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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. As such, it receives BBC transmissions from London.
 
[[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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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:
  
*[[The Abominable Snowmen]] 1-6 = all episodes aired in an earlier timeslot
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*1967: [[The Abominable Snowmen]] 1-6 = all episodes aired in an earlier timeslot
*[[The Mutants]] 4 = was shown in an earlier timeslot
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*1972: [[The Mutants]] 4 was shown in an earlier timeslot
*[[The Time Monster]] 1 = was shown in an earlier timeslot
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*1972: [[The Time Monster]] 1 was shown in an earlier timeslot
*[[Day of the Daleks]] omnibus repeat 1973 = was shown three days later
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*1973: [[Day of the Daleks]] omnibus repeat was shown three days later
*[[The Time Warrior]] 2 to [[Planet of the Spiders]] 6 = were all shown a day later, on Sundays
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*1974: [[The Time Warrior]] 2 to [[Planet of the Spiders]] 6 were all shown a day later, on Sundays
*[[The Ark in Space]] omnibus repeat 1975 = was shown in a later timeslot
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*1975: [[The Ark in Space]] omnibus repeat was shown in a later timeslot
*[[The Deadly Assassin]] 4 1977 repeat = was shown on a different (unknown) date
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*1977: [[The Deadly Assassin]] 4 repeat was shown on a different (unknown) date
*BBC Cymru didn't repeat [[The Invisible Enemy]] in 1978
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*1978: [[The Invisible Enemy]] repeat was not shown
*[[The Sun Makers]] 4 1978 repeat = was shown on a different date
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*1978: [[The Sun Makers]] 4 repeat was shown on a different date
*BBC Cymru didn't repeat [[The Pirate Planet]] or [[The Androids of Tara]] in 1979
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*1979: [[The Pirate Planet]] and [[The Androids of Tara]] repeats were not shown
*BBC Cymru didn't repeat [[Destiny of the Daleks]] or [[City of Death]] in 1980
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*1980: [[Destiny of the Daleks]] and [[City of Death]] repeats were not shown
*BBC Cymru didn't repeat [[Full Circle]] and [[The Keeper of Traken]] in 1981
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*1981: [[Full Circle]] and [[The Keeper of Traken]] repeats were not shown
*[[Castrovalva]] 1 to [[Time-Flight]] 4 = were all shown on different dates and times
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*1982: [[Castrovalva]] 1 to [[Time-Flight]] 4 were all shown on different dates and at varying times
*BBC Cymru didn't show the "Doctor Who and the Monsters" repeats in 1982
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*1982: The "Doctor Who and the Monsters" repeats were not shown
*[[Terminus]] 1 = aired a day earlier than the rest of the network
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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 this un-dubbed/un-subbed English-only content consisted of 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), with characters such as Professor Cliff Jones, Hughes, Dai Evans, Dave, and Bert
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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 mines of Zanak
*[[The Five Doctors]] (filmed)
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*[[The Five Doctors]]: filmed as the Eye of Orion and the Death Zone on Gallifrey
*[[Delta and the Bannermen]] (filmed and set), with characters such as Billy, Ray, Burton, and Goronwy
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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
 
*The [[New Series]] of course!  
 
*The [[New Series]] of course!  
  

Revision as of 02:34, 20 February 2022

WALES is part of the United Kingdom. As such, it receives BBC transmissions from London.

BBC Cymru / BBC Wales ident (1974-81)

However, from time to time the network's regional output station 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:


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 this un-dubbed/un-subbed English-only content consisted of 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 actors / crew who have worked on the series are:

Other references:


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