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Post by Doug Wulf on Oct 19, 2008 5:54:14 GMT
An interesting ephemeral story is that Jimmy Savile stated in an interview that there were 2 programs he had seen watched by 'Arab sheikhs', those being TOTP and Jim'll Fix It. My point here is that due to the oligarchic and somewhat nepotistic nature of rule in many Arab nations during the 60's and 70's, any exports could have ended up in private hands....just another thought....I'll keep them coming. Though Iran isn't an Arab nation. However, we do know that some Hartnell episodes at least were dubbed into Arabic for distribution to some Arabic-speaking populations. I've never been clear if any MISSING Hartnell stories were dubbed into Arabic though. |
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Post by Jon Preddle on Oct 19, 2008 21:05:06 GMT
However, we do know that some Hartnell episodes at least were dubbed into Arabic for distribution to some Arabic-speaking populations. I've never been clear if any MISSING Hartnell stories were dubbed into Arabic though. It's believed that the majority of the existing season 1 Hartnells were returned from Algeria around 1975/76. These had Arabic soundtracks on separate recordings. By mid-1973 when these were sold, Marco and Reign had by then already been destoyed. Algeria therefore got the last pickings of the first season Hartnells, plus Dalek Invasion and The Rescue only. If Algeria hadn't returned the films, the only exisiting season 1 stuff would ironically be the since recovered eps of Reign of Terror. |
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Post by Greg H on Oct 19, 2008 23:46:24 GMT
However, we do know that some Hartnell episodes at least were dubbed into Arabic for distribution to some Arabic-speaking populations. I've never been clear if any MISSING Hartnell stories were dubbed into Arabic though. It's believed that the majority of the existing season 1 Hartnells were returned from Algeria around 1975/76. These had Arabic soundtracks on separate recordings. By mid-1973 when these were sold, Marco and Reign had by then already been destoyed. Algeria therefore got the last pickings of the first season Hartnells, plus Dalek Invasion and The Rescue only. If Algeria hadn't returned the films, the only exisiting season 1 stuff would ironically be the since recovered eps of Reign of Terror. And the battered episode from the daleks and the pilot I think. |
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