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| − | '''[[Wikipedia:Nigeria|NIGERIA]]''' is a country in North West [[:Category:Africa|Africa]].
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| − | |'''Country Number (34)'''||19xx||[[Selling Doctor Who|FIRST & SECOND WAVE]]
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| − | |'''Region'''||[[:Category:Africa|Africa]]||Commonwealth
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| − | ==Television Stations / Channels==
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| − | Nigeria is made up of several regions, each with its own 'capital city'. And each region operated its own television service. '''Doctor Who''' screened on several different channels over the years; it appears that each station bought whatever new stories were available at the time, rather than getting any of the back-catalogue.
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| − | * RKTV
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| − | * NBC
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| − | =='''DOCTOR WHO IN NIGERIA'''==
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| − | Nigeria was the '''ninth''' country to screen the series, and the '''first''' in [[:Category:Africa|Africa]].
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| − | ==[[BBC Records|BBC Records]]==
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| − | The '''Stanmark Productions Ltd''' advertisement from 1966, identifies Nigeria as one twelve countries screening '''Doctor Who''' in that year.
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| − | '''The Seventies''' records a sale of '''"(24)"''' 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}, {{R}}, {{S}}, {{BB}}; {{NN}}, {{PP}}, {{QQ}}, {{SS}}, {{TT}}}, and {{WW}}.
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| − | In '''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS], there are '''"(4)"''' sales noted for Nigeria prior to February 1987. (These four would appear to relate to {{4A}}, {{4C}}, {{4B}} and {{4D}}, although far more than only four [[Tom Baker stories]] aired.)
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| − | In '''DWM''', Nigeria is identified in '''28''' story Archives: the same 28 as above.
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| − | ==Stories bought and broadcast==
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| − | ===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
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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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| − | |M||[[The Romans]]||4
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| − | |N||[[The Web Planet]]||6
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| − | |P||[[The Crusade]]||4
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| − | |Q||[[The Space Museum]]||4
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| − | |R||[[The Chase]]||6
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| − | |S||[[The Time Meddler]]||4
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| − | Nigeria therefore bought GROUPs A to XXXXXX of the standard [[William Hartnell stories]] package.
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| − | A second package was purchased in 1973, consisting of just three stories - a 'repeat' of {{N}}, {{S}}, and one of which was 'new':
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| − | |BB||[[The War Machines]]||4
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| − | The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
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| − | ====Origin of the Prints?====
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| − | Since Nigeria was TIE ????????
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| − | Since Nigeria was the first African nation to buy the series, it is likely they received fresh prints.
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| − | For the 1973 screenings of [[The Time Meddler]], the film prints were sent from [[New Zealand]] on 2 March 1973. These had been cut by the New Zealand censors. However, it appears that the Nigerian broadcaster was responsible for cutting the first few minutes of the opening TARDIS control room scene, leading up to the first appearance onscreen of Steven Taylor (possibly to allow for the fact that [[The Chase]] didn’t screen).
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| − | And for [[The War Machines]], it is known for a fact that the film print for that serial came from [[Singapore]], who had received them from [[New Zealand]] on 10 January 1972. (Again, the prints had been cut by the New Zealand censors; although it appears that the Nigerian or Singaporean broadcaster made further cuts to episodes two and three.)
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| − | It is not known where the Nigerian copy of [[The Web Planet]] came from; the serial did not screen in [[New Zealand]] due to censorship reasons, and the fate of the film prints held by the NZBC is not recorded, but it is possible that [[The Web Planet]] was sent to Nigeria at the same time as [[The Time Meddler]]. Or, since Singapore sent [[The War Machines]] to Nigeria, they may have also been responsible for supplying [[The Web Planet]].
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| − | ===[[Patrick Troughton stories|PATRICK TROUGHTON]]===
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| − | Six stories, 33 episodes, but in two separate batches:
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| − | |NN||[[The Abominable Snowmen]]||6
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| − | |PP||[[The Enemy of the World]]||6
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| − | |QQ||[[The Web of Fear]]||6
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| − | |SS||[[The Wheel in Space]]||6
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| − | |TT||[[The Dominators]]||5
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| − | |WW||[[The Krotons]]||4
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| − | Nigeria therefore bought some of the stories from GROUPs XXXX and XXXX of the [[Patrick Troughton stories]].
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| − | ====Origin of the Prints?====
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| − | With the exception of [[The Dominators]] and [[The Krotons]], the other four stories had recently screened in [[New Zealand]]; interestingly, New Zealand did not screen [[The Ice Warriors]] or [[Fury from the Deep]], neither of which were screened in Nigeria, which does suggest there might be a connection between the two countries as far as these four stories are concerned.
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| − | It is not known where the other two stories came from - the only countries to screen them prior to Nigeria were [[Australia]], [[Singapore]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[Gibraltar]].
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| − | ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
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| − | Although '''The Eighties''' reports a sale of only '''four''' stories, it is clear from the airdates, that more stories aired. As far as can be determined, it was Tom baker's first three seasons only:
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| − | 17 stories?, 72 episodes?
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| − | |4A||[[Robot]]||4
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| − | |4B||[[The Sontaran Experiment]]||2
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| − | |4C||[[The Ark in Space]]||4
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| − | |4E||[[Genesis of the Daleks]]||6
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| − | |4D||[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]||4
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| − | |4L||[[The Seeds of Doom]]||6
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| − | |4M||[[The Masque of Mandragora]]||4
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| − | |4N||[[The Hand of Fear]]||4
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| − | |4S||[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]||6
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| − | Nigeria therefore bought GROUPs A to XXXX of the [[Tom Baker stories]].
