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'''[[Wikipedia:Papua New Guinea|Papua New Guinea]]''' is an island in the to thenorth of [[Australia]], part of Indonesia. It is a member of the British Commonwealth.????????????
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'''[[Wikipedia:Papua New Guinea|PAPUA NEW GUINEA]]''' is part of the New Guinea island group to the north of [[Australia]].  
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==Profile==
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|First broadcast        = 1986
 
|First colour broadcast = 1986
 
|Colour                = [[wikipedia:PAL|PAL]]
 
|Doctors seen          = [[Tom Baker stories|T Baker]] and others?
 
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==Population==
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==Television Stations / Channels==
  
When '''Doctor Who''' was seen in Papua New Guinea in 1988, the population was 3 million (per [[WRTH]], 1990).?????????????
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Papua New Guinea did not commence its own locally-based commercial television service until 2008.  
  
==TV & system==
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Some 20 years prior to that, however, television broadcasts were received by relay via one of the [[wikipedia:Aussat|AUSSAT]] satellites, launched into orbit in August 1985. The ABC commenced satellite transmissions via AUSSAT from 26 January 1986.
  
Papua New Guinea began its own television service in 1986, which used the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system.
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Two years later, two further stations were operating via satellite:
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*'''Niugini Television Network (NTN)''', established and owned by the New South Wales, Newcastle-based station [[wikipedia:NBN Television|NBN Television]], which was broadcasting by February 1987
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*'''[[wikipedia:EM TV|EM TV]]''', an affiliate of Australia's [[wikipedia:Nine Network|Network Nine/Channel Nine]], which began broadcasting in PNG from July 1987
  
By 1988, there were two stations: NTN, EMTV '''XXXXXXXXXXX''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster.
 
  
TV started in 1986; ABC is the Australian broadcaster, channel 2 - and Doctor Who was available in PNG via that channel...
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=='''DOCTOR WHO IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA'''==
  
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===[[Peter Cushing|Peter Cushing and the Daleks]]===
  
==Language/s==
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The Dalek movies were shown at various theatres across Papua New Guinea. Only a handful of listings appear in Port Moresby's ''Papua New Guinea Post-Courier''.
  
The main language of Papua New Guinea is English, plus XXXXXXX.  
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The first film was shown in '''Morobe''', a town north of Ports Moresby, at the '''Theatre Lae''', Wednesday to Friday only, '''27-29 August 1969''' in a double-bill with '''[[Wikipedia:Rotten to the Core (film)|Rotten to the Core]]''' (1965).
  
=='''DOCTOR WHO IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA'''==
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Both films were later shown at the '''Palms Theatre''' in '''Rabaul''', a small township in the East New Britain Province on the island of New Britain.
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The first film was shown in a double-bill with the 1958 adventure film '''[[wikipedia:Twilight for the Gods|Twilight for the Gods]]''' on  Monday, '''30 March 1970''' (both films had a "G" rating), and the sequel a year later on Wednesday, '''21 April 1971''' paired with '''[[wikipedia:Two Weeks in September|Two Weeks in September]]''' (1967).
  
Papua New Guinea was the XXXXX ((not included in totals at this stage)) country to screen '''Doctor Who''' (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]).
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[[File:DaleksPNG25-3-70.JPG|left|thumb|250px|First film in Rabaul; PNG Post-Courier 25 March 1970]]
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[[File:DaleksPNG6-4-71.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Second film in Rabaul; PNG Post-Courier 6 April 1971]]
  
==[[BBC Records]]==
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It is most likely that both films were distributed to and shown in other cities and towns around the island group. (Curiously, no listings could be found for theatres in Ports Moresby …)
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Papua New Guinea is not named in any [[BBC Records]]. Strictly speaking, '''Doctor Who''' was not sold to that country, but it did screen there.
 
