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'''[[Wikipedia:Jordan|JORDAN]]''' is a land-locked country, bordered with Egypt and [[Saudi Arabia]].
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==Profile==
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{| {{small-table}}
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|-
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|'''Country Number (31)'''||1969?||[[Selling Doctor Who|FIRST and SECOND WAVE]]
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|'''Region'''||[[:Category:Middle East|Middle East]]||
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|'''Television commenced'''||28 April 1968||
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|'''Colour System'''||April 1974||[[:Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]]
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|-
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|'''[[WRTH|Population]]'''||1969||1.869 million
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|'''[[WRTH|TV Sets]]'''||1969||500
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|-
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|'''Language/s'''||[[Arabic]], French and English||Dubbed and subtitled
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|}
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==Television Stations / Channels==
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Jordan began its television service on 28 April 1968. (The June 1967 Middle East war had delayed the official introduction of television by several months.)
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There is just one television station: '''[[wikipedia:Jordan Radio and Television|Jordan Television (JTV)]]''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster, originally operating for just three hours daily.
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After the 1970 Jordan Civil War, the station was restructured, with Channel 3 becoming the main [[Arabic]] service, and the second Channel 6 featuring mostly foreign language programmes, including English.
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Colour transmissions began in April 1974 using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system.
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==Language/s==
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The principal languages of Jordan are [[Arabic]] and French. However, television was broadcast in English, French and Hebrew.
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Subtitling was more prevalent than dubbing, with Arabic text superimposed manually during broadcast. ('''Doctor Who''' would have been pre-dubbed in [[Lebanon]].)
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=='''DOCTOR WHO IN JORDAN'''==
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{{Arabic}}
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Jordan was the '''31st''' country to screen '''Doctor Who (Al Doctor Who)'''; it was the '''fourth''' in the [[:Category:Middle East|Middle East]] (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]).
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==[[BBC Records]]==
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[[File:Jordan Arabic.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Late 1960s Jordan TV listings in Arabic from Al-Dustar – Doctor Who not included]]
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[[File:Jordan Israel.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Generic May 1981 TV Listings from Jerusalem Post, including JORDAN TV (UNOFFICIAL) - Doctor Who not included]]
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[[File:Jordan TV.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Generic Jordan Times listings from 1981 - Doctor Who not included]]
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[[File:Jordan TV 2.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Generic Jordan Times listings from 1982 - Doctor Who not included]]
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Jordan is not named in '''The Seventies''' or '''The Handbook'''.
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'''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS] records a sale (by 10 February 1987) of '''"(4)"''' stories. These four do not include the Hartnells; most likely all are [[Tom Baker stories]].
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In '''DWM''', Jordan is named in '''three''' story Archives: {{L}} for Hartnell, and {{4A}} and {{4C}} for Baker. The year of sale for {{L}} is cited as '''1969''', and the two Bakers in '''1981'''.
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==Stories bought and broadcast==
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===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
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Presumably Jordan aired the standard package of nine stories, 37 episodes:
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{| {{small-table}}
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|A||[[An Unearthly Child]]||1
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|B||[[The Daleks]]||7
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|C||[[Inside the Spaceship]]||2
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|-
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|E||[[The Keys of Marinus]]||6
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|-
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|F||[[The Aztecs]]||4
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|-
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|G||[[The Sensorites]]||6
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|-
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|J||[[Planet of Giants]]||3
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|-
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|K||[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]||6
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|L||[[The Rescue]]||2
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|}
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The programme would have been supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with [[Arabic]] soundtracks.
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====Origin of the Prints?====
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[[Saudi Arabia]] was the previous [[:Category:Middle East|Middle Eastern]] country to screen the series in Arabic – a year earlier - so it's possible that Jordan was sent the same set of dubbed prints from Saudi Arabia.
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===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
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Four stories (?), unknown number of episodes:
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'''DWM''' identifies two stories from season 12, so presumably the other two (as recorded in '''The Eighties''') were also from that season:
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{| {{small-table}}
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|4A||[[Robot]]||4
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|4C||[[The Ark in Space]]||4
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|??||unknown||
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|??||unknown||
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==Transmission==
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==TV listings==
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We have not been able to access English language Jordanian papers that would have listings for the [[William Hartnell stories]]. The [[Arabic]] paper ''Al-Dustur'' did have listings in Arabic (sample of a late 1960s TV listings reproduced here), but no listings for '''Doctor Who''' could be identified for the dates accessed.
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A sample of issues of the English paper ''Jordan Times'' from 1980 to 1984 were examined, but again listings for '''Doctor Who''' could not be located. In 1980, the listings included "descriptions" rather than titles, so billings such as '''"English by television"''' did appear from time to time. In 1982, the listings contained a generic billing for '''"Children's Programme"''' at 5.15pm.
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The Israeli English newspaper ''Jerusalem Post'' was also accessed for 1981; these contained "Unofficial" listings for Jordan TV, but yet again, there were no billings for '''Doctor Who''' in the date ranges we checked. There was a generic billing for '''"Cartoons"''' at 5.40pm.
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====Fate of the Prints?====
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Jordan may have been the last country in the [[:Category:Middle East|Middle East]] to screen the package of nine William Hartnell stories.
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==Links==
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*[[Main Page]]
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*[[Broadcasts around the World]]
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*[[Articles & Analysis]]
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*[[BBC Records]]
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*[[Doctors]]
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**[[William Hartnell stories]]
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**[[Tom Baker]]
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*[[Arabic]]
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[[Category:Middle East]]

