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 ====Fate of the Prints?====
-Ethiopian Television Service was the last-ever country to air the English soundtrack prints of the standard GROUP A, B, C, D and E package of [[William Hartnell stories]]. As a distribution client of '''[[TIE Ltd]]''', its film holdings may have been returned to the distributor or the BBC or destroyed.
+The Ethiopian Television Service was the last-ever country to air the English soundtrack prints of the standard GROUP A, B, C, D and E package of [[William Hartnell stories]]. As a distribution client of '''[[TIE Ltd]]''', its film holdings may have been returned to the distributor or the BBC or destroyed.
 On 6 October 2013, it was reported in the Mirror newspaper that "over 100 episodes" had been found in Ethiopia. However, the report was quickly dismissed by several people as being "untrue":

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	The films may have been bicycled across from [[Barbados]] and [[Jamaica]], which were also part of '''TIE's''' distribution network, and where they had aired some three years earlier.		The films may have been bicycled across from [[Barbados]] and [[Jamaica]], which were also part of '''TIE's''' distribution network, and where they had aired some three years earlier.
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		+	But since ETV was the last TV broadcaster to air these 16 William Hartnell stories in English, they may have been supplied with a fresh set of the new Stored Field telerecordings of serials {{A}} to {{L}} direct from the BBC, and {{M}} to {{R}} which were bicycled in from [[Jamaica]].

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 ==Television Stations / Channels==
-Ethiopia began its television service in 1964.
+Ethiopia began its television service in 1964. '''[[wikipedia:ETV Ethiopia| Ethiopian Television Service (ETV)]]''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster, was set up with the assistance of '''[[TIE Ltd]]''', which also acted as its programme purchaser.
 Colour transmissions began in 1979 using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system.
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 Ethiopia therefore bought GROUP A, B and C of the standard package of [[William Hartnell stories]], bar [[The Time Meddler]].
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 The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
 In Alwyn W Turner's 2011 book '''"The Man Who Invented the Daleks"''', he notes that "in 1971, [Terry] Nation received £3.12 [in royalties] when [[The Chase]] was sold to Ethiopian television".
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 <!--The films were most likely supplied by [[Sierra Leone]], who had aired them between April 1967 and December 1968, rather than nearby [[Mauritius]], the previous East African country within the '''[[TIE Ltd|Television International Enterprises Ltd / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' distribution network, since the MBC had apparently returned all episodes to the BBC.-->
-The films may have been bicycled across from [[Barbados]] and [[Jamaica]], where they had aired some three years earlier.
+The films may have been bicycled across from [[Barbados]] and [[Jamaica]], which were also part of '''TIE's''' distribution network, and where they had aired some three years earlier.

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 ===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
 Sixteen stories, 77 episodes:
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 Ethiopia therefore bought GROUP A, B and C of the standard package of [[William Hartnell stories]], bar [[The Time Meddler]].

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 The first direct listing for '''Doctor Who''' was on 5 November 1970: '''"The Fire Maker"''' (sic). The following week it was '''"Dr Who – to be announced"'''. The week after that it was '''"Dead Planet"'''. The next six episodes are clearly identified as being for [[The Daleks]], followed by [[Inside the Spaceship]] and [[Marco Polo]]. Therefore, the episode labelled '''"Fire Maker"''' would actually have been '''"The Forest of Fear"''', part three of [[An Unearthly Child]].
-'''"500 Eyes"''' is the final episode to be identified by its title (4 February 1974). Many of the subsequent newspapers were missing, or didn't have any TV listings. And the few times when there '''were''' listings, all they gave was '''"Dr Who (Film English)"''', '''"Dr Who (F.E.)"''' or close equivalents.
+'''"500 Eyes"''' is the final episode to be identified by its title (4 February 1971). Many of the subsequent newspapers were missing, or didn't have any TV listings. And the few times when there '''were''' listings, all they gave was '''"Dr Who (Film English)"''', '''"Dr Who (F.E.)"''' or close equivalents.
 The fact that the programme is identified as being '''"Film"''' and '''"English"''' does support the thought that the programme was indeed broadcast in that language.

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	====Origin of the Prints?====		====Origin of the Prints?====
−	The films were most likely supplied by [[Sierra Leone]], who had aired them between April 1967 and December 1968, rather than nearby [[Mauritius]], the previous East African country within the '''[[TIE Ltd\|Television International Enterprises Ltd / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' distribution network, since the MBC had apparently returned all episodes to the BBC.	+	<!--The films were most likely supplied by [[Sierra Leone]], who had aired them between April 1967 and December 1968, rather than nearby [[Mauritius]], the previous East African country within the '''[[TIE Ltd\|Television International Enterprises Ltd / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' distribution network, since the MBC had apparently returned all episodes to the BBC.-->
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		+	The films may have been bicycled across from [[Barbados]] and [[Jamaica]], where they had aired some three years earlier.

