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In Poland, foreign programmes are usually always dubbed. | In Poland, foreign programmes are usually always dubbed. | ||
| − | By the 2000s, Poland had satellite stations. It was on digital station '''[[wikipedia:Tele 5 (Poland)|TELE5]]''' (launched on 19 April 2002) that '''Doktor Who''' aired 2002 to 2003. (TELE 5 broadcast off the Astra-satellite, orbital position: 19,2° East, 10. | + | By the 2000s, Poland had satellite stations. It was on digital station '''[[wikipedia:Tele 5 (Poland)|TELE5]]''' (launched on 19 April 2002) that '''Doktor Who''' aired 2002 to 2003. (TELE 5 broadcast off the Astra-satellite, orbital position: 19,2° East, 10.832 Ghz, horizontal, 27500 Bytes) |
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The Polish version of WikiPedia: ([http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who POLISH DOCTOR WHO]) says: | The Polish version of WikiPedia: ([http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who POLISH DOCTOR WHO]) says: | ||
| − | ''Na początku lat 90. XX w. jedna z prywatnych stacji telewizyjnych wyemitowała kilkanaście odcinków z Tomem Bakerem w roli czwartej inkarnacji Doktora. W 1997 r. TVP1 pokazała film telewizyny BBC Doctor Who z 1996 r.'' | + | :''Na początku lat 90. XX w. jedna z prywatnych stacji telewizyjnych wyemitowała kilkanaście odcinków z Tomem Bakerem w roli czwartej inkarnacji Doktora. W 1997 r. TVP1 pokazała film telewizyny BBC Doctor Who z 1996 r.'' |
'''This translates as:''' | '''This translates as:''' | ||
| − | ''In the early 1990s, one of the private television stations aired a '''few''' episodes with Tom Baker as the fourth incarnation of the Doctor. In 1997, TVP1 showed the 1996 BBC [[TV Movie]] '''"Doctor Who"'''.'' | + | :''In the early 1990s, one of the private television stations aired a '''few''' episodes with Tom Baker as the fourth incarnation of the Doctor. In 1997, TVP1 showed the 1996 BBC [[TV Movie]] '''"Doctor Who"'''.'' |
[[File:Poland 2003.JPG|400px|right|thumb|2003 Panopticon Handbook – 40 Fabulous Facts]] | [[File:Poland 2003.JPG|400px|right|thumb|2003 Panopticon Handbook – 40 Fabulous Facts]] | ||
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(An unofficial site by fans of Polonia 1 has quite an extensive online "archive" of material, including lists and examples of daily schedules of the various programmes the station aired over the years (see [http://two.xthost.info/polonia1/g_opr93.htm POLONIA 1], as well as a general Polish TV listings "archive" at [http://forum.media2.pl/viewtopic.php?pid=30515 POLISH TV LISTINGS]), but despite our searching in both sites for references to '''Doctor Who''', '''Doktor Who''' or '''Doktor Kto''', none could be found. Of course, not being able to read Polish doesn't exactly help... The lack of listings of any description does make us think that perhaps the Wikipedia entry is incorrect, and '''Doctor Who''' never screened in Poland in the 1990s... | (An unofficial site by fans of Polonia 1 has quite an extensive online "archive" of material, including lists and examples of daily schedules of the various programmes the station aired over the years (see [http://two.xthost.info/polonia1/g_opr93.htm POLONIA 1], as well as a general Polish TV listings "archive" at [http://forum.media2.pl/viewtopic.php?pid=30515 POLISH TV LISTINGS]), but despite our searching in both sites for references to '''Doctor Who''', '''Doktor Who''' or '''Doktor Kto''', none could be found. Of course, not being able to read Polish doesn't exactly help... The lack of listings of any description does make us think that perhaps the Wikipedia entry is incorrect, and '''Doctor Who''' never screened in Poland in the 1990s... | ||
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| + | One likely scenario is that the "privately-owned" station was in fact [[BBC Prime]], which had satellite coverage across most of Europe in the mid-1990s, which certainly fits with the period hinted at by the Wikipedia entry. | ||
