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'''[[Wikipedia:Malta|MALTA]]''' is a small island in the Mediterranean off the south tip of Sicily.
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==Profile==
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{| {{small-table}}
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|-
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|'''Country Number (6)'''||1965||[[Selling Doctor Who|FIRST and THIRD WAVE]]
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|-
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|'''Region'''||[[:Category:Europe|Europe]]||Commonwealth
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|'''Television commenced'''||1962||
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|-
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|'''Colour System'''||1978||[[:Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]]
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|-
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|'''[[WRTH|Population]]'''||1966|| 326,130
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|'''[[WRTH|TV Sets]]'''||1966||29,000
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|-
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|'''[[WRTH|Population]]'''||1980||350,000
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|-
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|'''[[WRTH|TV Sets]]'''||1980||80,000
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|-
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|'''Language/s'''||English||
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|-
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|}
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==Television Stations / Channels==
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Malta began its television service in 1962.
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At the time there was just one television station: '''[[wikipedia:TVM (Malta)|The Malta Television Service Ltd (MTV)]] (channel 10)''', a government-owned commercial broadcaster.
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'''Doctor Who''' returned to Malta soon after the launch of colour transmissions in 1978 using the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] colour broadcast system.
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Due to its close proximity to [[Italy]], viewers in Malta could also receive TV transmissions from RAI-TV.
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==Language/s==
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The principal language of Malta is English, with Maltese and Italian recognised as secondary languages.
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=='''DOCTOR WHO IN MALTA'''==
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Malta was the '''6th''' country to screen '''Doctor Who''', and the '''second''' in [[:Category:Europe|Europe]]. (See [[Selling Doctor Who]]).
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==[[BBC Records]]==
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The '''Stanmark Productions Ltd''' advertisement from 1966, identifies Malta as one of the '''twelve''' countries screening '''Doctor Who''' in that year.
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In '''DWM''', Malta is identified in '''8''' story Archives: {{A}}, {{B}}, {{C}} for Hartnell; just {{YYY}} for Pertwee; and {{4A}}, {{4C}}, {{4D}}, and {{4E}} for Baker. (There are no airdates for {{4E}}, so either the story was bought but not aired, or the '''DWM''' listing is wrong.)
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'''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS] records a sale of '''"(4)"''' stories (by 10 February 1987). As the airdates show, Malta screened four Jon Pertwee and four Tom Baker stories, so the 1987 document is only partially accurate.
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==Stories bought and broadcast==
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===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
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Eleven stories, 53 episodes:
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[[File:Malta MTV.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Dr Who – 24 May 1965]]
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{| {{small-table}}
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|-
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|A||[[An Unearthly Child]]||4
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|-
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|B||[[The Daleks]]||7
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|-
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|C||[[Inside the Spaceship]]||2
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|-
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|D||[[Marco Polo]]||7
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|-
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|E||[[The Keys of Marinus]]||6
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|-
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|F||[[The Aztecs]]||4
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|-
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|G||[[The Sensorites]]||6
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|-
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|H||[[The Reign of Terror]]||6
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|-
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|J||[[Planet of Giants]]||3
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|-
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|K||[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]||6
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|-
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|L||[[The Rescue]]||2
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|-
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|}
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Malta therefore bought the standard package GROUP A, B and C of the [[William Hartnell stories]].
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The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.
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====Origin of the Prints?====
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[[Gibraltar]] was the previous country in [[:Category:Europe|Europe]] to screen the Hartnell episodes, so it’s possible that Malta was sent the same set of prints shortly after transmission in Gibraltar.
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===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]===
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Four stories, 18 episodes:
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[[File:Malta DW.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Dr Who, 20 April 1979]]
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[[File:Malta TVM.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Dr Who, generic listing]]
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[[File:Malta AAA.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Spearhead from Space preview, 20 April 1979]]
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[[File:Malta RRR.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The Three Doctors preview, 18 May 1979]]
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[[File:Malta YYY.JPG|thumb|right|250px|THe Monster of Peladon preview, 13 July 1979]]
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{| {{small-table}}
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|-
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|AAA||[[Spearhead from Space]]||4
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|-
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|RRR||[[The Three Doctors]]||4
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|-
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|UUU||[[The Time Warrior]]||4
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|-
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|YYY||[[The Monster of Peladon]]||6
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|-
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|}
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Malta therefore bought only a small number of the nine full colour PAL stories that the BBC still had on offer in 1979. These were supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks. (Other countries to purchase the same set of four Pertwee serials were: [[Sierra Leone]], [[Swaziland]] and [[Sri Lanka]].)
