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 In '''DWM''', the Dominican Republic is identified in '''10''' story Archives: {{A}}, {{B}}, {{C}}, {{E}}, {{F}}, {{K}}, {{L}}, {{N}}, {{Q}}, {{R}}. The year of sale is given as 1966 and 1968. (This information comes from Music Clearance forms – but see below.)
-'''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS] records a sale of '''"(7)"''' stories (by 10 February 1987) to '''Dominica'''. It is assumed that this is actually Dominican Republic rather than the small island nation of [[wikipedia:Dominica|Dominica]] which did not have a television service before 1987.
+'''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS] records a sale of '''"(7)"''' stories (by 10 February 1987) to '''Dominica'''. It is assumed that this is actually Dominican Republic rather than the small island nation of [[Dominica]] which did not have a television service before 1987.
 However, as covered below, there is some uncertainty as to the accuracy of these records.

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 According to [[BBC Records]], the Dominican Republic may have purchased the standard package of twelve stories, 56 episodes that played in other [[Spanish]]-language countries in the late 1960s.
-A "sales" date of '''"3 December 1968"''' has been assigned to Dominican Republic for clearances for all twelve stories, however for the payment due to Actors Equity, this date is crossed through and '''"Cancelled 27/5/69"''' has subsequently been written beneath, while the Music Clearance dates have not been crossed out or marked as being Cancelled. However this does not necessarily mean anything, since this is only an advice of a sale rather than receipt exchange of any payments.
+A date of '''"3 December 1968"''' has been assigned to Dominican Republic for invoice and clearances for all twelve stories, however for the payment due to Actors Equity, this date is crossed through and '''"Cancelled 27/5/69"''' has subsequently been written beneath, while the Music Clearance dates have not been crossed out or marked as being Cancelled. However this does not necessarily mean anything, since this is only an advice of a sale rather than receipt exchange of any payments.
 ====Origin / Fate of the Prints?====
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 ==Transmission==
 ==TV listings==
 We have checked several Dominican Republican newspapers, covering 1967 to 1971, and 1980 to 1988, but have not found any listings for '''"Dr Misterio"''' in either period.
-One paper, ''Listin Diario'', had comprehensive listings for all five channels.
+One paper, ''Listin Diario'', had comprehensive listings for all five channels (see sample at right).
-''El Caribe'', regularly had full daily listings for channels 2,4,9, but only irregular listings for the Rahintel channels. The RTD stations had quite detailed listings information. But the Rahintel coverage was often very basic, giving only the '''type''' of programme – such "Cartoones Animados", "Programa Vivo" (Live Programme), "Película" (Movie), "Telenovela en Video Tape" (Telemovie on video tape) – rather than actual series titles.
+''El Caribe'' regularly had full daily listings for channels 2,4,9, but only irregular listings for the two Rahintel channels. The three RTD stations had quite detailed listings information. But the Rahintel coverage was often very basic, giving only the '''type''' of programme – such "Cartoones Animados", "Programa Vivo" (Live Programme), "Película" (Movie), "Telenovela en Video Tape" (Telemovie on video tape) – rather than actual series titles.
 In the 1980s, the papers gave listings for the then seven stations and their channels, but there was no sign of '''"Dr Misterio"''' in any of them.
-So - if '''"Dr Misterio"''' '''did''' indeed screen in the Dominican Republic in the late 1960s, it may have done so on one of the Rahintel stations. But even with the irregular listings for that broadcaster, with 56 episodes to account for, there should be at least one clear listing...
+So - if '''"Dr Misterio"''' '''did''' indeed screen in the Dominican Republic in the late 1960s, it may have done so on one of the Rahintel stations. But even with only irregular listings for that broadcaster, with 56 episodes to account for, if screening weekly or even daily, you would think at least ''one'' of the newspaper listings would have a billing...
-The lack of listings for any of the 56 episodes in the late 1960s or early 1970s plus the fact that the BBC sales documentation records that the 1968 sales appear to have been cancelled in 1969, we think it can be taken that the Hartnell series '''did not''' air in the Dominican Republic.
+With the lack of clear listings for any of the 56 episodes in the late 1960s or early 1970s, plus the fact that the BBC sales documentation records that the 1968 sales appear to have been cancelled in 1969, we think it can be taken that the Hartnell series '''did not''' air in the Dominican Republic.
 If Tom Baker stories did screen in the 1980s, despite our covering a wide range of newspapers and dates, it has completely slipped under our radar...

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 ====Origin / Fate of the Prints?====
-'''IF''' the series '''did''' air, the films may have been acquired from [[Venezuela]] and then sent to [[Chile]].
+'''IF''' the series '''did''' air, the films may have been acquired from [[Chile]] in 1970 and then sent to [[Costa Rica]] in 1971.
 It’s also possible that the films had been delivered '''before''' the cancellation. If so, the same Origin and Fate could apply.