Revision as of 00:54, 3 June 2011

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JORDAN is a land-locked country, bordered with Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Profile

Country Number (31) 1969? FIRST and SECOND WAVE
Region Middle East
Television commenced 28 April 1968
Colour System April 1974 PAL
Population 1969 1.869 million
TV Sets 1969 500
Language/s Arabic, French and English Dubbed and subtitled


Television Stations / Channels

Jordan began its television service on 28 April 1968. (The June 1967 Middle East war had delayed the official introduction of television by several months.)

There is just one television station: Jordan Television (JTV), a government-owned commercial broadcaster, originally operating for just three hours daily.

After the 1970 Jordan Civil War, the station was restructured, with Channel 3 becoming the main Arabic service, and the second Channel 6 featuring mostly foreign language programmes, including English.

Colour transmissions began in April 1974 using the PAL colour broadcast system.


Language/s

The principal languages of Jordan are Arabic and French. However, television was broadcast in English, French and Hebrew.

Subtitling was more prevalent than dubbing, with Arabic text superimposed manually during broadcast. (Doctor Who would have been pre-dubbed in Lebanon.)


DOCTOR WHO IN JORDAN

الدكتور هو

Jordan was the 31st country to screen Doctor Who (Al Doctor Who); it was the fourth in the Middle East (see Selling Doctor Who).


BBC Records

Late 1960s Jordan TV listings in Arabic from Al-Dustar – Doctor Who not included
Generic May 1981 TV Listings from Jerusalem Post, including JORDAN TV (UNOFFICIAL) - Doctor Who not included
Generic Jordan Times listings from 1981 - Doctor Who not included
Generic Jordan Times listings from 1982 - Doctor Who not included

Jordan is not named in The Seventies or The Handbook.

The Eighties - THE LOST CHAPTERS records a sale (by 10 February 1987) of "(4)" stories. These four do not include the Hartnells; most likely all are Tom Baker stories.

In DWM, Jordan is named in three story Archives: L for Hartnell, and 4A and 4C for Baker. The year of sale for L is cited as 1969, and the two Bakers in 1981.


Stories bought and broadcast

WILLIAM HARTNELL

Presumably Jordan aired the standard package of nine stories, 37 episodes:

A An Unearthly Child 1
B The Daleks 7
C Inside the Spaceship 2
E The Keys of Marinus 6
F The Aztecs 4
G The Sensorites 6
J Planet of Giants 3
K The Dalek Invasion of Earth 6
L The Rescue 2

The programme would have been supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with Arabic soundtracks.

Origin of the Prints?

Saudi Arabia was the previous Middle Eastern country to screen the series in Arabic – a year earlier - so it's possible that Jordan was sent the same set of dubbed prints from Saudi Arabia.


TOM BAKER

Four stories (?), unknown number of episodes:

DWM identifies two stories from season 12, so presumably the other two (as recorded in The Eighties) were also from that season:

4A Robot 4
4C The Ark in Space 4
?? unknown
?? unknown


Transmission

TV listings

We have not been able to access English language Jordanian papers that would have listings for the William Hartnell stories. The Arabic paper Al-Dustur did have listings in Arabic (sample of a late 1960s TV listings reproduced here), but no listings for Doctor Who could be identified for the dates accessed.

A sample of issues of the English paper Jordan Times from 1980 to 1984 were examined, but again listings for Doctor Who could not be located. In 1980, the listings included "descriptions" rather than titles, so billings such as "English by television" did appear from time to time. In 1982, the listings contained a generic billing for "Children's Programme" at 5.15pm.

The Israeli English newspaper Jerusalem Post was also accessed for 1981; these contained "Unofficial" listings for Jordan TV, but yet again, there were no billings for Doctor Who in the date ranges we checked. There was a generic billing for "Cartoons" at 5.40pm.


Fate of the Prints?

Jordan may have been the last country in the Middle East to screen the package of nine William Hartnell stories.


Links

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