Poland is mentioned as having aired the series in the '''2003 Panopticon Convention''' souvenir handbook, under the 40 Fabulous Facts section: "''Doctor Who'' has been shown in 66 countries around the world, from [[Abu Dhabi]] and [[Algeria]], to '''Poland''', [[Qatar]], [[Taiwan]] and [[Rhodesia / Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe]]". (The reference to 66 countries is out slightly – at best count, Polish was nearer the 70th mark...) | Poland is mentioned as having aired the series in the '''2003 Panopticon Convention''' souvenir handbook, under the 40 Fabulous Facts section: "''Doctor Who'' has been shown in 66 countries around the world, from [[Abu Dhabi]] and [[Algeria]], to '''Poland''', [[Qatar]], [[Taiwan]] and [[Rhodesia / Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe]]". (The reference to 66 countries is out slightly – at best count, Polish was nearer the 70th mark...) | ||
| − | The inclusion of Poland in this publication would probably be in relation to the then-recent screenings of [[Tom Baker stories]] on the Polish satellite station '''TELE5''', from early 2002 to mid-2003, which oddly enough is ''not'' mentioned in the Wikipedia entry... Unless the Wiki entry reference to "early 1990s" is actually wrong, and they instead mean "early 2000s" in reference to the TELE5 broadcasts...? | + | The inclusion of Poland in this publication would probably be in relation to the then-recent screenings of [[Tom Baker stories]] on the Polish satellite station '''TELE5''', from early 2002 to mid-2003, which oddly enough is ''not'' mentioned in the Wikipedia entry... (Unless the Wiki entry reference to "early 1990s" is actually wrong, and they instead mean "early 2000s" in reference to the TELE5 broadcasts...?) |
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| + | As noted in the TV Listings section below, the lack of TV listings in any of the 1990s newspapers does suggest that it wasn't a local station that carried the series. | ||
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==Stories bought and broadcast== | ==Stories bought and broadcast== | ||
| − | ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]?=== | + | ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]] (1990s?)=== |
| − | + | It is not known what [[Tom Baker stories]] screened in the 1990s – if any even did. (Since the BBC always seemed to offer new purchasers Baker's first season - starting with [[Robot]] – it's likely a selection of those stories were the ones seen.) | |
| − | + | As noted above, it is more than likely that the broadcasts referred to in Wikipedia were on [[BBC Prime]] or another regional satellite or cable station. | |
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===[[Sylvester McCoy stories|SYLVESTER McCOY]]=== | ===[[Sylvester McCoy stories|SYLVESTER McCOY]]=== | ||
===[[Paul McGann stories|PAUL McGANN]]=== | ===[[Paul McGann stories|PAUL McGANN]]=== | ||
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| − | ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]] ( | + | ---- |
| − | + | ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]] (2000s)=== | |
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Nine stories, 36 episodes (not in correct story order): | Nine stories, 36 episodes (not in correct story order): | ||
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| − | TELE5 may have purchased the same dubbed episodes that had been used by the other Polish station, plus additional episodes, which were either dubbed into Polish, or broadcast in English but with Polish "narration" voice-over. | + | TELE5 may have purchased the same dubbed episodes that had been used by the other Polish station (if there ''were'' earlier broadcasts), plus additional episodes, which were either dubbed into Polish, or broadcast in English but with Polish "narration" voice-over. |
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[[File:Poland2.JPG|thumb|right|375px|"Doktor Who", episode 8 of 26, 11 August 2002]] | [[File:Poland2.JPG|thumb|right|375px|"Doktor Who", episode 8 of 26, 11 August 2002]] | ||
| − | '''[[Peter Cushing]]''' | + | '''[[Peter Cushing|PETER CUSHING]]''' |
