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Revision as of 08:18, 13 January 2011
The ASCENSION ISLAND is a tiny island in the south Atlantic Ocean, to the east of the coast of Brazil.
Profile
| Country Number (N/K) | 1980s | SECOND WAVE? |
| Region | Africa | Commonwealth |
| Language/s | English |
Television Stations / Channels
The island does not have a local television service. The island hosts several British and American military bases, which would have their own entertainment facilities. When Doctor Who screened there it would have been in an unofficial capacity.
DOCTOR WHO IN THE ASCENSION ISLAND
BBC Records
Ascension Island is not recorded in any official BBC records. The only known 'evidence' that some of the series had been seen there comes from the report in the March 1985 issue of the DWAS news-zine Celestial Toyroom, which states: "No further missing episodes have yet been discovered as a result of Roger Brunskill's telexes. Ascension Island sent a reply, aptly stating that they had THE SEA DEVILS!"
In the June 1985 issue, the following update is given: "For those who questioned me, when I reported in the March CT that Ascension Island possessed a copy of THE SEA DEVILS, as to whether it was a colour 625 line master tape, thus superseding the BBC Archives' current copies (part 625, part 525). I'm afraid the answer is no. The copy the island possesses is a black and white film print."
In the interview with him that appears on the "Missing in Action" mini-documentary that preceded the BBC repeat of Planet of the Daleks episode three in 1993, Ian Levine said: "I've spent hours and hours and hours on the phone, ringing people all over the world, chasing Doctor Who episodes. Nigeria, Cyprus, the Ascension Islands, New Zealand... One phone bill alone came in at £4,000!"
Ascension Island is a UK territory, so it probably wouldn't need to be listed in any sales documentation; the story (and any others?) may have been screened at a cinema or military base as the island did not possess its own television station.
The BBC did sell some of its programmes under the category of "Non-Theatric", but such sales were usually to schools and other educational institutions.
Stories bought and broadcast
JON PERTWEE
1 known story, 6 episodes:
| LLL | The Sea Devils | 6 |
The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
Transmission
JON PERTWEE
The date/s on which The Sea Devils was seen are unknown.
Fate of the Prints
The 16mm prints of The Sea Devils were still held on the island in 1985. Since the BBC did not want these black and white film copies, they did not request the return of the prints.
Ascension Island in Doctor Who
- While BroaDWcast does not cover the new series, it's worth noting that "the Ascension Islands" (sic) was where the lone Dalek kept in Henry van Statten's private museum had been found. (From the 2005 episode called Dalek.)
