Difference between revisions of "France"

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==Population==
 
==Population==
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==Language/s==
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When '''Doctor Who''' screened in France in 1989, the population was CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC (per [[WRTH]], 1990).
 
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==TV & system==
 
==TV & system==
  
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Colour transmissions began in 1967 using the [[Wikipedia:SECAM|SECAM]] colour broadcast system.
 
Colour transmissions began in 1967 using the [[Wikipedia:SECAM|SECAM]] colour broadcast system.
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==Language/s==
 
  
 
The main language of France is French. All foreign television programmes are dubbed.
 
The main language of France is French. All foreign television programmes are dubbed.
  
 
Clips from [[Genesis of the Daleks]] dubbed into French (from a broadcast in [[Canada]]) can be found at: FDFDFDGHFGDHG
 
Clips from [[Genesis of the Daleks]] dubbed into French (from a broadcast in [[Canada]]) can be found at: FDFDFDGHFGDHG
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=='''DOCTOR WHO IN FRANCE'''==
 
=='''DOCTOR WHO IN FRANCE'''==
  
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France was the 66th country to screen '''Doctor Who''', and the 11th in Europe. (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]).
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The BBC made several attempts over the years to sell '''Doctor Who''' to France:
  
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TOO TERRIFYING FOR EUROPE
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* '''February 1977''': At the annual Brighton TV fair, the BBC was unsuccessful in luring European buyers to pick up the series. '''"TOO TERRIFYING FOR EUROPE"''' was the press reaction - [[[[[clipping]]]
  
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DWB ARTICLES
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* '''1984''': further offer
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DWB 38
 
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DWB 41/42 – SALE TO FRACNE, STORIES TOO BORING
 
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DWB 49 – DOCTEUR QUI
 
  
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* '''1985''': further offer
  
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* '''Alain Carazee''' sells the idea of buying '''Doctor Who''' to TF1. (A full account of Carazee's ill-fated attempts to get '''Doctor Who''' onto French television was given in issue 17 of ''Timescreen'' magazine (cover dated XXX 1991). The article can be read [[Timescreen 17|HERE]]
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* '''June 1986 - report on Temps X film crew at BBC
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TARDIS July 1986 - The French Connection - report on Temps X doco
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* '''September 1986''': A French film crew visits the BBC studios, and interviews the cast and crew during the filming of serial 7B of [[The Trial of a Time Lord]] (aka "Mindwarp").
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* '''February 1987''' - update on French - not screening now
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DWB 41/42 - sales to France - but some stories deemed boring! (also in InVision: Mindwarp)
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'''1987''': A series of eight novelisations is published by zzzzzz, translated by XXXXX. With the television series intended to feature as part of '''Temps X''', the covers are adorned with images of hosts Igor and Ivan Bxxxxxxxxzzzyy. The books retail of FF
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[[File:ffffffffff.jpg|thumb|250px|French novelisations]]
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** [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]] ([[An Unearthly Child]])
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** [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]] ([[The Daleks]])
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** [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]] ([[The Crusade]])
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** [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]] ([[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]])
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** [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]] ([[The Abominable Snowmen]])
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** [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]] ([[The Brain of Morbius]])
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** [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]] ([[The Masque of Mandragora]])
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** [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]] ([[Meglos]])
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* '''Oct 1987''': TF1 has purchased series, and may start with [[Robot]] as originally planned (CT files)
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* '''19 February 1989''': After a delay of two years, ''Doctor Who''' ''finally'' makes it to the screen - but even then, its journey is far from plain-sailing...
  
 
==[[BBC Records]]==
 
==[[BBC Records]]==
  
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In '''DWM''' issue 52 (May 1981), there is a report that an omnibus edition of [[Genesis of the Daleks]] screened in France, but there is no  
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In '''DWM''' issue 52 (May 1981), there is a report that an omnibus edition of [[Genesis of the Daleks]] screened in France, but there is no evidence that such a broadcast ever took place.
  
 
In '''DWM''', France is identified in '''8''' story Archives: {{4A}}, {{4D}}, {{4E}}, {{4F}}, {{4H}}, {{4G}}, {{4J}}, {{4K}}.  
 
In '''DWM''', France is identified in '''8''' story Archives: {{4A}}, {{4D}}, {{4E}}, {{4F}}, {{4H}}, {{4G}}, {{4J}}, {{4K}}.  
  
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In the telefantasy magazine, '''Timescreen'' (issue XX, XXXX, 19XX), French journalist Alaine Catraze, JFLKJSDJFDJFLKDFDFDLK.
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In the telefantasy magazine, '''Timescreen'' (issue XX, XXXX, 1991), French journalist Alaine Catraze, JFLKJSDJFDJFLKDFDFDLK.
  
