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'''[[Wikipedia:Abu Dhabi|ABU DHABI]]''' is a city in the [[wikipedia:United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates, which borders the south shores of the Persian Gulf, in the [[:Category:Middle East|Middle East]].
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#REDIRECT [[United Arab Emirates]]
 
 
{{Place-name
 
|First broadcast        = 1969
 
|First colour broadcast = 1974
 
|Colour                = [[wikipedia:PAL|PAL]]
 
|Doctors seen          = [[Jon Pertwee stories|Pertwee]], [[Tom Baker stories|T Baker]]
 
}}
 
 
 
==Population==
 
 
 
When '''Doctor Who''' screened in Abu Dhabi in the 1970s, the population was 200,000, and licensed TV sets numbered only 16,000 (per [[WRTH]], 1974).
 
 
 
==TV & system==
 
 
 
Abu Dhabi began its television service in 1969.
 
 
 
Colour transmissions began in 1974 using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system.
 
 
 
There is just one television station: '''United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Television Service''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster. '''Doctor Who''' screened on its channel 5.
 
 
 
==Language/s==
 
 
 
The main languages of Abu Dhabi is [[Arabic]] and English.
 
 
 
=='''DOCTOR WHO IN ABU DHABI'''==
 
 
 
Abu Dhabi was the 41st purchaser of '''Doctor Who'''; it was the second in the UAE, the other being [[Dubai]] (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]).
 
 
 
==[[BBC Records]]==
 
 
 
'''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - The Lost Chapters] records a sale of '''1''' story (by 10 February 1987).
 
 
 
Abu Dhabi is not named in any of the '''DWM''' story Archives.
 
 
 
Tom Baker mentions being a star in Abu Dhabi on pages 195 and 257 of his 1997 autobiography '''Who on Earth is Tom Baker'''.
 
 
 
 
 
==Stories bought and broadcast==
 
 
 
===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]===
 
 
 
XXX stories, XX episodes:
 
 
 
{| {{small-table}}
 
|-
 
|AAA||[[Spearhead from Space]]||4
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
The programme was supplied as 16mm colour film or PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
 
 
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
 
 
 
XXX stories, XX episodes:
 
 
 
{| {{small-table}}
 
|-
 
|??||???||??
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 
 
 
==Transmission==
 
 
 
===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]===
 
 
 
Apparently screened some Pertwees. Other than {AAA}}, don't know what else.
 
 
 
 
 
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
 
 
 
Baker says he's popular in Abu Dhabi n hs autobiogapy!
 
 
 
There is no record that Abu Dhabi screened '''Doctor Who''' again; however given that the countries of the Persian Gulf could receive tramsissions from each other's broadcasts, it is certain that viewers in Abu Dhabi viewed screenings of '''Doctor Who''' from [[Bahrain]], [[Dubai]], [[Kuwait]], [[Qatar]] and [[Saudi Arabia]].
 
 
 
==TV listings==
 
 
 
'''1970s'''
 
 
 
'''1980s'''
 
 
 
None found.
 
 
 
==Abu Dhabi in Doctor Who==
 
 
 
There are no instances where Abu Dhabi is mentioned in the series.
 
 
 
Abu Dhabi has been mentioned directly or indirectly in:
 
 
 
 
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
 
 
==Link==
 
*[[Main Page]]
 
*[[Broadcasts around the World]]
 
*[[Articles & Analysis]]
 
*[[BBC Records]]
 
*[[Doctors]]
 
**[[Jon Pertwee stories]]
 
**[[Tom Baker stories]]
 
*[[Arabic]]
 
 
 
[[Category:Middle East]]
 

Latest revision as of 01:59, 8 January 2011