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 '''AFTV Berlin''', and '''AFTV Germany''' (covering the bases at Ramstein, Rhein-Main and Spangdahlem) were two of the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Forces_Network#European_operations American Forces Network – Europe]''' stations.
-<!--(From late 1975, the British Armed Forces TV network [[BFBS]] began operating in the British Sector of West Germany. However, this was a PAL system, which was not compatible with the US NTSC system, so only US servicemen with dual-TV sets could view the BAOR programmes. The BFBS service was available in West Berlin by the early 1980s.-->
+From '''late 1975''', the [[British Forces Broadcasting Service]]  network [[BFBS]] began operating in the British Sector of West [[Germany]]. However, this was a PAL system, which was not compatible with the US NTSC system, so only US servicemen with dual-TV sets could view the British Forces programmes. The BFBS service was made available in West Berlin by the early 1980s.
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 In terms of the screenings covered by this profile, Germany was the '''fourth''' of the eight regions to air the Tom Baker serials.
-<!--From late 1982, most of the '''Doctor Who''' serials were shown on the [[British Forces Broadcasting Service]] (BFBS) network link in West Berlin a few weeks after the original UK airdates, but these PAL colour transmissions were limited to just the bases within the British Sector and might not have been viewable at any of the US bases in the divided city. (Plus the NTSC TV sets used on the US bases would not have been compatible.)-->
+From '''late 1982''', most of the '''Doctor Who''' serials were shown on the [[British Forces Broadcasting Service]] (BFBS / SSVC) network link in West Berlin a few weeks after the original UK airdates, but these PAL colour transmissions were limited to just the bases within the British Sector and might not have been viewable at any of the US bases in the divided city. (Plus the NTSC TV sets used on the US bases would not have been compatible.
 As noted earlier, the first [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek movie, '''"Dr Who and the Daleks"''' aired as the '''AFN-TV Berlin''' "Nickelodeon Matinee" on Saturday, '''9 November 1985''' at 1.20pm, while the sequel, '''"Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD"''' aired in '''January 1981''', and from '''August to October 1983''', and again in '''July 1993'''.

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-'''DISTRIBUTION'''
+'''DISTRIBUTION CIRCUITS'''
 There were six circuits around the world through which tapes (for radio) and films were distributed (NOTE: the list below includes countries that were contained within each circuit but which may have joined or left the circuit at different times than the others in the circuit – see the different lists of AFRTS stations in 1970 and 1976 at right):
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 *Circuit 3: [[Canada]] (until 1973, when the station at Labrador was given to the CBC), [[Bermuda]] (in 1950s only), Greenland, [[Iceland]] (until 1970s)
 *Circuit 4: [[Panama]] Canal Zone, [[Wikipedia:Lajes Field|Lajes Field in the Azores]], [[Iceland]], Cuba, [[Alaska]] (in the late 1970s), [[Puerto Rico]]
-*Circuit 5 / 6: including [[Korea]], [[Japan]], [[Philippines]], Johnson and Midway Atolls, Diego Garcia, Vietnam (until 1973), [[Thailand]], [[Taiwan]] (until 1979). ([[Australia]], [[New Zealand]] and McMurdo Station, Antarctica also later joined the Asia / Pacific circuits.)
+*Circuit 5 / 6: including [[Korea]], [[Japan]], [[Philippines]], Johnston and Midway Atolls, Diego Garcia, Vietnam (until 1973), [[Thailand]], [[Taiwan]] (until 1979). ([[Australia]], [[New Zealand]] and McMurdo Station, Antarctica also later joined the Asia / Pacific circuits.)
 After the films were sent around within each circuit, they were returned to Los Angeles for cleaning and checking (and replacing if need be) before being sent on to the next circuit.
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 In mid-1977, the Circuits were altered when film kinescopes were phased out and replaced by video-tapes, which became the standard format until the late 1980s. In terms of the 1986 run of '''Doctor Who''' (see below), all episodes were distributed on videotape.
 By the middle of '''1985''', with 88 radio stations and 35 land-based television outlets, plus over 1,000 broadcast facilities on American naval vessels, the AFRTS was '''the largest''' radio and television network in the world.
 By the end of the 1980s, the networks were re-designated under the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Network Armed Forces Network (AFN)]'''.
