Bermuda
BERMUDA is a small island nation (xxx km2) located to the west of the United States. It was colonised by the British in XXX, and is a member of the British Commonwealth. Although it lies at the same latitude as the USA, it is considered to be part of the Caribbean, which lies further south.
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Population
When Doctor Who screened in Bermuda in 1965-1966, the population was 57,000, and licensed TV sets numbered 17,000 (per WRTH, 1966)Template:WRTH 1966.
TV & system
Bermuda began its television service in 1958. There is just one television station: Capital Broadcasting Co Ltd (CBC-TV), which is operated by XXXXXX. There were two TV channels - ZBM-TV (channel 10) and ZFB-TV (channel 8). Doctor Who aired on ZFB-TV channel 8.
Colour transmissions (using the NTSC format) began in 1968 on ZBM (channel 10); colour commenced on ZFB (channel 8) in XXX.
Language/s
The main language of Bermuda is English.
DOCTOR WHO IN BERMUDA
Bermuda was the 12th country to screen Doctor Who (see Selling Doctor Who).
BBC Records
The Stanmark Productions Ltd advertisement from 1966, identifies Bermuda as one twelve countries screening Doctor Who in that year.
The Seventies records a sale of two stories by 28 February 1977. The Handbook identifies these as being D and E.
In DWM, Bermuda is identified in five Archives: A, B, C, D and E.
Trinidad & Tobago was the previous Carribbean country to screen the series, so it’s possible that Bermuda was sent the same set of prints shortly after transmission in Trinidad.
Stories bought and broadcast
WILLIAM HARTNELL
Five stories, 26 episodes:
| A | An Unearthly Child | 4 |
| B | The Daleks | 7 |
| C | Inside the Spaceship | 2 |
| D | Marco Polo | 7 |
| E | The Keys of Marinus | 6 |
Bermuda therefore bought GROUP ONE and GROUP TWO of the William Hartnell stories.
The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
Transmission
WILLIAM HARTNELL
The series started on Monday, 13 December 1965, at 6.30pm on ZFB-TV, channel 8. It screened uninterrupted for 26 weeks in the same timeslot until Monday, 6 June 1966.
There is no record that Bermuda screened Doctor Who again, even after the switch to NTSC colour.
TV listings
TV listings have been obtained from the Bermudan newspaper Bermuda Recorder.
Listings initially gave the series name as "Dr Who" (including apostrophes). None of the listings carried episode titles, so we can only assume the series aired in the correct order.
The 13 December 1965 issue carried a brief preview of the new series, calling it "One of the BBC's most talked about serials". The 3 January 1966 issue listings were illustrated with a publicity photo of Carole Ann Ford.
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Fate of the Prints
The next Carribbean country to air Doctor Who was Jamaica, in March 1966, so it is possible that Bermuda sent its prints of the Hartnell stories to Jamaica soon after each episode was transmitted.
Bermuda in Doctor Who
There are no instances where Bermuda is mentioned in the series.
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