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	==Language/s==		==Language/s==

−	Programming was in [[Arabic]], French and Italian. In the 1960s, more than 50% of programming was locally-produced fare, with the remainder supplied from Egypt and [[Lebanon]], who also provided dubbed foreign programmes.	+	Programming was in [[Arabic]], French and Italian. In the 1960s, more than 50% of programming was locally-produced fare, with the remainder supplied from [[Egypt]] and [[Lebanon]], who also provided dubbed foreign programmes.

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	The dates of the series' sale to Tunisia are unusual: the first three serials were purchased by '''25 October 1967''', the last three by '''20 November''', and [[The Keys of Marinus]] by '''12 December'''. Whether the late "sale" of that six-parter has any bearing on there being at least six episodes unaccounted for is unknown. As noted below, the [[Arabic]] edition of [[The Aztecs]] was created in '''November 1967''', which supports when the serial was "sold".		The dates of the series' sale to Tunisia are unusual: the first three serials were purchased by '''25 October 1967''', the last three by '''20 November''', and [[The Keys of Marinus]] by '''12 December'''. Whether the late "sale" of that six-parter has any bearing on there being at least six episodes unaccounted for is unknown. As noted below, the [[Arabic]] edition of [[The Aztecs]] was created in '''November 1967''', which supports when the serial was "sold".

−	The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with [[Arabic]] soundtracks.	+	The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with [[Arabic]] soundtracks. (It's possible that the film prints Tunisia received were mute, with the Arabic soundtrack provided on a separate magnetic tapes.)

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	The next [[Arabic]] country to buy '''Doctor Who''' was [[Morocco]], with sales dated May 1968. Given their very close proximity to each other, it is more than likely that Tunisia sent its prints of the Hartnell stories that it aired to [[Morocco]], with the "missing" ones acquired by [[Morocco]] from a different source.		The next [[Arabic]] country to buy '''Doctor Who''' was [[Morocco]], with sales dated May 1968. Given their very close proximity to each other, it is more than likely that Tunisia sent its prints of the Hartnell stories that it aired to [[Morocco]], with the "missing" ones acquired by [[Morocco]] from a different source.
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		+	But of note, [[Iran]] screened the very same seven stories in a block from January to October 1969. It wasn't until February 1970 that NIRTV aired more. It's therefore possible that Tunisia sent the stories to Iran. (Although the principal language of Iran is Farsi rather than [[Arabic]], the two languages are not too dissimilar, so NIRTV could have aired the serials with the Arabic soundtrack substituted by a Farsi language dub with the Music / Effects track supplied by the BBC.)

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	==[[BBC Records]]==		==[[BBC Records]]==
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		+	Tunisia is not included in the list of 27 countries in '''The Making of Doctor Who''' (1972 Piccolo edition).

	'''The Seventies''' records a sale of '''"(4)"''' stories by 28 February 1977. '''The Handbook''' identifies these as being: {{C}}, {{F}}, {{G}} and {{J}}.		'''The Seventies''' records a sale of '''"(4)"''' stories by 28 February 1977. '''The Handbook''' identifies these as being: {{C}}, {{F}}, {{G}} and {{J}}.