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 =='''THE NETWORKS'''==
-Each region had a separate "network" of stations, operated by the army, the air force or the navy, across different countries. The networks relevant to this profile and broadcasts of '''Doctor Who''' were:
+Each region had a separate "network" of stations, operated by the army, the air force or the navy, across different countries. The networks relevant to this profile and known to have broadcast '''Doctor Who''' were:
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 ==[[BBC Records]]==
-AFRTS is not named in any of the usual [[BBC Records]]. That is not altogether surprising, since the AFRTS acquired much of its programming for very little cost or '''for free'''; "free" sales would not be included in the same records as "paid" sales. <!--The sales to AFRTS may even have been handled by Enterprises' "Non-Theatrical" sales division, who sold programming customers within the UK – i.e. they weren't a foreign broadcaster; the main ones being schools, those running conventions who wanted to screen episodes at their event (e.g. DWAS), and private individuals, such as Ian Levine. (However, such sales were still recorded onto the same paperwork as the sales to foreign broadcasters!) Not sure about this, so have hidden for time being -->
+AFRTS is not named in any of the usual [[BBC Records]]. That is not altogether surprising, since the AFRTS acquired much of its programming for very little cost or '''for free'''; "free" sales would not be included in the same records as "paid" sales.
-It's most likely that the series was marketed and distributed to AFRTS via '''Time-Life Films / Television''' and later '''Lionheart''', who had the distribution rights throughout the US and its territories during the 1970s and 1980s, and therefore any "sales" to AFRTS could have been included under all other sales recorded as being to the "United States".
+It's most likely that the series was marketed and distributed to AFRTS via Lionheart, who had the distribution rights throughout the US and its territories during the mid-1980s, and therefore any "sales" to AFRTS could have been included under all other sales recorded as being to the "United States".
 ==Stories Bought and Broadcast==
 ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
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 For reasons that are not clear, [[The Ark in Space]] was not part of this package of episodes. Unlike many other broadcasters, the stories were aired in the correct story order.
-The programme was supplied as NTSC colour video tapes in English, but most likely distributed to the networks via SATNET.
+The programme was supplied as NTSC colour video tapes in English, moved from station to station within each circuit, but for some stations, it may have been distributed via SATNET.
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 *'''NOTE''': So far we have identified broadcasts of the Tom Baker stories on '''AFKN''' [[Korea (South)|South Korea]], the '''FEN''' stations in [[Japan]],  the [[Philippines]], the station in [[Iceland]] (partially) and '''AFN-TV [[Germany]]''' only.
-*It is highly probable that other AFN stations in other regions of the world also aired the same run of 94 episodes around the same time, but we have yet to locate listings for these.
+*It is highly probable that other AFN stations in each of the Circuits also aired the same run of 94 episodes during 1986 but we have yet to locate listings for these.
-*''Stars and Stripes'' publishes "Pacific" and "Europe" editions, the only two editions available archived online. Other bases around the world would get the same basic newspaper but with the pages covering news that did not affect them replaced with pages featuring "local" news stories; TV listings pages would similarly be replaced with "local" listings.
+**''Stars and Stripes'' publishes "Pacific" and "Europe" editions, the only two editions available archived online. Other bases around the world would get the same basic newspaper but with the pages covering news that did not affect them replaced with pages featuring "local" news stories; TV listings pages would similarly be replaced with "local" listings.
-*The ''Panama Canal Spillway'', a newspaper issued in the [[Panama]] Canal Zone, published TV listings in the 1970s, but not in the 1980s.
+**The ''Panama Canal Spillway'', a newspaper issued in the [[Panama]] Canal Zone, published TV listings in the 1970s, but not in the 1980s.
-*No issues prior to 1988 of [[Panama]]'s ''Tropic Times'' have been sourced; although there are TV listings, the available issues are too late to have listings for '''Doctor Who'''.
+**No issues prior to 1988 of [[Panama]]'s ''Tropic Times'' have been sourced; although there are TV listings, the available issues are too late to have listings for '''Doctor Who'''.
-*Some other bases also published their own in-house newspaper with the TV listings. These variations are not archived.
+**The base newspaper at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba was called the ''Daily Gazette''; these are available online, but regular TV listings did not appear until November 1986, too late to include '''Doctor Who''', assuming it had been shown earlier in the year.
