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Post by John Andersen on Oct 16, 2011 1:10:26 GMT
This was happening in the 60s and early 70s when the Hartnell and Troughton prints were still being shown out there? I am not a lawyer, but wouldn't that have been illegal for overseas TV stations to be selling off BBC property? Yes, doesn't mean it didn't happen though. To be honest, I hope more Troughton prints were sold off to the public. Maybe some good things from seasons 4 and 5 will come to light someday.
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Post by adriane17 on Oct 17, 2011 17:34:53 GMT
I was at an SF con many years ago (1980s) and one of the guests who had written for the show said that he had been told that "pirated copies" of BBC programmes were shown in Rhodesia which was subject to an official cultural boycott after UDI was declared in 1965. I don't know if there is any truth to this or whether this was just hearsay.
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Post by davidstead on Oct 17, 2011 20:16:11 GMT
There's every possibility it could have been supplied with programmes transmitted from neighbouring countries. BBC Enterprises after all didn't officially sell TV programmes to South Africa, however they did officially sell programmes to neighbouring countries that South Africa wanted, knowing they would be transmitted in a way South Africa could receive them, without actually selling them to that country officially! Not perhaps politically correct, but it got around embargoes.
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Post by Jon Preddle on Oct 17, 2011 20:45:21 GMT
There's every possibility it could have been supplied with programmes transmitted from neighbouring countries. BBC Enterprises after all didn't officially sell TV programmes to South Africa, however they did officially sell programmes to neighbouring countries that South Africa wanted, knowing they would be transmitted in a way South Africa could receive them, without actually selling them to that country officially! Not perhaps politically correct, but it got around embargoes. South Africa didn't start its own TV service until 1976, but prior to then there was nothing to prevent South Africans buying TV sets from neighbouring countries and tuning into broadcasts from across the border.
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Post by davidstead on Oct 17, 2011 22:47:35 GMT
That being said, BBC enterprises, DID sell to South Africa programmes via the method I mentioned. I was told by colleagues in their engineering and operations department in the late 80's. Just adding a few facts to the forum.
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Oct 20, 2011 7:57:21 GMT
There's every possibility it could have been supplied with programmes transmitted from neighbouring countries. BBC Enterprises after all didn't officially sell TV programmes to South Africa, however they did officially sell programmes to neighbouring countries that South Africa wanted, knowing they would be transmitted in a way South Africa could receive them, without actually selling them to that country officially! Not perhaps politically correct, but it got around embargoes. South Africa didn't start its own TV service until 1976, but prior to then there was nothing to prevent South Africans buying TV sets from neighbouring countries and tuning into broadcasts from across the border. Lesotho started broadasts in '78, as did Swaziland. Mozambique was 1974, Angola 1975, Namibia 1981, Zimbabwe 1960 and Botswana 1992! Some were obviously known under their colonial names.
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Post by Dave Green on Nov 8, 2011 21:15:38 GMT
Hi there, I’m new to the board today. Having just read the entire Africa Progress I just wanted to say thanks to everyone searching for lost material. It’s comforting to know that the search for missing episodes is far from over. Your hard work is appreciated!
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Post by John Wall on Nov 10, 2011 8:53:56 GMT
I dont know if this has been mentioned in other pages but is, i think its zimbabwa(however u spell it) been looked at as i remember reading about it in the Sun with that Mugabe person That's an old story.....
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Post by Richard Bignell on Nov 14, 2011 10:33:50 GMT
It's a couple of years old now. Someone posted a stupid joke on Gallifrey Base about Mugabe witholding old episodes and this was picked up on by The Sun and printed as if it was fact.
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Post by John Wall on Nov 14, 2011 10:46:03 GMT
It's a couple of years old now. Someone posted a stupid joke on Gallifrey Base about Mugabe witholding old episodes and this was picked up on by The Sun and printed as if it was fact. I recall it on the old Restoration Team message board - says a lot about The Sun.....
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Post by LanceM on Nov 15, 2011 14:46:15 GMT
Ohhh Yes, remember that well. Caused quite the commotion at the time, a big mess really all in all. This does seem to say a great deal about the legitimacy of articles posted-published by The Sun. However they did give some free Doctor Who DVD releases in the past if I am recalling correctly here? Possibly am mistaking with another publication?
Cheers, Lance.
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Post by Greg H on Nov 15, 2011 17:28:01 GMT
This does seem to say a great deal about the legitimacy of articles posted-published by The Sun. You could be onto something there Lance
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Post by Elliott Prince on Nov 16, 2011 22:16:49 GMT
However they did give some free Doctor Who DVD releases in the past if I am recalling correctly here? Possibly am mistaking with another publication? Cheers, Lance. No, you're right there - they gave away the newly found 'Day of Armageddon', 'The Faceless Ones - Episode 1' and 'Spearhead from Space - Episode 1'
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Post by John Wall on Nov 16, 2011 23:02:37 GMT
Perhaps we could start a rumour about missing episodes in Libya and how, now that Gaddafi is dead, there are hordes of BBC types swarming all over the place looking for them.... How long before it ends up in The Sun ?
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Post by John Andersen on Nov 17, 2011 17:08:36 GMT
Perhaps we could start a rumour about missing episodes in Libya and how, now that Gaddafi is dead, there are hordes of BBC types swarming all over the place looking for them.... How long before it ends up in The Sun ? Speaking of false missing episode rumors, I remember that Doctor Who Online's Web of Fear report set the Internet ablaze when they claimed to have credible informants that said The Web of Fear had been found. Did this rumor end up in the regular newspapers anywhere?
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