Bahamas - Revision history

Jon Preddle at 04:47, 12 May 2015

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Jon Preddle at 22:23, 26 September 2012

2012-09-26T22:23:49Z

Jon Preddle at 21:47, 15 March 2012

2012-03-15T21:47:18Z

Jon Preddle at 07:22, 26 January 2011

2011-01-26T07:22:44Z

Jon Preddle at 07:19, 26 January 2011

2011-01-26T07:19:49Z

Jon Preddle at 07:15, 26 January 2011

2011-01-26T07:15:18Z

Jon Preddle at 07:09, 26 January 2011

2011-01-26T07:09:06Z

John Lavalie: /* TV listings */

2011-01-14T00:42:37Z

TV listings

Jon Preddle: /* TOM BAKER? */

2010-12-27T00:03:48Z

TOM BAKER?

Jon Preddle at 00:02, 27 December 2010

2010-12-27T00:02:37Z

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 ==[[BBC Records]]==
-The Bahamas are not identified in any available BBC records. It was reported in the '''September 1985''' issue of ''Celestial Toyroom'' that the series had been sold to '''nine''' Caribbean countries, although those nine are not named. (The report is slightly misleading, as nine countries ''attended'' the event, but not all nine necessarily bought '''Doctor Who'''.)
+The Bahamas are not identified in any available BBC records. It was reported in the '''September 1985''' issue of ''Celestial Toyroom'' that the series had been sold to '''nine''' Caribbean countries, although those nine are not named. (The report is slightly misleading, as nine countries ''attended'' the event, but not all nine necessarily bought '''Doctor Who'''.
-The sales junket at which these sales were made, was held in Nassau, in the Bahamas, from '''21-24 July 1985''', at the Cable Beach Hotel. So, it's no surprise that the hosting country would pick up the series, too!
+The sales junket at which these sales were made, was held in Nassau, in the Bahamas, from '''21-24 July 1985''', at the Cable Beach Hotel. So, it's no surprise that the hosting country would pick up the series, too! (See Our [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean page]] for more on this event.)
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 ==='''[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]?'''===
+[[File:BahamasZNS.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Dr Who debuts, 6.30pm, 26 June 1986]]
 '''Unknown'''. With 21 known airdates (see below), if Bahamas followed the same pattern as [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]], then it was probably one 6-parter and four 4-parters (22 episodes), likely to be the first five stories of this grouping:
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 ==Transmission==
 The series started on Thursday, '''26 June 1986''', at 6.30pm. It aired for 21 weeks, and was replaced by the UK comedy '''Butterflies''' from 20 November.

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 ==[[BBC Records]]==
-The Bahamas are not identified in any available BBC records. It was reported in the '''September 1985''' issue of ''Celestial Toyroom'' that the series had been sold to '''nine''' Caribbean countries, although those nine are not named.
+The Bahamas are not identified in any available BBC records. It was reported in the '''September 1985''' issue of ''Celestial Toyroom'' that the series had been sold to '''nine''' Caribbean countries, although those nine are not named. (The report is slightly misleading, as nine countries ''attended'' the event, but not all nine necessarily bought '''Doctor Who'''.)
 The sales junket at which these sales were made, was held in Nassau, in the Bahamas, from '''21-24 July 1985''', at the Cable Beach Hotel. So, it's no surprise that the hosting country would pick up the series, too!

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	The Bahamas are not identified in any available BBC records. It was reported in the '''September 1985''' issue of ''Celestial Toyroom'' that the series had been sold to '''nine''' Caribbean countries, although those nine are not named.		The Bahamas are not identified in any available BBC records. It was reported in the '''September 1985''' issue of ''Celestial Toyroom'' that the series had been sold to '''nine''' Caribbean countries, although those nine are not named.

−	The sales junket at which these sales were made, was ~~itself~~ held in Nassau, in the Bahamas. So, it's no surprise that the hosting country would pick up the series, too!	+	The sales junket at which these sales were made, was held in Nassau, in the Bahamas, from '''21-24 July 1985''', at the Cable Beach Hotel. So, it's no surprise that the hosting country would pick up the series, too!