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-<!--We have not been able to find listings for the black and white episodes.-->
+Listings have come from the European and Pacific editions of the US Military newspaper ''Stars and Stripes'', accessed online at
 [http://www.stripes.com/customer-service/archives Stars and Stripes Archive]. (NOTE: the archive is not free to view, but offers relatively cheap short term options.)
-For the screenings in Korea, listings were also sourced and verified from the ''Korea Times''.
+For the screenings in Korea, listings were also sourced and verified from the ''Korea Times''. On '''24 May and 31 May 1986''', a printing error in the ''Korean Times'' places both [[The Android Invasion]] and [[The Seeds of Doom]] in the same listing.
 The online archive '''[http://www.theberlinobserver.com/archive/archive.html Berlin Observer]''' provided listings for AFN-TV in [[Germany]].
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 Story titles were given for the majority of cases, although from September 1986, just '''"Nickelodeon"''' was used for the [[Japan]] listings.
-For some regions, for [[The Invasion of Time]] part six, the listing simply said '''"(End)"'''.
+'''NOTE''': The TV listings often gave the billings for the series as '''"Nickelodeon: Dr Who"''' or sometimes just '''"Nickelodeon"'''. This was merely a "Movie for Children" umbrella descriptor and is not affiliated with the much later-established [[Wikipedia:Nickelodeon|Nickelodeon]] franchise of international channels known as [[Wikipedia:Nickelodeon (Japan)|Nickelodeon (Japan)]] and [[wikipedia:Nick_(Korea)|Nickelodeon (Korea)]].
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 After the films were sent around within each circuit, they were returned to Los Angeles for cleaning and checking (and replacing if need be) before being sent on to the next circuit.
-All programmes on film and video tape were distributed in that same roughly west to east direction. With a large number of bases (there were as many as 45 in 1970, but only 21 in the mid-1970s – see lists at right), and each being supplied with the same film (i.e. there were no duplicates) it may have taken a reel over one year to be cycled through all the bases and all continents.
+All programmes on film (and later on video tape) were distributed in that same roughly west to east direction. With a large number of bases (there were as many as 45 in 1970, but only 21 in the mid-1970s – see lists at right), and each being supplied with the same film (i.e. there were no duplicates) it may have taken a reel over one year to be cycled through all the bases and all continents.
-In mid-1977, the Circuits were altered when kinescopes were phased out and replaced by video-tapes.
+In mid-1977, the Circuits were altered when film kinescopes were phased out and replaced by video-tapes, which became the standard format until the late 1980s. In terms of the 1986 run of '''Doctor Who''' (see below), all episodes were distributed on videotape.
 By the middle of '''1985''', with 88 radio stations and 35 land-based television outlets, plus over 1,000 broadcast facilities on American naval vessels, the AFRTS was '''the largest''' radio and television network in the world.
 By the end of the 1980s, the networks were re-designated under the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Network Armed Forces Network (AFN)]'''.
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-==='''SOUTHERN COMMAND NETWORK (SCN)'''===
+==='''SOUTHERN COMMAND NETWORK (SCN) (PANAMA)'''===
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-US Air Force bases across Europe, such as those in Berlin, [[Germany]], [[Iceland]], [[Greece]], and Greenland, did not introduce a television service until the late 1970s. Limited television broadcasts were available in Germany in 1971, but it wasn't until much later that it became a fully operational network.
+US Air Force bases across Europe, such as those in Berlin, [[Germany]], [[Greece]], and Greenland, did not introduce a television service until the late 1970s.
 '''AFTV Berlin''', and '''AFTV Germany''' (covering the bases at Ramstein, Rhein-Main and Spangdahlem) were two of the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Forces_Network#European_operations American Forces Network – Europe]''' stations.
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-=='''Doctor Who on the Armed Forces Television Networks'''==
+=='''Doctor Who on the AFRTS Networks'''==
 Although the majority of programming on AFN was American - sourced from the major commercial networks, such as ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, as well as from PBS, CNN and other cable stations – the BBC's '''Doctor Who''' was supplied to the networks (presumably free of charge, which is why no "sale" of the series to AFRTS is recorded in any BBC documentation).