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 ===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
-Seven stories, 29 episodes:
+Seven stories, 32 episodes but all screened?:
 [[File:Tunis TV2.JPG|'''الدكتور هو''' in Arabic, 6 July 1967|thumb|right|250px]]
 [[File:Tunis Ep10.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Dr Who (Episode 10) Feuilleton, 6 July 1967]]
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-|A||[[An Unearthly Child]]||1
+|A||[[An Unearthly Child]]||1 or 4?
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 Tunisia therefore bought the standard GROUP A, B and C of the [[William Hartnell stories]] that had been dubbed into [[Arabic]], but not [[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]] and [[The Rescue]].
-A reason why those two were not purchased at the time may have been due to the on-going issues between the BBC and Dalek creator Terry Nation. During late 1966 and all of 1967 Nation was having discussions with American TV networks with regard to the setting up of a spin-off series featuring the Daleks. The BBC has agreed that it would not continue to sell any Daleks serials, although any sales that had already been negotiated before the moratorium was placed were not affected. Tunisia must have completed its purchase of [[The Daleks]] before the moratorium began, but missed out on purchasing [[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]; presumably [[The Rescue]] was not purchased at the same time due to its narrative link to that Dalek serial (i.e. Susan's departure).
+One reason why those two were not purchased at the time may have been due to the on-going issues between the BBC and Dalek creator Terry Nation. During late 1966 and all of 1967 Nation was having discussions with American TV networks with regard to the setting up of a spin-off series featuring the Daleks. The BBC has agreed that it would not continue to sell any Daleks serials, although any sales that had already been negotiated before the moratorium was placed were not affected. Tunisia must have completed its purchase of [[The Daleks]] before the moratorium began, but missed out on purchasing [[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]; presumably [[The Rescue]] was not purchased at the same time due to its narrative link to that Dalek serial (i.e. Susan's departure).
 (See the section '''Who Dubbed Who?''' on the [[Spanish]] page for more discussion about issues concerning the foreign dubbings of those two stories.)
-The dates of sale to Tunisia are unusual: the first three serials were purchased by '''25 October 1967''', the last three by '''20 November''', and [[The Keys of Marinus]] by '''12 December'''. Whether the late "sale" of that six-parter has any bearing on there being six episodes unaccounted for is unknown.
+The dates of the series' sale to Tunisia are unusual: the first three serials were purchased by '''25 October 1967''', the last three by '''20 November''', and [[The Keys of Marinus]] by '''12 December'''. Whether the late "sale" of that six-parter has any bearing on there being at least six episodes unaccounted for is unknown. As noted below, the [[Arabic]] edition of [[The Aztecs]] was created in '''November 1967''', which supports when the serial was "sold".
 The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with [[Arabic]] soundtracks.
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 [[File:Tunis 2eme.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Docteur Who Episode 2, 20 April 1967]]
-Although '''29''' episodes were bought, we have only determined airdates for '''23''' episodes (see TV listings below).
+Although '''32''' episodes were bought, we have only determined airdates for '''23''' episodes (see TV listings below).
 The series started on Thursday, '''13 April 1967''', and aired weekly. The regular timeslot was 8.00pm or 8.05pm, with the last two at 8.15pm and 7.30pm.
-As with the other [[Arabic]] nations, they appear to have aired just the first episode of [[An Unearthly Child]]. The third episode of the series aired on '''27 April'''; the next numbered episode was the 8th, on '''22 June''', which was actually eight weeks later. The papers for '''1 May, 1, 8 and 15 June''' were missing, so three episodes must have been pre-empted during this period.
+The third episode of the series aired on '''27 April'''; the next numbered episode was the 8th, on '''22 June''', which was actually eight weeks later. The papers for '''1 May, 1, 8 and 15 June''' were missing, so three episodes must have been pre-empted during this period.
 The 23rd and '''"dernier"''' (last/final) episode aired on '''5 October 1967''' at the earlier time of 7.30pm.
-As noted above, only 23 of a potential 29 episodes aired. Therefore, one of the two six-parters, [[The Keys of Marinus]] and [[The Sensorites]], or [[Inside the Spaceship]] and [[The Aztecs]] didn't screen. As noted above, [[The Keys of Marinus]] is recorded as having been "sold" after the other six stories, which might have a bearing on the fact that six episodes are unaccounted for.
+As noted above, only 23 of a potential 32 episodes aired. It is known for certain that all four episodes of [[An Unearthly Child]] were dubbed into [[Arabic]], however several of the [[Arabic]] countries did not air episodes 2, 3 and 4 of the first serial. Whether this also happened in Tunisia is unknown. (The fact that Tunisia was the first Arabic nation to air the series might indicate that they '''did''' screen all four episodes, and it was only the subsequent countries did not air the other three.)
-*For the record, of the three potential screening orders offered on the Airdates table, our preference is for '''B''', with the stories airing in this order: {{A}}, {{B}}, {{C}}, {{F}}, {{G}}, {{J}}, with {{E}} never scheduled at all.
+(*) Noted on the [[Arabic]] page is that the closing Arabic narration to this story does not describe the events of [[The Sensorites]]. Could it be that [[The Aztecs]] was the final story to air?
 There is no clear record that Tunisia screened '''Doctor Who''' again, even after the switch to PAL colour in 1976.
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 ====Fate of the Prints?====
-The next [[Arabic]] country to air '''Doctor Who''' was [[Morocco]] in May 1968. Given their very close proximity to each other, it is more than likely that Tunisia sent its prints of the Hartnell stories to [[Morocco]].
+The next [[Arabic]] country to buy '''Doctor Who''' was [[Morocco]], with sales dated May 1968. Given their very close proximity to each other, it is more than likely that Tunisia sent its prints of the Hartnell stories that it aired to [[Morocco]], with the "missing" ones acquired by [[Morocco]] from a different source.
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 There was no listing for the series on '''10 August 1967''', however the episodes before and after this date were numbered '''14e''' and '''16e''', so the '''15th''' must have aired on 10 August.
-Only 23 of the 29 potential episodes have been accounted for, which means that one of the 6-parters (the last to be "sold" [[The Keys of Marinus]]?) didn't air, or it played at a much later date - we checked TV listings from October 1967 to the end of March 1968, but there were no further billings for the series in that six month period.
+Only 23 of the 32 potential episodes have been accounted for, which means that 6 episodes didn't air – [[Inside the Spaceship]] and [[The Aztecs]], or one of the 6-parters (the last to be "sold" [[The Keys of Marinus]]?), or played at a much later date - we checked TV listings from October 1967 to the end of 1968, but there were no further billings for the series in that fifteen month period.
-We also accessed the newspaper ''Al-Amal'', which had TV listings in Arabic. Some of the billings for '''الدكتور هو''' had a numeral next to them – such as '''15''', '''17''', etc – which matched the French numbering.
+We also accessed the newspaper ''Al-Amal'', which had TV listings in Arabic. Some of the billings for '''الدكتور هو''' had a numeral next to them – such as '''15''', '''17''', etc – which matched the French numbering on the same date.

