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'''[[wikipedia:Nepal|NEPAL]]''' is a land-locked nation in central [[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Asia]].
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'''[[wikipedia:Nepal|NEPAL]]''' is a land-locked nation in central [[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Asia]]; it shares a border with [[India]].
 
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==Profile==  
 
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There is just one Government-owned television service, '''[[wikipedia:Nepal Television|Nepal Television Corporation]] (Channel 25 / TV25)''', operating from Kathmandu.  
 
There is just one Government-owned television service, '''[[wikipedia:Nepal Television|Nepal Television Corporation]] (Channel 25 / TV25)''', operating from Kathmandu.  
  
By the mid-1990s, a number of privately-owned stations have been established, as well as numerous satellite and cable channels available, including '''BBC World News''' and possibly also '''[[BBC Prime]]'''.
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By the mid-'''1990s''', a number of satellite channels were available, including at least one '''BBC''' channel -- see below.
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Nepal is not named in any of the main [[BBC Records]] sources that we have used.  
 
Nepal is not named in any of the main [[BBC Records]] sources that we have used.  
  
We became aware of potential screenings in Nepal on this [http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5452764#post5452764 FORUM POSTING]: ''"I have a friend who grew up in Nepal who said he watched black and white Dr. Who episodes in the early 1990s…"'', which is all we have to go on.
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We became aware of potential screenings in Nepal on this [https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/the-missing-episodes-megathread-part-2.121504/post-5452764 FORUM POSTING]: ''"I have a friend who grew up in Nepal who said he watched black and white Dr. Who episodes in the early 1990s…"'', which is all we have to go on.
  
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[[File:NepalBBC.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Generic listing from Rising Nepal, November 1995; the BBC channel shown here is likely to be a version of BBC Prime]]
  
==Stories bought and broadcast==
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The majority of all television sets sold and owned in Nepal were black and white, so the reference to "black and white" episodes does not necessarily mean that TV25 screened William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton stories.  
[[File:NepalBBC.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Generic listing from Rising Nepal, May 1992; did Doctor Who air on BBC Prime (not listed?)]]
 
 
 
The majority of all television sets sold and owned in Nepal were black and white, so the reference to "black and white" episodes does not necessarily mean that TV25 screened William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton stories. In all likelihood, the episodes would have been the more widely-sold [[Tom Baker stories]].  
 
  
  
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==TV listings==
 
==TV listings==
  
We have no information regarding what screened or when. With the station having launched in the mid-1980s, '''Doctor Who''' could have aired several years earlier than the cited "early 1990s".
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The only Nepalese newspaper we have been able to access was ''The Rising Nepal'' from 1989 to 1996. The paper did publish comprehensive TV listings for the local Nepal TV station, plus the external satellite stations from "[[Wikipedia:Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific|STAR TELEVISION]]" (Satellite Television Asian Region, based in [[Hong Kong]]), that was launched in late 1991.
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These channels included '''Star Movies''', '''Star Plus''', and '''Channel V''', all of which were also available in [[India]] and other parts of Asia. However, there were no listings found for '''Doctor Who'''.
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STAR also carried [[BBC World Service Television Europe|BBC World Service Television]]. ''However'', this feed '''did not''' include the 1992, 1993, 1994 repeats of '''Doctor Who''' that were seen in Europe. STAR discontinued BBC WSTV in April 1994.
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BBC World Service later became [[BBC Prime]], which commenced a repeat run -- including black and white Jon Pertwee stories -- in '''January 1995'''. The TV listings in ''The Rising Nepal'' in late 1995 (such as the clipping here) carry billings for the various STAR channels, as well as one labelled as '''BBC'''. Since BBC World Service was no longer available after April 1994, this is ''presumably'' a variant of BBC Prime, however it's unclear if the feed to Asia carried the same programming as the European feed. 
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If it ''was'' the same, despite the lack of any billings for '''Doctor Who''' in the Nepal papers, it is highly likely that this "BBC" station was the source of the black and white episodes that our "eye witness" saw - although 1995 is a couple of years later than the cited "early 1990s"...  
  
