State of Decay]] / Stike in [[The Two Doctors]])
 
*Clinton Greyn (Ivo in [[State of Decay]] / Stike in [[The Two Doctors]])
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*Terry Nation (creator of the Daleks)
 
*Terry Nation (creator of the Daleks)
 
*Paul Erickson (writer of [[The Ark]])
 
*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
 
*Hugh David (director of [[The Highlanders]], [[Fury from the Deep]])
 
*Hugh David (director of [[The Highlanders]], [[Fury from the Deep]])
 
*Elwyn Jones (credited co-writer on [[The Highlanders]])
 
*Elwyn Jones (credited co-writer on [[The Highlanders]])

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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