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 In terms of the screenings covered by this profile, Okinawa was the '''fifth''' of the eight regions to air the series. (Okinawa was the site of the Kadena Airforce Base and a US Marine Corps facility.)
-The programme ran from Saturday, '''3 May 1986''' until '''27 September 1986''', at various times prior to noon. One movie aired instead on Thursday, '''19 June'''. After that, the Saturday timeslot remained constant, usually around 12.20pm.
+The programme ran from Saturday, '''3 May 1986''' until '''27 September 1986''', at various times prior to noon. One movie aired instead on Thursday, '''19 June''', presumably because they would be skipping an episode on 28 June. After that, the Saturday timeslot remained constant, usually around 12.20pm.
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 The regular series commenced on Sunday, '''13 April 1986''', and concluded on '''7 September 1986'''. All episodes aired from 12.30pm until 2pm, or by 3.00pm for the 6-parters.
-Listings for '''AFN-TV Germany''' place the episodes under the banner of the '''"Movie Matinee"''' rather than "Nickelodeon" as was used by '''AFKN''' and '''AFTV Berlin'''.
+Listings for '''AFN-TV Germany''' place the episodes under the banner of the '''"Movie Matinee"''' rather than "Nickelodeon" as was used by '''AFKN''', '''AFTV Berlin''' and '''NBS''' Iceland.
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 On Saturday, '''7 June 1986''' at 10.25am to 12pm on Channel 4, and on Thursday, '''12 June 1986''', at 3.00 to 4.30pm on Channel 6 were listings for '''"NICKELODEON: DR. WHO"'''. It is not possible to determine what stories these were, but based on both having 90 minute timeslots, they would be 4-parters.
-It is unknown whether the 'two stories per week' was regular or infrequent scheduling. If it were regular, the Iceland stations were the only ones to screen the series in that manner.
+It is unknown whether the 'two stories per week' was regular or infrequent scheduling. Of note, the Okinawa station in [[Japan]] also showed an 'extra' story during mid-June: the regular Saturday screenings on 14 and 21 June and a one-off serial on Thursday 19 June. It would appear that Okinawa and Iceland were the only AFRTS stations (that we have airdates for) to screen the series in that manner.
 The use of the 'name' '''"Nickelodeon"''' is consistent with other AFRTS stations, since the series was being shown as a series of "movies".
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 The online archive '''[http://www.theberlinobserver.com/archive/archive.html Berlin Observer]''' provided listings for AFN-TV in [[Germany]].
-The two listings for the [[Iceland]] screenings come from an online edition of the US military paper [http://timarit.is/search_init.jsp?q=%22doctor+who%22+afrts&lang=is&advanced=&orderby=date&date_from=01.01.1986&date_to=31.12.1986&pubId=382 ''The White Falcon'' here].
+The two listings for the [[Iceland]] screenings come from an online edition of the US military paper [http://timarit.is/search_init.jsp?q=%22doctor+who%22+afrts&lang=is&advanced=&orderby=date&date_from=01.01.1986&date_to=31.12.1986&pubId=382 '''The White Falcon''' here].
 Story titles were given for the majority of cases, although from September 1986, just '''"Nickelodeon"''' was used for the [[Japan]] listings.

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 There were six circuits around the world through which tapes (for radio) and films were distributed (NOTE: the list below includes countries that were contained within each circuit but which may have joined or left the circuit at different times than the others in the circuit – see the different lists of AFRTS stations in 1970 and 1976 at right):
-*Circuit 1: the Azores, [[Germany]], [[Libya]] (until 1970), [[Ethiopia]] (until 1973?), [[Iran]] (until 1979?), [[Saudi Arabia]] (until mid-1980s), [[Greece]], [[Turkey]], [[Spain]]
+*Circuit 1: [[Germany]], [[Libya]] (until 1970), [[Ethiopia]] (until 1973?), [[Iran]] (until 1979?), [[Saudi Arabia]] (until mid-1980s), [[Greece]], [[Turkey]], [[Spain]]
-*Circuit 2: [[Alaska]]
+*Circuit 2: [[Alaska]] (joined Circuit 4 in late 1970s)
-*Circuit 3: [[Canada]] (until 1973, when the station at Labrador was given to the CBC), Greenland, [[Iceland]], [[Bermuda]] (in 1950s only)
+*Circuit 3: [[Canada]] (until 1973, when the station at Labrador was given to the CBC), [[Bermuda]] (in 1950s only), Greenland, [[Iceland]] (until 1970s)
-*Circuit 4: [[Panama]] Canal Zone, [[Puerto Rico]], Cuba
+*Circuit 4: [[Panama]] Canal Zone, [[Wikipedia:Lajes Field|Lajes Field in the Azores]], [[Iceland]], Cuba, [[Alaska]] (in the late 1970s), [[Puerto Rico]]
 *Circuit 5 / 6: including [[Korea]], [[Japan]], [[Philippines]], Johnson and Midway Atolls, Diego Garcia, Vietnam (until 1973), [[Thailand]], [[Taiwan]] (until 1979). ([[Australia]], [[New Zealand]] and McMurdo Station, Antarctica also later joined the Asia / Pacific circuits.)