The only Nepalese newspaper we have been able to access was ''The Rising Nepal'' from 1989 to 1996. The paper did publish comprehensive TV listings for Nepal TV plus numerous external satellite and cable stations, such as '''Star Movies''', '''STAR Plus''' and '''Channel V''', but there were no listings for '''Doctor Who''' at all on any of them.
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But if '''Doctor Who''' ''wasn't'' available on the BBC channel available in Nepal, then how and when our "eye witness" saw the series is unknown…
  
The paper did also publish listings for '''BBC World News''', which was one of the channels into which the old '''BBC World Service Television''' had split in January 1995.
 
  
The other split channel was [[BBC Prime]] which did carry '''Doctor Who''' periodically during the mid-1990s. Although there were no separate listings for BBC Prime, it was probably available in Nepal, and was likely the source of the episodes the viewer in Nepal had seen.  
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==Nepal in Doctor Who==
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*In [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]], the Doctor incorrectly attributes J. Milton Hayes' poem ''The Green Eye of the Yellow God'' ("There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu...") to Harry Champion
  
  

Latest revision as of 23:10, 28 April 2022

NEPAL is a land-locked nation in central Asia; it shares a border with India.

Profile

Country Number (N/K)
Region Asia
Television commenced 5 January 1985
Colour System 5 January 1985 PAL
Population 1987 17 million
TV Sets 1990 27,000
Language/s Nepali, English Subtitled

Television Stations / Channels

Nepal began its regular PAL colour television service in January 1985.

There is just one Government-owned television service, Nepal Television Corporation (Channel 25 / TV25), operating from Kathmandu.

By the mid-1990s, a number of satellite channels were available, including at least one BBC channel -- see below.


Language/s

The principal language of Nepal is Nepali. Foreign-language television programmes are usually subtitled.


DOCTOR WHO IN NEPAL

BBC Records

Nepal is not named in any of the main BBC Records sources that we have used.

We became aware of potential screenings in Nepal on this FORUM POSTING: "I have a friend who grew up in Nepal who said he watched black and white Dr. Who episodes in the early 1990s…", which is all we have to go on.

Generic listing from Rising Nepal, November 1995; the BBC channel shown here is likely to be a version of BBC Prime

The majority of all television sets sold and owned in Nepal were black and white, so the reference to "black and white" episodes does not necessarily mean that TV25 screened William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton stories.


Transmission

TV listings

The only Nepalese newspaper we have been able to access was The Rising Nepal from 1989 to 1996. The paper did publish comprehensive TV listings for the local Nepal TV station, plus the external satellite stations from "STAR TELEVISION" (Satellite Television Asian Region, based in Hong Kong), that was launched in late 1991.

These channels included Star Movies, Star Plus, and Channel V, all of which were also available in India and other parts of Asia. However, there were no listings found for Doctor Who.

STAR also carried BBC World Service Television. However, this feed did not include the 1992, 1993, 1994 repeats of Doctor Who that were seen in Europe. STAR discontinued BBC WSTV in April 1994.

BBC World Service later became BBC Prime, which commenced a repeat run -- including black and white Jon Pertwee stories -- in January 1995. The TV listings in The Rising Nepal in late 1995 (such as the clipping here) carry billings for the various STAR channels, as well as one labelled as BBC. Since BBC World Service was no longer available after April 1994, this is presumably a variant of BBC Prime, however it's unclear if the feed to Asia carried the same programming as the European feed.

If it was the same, despite the lack of any billings for Doctor Who in the Nepal papers, it is highly likely that this "BBC" station was the source of the black and white episodes that our "eye witness" saw - although 1995 is a couple of years later than the cited "early 1990s"...

But if Doctor Who wasn't available on the BBC channel available in Nepal, then how and when our "eye witness" saw the series is unknown…


Nepal in Doctor Who

  • In The Talons of Weng-Chiang, the Doctor incorrectly attributes J. Milton Hayes' poem The Green Eye of the Yellow God ("There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu...") to Harry Champion


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