Nepal

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NEPAL is a land-locked nation in central Asia.

Profile

Country Number (N/K) 1985? THIRD WAVE
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.

In more recent years, a number of privately-owned stations have been established.


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. With the series said to have aired in the early 1990s, records for that period have not been accessed.

This FORUM POSTING says "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.


Stories bought and broadcast

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TV listing, 12 February 1989 (The Rising Nepal); Doctor Who not included

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.


Transmission

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".

The only Nepalese newspapers we have been able to access was The Rising Nepal for week of 9 to 15 February 1989. While the paper did have TV listings, Doctor Who was not part of the line up for that week.


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