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| − | '''[[Wikipedia:Morocco|MOROCCO]]''' is located in North Africa, to the west of [[Algeria]], at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea. A former French colony, it achieved its independence in XX.
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| − | |First broadcast = 1954
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| − | |First colour broadcast = 1968
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| − | ==Population==
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| − | When '''Doctor Who''' screened in Morocco in 1968, the population was 12.5 million, and licensed TV sets numbered only 26,000 (per [[WRTH]], 1966).
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| − | ==TV & system==
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| − | Morocco began its television service in 1954.
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| − | There is just one television station: '''Radiodiffusion Television Marocaine''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster.
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| − | Colour transmissions began in 1968 using the [[Wikipedia:SECAM|SECAM]] colour broadcast system.
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| − | ==Language/s==
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| − | The main languages of Morocco are [[Arabic]] and French. Television was broadcast in both languages.
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| − | =='''DOCTOR WHO IN MOROCCO'''==
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| − | Morocco was the 26th country to screen '''Doctor Who'''; it was the second to broadcast the [[Arabic]] language version (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]).
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| − | ==[[BBC Records]]==
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| − | '''The Seventies''' records a sale of '''3''' stories by 28 February 1977. '''The Handbook''', however, identifies '''5''': {{C}}, {{E}}, {{G}}, {{J}} and {{K}}.
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| − | In '''DWM''', Morocco is named in a slightly different set of '''5''' story Archives: {{E}}, {{G}}, {{J}}, {{K}} and {{L}}.
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| − | [[Tunisia]] was the previous [[Arabic]] speaking country to screen the series – a year earlier - so it’s possible that Morocco was sent the same set of prints shortly after transmission in Tunisia.
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| − | ==Stories bought and broadcast==
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| − | ===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
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| − | Nine stories, 37 episodes:
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| − | |A||[[An Unearthly Child]]||1
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| − | |B||[[The Daleks]]||7
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| − | |C||[[Inside the Spaceship]]||2
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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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| − | |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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| − | Morocco therefore bought the standard [[Arabic]] package of GROUP A, B and C of the [[William Hartnell stories]]; like other [[Arabic]] countries, only part one of [[An Unearthly Child]] aired.
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| − | The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with [[Arabic]] soundtracks.
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| − | In mid-1970, while his first season was airing on TV in the UK, Jon Pertwee went to Morocco on holiday. Speaking with reporters on his return to the UK, he recalled an incident in which he was topped by a Moroccan policeman, who waived him on, having recognised him as "Docteur Who". (((see ''Radio Times'', 2-8 January 1971; quoted in Peter Haining's ''The Key to Time'' (page 102); and ''The Making of Doctor Who'' (Page XXX). It's clear that Pertwee was somewhat elaborating on his story, as his episodes had not aired in Morocco in 1970! If there was any truth in the tale, then the policeman must have known who Pertwee was by some other means.
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| − | ==Transmission==
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| − | ===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
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| − | No TV listings have been found – yet.
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| − | ==TV listings==
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| − | No TV listings have been obtained – yet.
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| − | We have checked a number of newspapers (in French only) for Casablanca, but none of them contained detailed TV listings; what few listings they did have only gave type of programme (e.g. "serial", "documentary", "film") rather than by title. The ''Le Petit Marocain'' was missing the run of issues for July to December 1968 - which probably very dates we need!
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| − | ==Fate of the Prints==
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| − | The next [[Arabic]] country to air '''Doctor Who''' was [[Saudi Arabia]], in mid-1968. It is therefore possible that Morocco sent its prints of the [[Arabic]] dubbed Hartnell stories to [[Saudi Arabia]].
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| − | The DVD release for [[The Aztecs]] has an alternative language option for part four; this [[The Aztecs]] soundtrack apparently came from a film print that was from Morocco. If this were the case, then [[Saudi Arabia]]'s prints may have come from elsewhere...
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| − | ==Morocco in Doctor Who==
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| − | * In [[The Time Monster]], Stu produces an empty bottle of "fine Moroccan brandy" to help the Doctor with his time-jamming experiment.
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| − | * In [[Planet of Fire]], Peri is planning to join two English friends in Morocco.
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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]] |