* The first of the two [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek movies aired on Saturday, '''6 October 1979''', at 4.30pm, on station '''PR I, Studio-2''', and the second film on Wednesday, '''26 December 1979''', at 3.20pm, on '''PR II'''. | * The first of the two [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek movies aired on Saturday, '''6 October 1979''', at 4.30pm, on station '''PR I, Studio-2''', and the second film on Wednesday, '''26 December 1979''', at 3.20pm, on '''PR II'''. | ||
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'''[[Tom Baker]]?''' | '''[[Tom Baker]]?''' | ||
| − | * A run of Tom Baker stories '''''may have''''' aired in the '''early 1990s'''; possibly '''1993/1994''', which was when the three novelisations were published. ( | + | * A run of Tom Baker stories '''''may have''''' aired in the '''early 1990s'''; possibly '''1993/1994''', which was when the three novelisations were published. If these did in fact air via a UK-based satellite or cable channel – such as [[BBC Prime]] or [[Super Channel]] - then the transmissions do not count as being Polish… (and for this reason we have not included a 1990s entry for Poland in the [[Storyguide|Story Guide]] list of countries.) |
| − | '''[[Paul McGann]]''' | + | '''[[Paul McGann|PAUL McGANN]]''' |
* The 1996 Paul McGann [[TV Movie]] was screened by [[wikipedia:Filmnet|Filmnet]]. The sale of the film was reported in issue 235 (October 1996) of the DWAS newsletter ''Celestial Toyroom''. Reportedly, Filmnet had the rights to screen the movie '''fifteen''' times! | * The 1996 Paul McGann [[TV Movie]] was screened by [[wikipedia:Filmnet|Filmnet]]. The sale of the film was reported in issue 235 (October 1996) of the DWAS newsletter ''Celestial Toyroom''. Reportedly, Filmnet had the rights to screen the movie '''fifteen''' times! | ||
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| + | '''[[Tom Baker|TOM BAKER]]''' | ||
'''TELE5 (2002-2003)''' | '''TELE5 (2002-2003)''' | ||
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==TV listings== | ==TV listings== | ||
| + | {{Airdates-left|Poland}} | ||
[[File:PolRTL93.JPG |thumb|right|250px|Billing in Trybuna for RTL screening of "Dr Kto", 3 July 1993]] | [[File:PolRTL93.JPG |thumb|right|250px|Billing in Trybuna for RTL screening of "Dr Kto", 3 July 1993]] | ||
| − | The Polish newspaper ''Trybuna'' has been checked for 1990 to 1995 | + | The Polish newspaper ''Trybuna'' has been checked for all of 1990 to 1995; this paper did publish comprehensive TV listings for Polish as well as foreign-based terrestrial, cable and satellite channels (such as the [[Germany|German]] station '''RTL''', which was re-screening [[Sylvester McCoy stories]] at the time – see example illustrated here), but there were no clear listings for '''"Doktor Who"''' or any other spelling variant. |
The '''TELE5''' screenings summary has been collated from Benjamin F Elliott's online '''[http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho/msearch?query=tele5&pos=30&cnt=10 THIS WEEK IN DOCTOR WHO]''', and from [http://forum.media2.pl/viewtopic.php?pid=30515 TELE5 LISTINGS]. Of note, the '''20 April 2002''' billing for some reason dates the first serial as '''1987'''. | The '''TELE5''' screenings summary has been collated from Benjamin F Elliott's online '''[http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho/msearch?query=tele5&pos=30&cnt=10 THIS WEEK IN DOCTOR WHO]''', and from [http://forum.media2.pl/viewtopic.php?pid=30515 TELE5 LISTINGS]. Of note, the '''20 April 2002''' billing for some reason dates the first serial as '''1987'''. | ||
Revision as of 21:25, 14 March 2013
POLAND is in Eastern Europe.
Profile
| Country Number (N/K) | 1990s? / 2002 | THIRD WAVE |
| Region | Europe | |
| Television commenced | 1951 (post war) | |
| Colour System | 1971 | SECAM |
| Colour System | 1995 | PAL |
| Language/s | Polish | Dubbed or Narrated |
Television Stations / Channels
Poland began its television service in 1953. There is one national television broadcaster - Telewizja Polska (TVP1). The country is also served by a number of private terrestrial, satellite and cable stations.
Colour transmissions began in 1971 using the SECAM colour broadcast system that was common throughout Europe. TVP changed to the PAL system in 1995.