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 A "sales" date of '''"3 December 1968"''' has been assigned to Dominican Republic for clearances for all twelve stories, however for the payment due to Actors Equity, this date is crossed through and '''"Cancelled 27/5/69"''' has subsequently been written beneath, while the Music Clearance dates have not been crossed out or marked as being Cancelled. However this does not necessarily mean anything, since this is only an advice of a sale rather than receipt exchange of any payments.
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 The lack of listings for any of the 56 episodes in the late 1960s or early 1970s plus the fact that the BBC sales documentation records that the 1968 sales appear to have been cancelled in 1969, we think it can be taken that the Hartnell series '''did not''' air in the Dominican Republic.
 If Tom Baker stories did screen in the 1980s, despite our covering a wide range of newspapers and dates, it has completely slipped under our radar...

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 ==[[BBC Records]]==
-The Dominican Republic is not listed in '''The Seventies''', or '''The Handbook'''.
+The Dominican Republic is not listed in '''The Making of Doctor Who''' (1972 Piccolo edition), '''The Seventies''', or '''The Handbook'''.
 In '''DWM''', the Dominican Republic is identified in '''10''' story Archives: {{A}}, {{B}}, {{C}}, {{E}}, {{F}}, {{K}}, {{L}}, {{N}}, {{Q}}, {{R}}. The year of sale is given as 1966 and 1968. (This information comes from Music Clearance forms – but see below.)

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 A "sales" date of '''"3 December 1968"''' has been assigned to Dominican Republic for clearances for all twelve stories, however for the payment due to Actors Equity, this date is crossed through and '''"Cancelled 27/5/69"''' has subsequently been written beneath, while the Music Clearance dates have not been crossed out or marked as being Cancelled. However this does not necessarily mean anything, since this is only an advice of a sale rather than receipt exchange of any payments.
 ===[[Tom Baker stories|Tom Baker]]?===
 [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]] were sold a package of eleven [[Tom Baker stories]] in late 1985 – part of a package offered to '''nine''' Caribbean countries (see [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean sales]] for more on this). If the reference in '''The Eighties''' does indeed mean Dominican Republic, they could have bought the same or a smaller package of Baker stories (NTSC with [[Spanish]] dubs) on offer at the time.
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 If Tom Baker stories did screen in the 1980s, despite our covering a wide range of newspapers and dates, it has completely slipped under our radar...
+We have therefore not included this country in the [[Storyguide|Story Lists]] or other tables.