 After the films were sent around within each circuit, they were returned to Los Angeles for cleaning and checking (and replacing if need be) before being sent on to the next circuit.
 All programmes on film and video tape were distributed in that same roughly west to east direction. With a large number of bases (there were as many as 45 in 1970, but only 21 in the mid-1970s – see lists at right), and each being supplied with the same film (i.e. there were no duplicates) it may have taken a reel over one year to be cycled through all the bases and all continents.
-By the 1980s, advancements in satellite technology meant syndication packages of the same programming (mainly news and sports) could be delivered via the SATNET network to all bases at the same time.
+In mid-1977, the Circuits were altered when kinescopes were phased out and replaced by video-tapes.
-By the middle of 1985, with 88 radio stations and 35 land-based television outlets, plus over 1,000 broadcast facilities on American naval vessels, the AFRTS was '''the largest''' radio and television network in the world.
+By the '''1980s''', advancements in satellite technology meant syndication packages of the same programming (mainly news and sports) could be delivered via the SATNET network to all bases at the same time.
 By the end of the 1980s, the networks were re-designated under the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Network Armed Forces Network (AFN)]'''.
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 [[Iceland]] introduced its own television service in 1966.
-The US [[Wikipedia:Naval Air Station Keflavik|Naval Air Station at Keflavik]], however, was part of Circuit 3, which also included Greenland, and was supplied with taped programming by the AFRTS. In April 1977, the station was renamed '''Naval / Navy Broadcasting Service (NBS)'''. It operated two channels - '''4 and 6'''.
+The US [[Wikipedia:Naval Air Station Keflavik|Naval Air Station at Keflavik]] was part of the '''AFRTS''', and supplied with a weekly shipment of taped programming. It was a closed circuit system, and operated on Channel 4.
-The base was vacated by the US in 2006.
+The NATO Base was eventually vacated by the US in 2006.
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 =====<u>'''[[Iceland|ICELAND]]'''</u>=====
-Only one issue of the NATO Base Iceland military paper ''White Falcon'', with its 4-page pull-out TV insert 'NBS TV Guide' intact, was available online, and this had listings covering 7-13 June 1986. On Saturday, '''7 June 1986''' at 10.25am to 12pm on channel 4, and on Thursday, '''12 June 1986''', at 3.00 to 4.30pm on channel 6 were listings for '''"NICKELODEON: DR. WHO"'''. (The distinction between the two channels is unknown.) It is not possible to determine what stories these were, but based on both having 90 minute timeslots, they would be 4-parters.
+Only one issue of the NATO Base Iceland military paper ''The White Falcon'' for 1986 -- with its 4-page pull-out TV insert the 'NBS TV Guide' intact -- was available online, and this had listings covering 7-13 June.
-It is unknown whether the 'two stories per week' was regular scheduling or just a one-off; if it were regular, the Iceland stations were the only ones to screen the series in that manner.
+It is unknown whether the 'two stories per week' was regular or infrequent scheduling. If it were regular, the Iceland stations were the only ones to screen the series in that manner.
 The use of the 'name' '''"Nickelodeon"''' is consistent with other AFRTS stations, since the series was being shown as a series of "movies".

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 The AFRS and AFT joined, to become the '''American Forces Radio and Television Services (AFRTS)''' in April 1954.