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| − | ==Transmission==
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| − | ===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
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| − | The series started on Tuesday, 3 August 1965, at 6.35pm on '''Radio Kaduna Television (RKTV) Kaduna'''. The series continued weekly at that same time, through until April 1967. The last clear listing was on 18 April 1967 - but this was the 99th episode. So either there were several pre-emptions during those two years, or the listings had duplications.
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| − | From 23 May 1967, the timeslot was taken by s long-running series called '''The Strangers'''; but it's not clear on what date that started.
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| − | So, assuming there were no interruptions, and all 81 episodes played without pre-emption, and the last seven listings are printing error / duplications, '''Doctor Who''' ended on 14 February 1967.
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| − | After a six year break, '''Doctor Who''' returned in 1973, now screening on '''Midwest Television''' (aka '''Western Nigeria Radiovision Service''') in Ibadan.
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| − | It is not clear when this run commenced - the first listing for the series is Monday, 30 April 1973: '''"Children's Time - Dr Who"''', 6.30 to 7.30pm. From the listings it looks like '''Doctor Who''' aired as part of an hour-long timeslot of cartoons and other children's fare. The last such listing is on 2 July 1973. Assuming there are no printing errors, this was a ten week run. If '''Doctor Who''' played for the full hour, then two episodes must have aired back to back. Otherwise only ten episodes played - but since this run would have included [[The Web Planet]], [[The Time Meddler]] (sent from New Zealand only a matter of a few weeks earlier) and [[The War Machines]], there is certainly room for these 14 episodes to have aired at this time.
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| − | ====Fate of the Prints====
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| − | All 14 of these Hartnell episodes were subsequently recovered from Nigeria and retuned to the BBC in 1984/85.
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| − | ===[[Patrick Troughton stories|PATRICK TROUGHTON]]===
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| − | BBC records report the sale of four Troughton 6-parters by the end of 1974. No listings have been found for these 24 episodes.
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| − | BBC records indicate that [[The Krotons]] was sold by February 1976. Four listings for '''"Dr Who"''' appear under '''NBC-Television (NTS)''' in Lagos, from Monday, 7 to 27 December 1975, at 4.00 to 5.00pm.
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| − | However there is some uncertainty as to the relevance of these listings - they say '''"Magic Hour - Son of Dr Who"''', which suggests that during this "Magic" hour, '''Doctor Who''' screened under the title "Son of Dr Who" - did the programmers think Troughton's Doctor was the younger son of Hartnell's? However, further research into the name "Son of Dr Who" has revealed that a children's magician using that stage name was often seen performing on Nigerian television around that time - [[[LINK TO WEBSITE]]].
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| − | Therefore we have our doubts that these four listings are for '''Doctor Who''', but are instead for the magician. If they are '''not''' for '''Doctor Who''', then we have been unable to find any listings in 1975 or 1976 for the nine episodes that should have screened in Nigerian at that time.
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| − | ====Fate of the Prints?====
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| − | Nigeria was the final country to buy and screen these six Troughton serials. It is not known what happened to the prints.
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| − | ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
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| − | '''Doctor Who''' returned to Nigerian screen in 1979. The entire Jon Pertwee era was skipped, and instead viewers saw Tom Baker's fourth Doctor.
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| − | The series now aired on NTV-Kano. It appears that the first episode of [[Robot]] was on Monday, 8 January 1979. (We are unsure as to the start date, as there was no listing for NTV-Kano in the 1 January paper.)
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| − | The series screened weekly at 6.30pm. As noted above, BBC records indicate a sale of four stories from season 12. However there are 61 clear listings for '''"Dr Who"''' spanning the 72 week period 8 January 1979 to 19 May 1980. For eleven weeks during that period the timeslot was billed with programmes called '''Marine Biology''', '''Young World''', '''Komi da Ruwanka''' or '''A Gani Na'''. Were these replacements for '''Doctor Who''', or further printing duplications/errors?
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| − | And the fact that 72 weeks is also the same episode count covering [[Robot] to [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] might be significant; are these the stories that aired?
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| − | The last billing for ''"Dr Who"''' was on 19 May 1980. All subsequent billings (from May to at least August) for that timeslot were for '''A Gani Na'''.
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| − | There is no clear record that Nigeria screened '''Doctor Who''' again after May 1980.
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| − | TV listings have been obtained from several newspapers, including 'Nigeria xxxx''.
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| − | One common drawback with Nigerian newspapers was that the TV listings pages did not always include all the stations - RKTV was often left out during the 1960s - or TV listings were absent altogether. Another problem that plagued the papers was the duplication of the same TV listings appearing for days and weeks at a time. This has meant that chronicling the Nigerian airdates has been somewhat difficult. And that the series aired on different stations located in different regions, has meant that billings in TV listings are not always available.
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| − | ==Nigeria in Doctor Who==
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| − | * One of the personnel of Gravitron Moonbase ([[The Moonbase]]) wears a Nigerian flag. (((UPSIDE DOWN???? - SEE FACT OF FICTIONIN DWM)))))
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| − | ==Links==
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| − | *[[Main Page]]
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| − | *[[Broadcasts around the World]]
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| − | *[[Articles & Analysis]]
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| − | *[[BBC Records]]
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| − | *[[Doctors]]
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| − | **[[William Hartnell stories]]
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| − | **[[Patrick Troughton stories]]
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