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TOO TERRIFYING FOR EUROPE
 
  
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In CT / DWB - lots of articles about the sale/ pending sale /
 
  
 
==Stories bought and broadcast==
 
==Stories bought and broadcast==
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===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
 
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
  
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11 stories, 46 episodes, but only six (26 episodes) screened:
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11 stories, 46 episodes bought, but only six (26 episodes) screened:
  
 
{| {{small-table}}
 
{| {{small-table}}
 
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|FF||[[The Highlanders]]||4
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|4A||[[Robot]]||Robot||4
 
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|GG||[[The Underwater Menace]]||4
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|4C||[[The Ark in Space]]|| L'Arche de l'Espace||4
 
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|HH||[[The Moonbase]]||4
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|4E||[[Genesis of the Daleks]]|| La Genèse des Daleks||6
 
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|JJ||[[The Macra Terror]]||4
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|4D||[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]|| La Revanche des Cybernators||4
 
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|KK||[[The Faceless Ones]]||6
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|4F||[[Terror of the Zygons]]|| La Terreur des Zygons||4
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|4H||[[Planet of Evil]]|| La Planète Diabolique||4
 
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|}
  
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France therefore bought GROUPs A and B of the [[Tom Baker stories]].
 
  
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The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes.  
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France therefore bought part of GROUPs A and B of the [[Tom Baker stories]].
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The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes. TF1 prepared, recorded and dubbed full French soundtracks.  
  
 
===[[Sylvester McCoy stories|SYLVESTER McCOY]]===
 
===[[Sylvester McCoy stories|SYLVESTER McCOY]]===
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235 (Oct 1996) reports that the TV Movie has been sold to France
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Te ovie aired ion Tuesday, 18 March 1997 – its title was '''"LE SEIGNEUR DU TEMPS" (The Time Lord).'''
  
  
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===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
 
===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
  
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The series started on XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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The series started on Sunday, 19 February 1989, at 9.00am, as part of the line-up of '''CLUB DOROTHEE DIMANCHE'''. The first serial was [[Genesis of the Daleks]]. However, after only a few episodes had gone out, the series was dropped from the CDD line-up.
  
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On 8 April, the series reappeared on Saturdays around 6.35 am (the scheduled timeslot fluctuated between 6.34 and 6.39am). From 23 April, a second episode aired on Sundays, at the same time. The regular Sunday screenings were dropped during May, but there were two further one-off Sunday screenings on 21 May and 4 June.
  
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The 26th and final episode aired on Saturday 24 June 1989.
  
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===[[Sylvester McCoy stories|SYLVESTER McCOY]]===
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==TV listings==
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===[[TV Movie|PAUL McGANN]]===
 
  
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Te ovie aired ion Tuesday, 18 March 1997 – its title was '''"LE SEIGNEUR DU TEMPS" (The Time Lord).'''
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TV listings have been obtained from the Parisian newspapers ''Le Monde'', ''France-Soir'' and ''ZZZZZZ''.
  
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==TV listings==
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Listings initially gave the series name as '''Docteur Who'''  
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TV listings have been obtained from the newspaper ''Le Monde'' and ''France-Soir'', both of Paris.
 
  
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Listings initially gave the series name as '''Docteur Who''' GHGJFGSFKJDSFHDSKJFHK
 
  
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==Novelisations==
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===[[TV Movie|Paul McGann Movie]]===
  
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A series of ten novelisations:
 
  
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* [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]]
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DWM 235 (Oct 1996) reports that the TV Movie has been sold to France
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* [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]]
 
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* [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]]
 
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* [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]]
 
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* [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]]
 
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* [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]]
 
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* [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]]
 
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* [[fkgjhfdkgkfhg]]
 
  
  
 
==France in Doctor Who==
 
==France in Doctor Who==
  
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* [[The Reign of Terror]]
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* [[The Reign of Terror]]: set in 1792 France, during h French Revolution.
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* [[The Massacre]]
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* [[The Massacre]]: set in August 1572.
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* [[The Masque of Mandragora]]
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* [[The Moonbase]]: Benoit (Andre Morell) is a crew meet on the Gravitron base.
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* [[City of Death]]
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* [[The Ambassadors of Death]]: Taltalian (Robert Cawdron) appears to be French - although his accent changes from scene to scene.
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* [[The Masque of Mandragora]]: Several of the dignitaries invited to attend the masque are from France.
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* [[City of Death]]: set in Paris, 1979.
  