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 {| {{small-table}}
 |-
-|'''Country Number (29?)'''||1968?||[[Selling Doctor Who|FIRST (and THIRD?) WAVE]]
+|'''Country Number (N/K)'''||||
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 |'''Region'''|| [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]]||
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 =='''DOCTOR WHO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'''==
-[[File:Dr Misterio logo.JPG|200px|right|Doctor Misterio logo]]
+There is some uncertainty as to whether '''Doctor Who''' ever did screen.
-The Dominican Republic may have been the '''29th''' country to screen '''Doctor Who''', and the '''fifth''' in the [[:Category:Caribbean| Caribbean]]. However there is some uncertainty as to whether '''Doctor Who''' ever did screen.
 ==[[BBC Records]]==
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 The Dominican Republic is not listed in '''The Seventies''', or '''The Handbook'''.
-In '''DWM''', the Dominican Republic is identified in '''10''' story Archives: {{A}}, {{B}}, {{C}}, {{E}}, {{F}}, {{K}}, {{L}}, {{N}}, {{Q}}, {{R}}. The year of sale is given as 1966 and 1968.
+In '''DWM''', the Dominican Republic is identified in '''10''' story Archives: {{A}}, {{B}}, {{C}}, {{E}}, {{F}}, {{K}}, {{L}}, {{N}}, {{Q}}, {{R}}. The year of sale is given as 1966 and 1968. (This information comes from Music Clearance forms – but see below.)
 '''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS] records a sale of '''"(7)"''' stories (by 10 February 1987) to '''Dominica'''. It is assumed that this is actually Dominican Republic rather than the small island nation of [[wikipedia:Dominica|Dominica]] which did not have a television service before 1987.
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 ==Stories bought and broadcast==
-===[[William Hartnell stories|WILLIAM HARTNELL]]===
+===[[William Hartnell stories|William Hartnell]]?===
-As far as can be determined, the Dominican Republic may have purchased the standard package of twelve stories, 56 episodes that played in other [[Spanish]]-language countries in the 1960s.
+According to [[BBC Records]], the Dominican Republic may have purchased the standard package of twelve stories, 56 episodes that played in other [[Spanish]]-language countries in the late 1960s.
-* See [[Spanish|SPANISH TITLES]] for our table showing the Spanish package.
+A "sales" date of '''"3 December 1968"''' has been assigned to Dominican Republic for clearances for all twelve stories, however for the payment due to Actors Equity, this date is crossed through and '''"Cancelled 27/5/69"''' has subsequently been written beneath, while the Music Clearance dates have not been crossed out or marked as being Cancelled. However this does not necessarily mean anything, since this is only an advice of a sale rather than receipt exchange of any payments.
-The Dominican Republic therefore may have acquired the standard package of GROUP A, B, C and D of the [[William Hartnell stories]] dubbed into [[Spanish]].
+===[[Tom Baker stories|Tom Baker]]?===
-The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with [[Spanish]] soundtracks.
+[[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]] were sold a package of eleven [[Tom Baker stories]] in late 1985 – part of a package offered to '''nine''' Caribbean countries (see [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean sales]] for more on this). If the reference in '''The Eighties''' does indeed mean Dominican Republic, they could have bought the same or a smaller package of Baker stories (NTSC with [[Spanish]] dubs) on offer at the time.
-Dominican Republic may have received its prints of the Hartnell stories from [[Mexico]] or [[Venezuela]].
+==Transmission==
-====Fate of the Prints?====
+We have checked several Dominican Republican newspapers, covering 1967 to 1971, and 1980 to 1988, but have not found any listings for '''"Dr Misterio"''' in either period.
-On the assumption that it ever received them, Dominican Republic may have sent its prints of the Hartnell stories to [[Chile]].
+One paper, ''Listin Diario'', had comprehensive listings for all five channels.
-===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]?===
+In the 1980s, the papers gave listings for the then seven stations and their channels, but there was no sign of '''"Dr Misterio"''' in any of them.
-[[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]] were sold a package of eleven [[Tom Baker stories]] in late 1985 – part of a package offered to '''nine''' Caribbean countries (see [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean sales]] for more on this). If the reference in '''The Eighties''' does indeed mean Dominican Republic, they could have bought the same or a smaller package of Baker stories (NTSC with [[Spanish]] dubs) on offer at the time.
+So - if '''"Dr Misterio"''' '''did''' indeed screen in the Dominican Republic in the late 1960s, it may have done so on one of the Rahintel stations. But even with the irregular listings for that broadcaster, with 56 episodes to account for, there should be at least one clear listing...
-We have checked several Dominican Republican newspapers, covering 1968 to 1970, and 1980 to 1988, but have not found any listings for '''"Dr Misterio"'''.
+If Tom Baker stories did screen in the 1980s, despite our covering a wide range of newspapers and dates, it has completely slipped under our radar...
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 ===[[Paul McGann stories|PAUL McGANN]]===
-The 1996 [[TV Movie]] was available via the [[HBO OLE]] cable station in '''1999'''.
+The 1996 [[TV Movie]] may have been available via the [[HBO OLE]] cable station in '''1999'''.
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 *[[Articles & Analysis]]
 *[[BBC Records]]
 *[[Spanish]]
 [[Category:Caribbean]]

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	===[[Tom Baker stories\|TOM BAKER]]?===		===[[Tom Baker stories\|TOM BAKER]]?===

−	[[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]] were sold a package of eleven [[Tom Baker stories]] in late 1985 – part of a package ~~sold~~ to '''nine''' Caribbean countries (see [[:Category:Caribbean\|Caribbean sales]] for more on this). If the reference in '''The Eighties''' does indeed mean Dominican Republic, they could have bought the same or a smaller package of Baker stories (NTSC with [[Spanish]] dubs) on offer at the time.	+	[[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]] were sold a package of eleven [[Tom Baker stories]] in late 1985 – part of a package offered to '''nine''' Caribbean countries (see [[:Category:Caribbean\|Caribbean sales]] for more on this). If the reference in '''The Eighties''' does indeed mean Dominican Republic, they could have bought the same or a smaller package of Baker stories (NTSC with [[Spanish]] dubs) on offer at the time.

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	So - if '''"Dr Misterio"''' '''did''' indeed screen in the Dominican Republic in the late 1960s, it may have done so on one of the Rahintel stations. And if it did screen in the 1980s, despite our covering a wide range of newspapers and dates, it has completely slipped under our radar...		So - if '''"Dr Misterio"''' '''did''' indeed screen in the Dominican Republic in the late 1960s, it may have done so on one of the Rahintel stations. And if it did screen in the 1980s, despite our covering a wide range of newspapers and dates, it has completely slipped under our radar...
		+
		+	----
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		+	===[[Paul McGann stories\|PAUL McGANN]]===
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		+	The 1996 [[TV Movie]] was available via the [[HBO OLE]] cable station in '''1999'''.
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 The Dominican Republic began its television service in 1952.
-In 1968, there were two television providers: the Educational station '''Radio Television Dominica''', which operated channels 2,4,9, and '''Rahintel Television''', which had channels 7 and 11.
+In 1968, there were two television providers: the Educational station '''Radio Televisión Dominica''', which operated channels 2,4,9, and '''Rahintel Televisión''', which had channels 7 and 11.
 In the 1980s, there were seven broadcasters.