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According to the '''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116118/releaseinfo IMDB]''', the '''[[TV Movie]]''' was shown in '''[[wikipedia:India|INDIA]]''' on Saturday, '''25 September 2004'''.
 
According to the '''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116118/releaseinfo IMDB]''', the '''[[TV Movie]]''' was shown in '''[[wikipedia:India|INDIA]]''' on Saturday, '''25 September 2004'''.
  
 
We do not have access to any Indian newspapers to confirm this.  
 
We do not have access to any Indian newspapers to confirm this.  
  
The movie was also apparently released on video tape (with Hindi subtitles?) that same year, but we have been unable to verify this either. It's possible the date on IMDB is for the tape ... or the reference to a tape is an error and is instead for the TV broadcast?
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Of note, the [[New Series]] has been available in India since '''May 2015'''; none of the news reports about this mention the TV movie being shown ten years earlier.
 
 
Of note, the [[New Series]] has been available in India since '''May 2015'''; none of the news reports about this mention the TV movie being shown ten years earlier, or the existence of the video tape.
 
 
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2015/doctor-who-lands-in-india BBC announced sale of Doctor Who to India (2015)]
 
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2015/doctor-who-lands-in-india BBC announced sale of Doctor Who to India (2015)]
 
*[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/doctor-who-landing-indian-tv-792287 Doctor Who arrives in India (2015)]
 
*[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/doctor-who-landing-indian-tv-792287 Doctor Who arrives in India (2015)]
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==India in Doctor Who==
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*[[Marco Polo]] had travelled to India; Kublai Khan was the Ruler of Asia, India, Cathay and other territories
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*There were T-Mat terminals in Calcutta and Bombay ([[The Seeds of Death]])
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*The Doctor showed a slide of a Hindu demon with horns ([[The Daemons]])
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*The ''SS Bernice'' was sailing the Indian Ocean towards Bombay; the cook was a Madrassi ([[Carnival of Monsters]])
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*The injured Doctor is attended to by an Indian doctor in [[The Hand of Fear]]
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*Colonel Skinsale served with the army in India ([[Horror of Fang Rock]])
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*The Doctor knew of a nice little restaurant in the Khyber Pass ([[Ghost Light]])
  
  
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*[[Paul McGann stories]]
 
*[[Paul McGann stories]]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116118/releaseinfo IMDB]
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116118/releaseinfo IMDB]
 
  
  
 
[[Category:Australasia/Asia]]
 
[[Category:Australasia/Asia]]

Revision as of 05:29, 20 June 2020

According to the IMDB, the TV Movie was shown in INDIA on Saturday, 25 September 2004.

We do not have access to any Indian newspapers to confirm this.

Of note, the New Series has been available in India since May 2015; none of the news reports about this mention the TV movie being shown ten years earlier.


India in Doctor Who

  • Marco Polo had travelled to India; Kublai Khan was the Ruler of Asia, India, Cathay and other territories
  • There were T-Mat terminals in Calcutta and Bombay (The Seeds of Death)
  • The Doctor showed a slide of a Hindu demon with horns (The Daemons)
  • The SS Bernice was sailing the Indian Ocean towards Bombay; the cook was a Madrassi (Carnival of Monsters)
  • The injured Doctor is attended to by an Indian doctor in The Hand of Fear
  • Colonel Skinsale served with the army in India (Horror of Fang Rock)
  • The Doctor knew of a nice little restaurant in the Khyber Pass (Ghost Light)


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