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 ==Language/s==
-The principal languages of Ethiopia are Amharic, Oromigna, and Tigrinya. English is also recognised as a secondary language. From the evidence given in the TV listings (see below), '''Doctor Who''' aired in English (possibly also with subtitles?). News bulletins were also provided in French.
+The principal languages of Ethiopia are Amharic, Oromigna, and Tigrinya. English is also recognised as a secondary language. From the evidence given in the TV listings (see below), '''Doctor Who''' aired in English (possibly also with subtitles or dubbed?). News bulletins were also provided in French.
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 The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
 In Alwyn W Turner's 2011 book '''"The Man Who Invented the Daleks"''', he notes that "in 1971, [Terry] Nation received £3.12 [in royalties] when [[The Chase]] was sold to Ethiopian television".

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	====Origin of the Prints?====		====Origin of the Prints?====
−	The films were most likely supplied by [[Mauritius]], the previous East African country within the '''[[TIE Ltd\|Television International Enterprises Ltd / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' distribution network~~; so it’s possible that Ethiopia, who was also a client of TIE's~~, ~~was sent~~ the ~~same set of prints that~~ had ~~finished screening in [[Mauritius]] in March 1968~~.	+	The films were most likely supplied by [[Sierra Leone]], who had aired them between April 1967 and December 1968, rather than nearby [[Mauritius]], the previous East African country within the '''[[TIE Ltd\|Television International Enterprises Ltd / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' distribution network, since the MBC had apparently returned all episodes to the BBC.

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-|'''Language/s'''||Amharic, Oromigna, Tigrinya, English||Subtitled?
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 ==Language/s==
-The principal languages of Ethiopia are Amharic, Oromigna, and Tigrinya. English is also recognised as a secondary language. From the evidence given in the TV listings (see below), '''Doctor Who''' aired in English (possibly also with subtitles). News bulletins were also provided in French.
+The principal languages of Ethiopia are Amharic, Oromigna, and Tigrinya. English is also recognised as a secondary language. From the evidence given in the TV listings (see below), '''Doctor Who''' aired in English (possibly also with subtitles?). News bulletins were also provided in French.
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 ==[[BBC Records]]==
 '''The Seventies''' records a sale of '''"(14)"''' stories by 28 February 1977. '''The Handbook''' identifies these as being: {{C}}, {{D}}, {{E}}, {{F}}, {{G}}, {{H}}, {{J}}, {{K}}, {{L}}, {{M}}, {{N}}, {{P}}, {{Q}} and {{R}}.
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 Ethiopia therefore bought GROUP A, B and C of the standard package of [[William Hartnell stories]], bar [[The Time Meddler]].
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 ====Origin of the Prints?====
-[[File:Ethio Fire.JPG|thumb|right|200px|"The Fire Maker", 5 November 1970]]
+The films were most likely supplied by [[Mauritius]], the previous East African country within the '''[[TIE Ltd|Television International Enterprises Ltd / TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' distribution network; so it’s possible that Ethiopia, who was also a client of TIE's, was sent the same set of prints that had finished screening in [[Mauritius]] in March 1968.
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 ====Fate of the Prints?====
-Being the last ever country to air the English soundtrack prints of the standard GROUP A, B, C, D and E package of [[William Hartnell stories]] – including three of the now-missing stories - the Ethiopian Television Service either retained the prints, returned them to the BBC in London after April 1972, or had them all destroyed...
+Ethiopian Television Service was the last-ever country to air the English soundtrack prints of the standard GROUP A, B, C, D and E package of [[William Hartnell stories]]. As a distribution client of '''[[TIE Ltd]]''', its film holdings may have been returned to the distributor or the BBC or destroyed.
 On 6 October 2013, it was reported in the Mirror newspaper that "over 100 episodes" had been found in Ethiopia. However, the report was quickly dismissed by several people as being "untrue":

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	Being the last ever country to air the English soundtrack prints of the standard GROUP A, B, C, D and E package of [[William Hartnell stories]] – including three of the now-missing stories - the Ethiopian Television Service either retained the prints, returned them to the BBC in London after April 1972, or had them all destroyed...		Being the last ever country to air the English soundtrack prints of the standard GROUP A, B, C, D and E package of [[William Hartnell stories]] – including three of the now-missing stories - the Ethiopian Television Service either retained the prints, returned them to the BBC in London after April 1972, or had them all destroyed...
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		+	On 6 October 2013, it was reported in the Mirror newspaper that "over 100 episodes" had been found in Ethiopia. However, the report was quickly dismissed by several people as being "untrue":
		+	*[http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/106-doctor-who-episodes-uncovered-2343474 Episodes found in Ethiopia?]