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'''[[Wikipedia:Seychelles|SEYCHELLES]]''' is a group of small islands to the west of Africa. A French colony, it began independent in XXXXXXXXXXXXXX.
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'''The [[Wikipedia:Seychelles|SEYCHELLES]]''' are a group of small islands to the east of Africa.  
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==Profile==
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{| {{small-table}}
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|'''Country Number (N/K)'''||1987||[[Selling Doctor Who|THIRD WAVE]]
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|'''Region'''||[[:Category:Africa|Africa]]||Commonwealth
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|'''Television commenced'''||1983||
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|'''Colour System'''||1983||[[:Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]]
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|'''[[WRTH|Population]]'''||1987||69,000
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|'''[[WRTH|TV Sets]]'''||1987||3,500
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|'''Language/s'''||French and English||
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{{Place-name
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==Television Stations / Channels==
|First broadcast        = 1983
 
|First colour broadcast = 1983
 
|Colour                = [[wikipedia:PAL|PAL]]
 
|Doctors seen          = [[Tom Baker stories|T Baker]], [[Peter Davison stories|Davison]]
 
}}
 
  
==Population==
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The Seychelles began its colour television service in 1983.
  
When '''Doctor Who''' screened in Seychelles in 1987, the population was circa 65,000, and licensed TV sets numbered 500! (per [[WRTH]], 1984).
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There is just one television station: '''Radio-Television Seychelles (RTS)''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster.  
  
==TV & system==
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In the 1980s, television aired only three days a week, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
  
Seychelles began its television service in 1983, which was colour using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system.
 
  
There is just one television station: '''Radio-Television Seychelles''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster.
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==Language/s==
  
Television aired only three days a week, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
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The principal languages of the Seychelles are French and English. Broadcasts consisted of both English and French-language programming.  
  
==Language/s==
 
  
The main languages of the Seychelles is French and English. TV programmes most likely aired in English, but with French subtitles.
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=='''DOCTOR WHO IN THE SEYCHELLES'''==
  
=='''DOCTOR WHO IN SEYCHELLES'''==
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The series was sold to the Seychelles towards the end of the THIRD WAVE of sales in the 1980s (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]).
  
Seychelles was the 64th country to screen '''Doctor Who''' (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]).
 
  
 
==[[BBC Records]]==
 
==[[BBC Records]]==
  
'''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm the Lost Chapters] records a sale of '''7''' stories (by 10 February 1987). However the airdates for only '''5''' have been identified.
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'''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS] records a sale of '''"(7)"''' stories (by 10 February 1987). However the airdates for only '''5''' have been identified.
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The Seychelles is not named in any of the '''DWM''' story Archives.
  
Seychelles is not identified in any of the '''DWM''' story Archives.
 
  
 
==Stories bought and broadcast==
 
==Stories bought and broadcast==
  
 
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
 
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
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[[File:Seych 5B.JPG|thumb|right|200px|The Pirate Planet Part 1]]
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[[File:Seych 4F.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Terror of the Zygons Part 1]]
  
4 stories, 18 episodes:
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4 known stories, 18 episodes:
  
 
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Seychelles therefore bought part of GROUPs A and GB, plus one story from Group XXXX of the [[Tom Baker stories]]. The fact that Seychelles screened [[The Pirate Planet]] is odd for the very fact that the story formed part of the longer "Key to Time" season, making this the rare only occasion in which this serial screened in isolation.  
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That the Seychelles purchased [[The Pirate Planet]] is very odd if only because that story formed part of the longer "Key to Time" season, making this the only (known) instance of this serial screening in isolation.  
  
 
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
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===[[Peter Davison stories|PETER DAVISON]]===
 
===[[Peter Davison stories|PETER DAVISON]]===
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[[File:Seych 5X2.JPG|thumb|right|200px|The Visitation Part 2]]
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[[File:Seych 5X3.JPG|thumb|right|200px|The Visitation Part 3 (and 4?)]]
  
 
1 story, 4 episodes:
 
1 story, 4 episodes:
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Seychelles therefore bought part of GROUP A of the [[Peter Davison stories]]. Again, here is a rare instance of just one story from the Davison series being screened on its own (see also [[Swaziland]]).  
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Again, here is a rare instance of just one story from the Davison series being purchased on its own (but see also [[Swaziland]]).  
  
 
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
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==Transmission==
 
==Transmission==
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===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
 
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
  
The series commenced on Saturday, 14 February 1987 at 5.05, with [[The Pirate Planet]], a highly unusual choice to launch the "new science fiction series". This was followed by [[Genesis of the Daleks]] from season 12. After this came [[Terror of the Zygons]] and [[Pyramids of Mars]], both from season 13. There was a one-week break mid-way through [[Pyramids of Mars]] on 6 June 1987.  
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The series commenced on Saturday, '''14 February 1987''', at 5.05, with [[The Pirate Planet]], a highly unusual choice to launch the "new science fiction series".  
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'''14 March 1987''' saw the start of [[Genesis of the Daleks]] from season 12. After this came [[Terror of the Zygons]] and [[Pyramids of Mars]], both from season 13. There was a one-week break mid-way through [[Pyramids of Mars]] on '''6 June 1987'''.  
  
 
The timeslots were different every week, ranging between 5.01pm and 5.32pm.
 