In Poland, foreign programmes are usually always dubbed.
By the 2000s, Poland had satellite stations. It was on digital station TELE5 (launched on 19 April 2002) that Doktor Who aired 2002 to 2003. (TELE 5 broadcast off the Astra-satellite, orbital position: 19,2° East, 10.832 Ghz, horizontal, 27500 Bytes)
DOCTOR WHO IN POLAND (DOKTOR WHO)
Poland was one of the last – at least ahead of Sweden – countries in Europe to screen the series (see Selling Doctor Who).
In Polish, the series was probably called Doktor Who or Doktora Who.
BBC Records
Poland is not mentioned in The Seventies, The Handbook or DWM.
The Polish version of WikiPedia: (POLISH DOCTOR WHO) says:
- Na początku lat 90. XX w. jedna z prywatnych stacji telewizyjnych wyemitowała kilkanaście odcinków z Tomem Bakerem w roli czwartej inkarnacji Doktora. W 1997 r. TVP1 pokazała film telewizyny BBC Doctor Who z 1996 r.
This translates as:
- In the early 1990s, one of the private television stations aired a few episodes with Tom Baker as the fourth incarnation of the Doctor. In 1997, TVP1 showed the 1996 BBC TV Movie "Doctor Who".
It is not known what "private station" this is, as no private TV stations are recorded in the 1990 or any subsequent World Radio Television Handbook. A list of current Polish TV stations – both public and private - can be seen HERE.
Of these, the most likely station to have carried Doctor Who in the early 1990s is the privately-owned commercial station Polonia 1, as it appears to be the only one that was in operation at the time in question, having been launched in March 1993. (And with the novelisations (see below) being published in 1993/1994, it's logical that these would have come out around the same time as the broadcasts.)
(An unofficial site by fans of Polonia 1 has quite an extensive online "archive" of material, including lists and examples of daily schedules of the various programmes the station aired over the years (see POLONIA 1, as well as a general Polish TV listings "archive" at POLISH TV LISTINGS), but despite our searching in both sites for references to Doctor Who, Doktor Who or Doktor Kto, none could be found. Of course, not being able to read Polish doesn't exactly help... The lack of listings of any description does make us think that perhaps the Wikipedia entry is incorrect, and Doctor Who never screened in Poland in the 1990s...
One likely scenario is that the "privately-owned" station was in fact BBC Prime, which had satellite coverage across most of Europe in the mid-1990s, which certainly fits with the period hinted at by the Wikipedia entry.
Poland is mentioned as having aired the series in the 2003 Panopticon Convention souvenir handbook, under the 40 Fabulous Facts section: "Doctor Who has been shown in 66 countries around the world, from Abu Dhabi and Algeria, to Poland, Qatar, Taiwan and Zimbabwe". (The reference to 66 countries is out slightly – at best count, Polish was nearer the 70th mark...)
The inclusion of Poland in this publication would probably be in relation to the then-recent screenings of Tom Baker stories on the Polish satellite station TELE5, from early 2002 to mid-2003, which oddly enough is not mentioned in the Wikipedia entry... (Unless the Wiki entry reference to "early 1990s" is actually wrong, and they instead mean "early 2000s" in reference to the TELE5 broadcasts...?)
As noted in the TV Listings section below, the lack of TV listings in any of the 1990s newspapers does suggest that it wasn't a local station that carried the series.
PETER CUSHING Movies
Both of the Peter Cushing Dalek movies have been shown on Poland TV (see Transmission below):
- "Doktor Who i Dalekowie" ("Dr Who and the Daleks")
- "Inwazja Daleków na Ziemie" ("Daleks Invasion of Earth")
Stories bought and broadcast
TOM BAKER (1990s?)
It is not known what Tom Baker stories screened in the 1990s – if any even did. (Since the BBC always seemed to offer new purchasers Baker's first season - starting with Robot – it's likely a selection of those stories were the ones seen.)
As noted above, it is more than likely that the broadcasts referred to in Wikipedia were on BBC Prime or another regional satellite or cable station.
