Philippines
PHILIPPINES is a group of islands in Asia, to the east of China / Japan, wherever... .
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Population
When Doctor Who screened in the Philippines in 1976, the population was 39.4 million, and licensed TV sets numbered only 450,000 (per WRTH, 1974).
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TV & system
The Philippines began its television service in 1953.
There are many TV stations
Doctor Who screened on channels 2 and 4, which were part of the Radio Control Office network.
Colour transmissions began in 1966 using the NTSC colour broadcast system.
Language/s
The main language of the Philippines is English, plus local XXXXX.
DOCTOR WHO IN THE PHILIPPINES
The Philippines was the 39th country to screen Doctor Who, and the 6th in Asia (see Selling Doctor Who).
BBC Records
The Seventies records a sale of (2) stories by 28 February 1977. The Handbook identifies these as being LLL and NNN.
The Eighties (The Eighties - htttp;//xxxxxxxxxxx The Lost Chapters http:// xxxxxxx) records a sale of (13) stories (by 10 February 1987). There is therefore an overlap of the same two stories.
In DWM, the Philippines is identified in 6 story Archives: DDD, EEE, KKK, MMM, LLL, NNN.
Stories bought and broadcast
JON PERTWEE
13 stories, 72 episodes:
| FF | The Highlanders | 4 |
| GG | The Underwater Menace | 4 |
| HH | The Moonbase | 4 |
| JJ | The Macra Terror | 4 |
| KK | The Faceless Ones | 6 |
The Philippines therefore bought GROUPs A to C of the standard package of Jon Pertwee stories sold in the NTSC format.
The programme was supplied as NTSC colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
Origin of the Prints?
Since the Philippines is in Asia, they may have been served by BBC Sydney. But since the islands are a protectorate of the United States, and broadcast in NTSC, it's more likely they were supplied by Time-Life.
Transmission
JON PERTWEE
The series started on XXXXX GGGGGGGGGG
There is no record that the Philippines screened Doctor Who again.
TV listings
TV listings have been obtained from the newspaper XXXXXX.
Listings initially gave the series name as Dr Who, CCCCCCCCCC
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The Philippines in Doctor Who
- In The Talons of Weng-Chiang, the Doctor mentions having been with the Filipino Army during its advance on Reyjavik.
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