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| − | '''[[Wikipedia:Jamaica|JAMAICA]]''' is an island nation (XXX km2) located in the Caribbean sea, to the south west of Cuba. A British colony (since XXX) it achieved its independence in XXX. It is a member of the British Commonwealth.
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| − | |First broadcast = 1963
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| − | |First colour broadcast = 1975
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| − | |Colour = [[wikipedia:NTSC|NTSC]]
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| − | |Doctors seen = [[William Hartnell stories|Hartnell]]
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| − | ==Population==
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| − | When '''Doctor Who''' started in Jamaica in 1966, the population was 1,744,661, and licensed TV sets numbered only 26,000 (per [[WRTH]], 1966).
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| − | ==TV & system==
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| − | Jamaica began its television service in 1963.
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| − | There is just one television station: '''Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC)''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster.
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| − | Colour transmissions began in 1975 using the [[Wikipedia:NTSC|NTSC]], however '''Doctor Who''' never screened in colour.
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| − | ==Language/s==
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| − | The main language of Jamaica is English.
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| − | =='''DOCTOR WHO IN JAMAICA'''==
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| − | Jamaica was the 14th country to screen '''Doctor Who''' (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]). It was the third in the [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]], [[Trinidad & Tobago]] and [[Bermuda]] are two other Caribbean nations that screened the series only a matter of months earlier, so it’s possible that Jamaica was sent the same set of prints that were used in one or both of those countries.
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| − | The '''Stanmark Productions Ltd''' advertisement from 1966, identifies Jamaica as one twelve countries screening '''Doctor Who''' in that year.
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| − | '''The Seventies''' records a sale of '''16''' stories by 28 February 1977. '''The Handbook''' identifies these as being: {{A}}, {{B}}, {{C}}, {{D}}, {{E}}, {{F}}, {{G}}, {{H}}, {{J}}, {{K}}, {{L}}, {{M}}, {{N}}, {{P}}, {{Q}, {{S}}.
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| − | In '''DWM''', Jamaica is identified in only '''15''' story Archives: the same list as above, but not {{S}}.
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| − | Both these are slightly inaccurate, as Jamaica also screened {{R}}, which is not included in either list.
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| − | ==Stories bought and broadcast==
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| − | ===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
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| − | Seventeen stories, 81 episodes:
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| − | |A||[[An Unearthly Child]]||4
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| − | |B||[[The Daleks]]||7
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| − | |C||[[Inside the Spaceship]]||2
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| − | |D||[[Marco Polo]]||7
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| − | |E||[[The Keys of Marinus]]||6
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| − | |F||[[The Aztecs]]||4
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| − | |G||[[The Sensorites]]||6
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| − | |H||[[The Reign of Terror]]||6
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| − | |J||[[Planet of Giants]]||3
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| − | |K||[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]||6
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| − | |L||[[The Rescue]]||2
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| − | Jamaica therefore bought all of GROUP ONE, GROUP TWO, THREE and FOUR of the [[William Hartnell stories]].
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| − | The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
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| − | ==Transmission==
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| − | ===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
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| − | The series commenced on 3 March 1966, and screened weekly on Thursdays at 6.00pm. A couple of episodes were pre-empted due to sporting events coverage, such as cricket, or the Commonwealth Games (in August 1966). For this reason two episodes of [[The Keys of Marinus]] aired on 4 August, a fact mentioned in the TV Highlights page of the paper. The series moved to Saturdays, still at 6pm, from 10 September 1966, with part 6 of that story.
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| − | For [[The Sensorites]], two episodes screened each week (timeslot 5.45pm to 6.30pm), the only other time doubled episodes aired.
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| − | The first run ended on Saturday 25 march 1967, with part 4 of [[The Romans]].
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| − | Two years later, on 2 February 1969, the series resumed, now on Sundays at 6.02pm. The first story was [[The Web Planet]]. After a 25 week run (no episode aired on 6 April 1969), the series came to a conclusion on 20 July 1969, with part 4 of [[The Time Meddler]].
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| − | There is no record that Jamaica screened '''Doctor Who''' again.
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| − | ==TV listings==
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| − | TV listings have been obtained from the Kingston, Jamaican newspaper ''The Daily Gleaner''.
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| − | Listings initially gave the series name as '''Dr Who''' ?????
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| − | Many of the listing were illustrated with a small photo of William Hartnell - one of these was a standard publicity shot, the other being taken from [[The Romans]].
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| − | The series preview article in the 3 March 1966 issue referred to the first story as "Serial A". A misprint also gave the title of the second episode as '''The Cave of Sklls'''.
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| − | None of the episodes was titled within the actual TV listings, but sometimes the title was given in a “On TV Tonight” section. These are noted accordingly in the TV Listings page.
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| − | ==Fate of the Prints==
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| − | The next [[:Category:Africa|African]] country to air '''Doctor Who''' was [[Barbados]], from April 1966. It is possible that Jamaica sent its prints of the 1966-1967 run of Hartnell stories to [[Barbados]].
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| − | ==Jamaica in Doctor Who==
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| − | *In [[The Smugglers]], one of Captain Pike’s crew was called Jamaica.
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| − | *In [[The Highlanders]], Solicitor Grey was planning to ship the Scottish prisoners to work as slaves in the West Indies.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | ==Link==
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| | *[[Main Page]] | | *[[Main Page]] |
| | *[[Broadcasts around the World]] | | *[[Broadcasts around the World]] |