SYLVESTER McCOY
PAUL McGANN
| TVM | The TV Movie | 1 |
TOM BAKER (2000s)
Nine stories, 36 episodes (not in correct story order):
| 4D | Revenge of the Cybermen | 4 |
| 4E | Genesis of the Daleks | 6 |
| 4F | Terror of the Zygons | 4 |
| 4G | Pyramids of Mars | 4 |
| 4H | Planet of Evil | 4 |
| 4J | The Android Invasion | 4 |
| 4A | Robot | 4 |
| 4B | The Sontaran Experiment | 2 |
| 4C | The Ark in Space | 4 |
TELE5 may have purchased the same dubbed episodes that had been used by the other Polish station (if there were earlier broadcasts), plus additional episodes, which were either dubbed into Polish, or broadcast in English but with Polish "narration" voice-over.
Transmission
- The first of the two Peter Cushing Dalek movies aired on Saturday, 6 October 1979, at 4.30pm, on station PR I, Studio-2, and the second film on Wednesday, 26 December 1979, at 3.20pm, on PR II.
- A run of Tom Baker stories may have aired in the early 1990s; possibly 1993/1994, which was when the three novelisations were published. If these did in fact air via a UK-based satellite or cable channel – such as BBC Prime or Super Channel - then the transmissions do not count as being Polish… (and for this reason we have not included a 1990s entry for Poland in the Story Guide list of countries.)
- The 1996 Paul McGann TV Movie was screened by Filmnet. The sale of the film was reported in issue 235 (October 1996) of the DWAS newsletter Celestial Toyroom. Reportedly, Filmnet had the rights to screen the movie fifteen times!
TELE5 (2002-2003)
Starting from Saturday, 20 April 2002, the Polish satellite station TELE5 commenced a run of 26 Tom Baker episodes, running Saturdays and Sundays at 9.30am. As far as can be determined, this run of episodes consisted of Genesis of the Daleks through to The Android Invasion. The run was cycled through at least three times. For the second run, the times shifted to 8.25, 8.30 or 8.35am. (Episodes 7 and 8 were repeated on 10 and 11 August 2002 – see clippings.)
These episodes aired in Polish, or English but with Polish narration.
At some point in early 2003, the slot changed to weekdays, at 4.40pm, then to 7.00pm by July 2003. It appears that for this 2003 run of episodes, TELE5 aired season 12 only – being 20 episodes covering Robot to Revenge of the Cybermen; there were 10 new episodes not included in the 2002 package. After being cycled through several times, this 20 episode run ended by August 2003.
TV listings
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← AIRDATES ...... (CLICK ICON TO GO TO TABLE SHOWING EPISODE BREAKDOWN AND AIRDATES - N/S = story title is Not Stated) |
The Polish newspaper Trybuna has been checked for all of 1990 to 1995; this paper did publish comprehensive TV listings for Polish as well as foreign-based terrestrial, cable and satellite channels (such as the German station RTL, which was re-screening Sylvester McCoy stories at the time – see example illustrated here), but there were no clear listings for "Doktor Who" or any other spelling variant.
The TELE5 screenings summary has been collated from Benjamin F Elliott's online THIS WEEK IN DOCTOR WHO, and from TELE5 LISTINGS. Of note, the 20 April 2002 billing for some reason dates the first serial as 1987.
Novelisations
Three of the Target novels were published in Poland, issued by Publishing Empire in 1993-1994:
- DZIEŃ DALEKÓW (translates as "Day Daleks") (Day of the Daleks)
- WLADCY CZASU (translates as "Rulers of Time") (The Three Doctors)
- ZEMSTA CYBORGÓW (translates as "Revenge Cyborgs") (Revenge of the Cybermen)
Poland in Doctor Who
- The Doctor mentions Polish astronomer, Nicolas Copernicus (Robot).
- Actress Ingrid Pitt (The Time Monster, Warriors of the Deep) was born in Poland.
- Tomek Bork (Captain Sorin, The Curse of Fenric), was born in Poland.
- The Doctor claims to have known Polish-born scientist, Marie Curie (TV Movie).
