France
FRANCE is in western.
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Population
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TV & system
France began its television service in 1949.
There are MANY television stations: Television France (TF1)), a government-owned commercial broadcaster.
Colour transmissions began in 1967 using the SECAM colour broadcast system.
The main language of France is French. All foreign television programmes are dubbed.
Clips from Genesis of the Daleks dubbed into French (from a broadcast in Canada) can be found at: FDFDFDGHFGDHG
DOCTOR WHO IN FRANCE
The BBC made several attempts over the years to sell Doctor Who to France:
- February 1977: At the annual Brighton TV fair, the BBC was unsuccessful in luring European buyers to pick up the series. "TOO TERRIFYING FOR EUROPE" was the press reaction - [[[[[clipping]]]
- 1984: further offer
- 1985: further offer
- Alain Carazee sells the idea of buying Doctor Who to TF1. (A full account of Carazee's ill-fated attempts to get Doctor Who onto French television was given in issue 17 of Timescreen magazine (cover dated XXX 1991). The article can be read HERE
- June 1986 - report on Temps X film crew at BBC
TARDIS July 1986 - The French Connection - report on Temps X doco
- September 1986: A French film crew visits the BBC studios, and interviews the cast and crew during the filming of serial 7B of The Trial of a Time Lord (aka "Mindwarp").
- February 1987 - update on French - not screening now
DWB 41/42 - sales to France - but some stories deemed boring! (also in InVision: Mindwarp)
1987: A series of eight novelisations is published by zzzzzz, translated by XXXXX. With the television series intended to feature as part of Temps X, the covers are adorned with images of hosts Igor and Ivan Bxxxxxxxxzzzyy. The books retail of FF
- Oct 1987: TF1 has purchased series, and may start with Robot as originally planned (CT files)
- 19 February 1989': After a delay of two years, Doctor Who finally makes it to the screen - but even then, its journey is far from plain-sailing...
BBC Records
In DWM issue 52 (May 1981), there is a report that an omnibus edition of Genesis of the Daleks screened in France, but there is no evidence that such a broadcast ever took place.
In DWM, France is identified in 8 story Archives: 4A, 4D, 4E, 4F, 4H, 4G, 4J, 4K.
In the telefantasy magazine, 'Timescreen (issue XX, XXXX, 1991), French journalist Alaine Catraze, JFLKJSDJFDJFLKDFDFDLK.
Stories bought and broadcast
TOM BAKER
11 stories, 46 episodes bought, but only six (26 episodes) screened:
| 4A | Robot | Robot | 4 |
| 4C | The Ark in Space | L'Arche de l'Espace | 4 |
| 4E | Genesis of the Daleks | La Genèse des Daleks | 6 |
| 4D | Revenge of the Cybermen | La Revanche des Cybernators | 4 |
| 4F | Terror of the Zygons | La Terreur des Zygons | 4 |
| 4H | Planet of Evil | La Planète Diabolique | 4 |
France therefore bought part of GROUPs A and B of the Tom Baker stories.
The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes. TF1 prepared, recorded and dubbed full French soundtracks.
SYLVESTER McCOY
PAUL McGANN
TV Movie, 84 minutes:
| TVM | The TV Movie | 1 |
235 (Oct 1996) reports that the TV Movie has been sold to France
Te ovie aired ion Tuesday, 18 March 1997 – its title was "LE SEIGNEUR DU TEMPS" (The Time Lord).
Transmission
TOM BAKER
The series started on Sunday, 19 February 1989, at 9.00am, as part of the line-up of CLUB DOROTHEE DIMANCHE. The first serial was Genesis of the Daleks. However, after only a few episodes had gone out, the series was dropped from the CDD line-up.
On 8 April, the series reappeared on Saturdays around 6.35 am (the scheduled timeslot fluctuated between 6.34 and 6.39am). From 23 April, a second episode aired on Sundays, at the same time. The regular Sunday screenings were dropped during May, but there were two further one-off Sunday screenings on 21 May and 4 June.
The 26th and final episode aired on Saturday 24 June 1989.
TV listings
TV listings have been obtained from the Parisian newspapers Le Monde, France-Soir and ZZZZZZ.
Listings initially gave the series name as Docteur Who
Paul McGann Movie
DWM 235 (Oct 1996) reports that the TV Movie has been sold to France
France in Doctor Who
- The Reign of Terror: set in 1792 France, during h French Revolution.
- The Massacre: set in August 1572.
- The Moonbase: Benoit (Andre Morell) is a crew meet on the Gravitron base.
- The Ambassadors of Death: Taltalian (Robert Cawdron) appears to be French - although his accent changes from scene to scene.
- The Masque of Mandragora: Several of the dignitaries invited to attend the masque are from France.
- City of Death: set in Paris, 1979.