The timeslots were different every week, ranging between 5.01pm and 5.32pm.
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Did the '''RTS''' elect to air the stories alphabetically according to the BBC's production serial code? – in which case '''{{5B}}''' would indeed come ahead of '''{{4E}}''', '''{{4F}}''', '''{{4G}}''' and '''{{5X}}'''...
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===[[Peter Davison stories|PETER DAVISON]]===
 
===[[Peter Davison stories|PETER DAVISON]]===
  
On 27 June 1987, part one of [[The Visitation]] aired. The series finished two weeks later, on 11 July, with a timeslot of 3.56pm to 4.40pm, which suggests that two episodes may have aired, otherwise only three episodes of [[The Visitation]] aired.  
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On '''27 June 1987''', part one of [[The Visitation]] aired. The series finished two weeks later, on '''11 July''', with the episode billed as '''"(ep 3)"'''. However, with a 44-minute timeslot running from 3.56 to 4.40pm does suggest that possibly two episodes may have played back to back - otherwise only three episodes of [[The Visitation]] aired.
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There is no record that the Seychelles screened '''Doctor Who''' again.
  
There is no record that Seychelles screened '''Doctor Who''' again.
 
  
 
==TV listings==
 
==TV listings==
TV listings have been obtained from the newspaper ''Seychelles Nation'', an English-language paper. The TV listings included both English and French programming; '''Doctor Who''' appears to have aired in English, but perhaps with French subtitling?
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{{airdates-left|the Seychelles}}
 
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TV listings have been obtained from the English-language newspaper, ''Seychelles Nation''. The TV listings included both English and French programming; '''"DR WHO"''' would have aired in English (possibly also with French subtitling?).
Listings initially gave the series name as '''Dr Who'''??????????????
 
 
 
The first episode of [[The Pirate Planet]] was billed as a "new science fiction series introducing Dr Who", so it's unlikely that any other stories aired before 14 February 1987.  
 
  
==Seychelles in Doctor Who==
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The first episode of [[The Pirate Planet]] was billed as '''"A new science fiction series introducing Dr Who as he shuttled through time and space sorting out galactic problems and vanquishing monsters".
  
There are no instances where Seychelles is mentioned in the series.
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Given that it says "introducing..." it is unlikely that any other stories aired before 14 February 1987 – and yet there are possibly two stories to be accounted for, if the 1987 memo is at all accurate.
  
==References==
 
<references />
 
  
==Link==
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==Links==
 
*[[Main Page]]
 
*[[Main Page]]
 
*[[Broadcasts around the World]]
 
*[[Broadcasts around the World]]

Latest revision as of 09:38, 18 August 2023

The SEYCHELLES are a group of small islands to the east of Africa.

Profile

Country Number (N/K) 1987 THIRD WAVE
Region Africa Commonwealth
Television commenced 1983
Colour System 1983 PAL
Population 1987 69,000
TV Sets 1987 3,500
Language/s French and English

Television Stations / Channels

The Seychelles began its colour television service in 1983.

There is just one television station: Radio-Television Seychelles (RTS), a government-owned commercial broadcaster.

In the 1980s, television aired only three days a week, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.


Language/s

The principal languages of the Seychelles are French and English. Broadcasts consisted of both English and French-language programming.


DOCTOR WHO IN THE SEYCHELLES

The series was sold to the Seychelles towards the end of the THIRD WAVE of sales in the 1980s (see Selling Doctor Who).


BBC Records

The Eighties - THE LOST CHAPTERS records a sale of "(7)" stories (by 10 February 1987). However the airdates for only 5 have been identified.

The Seychelles is not named in any of the DWM story Archives.


Stories bought and broadcast

TOM BAKER

The Pirate Planet Part 1
Terror of the Zygons Part 1

4 known stories, 18 episodes:

5B The Pirate Planet 4
4E Genesis of the Daleks 6
4F Terror of the Zygons 4
4G Pyramids of Mars 4

That the Seychelles purchased The Pirate Planet is very odd if only because that story formed part of the longer "Key to Time" season, making this the only (known) instance of this serial screening in isolation.

The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks. .


PETER DAVISON

The Visitation Part 2
The Visitation Part 3 (and 4?)

1 story, 4 episodes:

5X The Visitation 4

Again, here is a rare instance of just one story from the Davison series being purchased on its own (but see also Swaziland).

The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.


Transmission

TOM BAKER

The series commenced on Saturday, 14 February 1987, at 5.05, with The Pirate Planet, a highly unusual choice to launch the "new science fiction series".

14 March 1987 saw the start of Genesis of the Daleks from season 12. After this came Terror of the Zygons and Pyramids of Mars, both from season 13. There was a one-week break mid-way through Pyramids of Mars on 6 June 1987.

The timeslots were different every week, ranging between 5.01pm and 5.32pm.

Did the RTS elect to air the stories alphabetically according to the BBC's production serial code? – in which case 5B would indeed come ahead of 4E, 4F, 4G and 5X...


PETER DAVISON

On 27 June 1987, part one of The Visitation aired. The series finished two weeks later, on 11 July, with the episode billed as "(ep 3)". However, with a 44-minute timeslot running from 3.56 to 4.40pm does suggest that possibly two episodes may have played back to back - otherwise only three episodes of The Visitation aired.

There is no record that the Seychelles screened Doctor Who again.


TV listings

Airdates in the Seychelles
← AIRDATES ...... (CLICK ICON TO GO TO TABLE SHOWING EPISODE BREAKDOWN AND AIRDATES - N/S = story title is Not Stated)

TV listings have been obtained from the English-language newspaper, Seychelles Nation. The TV listings included both English and French programming; "DR WHO" would have aired in English (possibly also with French subtitling?).

The first episode of The Pirate Planet was billed as "A new science fiction series introducing Dr Who as he shuttled through time and space sorting out galactic problems and vanquishing monsters".

Given that it says "introducing..." it is unlikely that any other stories aired before 14 February 1987 – and yet there are possibly two stories to be accounted for, if the 1987 memo is at all accurate.


Links