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===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
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Four stories, 14 episodes:
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[[File:Malta Sont.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The Sontaran Experiment preview, 28 September 1979]]
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[[File:Malta Ark.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The Ark in Space preview, 2 November 1979]]
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[[File:Malta ROTC.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Revenge of the Cybermen preview, November 1979]]
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[[File:Malta ROTC2.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Revenge of the Cybermen preview, November 1979]]
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{| {{small-table}}
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|-
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|4A||[[Robot]]||4
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|-
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|4B||[[The Sontaran Experiment]]||2
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|-
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|4C||[[The Ark in Space]]||4
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|-
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|4D||[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]||4
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|-
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|}
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Malta therefore bought part of GROUP A of the [[Tom Baker stories]], supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks. Although '''DWM''' records {{4E}} as being purchased by Malta, it did not screen, as there are not enough airdates to support this six-parter.
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==Transmission==
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===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
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'''Doctor Who''' began on Monday, '''24 May 1965''', at 6.30pm, and screened for 53 uninterrupted weeks until '''23 May 1966'''. It is assume that the stories aired in the correct story order.
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====Fate of the Prints?====
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The next two countries to air '''Doctor Who''' were [[Aden]] and [[Nigeria]], both of which had '''Television International Limited''' (see [[WRTH)]) as their programme distribution agency. It's more than likely that TIE Ltd circulated its own set of prints between the countries it acted for. Therefore, Malta may have sent its print to [[[[Rhodesia / Zimbabwe|Rhodesia]], who commenced screening the series in September 1965.
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===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]===
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Thirteen years later, an 18-week run of Jon Pertwee stories in colour commenced on Friday, '''20 April 1979''', at 6.30pm, running until '''17 August 1979'''. As noted above, Malta purchased only four of the nine available Pertwee stories that the BBC was selling in full colour.
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===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
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The week after part six of [[The Monster of Peladon]], Tom Baker's debut serial [[Robot]] aired, on '''24 August 1979''', at the usual time of 6.30pm. After a one week break on '''21 September''', the series continued for a further ten weeks, with the serials airing in production order.
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The final episode aired on '''30 November 1979'''.
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There is no clear record that '''Doctor Who''' aired in Malta again after 1979.
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==TV listings==
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{{airdates-left|}}
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TV listings have been obtained from the newspapers ''The Times of Malta'' and ''Daily News''.
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''The Times'' gave the title as either '''"Dr Who"''' or '''"Doctor Who"'''. None of the Hartnell episodes titles were identified by title, so the order is assumed.  The '''24 May 1965''' issue had a short preview, saying: "DR WHO: A new series of space adventures for children, starting on MTV today at 6.30pm".
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[[File:Malta 2011.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Times of Malta – Doctor Who to end in 2011? – 16 August 1977]]
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On '''16 August 1977''', ''The Times'' ran a full page feature about the series – some two years '''before''' it actually returned to the airwaves. The article – '''"DR WHO COULD BE MAKING HIS LAST TRIP IN 2011"''' - featured an interview with then-producer Philip Hinchcliffe, and made the interesting comment that the Doctor has only thirteen lives, and on that basis the series could come to a natural end in '''2011'''!
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While the main listings for the 1979 episodes did not provide have titles, the '''TV Highlights''' pages often previewed and named each new story.
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==Novelisations==
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[[File:Malta Target.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Target Books - Maltese Prices]]
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During the 13 year gap between the Hartnell and Pertwee transmissions, and for a number a years after the series had ended on MTV, residents of Malta could enjoy the adventures of the Doctor in the form of the Target novelisations, which were available on the island from 1974 until at least 1983. The back covers of the following novels carry a price in Maltese currency:
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* ''The Auton Invasion'' (1974) 30c
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* ''The Doomsday Weapon'' (1974) 35c
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* ''The Cybermen'' (1974) 40c
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* ''The Giant Robot'' (1975) 40c
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* ''The Revenge of the Cybermen'' (1976) 45c
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* ''The Web of Fear'' (1976) 50c
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* ''The Making of Doctor Who'' (1976) 65c
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* ''The Seeds of Doom'' (1977) 55c
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* ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' (1978) 65c
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* ''The Hand of Fear'' (1979) 65c
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* ''The Day of the Daleks'' (1979 reprint) 75c
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* ''The Dinosaur Invasion'' (1980 reprint) 80c
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* ''The Stones of Blood'' (1980) 80c
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* ''The Power of Kroll'' (1980) 90c
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* ''The Enemy of the World'' (1981) £M1.00
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* ''The Programme Guide Vols 1 & 2'' (1981) £M1.30
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* ''The Leisure Hive'' (1982) £M1.30
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* ''The Ice Warriors'' (1982 reprint) £M1.40
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* ''The Auton Invasion'' (1982 reprint) £M1.55
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* ''The Revenge of the Cybermen'' (1983 reprint) £M1.25
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* ''Meglos'' (1983) £M1.35
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*'' Earthshock'' (1983) £M1.35
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Some later reprints from 1983 carry a price of £M1.40c
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==Links==
 