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 =='''DOCTOR WHO IN THE BAHAMAS'''==
-The Bahamas was about the '''58th''' country to screen '''Doctor Who'''; it was the '''fourth''' in the [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]] (see [[Selling  Doctor Who]]).
+The Bahamas was about the '''58th''' country to screen '''Doctor Who'''; it was (possibly) the '''sixth''' in the [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]] (see [[Selling  Doctor Who]]).
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 TV listings have been obtained from the newspaper, ''Nassau Tribune''.
-All listings gave the series name as '''Dr Who'''. The timeslot was 6.30 to 7.00 for all episodes. None of the episodes had titles (N/S).
+All listings give the series name as '''Dr Who'''. The timeslot was 6.30pm to 7.00pm for all episodes. None of the episodes had titles (N/S).
 The first listing for the series is on 26 June 1986. There was no billing the previous week, on 19 June. The last listing was 13 November, 21 weeks later.

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 ==Stories bought and broadcast==
-It is not known what stories aired, but given that a package of assorted [[Tom Baker stories]] screened weeks apart in [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]] from late 1985, it is more than likely that the Bahamas aired the same – or at least some of the same – package.
+It is not known what stories aired, but given that a package of assorted [[Tom Baker stories]] screened weeks apart in [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]] from late 1985, it is more than likely that the Bahamas – also a NTSC broadcaster - aired the same – or at least some of the same – package.
 ==='''[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]?'''===

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 {| {{small-table}}
 |-
-|'''Country Number (60?)'''||1986||[[Selling Doctor Who|THIRD WAVE]]
+|'''Country Number (58?)'''||1986||[[Selling Doctor Who|THIRD WAVE]]
 |-
 |'''Region'''||[[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]]||Commonwealth
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 ==Television Stations / Channels==
-Bahamas began its television service in 1977.
+Bahamas began its television service in 1977. It has just the one station: '''Bahamas Television''', '''[[:wikipedia:ZNS-TV|ZNS-TV]], Channel 13'''.
-*Ident / Channel: '''[[:wikipedia:ZNS-TV|ZNS-TV]], Channel 13'''
+=='''DOCTOR WHO IN THE BAHAMAS'''==
 ==[[BBC Records]]==
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 It is not known what stories aired, but given that a package of assorted [[Tom Baker stories]] screened weeks apart in [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]] from late 1985, it is more than likely that the Bahamas aired the same – or at least some of the same – package.
 ==='''[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]?'''===
 '''Unknown'''. With 21 known airdates (see below), if Bahamas followed the same pattern as [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]], then it was probably one 6-parter and four 4-parters (22 episodes), likely to be the first five stories of this grouping:
 {| {{small-table}}
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 |-
 |}
 These programmes would have been supplied as NTSC colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
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 ==Transmission==
-The series started on Thursday, '''26 June 1986''', at 6.30pm. It aired for 21 weeks, and was replaced by the UK comedy ''Butterflies'' from 20 November.
+The series started on Thursday, '''26 June 1986''', at 6.30pm. It aired for 21 weeks, and was replaced by the UK comedy '''Butterflies''' from 20 November.
-The fact that only 21 episodes aired suggests that there was at least one pre-emption during the run, or additional episodes screened without being billed.
+The fact that only 21 episodes aired suggests that there was at least one pre-emption during the run, or additional episodes screened without being billed. It's possible the debut listing for '''Butterflies''' was a week premature.
 There is no clear record that Bahamas screened '''Doctor Who''' again.
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 ==TV listings==
 {{airdates-left|}}
-TV listings have been obtained from the newspaper ''Nassau Tribune''.
+TV listings have been obtained from the newspaper, ''Nassau Tribune''.
 All listings gave the series name as '''Dr Who'''. The timeslot was 6.30 to 7.00 for all episodes. None of the episodes had titles (N/S).
-The first listing for the series is on 26 June 1986. There was no billing the previous week, on 19 June.
+The first listing for the series is on 26 June 1986. There was no billing the previous week, on 19 June. The last listing was 13 November, 21 weeks later.
 Random dates for 1987 and 1988 were also checked, but there were no further listings.