  
In the fanzine '''The Frame''' (number 9; XXX 19XX), actress Karen Gledhill ([[Remembrance of the Daleks]]) recalls seeing a Tom Baker episode on TV while holidaying in Papua New Guinea NG in 1988. This was because TV receivers on the island could pick up transmissions from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - presumably beamed at the island rather than stray transmissions.  
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==[[BBC Records]]==
 
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[[File:PNG1986.JPG|right|thumb|700px|Times of PNG, 5-11 January 1986, Monday-Thursday, 6.35pm (Although not stated, these listings are for ABC, and are for The Two Doctors and The Mark of the Rani)]]
==Stories broadcast==
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[[File:PNGTV1988.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Times of PNG, 9 January 1988 (Although not stated, this Saturday listing is for The Androids of Tara omnibus)]]
 
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[[File:PNGTV.JPG|right|thumb|500px|Times of PNG, showing listings for EMTV and ABC: 24-30 March 1988 (This Saturday listing is for the Meglos omnibus)]]
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
 
  
XXX stories, XX episodes:
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Strictly speaking, '''Doctor Who''' was not '''sold''' ''per se'' to Papua New Guinea, and the country is therefore not named in any [[BBC Records]].
  
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However, at a public appearance in New Zealand in October 2010, actress Sophie Aldred (Ace) said she had received residual payments for sales to Papua New Guinea, which does suggest that some form of clearances specifically for the island were paid for outside the ABC.  
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==Transmission==
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==Transmission==
  
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]] and beyond===
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The ABC commenced official transmissions via AUSSAT starting in '''26 January 1986'''. The first episodes of '''Doctor Who''' to be seen in Papua New Guinea would have been [[Revelation of the Daleks]] parts 3 and 4.
  
When television began in PNG, the first episodes of '''Doctor Who''' they viewed were the omnibus repeats of XXXXXXX airing on Saturdays in the early afternoon. These were the ones that Karen Gledhill would have seen.  
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In the UK fanzine ''The Frame'' (number 9; February 1989), actress Karen Gledhill (Allison, from [[Remembrance of the Daleks]]) recalled that while enjoying a month's holiday in Papua New Guinea "this time last year" she saw a Tom Baker episode on TV at 3.00 in the afternoon. She then goes on to say that her first job following her return to the UK was for '''Doctor Who'''. Filming on "Remembrance" commenced in late March 1988, so this holiday would have been late 1987 / early 1988. What she saw would have been one of the ABC's Saturday afternoon '''Omnibus''' editions of a season 15, season 16 or season 17 story. (The timeslots for the '''Omnibuses''' were actually 1.00pm to 2.35pm / 2.45pm.)
  
This repeat run ended in July 1988. Presumably all subsequent repeats, and new episodes of the series were seen.
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::* SEE THE LISTINGS FOR [[Australia TX 1985-1990|AUSTRALIA 1986]] FOR FURTHER DETAILS
  
See the listings for [[Australia]] for further details.
 
  
 
==TV listings==
 
==TV listings==
TV listings have been obtained from the newspaper ''Times of Papua New Guinea''.
 
  
The Listings initially gave the series name as '''Dr Who''' ???????
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The TV listings shown here have been obtained from the ''Times of Papua New Guinea''. The earliest paper available covered '''5-11 January 1986'''.
  
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Papers from 1988 had TV listings for all three stations, '''NTN''', '''EM TV''' and '''ABC'''.
  
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None of the listings had episode titles, but we can identify what the episodes are from the equivalent [[Australia|Australian]] listings.
  
==Papua New Guinea in Doctor Who==
 
  
There are no instances where Papua New Guinea is mentioned in the series.
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==Links==
 
 
 
 
==References==
 
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==Link==
 
 
*[[Main Page]]
 
*[[Main Page]]
 
*[[Broadcasts around the World]]
 
*[[Broadcasts around the World]]
 
*[[Articles & Analysis]]
 
*[[Articles & Analysis]]
 
*[[BBC Records]]
 
*[[BBC Records]]
*[[Doctors]]
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*[[Australia]]
**[[Tom Baker stories]]
 
 
 
  
 
[[Category:Australasia/Asia]]
 
[[Category:Australasia/Asia]]

Latest revision as of 02:50, 16 October 2024

PAPUA NEW GUINEA is part of the New Guinea island group to the north of Australia.

