Difference between revisions of "Category:Africa"

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After it had exploited '''Doctor Who''' to countries in [[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Australasia and Asia]], the BBC turned its attention to its colonies in Africa, selling [[William Hartnell stories]] it to [[Nigeria]], [[[[Rhodesia / Zimbabwe|Rhodesia]]]], [[Zambia]], [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]], [[Ghana]], [[Mauritius]], [[Sierra Leone]] and [[Tunisia]] all within a two year period, 1965 to 1967.
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The last ever sales of Hartnell stories was to [[Algeria]], in North Africa. 
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The BBC had only moderate success with selling colour stories to Africa in the 1970s, with only mainland countries [[[[Rhodesia / Zimbabwe|Rhodesia and Zimbabwe]], [[Nigeria]] and [[Sierra Leone]] picking up colour episodes.
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==Africa in Doctor Who==
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Non country specific references have featured in the following stories:
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* Africa was wiped out by the invading Daleks ([[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]).
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* There was an Ioniser Base in South Africa. Refugees were being sent to African Rehabilitation Centres ([[The Ice Warriors]]).
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* Scorby served as mercenary in Africa and the Middle East ([[The Seeds of Doom]]).
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* Burton says he once hunted buffalo in Africa!  ([[Delta and the Bannermen]]).
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* Redvers Fen Cooper spoke of Stanley and Livingstone, Oluti Forest pygmies, and "the interior" ([[Ghost Light]])
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==Links==
 
==Links==
 
*[[Main Page]]
 
*[[Main Page]]

Revision as of 02:21, 31 January 2011

After it had exploited Doctor Who to countries in Australasia and Asia, the BBC turned its attention to its colonies in Africa, selling William Hartnell stories it to Nigeria, [[Rhodesia]], Zambia, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Mauritius, Sierra Leone and Tunisia all within a two year period, 1965 to 1967.

The last ever sales of Hartnell stories was to Algeria, in North Africa.

The BBC had only moderate success with selling colour stories to Africa in the 1970s, with only mainland countries [[Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Sierra Leone picking up colour episodes.


Africa in Doctor Who

Non country specific references have featured in the following stories:


Links


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