==Links==

Revision as of 02:02, 20 March 2011

MALTA is a small island in the Mediterranean off the south tip of Sicily.

Profile

Country Number (6) 1965 FIRST and THIRD WAVE
Region Europe Commonwealth
Television commenced 1962
Colour System 1978 PAL
Population 1966 326,130
TV Sets 1966 29,000
Population 1980 350,000
TV Sets 1980 80,000
Language/s English


Television Stations / Channels

Malta began its television service in 1962.

At the time there was just one television station: The Malta Television Service Ltd (MTV) (channel 10), a government-owned commercial broadcaster.

Doctor Who returned to Malta soon after the launch of colour transmissions in 1978 using the PAL colour broadcast system.

Due to its close proximity to Italy, viewers in Malta could also receive TV transmissions from RAI-TV.


Language/s

The principal language of Malta is English, with Maltese and Italian recognised as secondary languages.


DOCTOR WHO IN MALTA

Malta was the 6th country to screen Doctor Who, and the second in Europe. (See Selling Doctor Who).


BBC Records

The Stanmark Productions Ltd advertisement from 1966, identifies Malta as one of the twelve countries screening Doctor Who in that year.

In DWM, Malta is identified in 8 story Archives: A, B, C for Hartnell; just YYY for Pertwee; and 4A, 4C, 4D, and 4E for Baker. (There are no airdates for 4E, so either the story was bought but not aired, or the DWM listing is wrong.)

The Eighties - THE LOST CHAPTERS records a sale of "(4)" stories (by 10 February 1987). As the airdates show, Malta screened four Jon Pertwee and four Tom Baker stories, so the 1987 document is only partially accurate.


Stories bought and broadcast

WILLIAM HARTNELL

Eleven stories, 53 episodes:

Dr Who – 24 May 1965
A An Unearthly Child 4
B The Daleks 7
C Inside the Spaceship 2
D Marco Polo 7
E The Keys of Marinus 6
F The Aztecs 4
G The Sensorites 6
H The Reign of Terror 6
J Planet of Giants 3
K The Dalek Invasion of Earth 6
L The Rescue 2

Malta therefore bought the standard package GROUP A, B and C of the William Hartnell stories.

The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with English soundtracks.

Origin of the Prints?

Gibraltar was the previous country in Europe to screen the Hartnell episodes, so it’s possible that Malta was sent the same set of prints shortly after transmission in Gibraltar.


JON PERTWEE

Four stories, 18 episodes:

Dr Who, 20 April 1979
Dr Who, generic listing
Spearhead from Space preview, 20 April 1979
The Three Doctors preview, 18 May 1979
THe Monster of Peladon preview, 13 July 1979


AAA Spearhead from Space 4
RRR The Three Doctors 4
UUU The Time Warrior 4
YYY The Monster of Peladon 6

Malta therefore bought only a small number of the nine full colour PAL stories that the BBC still had on offer in 1979. These were supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks. (Other countries to purchase the same set of four Pertwee serials were: Sierra Leone, Swaziland and Sri Lanka.)