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==References==
 
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<references />
 
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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*[[Doctors]]
 
*[[Doctors]]
 
**[[Tom Baker stories]]
 
**[[Tom Baker stories]]
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**[[Sylvester McCoy stories]]
 
 
**[[TV Movie|Paul McGann movie]]
 
**[[TV Movie|Paul McGann movie]]
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[[Category:Europe]]
 
[[Category:Europe]]

Revision as of 21:15, 7 January 2011

FRANCE is in western.

Template:Place-name

Population

Language/s

TV & system

France began its television service in 1949.

There are MANY television stations: Television France (TF1)), a government-owned commercial broadcaster.

Colour transmissions began in 1967 using the SECAM colour broadcast system.

The main language of France is French. All foreign television programmes are dubbed.

Clips from Genesis of the Daleks dubbed into French (from a broadcast in Canada) can be found at: FDFDFDGHFGDHG


DOCTOR WHO IN FRANCE

The BBC made several attempts over the years to sell Doctor Who to France:

  • February 1977: At the annual Brighton TV fair, the BBC was unsuccessful in luring European buyers to pick up the series. "TOO TERRIFYING FOR EUROPE" was the press reaction - [[[[[clipping]]]
  • 1984: further offer
  • 1985: further offer
  • Alain Carazee sells the idea of buying Doctor Who to TF1. (A full account of Carazee's ill-fated attempts to get Doctor Who onto French television was given in issue 17 of Timescreen magazine (cover dated XXX 1991). The article can be read HERE
  • June 1986 - report on Temps X film crew at BBC

TARDIS July 1986 - The French Connection - report on Temps X doco

  • September 1986: A French film crew visits the BBC studios, and interviews the cast and crew during the filming of serial 7B of The Trial of a Time Lord (aka "Mindwarp").
  • February 1987 - update on French - not screening now

DWB 41/42 - sales to France - but some stories deemed boring! (also in InVision: Mindwarp)

1987: A series of eight novelisations is published by zzzzzz, translated by XXXXX. With the television series intended to feature as part of Temps X, the covers are adorned with images of hosts Igor and Ivan Bxxxxxxxxzzzyy. The books retail of FF

File:Ffffffffff.jpg
French novelisations
  • Oct 1987: TF1 has purchased series, and may start with Robot as originally planned (CT files)
  • 19 February 1989': After a delay of two years, Doctor Who finally makes it to the screen - but even then, its journey is far from plain-sailing...

BBC Records

In DWM issue 52 (May 1981), there is a report that an omnibus edition of Genesis of the Daleks screened in France, but there is no evidence that such a broadcast ever took place.

In DWM, France is identified in 8 story Archives: 4A, 4D, 4E, 4F, 4H, 4G, 4J, 4K.

In the telefantasy magazine, 'Timescreen (issue XX, XXXX, 1991), French journalist Alaine Catraze, JFLKJSDJFDJFLKDFDFDLK.


Stories bought and broadcast

TOM BAKER

11 stories, 46 episodes bought, but only six (26 episodes) screened:

4A Robot Robot 4
4C The Ark in Space L'Arche de l'Espace 4
4E Genesis of the Daleks La Genèse des Daleks 6
4D Revenge of the Cybermen La Revanche des Cybernators 4
4F Terror of the Zygons La Terreur des Zygons 4
4H Planet of Evil La Planète Diabolique 4


France therefore bought part of GROUPs A and B of the Tom Baker stories.

The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes. TF1 prepared, recorded and dubbed full French soundtracks.

SYLVESTER McCOY

PAUL McGANN

TV Movie, 84 minutes:

TVM The TV Movie 1

235 (Oct 1996) reports that the TV Movie has been sold to France

Te ovie aired ion Tuesday, 18 March 1997 – its title was "LE SEIGNEUR DU TEMPS" (The Time Lord).


Transmission

TOM BAKER

The series started on Sunday, 19 February 1989, at 9.00am, as part of the line-up of CLUB DOROTHEE DIMANCHE. The first serial was Genesis of the Daleks. However, after only a few episodes had gone out, the series was dropped from the CDD line-up.

On 8 April, the series reappeared on Saturdays around 6.35 am (the scheduled timeslot fluctuated between 6.34 and 6.39am). From 23 April, a second episode aired on Sundays, at the same time. The regular Sunday screenings were dropped during May, but there were two further one-off Sunday screenings on 21 May and 4 June.

The 26th and final episode aired on Saturday 24 June 1989.

TV listings

TV listings have been obtained from the Parisian newspapers Le Monde, France-Soir and ZZZZZZ.

Listings initially gave the series name as Docteur Who


Paul McGann Movie

DWM 235 (Oct 1996) reports that the TV Movie has been sold to France


France in Doctor Who


Links

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