Italy

ITALY is in central, in the Mediterranean Sea.

Population

When Doctor Who screened in Italy in 1980, the population was 57 million, and licensed TV sets numbered 13.6 million (per WRTH, 1984).

ALSO LOOK AT 1979

TV & system

Italy began its television service in 1954.

There are MANY television stations: Radiotelevisione Italia (RAI), a government-owned commercial broadcaster.

Colour transmissions began in 1977 using the PAL colour broadcast system.

Language/s

The main language of Italy is Italy. All foreign television programmes are dubbed.

DOCTOR WHO IN ITALY

Italy was the 54th country to screen Doctor Who, and the 7th in Europe. (see Selling Doctor Who).

TOO TERRIFYING FOR EUROPE

BBC Records

The Eighties (The Eighties - The Lost Chapters htp;/RTGRURURUEURURU) records a sale of 9 stories (by 10 February 1987).

In DWM, Italy is identified in only 2 story Archives: 4E and 4H, in 1979.

Stories bought and broadcast

TOM BAKER

7 stories, 26 episodes:

Code	English Title	eps	Italian title
4A	Robot	4	Robot
4C	The Ark in Space	4	Arca Spaziale
4B	The Sontaran Experiment	2	Esperimento Sontaran
4D	Revenge of the Cybermen	4	La Vendetta dei Ciberniani
4H	Planet of Evil	4	Il Pianeta del Male
4G	Pyramids of Mars	4	Le Piramidi di Marte
4F	Terror of the Zygons	4	La Sconfitta degli Zigoni

Note, Italy was one of the few countries to screen 4B, 4C, 4H, 4G in the correct order.

Italy therefore bought part of GROUPs A and B of the Tom Baker stories.

The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes.

Transmission

TOM BAKER

Although nine stories recorded in the 19877 sales document, only seven stories screened. (The sales document is either incorrect, or the two other stories purchased did not screen.)

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TV listings

TV listings have been obtained from the newspaper Il Tempo, from Rome.

Listings initially gave the series name as Dr Who GHGJFGSFKJDSFHDSKJFHK

Italy in Doctor Who

• Tito in The Tenth Planet
• Leonardo in The Seeds of Death
• The Masque of Mandragora
• City of Death

Fandom in Italy

The Italian Doctor Who Fan Club had a presence in 1983 - SEE INFO IN CELEBRATION.

The following websites feature information;

http://www.doctorwhoitalia.it/DoctorWho_04-TBaker.htm http://www.doctorwhoitalia.it/DoctorWho_04-TBaker_bis.htm

Links

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