TOM BAKER

Four stories, 14 episodes:

The Sontaran Experiment preview, 28 September 1979
The Ark in Space preview, 2 November 1979
Revenge of the Cybermen preview, November 1979
Revenge of the Cybermen preview, November 1979
4A Robot 4
4B The Sontaran Experiment 2
4C The Ark in Space 4
4D Revenge of the Cybermen 4

Malta therefore bought part of GROUP A of the Tom Baker stories, supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks. Although DWM records 4E as being purchased by Malta, it did not screen, as there are not enough airdates to support this six-parter.


Transmission

WILLIAM HARTNELL

Doctor Who began on Monday, 24 May 1965, at 6.30pm, and screened for 53 uninterrupted weeks until 23 May 1966. It is assume that the stories aired in the correct story order.

Fate of the Prints?

The next two countries to air Doctor Who were Aden and Nigeria, both of which had Television International Limited (see [[WRTH)]) as their programme distribution agency. It's more than likely that TIE Ltd circulated its own set of prints between the countries it acted for. Therefore, Malta may have sent its print to [[Rhodesia, who commenced screening the series in September 1965.


JON PERTWEE

Thirteen years later, an 18-week run of Jon Pertwee stories in colour commenced on Friday, 20 April 1979, at 6.30pm, running until 17 August 1979. As noted above, Malta purchased only four of the nine available Pertwee stories that the BBC was selling in full colour.



TOM BAKER

The week after part six of The Monster of Peladon, Tom Baker's debut serial Robot aired, on 24 August 1979, at the usual time of 6.30pm. After a one week break on 21 September, the series continued for a further ten weeks, with the serials airing in production order.

The final episode aired on 30 November 1979.

There is no clear record that Doctor Who aired in Malta again after 1979.


TV listings

Airdates in Malta
← AIRDATES ...... (CLICK ICON TO GO TO TABLE SHOWING EPISODE BREAKDOWN AND AIRDATES - N/S = story title is Not Stated)

TV listings have been obtained from the newspapers The Times of Malta and Daily News.

The Times gave the title as either "Dr Who" or "Doctor Who". None of the Hartnell episodes titles were identified by title, so the order is assumed. The 24 May 1965 issue had a short preview, saying: "DR WHO: A new series of space adventures for children, starting on MTV today at 6.30pm".

Times of Malta – Doctor Who to end in 2011? – 16 August 1977

On 16 August 1977, The Times ran a full page feature about the series – some two years before it actually returned to the airwaves. The article – "DR WHO COULD BE MAKING HIS LAST TRIP IN 2011" - featured an interview with then-producer Philip Hinchcliffe, and made the interesting comment that the Doctor has only thirteen lives, and on that basis the series could come to a natural end in 2011!

While the main listings for the 1979 episodes did not provide have titles, the TV Highlights pages often previewed and named each new story.


Novelisations

Target Books - Maltese Prices

During the 13 year gap between the Hartnell and Pertwee transmissions, and for a number a years after the series had ended on MTV, residents of Malta could enjoy the adventures of the Doctor in the form of the Target novelisations, which were available on the island from 1974 until at least 1983. The back covers of the following novels carry a price in Maltese currency:

  • The Auton Invasion (1974) 30c
  • The Doomsday Weapon (1974) 35c
  • The Cybermen (1974) 40c
  • The Giant Robot (1975) 40c
  • The Revenge of the Cybermen (1976) 45c
  • The Web of Fear (1976) 50c
  • The Making of Doctor Who (1976) 65c
  • The Seeds of Doom (1977) 55c
  • The Tomb of the Cybermen (1978) 65c
  • The Hand of Fear (1979) 65c
  • The Day of the Daleks (1979 reprint) 75c
  • The Dinosaur Invasion (1980 reprint) 80c
  • The Stones of Blood (1980) 80c
  • The Power of Kroll (1980) 90c
  • The Enemy of the World (1981) £M1.00
  • The Programme Guide Vols 1 & 2 (1981) £M1.30
  • The Leisure Hive (1982) £M1.30
  • The Ice Warriors (1982 reprint) £M1.40
  • The Auton Invasion (1982 reprint) £M1.55
  • The Revenge of the Cybermen (1983 reprint) £M1.25
  • Meglos (1983) £M1.35
  • Earthshock (1983) £M1.35

Some later reprints from 1983 carry a price of £M1.40c


Links