Profile

Country Number (N/A)
Region Australasia/Asia
Language/s English


Television Stations / Channels

Papua New Guinea did not commence its own locally-based commercial television service until 2008.

Some 20 years prior to that, however, television broadcasts were received by relay via one of the AUSSAT satellites, launched into orbit in August 1985. The ABC commenced satellite transmissions via AUSSAT from 26 January 1986.

Two years later, two further stations were operating via satellite:

  • Niugini Television Network (NTN), established and owned by the New South Wales, Newcastle-based station NBN Television, which was broadcasting by February 1987
  • EM TV, an affiliate of Australia's Network Nine/Channel Nine, which began broadcasting in PNG from July 1987


DOCTOR WHO IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Peter Cushing and the Daleks

The Dalek movies were shown at various theatres across Papua New Guinea. Only a handful of listings appear in Port Moresby's Papua New Guinea Post-Courier.

The first film was shown in Morobe, a town north of Ports Moresby, at the Theatre Lae, Wednesday to Friday only, 27-29 August 1969 in a double-bill with Rotten to the Core (1965).

Both films were later shown at the Palms Theatre in Rabaul, a small township in the East New Britain Province on the island of New Britain. The first film was shown in a double-bill with the 1958 adventure film Twilight for the Gods on Monday, 30 March 1970 (both films had a "G" rating), and the sequel a year later on Wednesday, 21 April 1971 paired with Two Weeks in September (1967).

First film in Rabaul; PNG Post-Courier 25 March 1970
Second film in Rabaul; PNG Post-Courier 6 April 1971

It is most likely that both films were distributed to and shown in other cities and towns around the island group. (Curiously, no listings could be found for theatres in Ports Moresby …)


BBC Records

Times of PNG, 5-11 January 1986, Monday-Thursday, 6.35pm (Although not stated, these listings are for ABC, and are for The Two Doctors and The Mark of the Rani)
Times of PNG, 9 January 1988 (Although not stated, this Saturday listing is for The Androids of Tara omnibus)
Times of PNG, showing listings for EMTV and ABC: 24-30 March 1988 (This Saturday listing is for the Meglos omnibus)

Strictly speaking, Doctor Who was not sold per se to Papua New Guinea, and the country is therefore not named in any BBC Records.

However, at a public appearance in New Zealand in October 2010, actress Sophie Aldred (Ace) said she had received residual payments for sales to Papua New Guinea, which does suggest that some form of clearances specifically for the island were paid for outside the ABC.


Transmission

The ABC commenced official transmissions via AUSSAT starting in 26 January 1986. The first episodes of Doctor Who to be seen in Papua New Guinea would have been Revelation of the Daleks parts 3 and 4.

In the UK fanzine The Frame (number 9; February 1989), actress Karen Gledhill (Allison, from Remembrance of the Daleks) recalled that while enjoying a month's holiday in Papua New Guinea "this time last year" she saw a Tom Baker episode on TV at 3.00 in the afternoon. She then goes on to say that her first job following her return to the UK was for Doctor Who. Filming on "Remembrance" commenced in late March 1988, so this holiday would have been late 1987 / early 1988. What she saw would have been one of the ABC's Saturday afternoon Omnibus editions of a season 15, season 16 or season 17 story. (The timeslots for the Omnibuses were actually 1.00pm to 2.35pm / 2.45pm.)


TV listings

The TV listings shown here have been obtained from the Times of Papua New Guinea. The earliest paper available covered 5-11 January 1986.

Papers from 1988 had TV listings for all three stations, NTN, EM TV and ABC.

None of the listings had episode titles, but we can identify what the episodes are from the equivalent Australian listings.


Links