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'''[[wikipedia:Finland|FINLAND]]''' is part of Fenno-Scandinavia, in northern [[:Category:Europe|Europe]]. It shares a border with [[Norway]], [[Sweden]] and [[Russia]].

The 1963 to 1989 run of Classic '''Doctor Who''' did not screen on any local terrestrial TV stations in Finland, but it was known in other ways:


=='''DOCTOR WHO IN FINLAND'''==

==[[BBC Records]]==
In a BBC memo dated '''7 July 1965''', Finland was one of several European countries to which the series had been offered. The stories auditioned were [[The Daleks]], [[The Sensorites]] and [[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]] (tellingly, only 'futuristic' stories and no historicals!). However, the offer was not accepted and no sale eventuated. (Of note, the same three stories were also offered to [[Sweden]] and [[Switzerland]], suggesting some kind of proposed 'region deal'.)


==On Television==
'''UK SATELLITE'''

From '''24 March 1987''', the series was available via the UK satellite station [[Super Channel]]. Also available in the 1990s was [[BBC World Service Television Europe]] / [[BBC Prime]], and [[Germany]]'s RTL Plus.

	
'''PAUL MCGANN MOVIE'''

The 1996 [[TV Movie]] aired on the cable and satellite station [[wikipedia:MTV3 Scifi|MTV3 Scifi]] on Friday, '''13 February 1999''' at 2.50pm. (The story had been available on video tape three years before this -- see below.) The satellite station was also available in other parts of Scandinavia as well as the Baltic countries Estonia and  
*[https://elonet.finna.fi/Record/kavi.elonet_elokuva_171605 Elonet entry]

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|[[File:MTV3 Finland99.png|right|thumb|350px|The TV Movie on MTV3, 13 February 1999; listing from the Estonian newspaper Sõnumileht]]|[[File:DalekFinland.JPG|right|thumb|350px|The second Dalek movie on YLE TV2, 10.50pm, 13 October 2006]]
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'''[[Peter Cushing|PETER CUSHING DALEKS]]'''

The two [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek movies - '''Doctor Who ja Dalekit''' and '''Doctor Who ja Dalekien Invaasio''' - aired on local Finnish station '''[[wikipedia:Yle TV2|YLE TV2]]''' on '''6 and 13 October 2006''' respectively (the latter at 10.50pm). (YLE TV2 also screens the [[New Series]].)


'''FINLAND SATELLITE'''

From '''3 March 2008''', classic serials became available on '''[[wikipedia:MTV3 Scifi|MTV3 Scifi]]''', which was simulcast with and aired the same episodes as '''[[TV4 Science Fiction]]''' from [[Sweden]] -- see that profile for more details.
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==Merchandise==

While the TV series was an "unknown" prior to the above TV screenings, a couple items of merchandise were available a decade earlier... 


===Novelisations===
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|[[File:Finland Target1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Finnish novelisation – Spearhead from Space]]||[[File:Finland Target9-finlandhardback.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Finnish novelisation – The Silurians]]
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In '''1976''', a publisher called Weilen & Göös released '''hardback''' adaptations of two of the Target novelisations, translated into Finnish:
*'''TOHTORI KUKA – JA AUTONIEN HYÖKKÄYS''' (''The Auton Aggression'') ([[Spearhead from Space]])
*'''TOHTORI KUKA – JA LUOLAHIRVIÖT''' (''The Cave Monster'') ([[Doctor Who and the Silurians]])

There are also two Finnish translations of [[NEW SERIES|new series]] novels:
* [http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikitt%C3%A4v%C3%A4_painajainen TIKITTAVA PAINAJAINEN] (The Clockwise Man)
* [http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luolamies_Lontoossa LUOLAMIES LONTOOSSA] (Only Human)


===Videos===

In late '''1988''', Castle Video Oy Ltd in Helsinki released a commercial VHS of [[Pyramids of Mars]] (under its "Sesam Video" brand) with the title '''"Dr Who Marsin Pyramidit"'''; this had the original English audio soundtrack with Finnish subtitles. 

According to the [https://elonet.finna.fi/Record/kavi.elonet_elokuva_116061 Elonet video classification guide], the programme was "inspected" by the classification board on '''24 October 1988''', which indicates it was released sometime after that date. 

Although this story had been released by Nonstop Video in [[Norway]] and [[Sweden]] under the brand of "Sesam Eievideo", Castle Video's similarly named "Sesam" brand is different and unconnected to its Norwegian counterpart. 

* [http://www.timelash.com/tardis/display.asp?812#finland FINLAND VHS]

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Three years before it appeared on TV (above), the Paul McGann [[TV Movie]] was released on VHS (by MCA/Universal/CIC Video) in late '''1996'''. This was a Rental Only tape (subtitled in Finnish) with the unique and highly descriptive title '''"1999 MAAILMAN TUHO"''' - which translates as '''"1999 WORLD DESTRUCTION / DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD"'''.  The tagline was '''"HÄN TULI TAKAISIN… VIIME HETKELLÄ!"'''  (''He Came Back … At The Last Minute!'')

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|[[File:Mars VHS.JPG|thumb|250px|right|"DR WHO MARSIN PYRAMIDIT" video tape]]|[[File:TVMFinland.JPG|thumb|right|275px|"1999 MAAILMAN TUHO" - Finland VHS]]
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==Other Links==

* The Finnish Wikipedia, complete with Finnish "titles" can be read: [http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettelo_televisiosarjan_Doctor_Who_jaksoista HERE]


==Finland in Doctor Who==
* The Draconian Consulate in Helsinki was burnt to the ground ([[Frontier in Space]])
*A flight coming in from Helsinki is listed on the 'Arrivals' board at Schiphol Airport in [[Arc of Infinity]]


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