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[[File:CT news.JPG|thumb|right|450px|Celestial Toyroom, September 1985: Sale to Caribbean news]]
 
[[File:CT news.JPG|thumb|right|450px|Celestial Toyroom, September 1985: Sale to Caribbean news]]
From '''21-24 July 1985''', BBC Enterprises staged a three-day television sales festival at the Cable Beach Hotel in Nassau, the [[Bahamas]], for Caribbean programme buyers, at which it sold '''Doctor Who''' to '''nine''' countries, part of a package worth a quarter of a million pounds (as was reported in the DWAS news-zine ''Celestial Toyroom'', '''September 1985''' issue).
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[[File:Nassau85.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Screen International, 3 August 1985]]
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From '''21-24 July 1985''', BBC Enterprises staged a three-day television sales festival at the Cable Beach Hotel in Nassau, the [[Bahamas]], for programme buyers from nine Caribbean countries, at which it sold '''Doctor Who''', part of a total package worth a quarter of a million pounds.  
  
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This was reported in the DWAS news-zine ''Celestial Toyroom'', '''September 1985''' issue). The ''CT'' report is slightly misleading, as although nine countries ''attended'' the event, not all of them necessarily bought '''Doctor Who'''; the report in the 3 August 1985 edition of ''Screen International'' appears to be where the CT's information was taken, and as you can see it does not specifically state how many sales of '''Doctor Who''' there were.
  
Of those '''nine''', only the following have been identified with confirmed post-1985 airdates:
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But of those nine potential customers, only the following '''three''' have been firmly identified, with confirmed post July 1985 airdates:
  
 
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The papers 1985 onwards for one obvious candidate - [[Jamaica]] - have been checked, but there were no listings for '''Doctor Who'''.  
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The newspapers for one obvious candidate, [[Jamaica]], for 1985 onwards have been checked, but there were no listings for '''Doctor Who'''.  
  
Newspapers for other nations in the region have also been checked (such as [[Dominica]]), but many didn't have TV listings, or the relevant date range wasn't available. In all likelihood, the other Caribbean countries that bought '''Doctor Who''' at this time would have been those with English as an official language.
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Newspapers for other nations in the region have also been checked (such as [[Dominica]]), but many didn't have TV listings, or the relevant date range wasn't available. In all likelihood, any other Caribbean country that bought '''Doctor Who''' at this time would have been those with English as an official language. But the problem there is that there simply aren't nine countries in the Caribbean where English is the principal language.  
  
But the problem there is that there simply aren't nine countries in the Caribbean where English is the principal language.
 
  
 
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It's possible that the description "the Caribbean" extended to those Central and South American, [[Spanish]]-speaking countries that have coasts on the Caribbean Sea, such as:  
It's possible that the description "the Caribbean" included those Central and South American countries that have coasts on the Caribbean Sea, such as:  
 
  
 
*[[Colombia]]
 
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* See [[Missing Misterio|The Mystery of the Missing Misterios]]
 
* See [[Missing Misterio|The Mystery of the Missing Misterios]]
  
It's possible the reported "sales" were only "indications of interest", and actual sales never eventuated…
 
  
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However, we feel sure that while the series was on offer to all ''nine'' potential buyers, it sold only to half…
  
  

Revision as of 22:55, 26 September 2012

Four countries in this region screened Doctor Who in the 1960s:

With the Dominican Republic being a possible fifth.

Celestial Toyroom, September 1985: Sale to Caribbean news
Screen International, 3 August 1985

From 21-24 July 1985, BBC Enterprises staged a three-day television sales festival at the Cable Beach Hotel in Nassau, the Bahamas, for programme buyers from nine Caribbean countries, at which it sold Doctor Who, part of a total package worth a quarter of a million pounds.

This was reported in the DWAS news-zine Celestial Toyroom, September 1985 issue). The CT report is slightly misleading, as although nine countries attended the event, not all of them necessarily bought Doctor Who; the report in the 3 August 1985 edition of Screen International appears to be where the CT's information was taken, and as you can see it does not specifically state how many sales of Doctor Who there were.

But of those nine potential customers, only the following three have been firmly identified, with confirmed post July 1985 airdates:


The newspapers for one obvious candidate, Jamaica, for 1985 onwards have been checked, but there were no listings for Doctor Who.

Newspapers for other nations in the region have also been checked (such as Dominica), but many didn't have TV listings, or the relevant date range wasn't available. In all likelihood, any other Caribbean country that bought Doctor Who at this time would have been those with English as an official language. But the problem there is that there simply aren't nine countries in the Caribbean where English is the principal language.


It's possible that the description "the Caribbean" extended to those Central and South American, Spanish-speaking countries that have coasts on the Caribbean Sea, such as:

Of those, post-1985 airdates have been found for Colombia only.


However, we feel sure that while the series was on offer to all nine potential buyers, it sold only to half…


The Caribbean in Doctor Who

Generic references to the Caribbean have featured in the following stories:


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