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-'''The [[Wikipedia:Bahamas|BAHAMAS]]''' is a group of islands in the  [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]].
+'''The [[Wikipedia:Bahamas|BAHAMAS]]''' is a group of islands in the  [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]], also known as the West Indies.
 {| {{small-table}}
 |-
-|'''Country Number (?)'''||1986||[[Selling Doctor Who|THIRD WAVE]]
+|'''Country Number (60?)'''||1986||[[Selling Doctor Who|THIRD WAVE]]
 |-
 |'''Region'''||[[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]]||Commonwealth
 |-
-|'''Television commenced'''||1977||.
+|'''Television commenced'''||1977||
 |-
 |'''Colour System'''||1977||[[:Wikipedia:NTSC|NTSC]]
 |-
-|'''[[WRTH|Population]]'''||19xx|| xx mill
+|'''[[WRTH|Population]]'''||1985|| 213,000
 |-
-|'''[[WRTH|TV Sets]]'''||19xx|| xx mill
+|'''[[WRTH|TV Sets]]'''||1985|| 50,500
 |-
-|'''Language/s'''||English||.
+|'''Language/s'''||English||
 |-
 |}
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 ==[[BBC Records]]==
-The Bahamas are not identified in any available BBC records. It was reported in the '''September 1985''' issue of ''Celestial Toyroom'' that the series had been sold to nine Caribbean countries, although those nine are not named.
+The Bahamas are not identified in any available BBC records. It was reported in the '''September 1985''' issue of ''Celestial Toyroom'' that the series had been sold to '''nine''' Caribbean countries, although those nine are not named.
 ==Stories bought and broadcast==
-It is not known what stories aired, but given that a package of assorted [[Tom Baker stories]] screened weeks apart in [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]] from late 1985, it is more than likely that the Bahamas aired – or at least some of – the same package.
+It is not known what stories aired, but given that a package of assorted [[Tom Baker stories]] screened weeks apart in [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]] from late 1985, it is more than likely that the Bahamas aired the same – or at least some of the same – package.
 ==='''[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]?'''===
-'''Unknown'''. If these stories followed the same pattern as those aired by [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]], then it was probably one 6-parter and four 4-parters (22 episodes), likely to be the first five stories of this grouping:
+'''Unknown'''. With 21 known airdates (see below), if Bahamas followed the same pattern as [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]], then it was probably one 6-parter and four 4-parters (22 episodes), likely to be the first five stories of this grouping:
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 |-
 |4G||[[Pyramids of Mars]]||4
 |-
 |4H||[[Planet of Evil]]||4
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-These programmes would have been supplied as NTSC colour video tapes.
+These programmes would have been supplied as NTSC colour video tapes with English soundtracks.
 ==Transmission==
-The series started on Thursday, 26 June 1986, at 6.30pm. It aired for 21 weeks, and was replaced by the UK comedy ''Butterflies'' from 20 November.
+The series started on Thursday, '''26 June 1986''', at 6.30pm. It aired for 21 weeks, and was replaced by the UK comedy ''Butterflies'' from 20 November.
 The fact that only 21 episodes aired suggests that there was at least one pre-emption during the run, or additional episodes screened without being billed.
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 ==TV listings==
-{{airdates-left|Bahamas}}
+[[File:BahamasZNS.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Dr Who debuts, 26 June 1986]]
 TV listings have been obtained from the newspaper ''Nassau Tribune''.
-Listings gave the series name as '''Dr Who'''. The timeslot was 6.30 to 7.00 for all episodes.
+All listings gave the series name as '''Dr Who'''. The timeslot was 6.30 to 7.00 for all episodes. None of the episodes had titles (N/S).
-==The Bahamas in Doctor Who==
+The first listing for the series is on 26 June 1986. There was no billing the previous week, on 19 June.
-There are no instances where Bahamas is mentioned in the series.
+Random dates for 1987 and 1988 were also checked, but there were no further listings.

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-{| {{small-table}}; border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
+{| {{small-table}}
 |-
 |4C||[[The Ark in Space]]||4
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 These programmes would have been supplied as NTSC colour video tapes.
 ==Transmission==