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 An alternative is that by the time Tunisia finalised their purchase of the series, the Arabic dubs for [[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]] and [[The Rescue]] had not been completed.
-The dates of sale to Tunisia are unusual: the first three serials were purchased by '''25 October 1967''', the last three by '''20 November''', and [[The Keys of Marinus]] by '''12 December'''. Whether the late "sale" of that six-parter has any bearing on there being six episodes unaccounted for [[The Keys of Marinus]] is unknown.
+The dates of sale to Tunisia are unusual: the first three serials were purchased by '''25 October 1967''', the last three by '''20 November''', and [[The Keys of Marinus]] by '''12 December'''. Whether the late "sale" of that six-parter has any bearing on there being six episodes unaccounted for is unknown.
 The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with [[Arabic]] soundtracks.

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 Seven stories, 29 episodes:
-[[File:Tunis TV2.JPG|'''ادكتورهو''' in Arabic, 6 July 1967|thumb|right|250px]]
+[[File:Tunis TV2.JPG|'''الدكتور هو''' in Arabic, 6 July 1967|thumb|right|250px]]
 [[File:Tunis Ep10.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Dr Who (Episode 10) Feuilleton, 6 July 1967]]
 [[File:Tunis TV.JPG|TV listing in Arabic, 10 August 1967|thumb|right|250px]]
-[[File:Tunis EP15.JPG|Close up of '''ادكتورهو''', Episode 15 in Arabic, 10 August 1967|thumb|right|250px]]
+[[File:Tunis EP15.JPG|Close up of '''الدكتور هو''', Episode 15 in Arabic, 10 August 1967|thumb|right|250px]]
-[[File:Tunis EP17.JPG|'''ادكتورهو''', Episode 17 in Arabic, 24 August 1967|thumb|right|250px]]
+[[File:Tunis EP17.JPG|'''الدكتور هو''', Episode 17 in Arabic, 24 August 1967|thumb|right|250px]]
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 Only 23 of the 29 potential episodes have been accounted for, which means that one of the 6-parters didn't air, or it played at a much later date - we checked TV listings from October 1967 to the end of March 1968, but there were no further billings for the series in that six month period.
-We also accessed the newspaper ''Al-Amal'', which had TV listings in Arabic. Some of the billings for '''ادكتورهو''' had a numeral next to them – such as '''15''', '''17''', etc – which matched the French numbering.
+We also accessed the newspaper ''Al-Amal'', which had TV listings in Arabic. Some of the billings for '''الدكتور هو''' had a numeral next to them – such as '''15''', '''17''', etc – which matched the French numbering.