-From early 1955, television stations began operating from US Air Force bases in [[Iceland]]; [[Bermuda]]; the Middle East ('''AJL-TV''' from the Dhahran base in [[Saudi Arabia]], and '''AFTV''' in Tehran, [[Iran]]); in [[Germany]]; Central America and the Caribbean (such as [[Puerto Rico]] and Panama); and North Africa (the Wheelus Base in Tripoli, [[Libya]]).
+From early 1955, television stations began operating from US Air Force bases in [[Iceland]]; [[Bermuda]]; the Middle East ('''AJL-TV''' from the Dhahran base in [[Saudi Arabia]], and '''AFTV''' in Tehran, [[Iran]]); in [[Germany]]; Central America and the Caribbean (such as [[Puerto Rico]] and [[Panama]]); and North Africa (the Wheelus Base in Tripoli, [[Libya]]).
 In 1957, the first full radio and TV network was launched in Seoul, [[Korea (South)|South Korea]]. The Far East Network commenced television broadcasts from the [[Philippines]] in 1954, and from [[Japan]] in 1960.
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 *Circuit 2: [[Alaska]]
 *Circuit 3: [[Canada]] (until 1973, when the station at Labrador was given to the CBC), Greenland, [[Iceland]], [[Bermuda]] (in 1950s only)
-*Circuit 4: Panama Canal Zone, [[Puerto Rico]], Cuba
+*Circuit 4: [[Panama]] Canal Zone, [[Puerto Rico]], Cuba
 *Circuit 5 / 6: including [[Korea]], [[Japan]], [[Philippines]], Johnson and Midway Atolls, Diego Garcia, Vietnam (until 1973), [[Thailand]], [[Taiwan]] (until 1979). ([[Australia]], [[New Zealand]] and McMurdo Station, Antarctica also later joined the Asia / Pacific circuits.)
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-The '''Southern Command Network (SCN)''' was one of two '''AFRTS''' stations in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Forces_Network#Central_America Central America]. Although it was part of the isthmus nation of Panama, the region known as the [[wikipedia:Panama Canal Zone|Panama Canal Zone]] was at the time a recognised territory of the United States.
+The '''Southern Command Network (SCN)''' was one of two '''AFRTS''' stations in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Forces_Network#Central_America Central America]. Although it was part of the isthmus nation of [[Panama]], the region known as the [[wikipedia:Panama Canal Zone|Panama Canal Zone]] was at the time a recognised territory of the United States.
 Channel 8, based at army Fort Clayton, served the Pacific side of the isthmus, and was established in May 1956.
 Channel 10, at Fort Davis, the army base in Albrook, served the Atlantic side, and also commenced operations in May 1956.
-−
-SCN discontinued broadcasting in 1999 prior to the turnover of the Canal Zone to the Republic of Panama.
+SCN discontinued broadcasting in 1999 prior to the turnover of the Canal Zone to the Republic of [[Panama]].
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 The '''AFVN''' closed down in '''March 1973''', when the US troops withdrew from the country in the final year of the US's direct involvement in the [[Wikipedia:Vietnam War|Vietnam War]]. I'M NOT SURE I NEED VIETNAM AS DW DIDN'T SCREEN THERE -->
 ==='''AFTV GERMANY / AFTV BERLIN / AFN EUROPE'''===
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 '''AFTV Berlin''', and '''AFTV Germany''' (covering the bases at Ramstein, Rhein-Main and Spangdahlem) were two of the '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Forces_Network#European_operations American Forces Network – Europe]''' stations.
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-'''"Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD"''' and '''"Dr Who and the Daleks"''' (in that order) went into syndication on the various television stations around the globe, including [[Germany]] from '''January to April 1975''', Panama in '''March 1975''', and [[Japan]] (bicycled to the various bases, such as Iwakuni and Okinawa) from '''March 1975''' until '''July 1975'''. For some of the screenings both films played as part of the regular late night '''"Creature Feature"''' series of horror or science fiction movies.
+'''"Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD"''' and '''"Dr Who and the Daleks"''' (in that order) went into syndication on the various television stations around the globe, including [[Germany]] from '''January to April 1975''', [[Panama]] in '''March 1975''', and [[Japan]] (bicycled to the various bases, such as Iwakuni and Okinawa) from '''March 1975''' until '''July 1975'''. For some of the screenings both films played as part of the regular late night '''"Creature Feature"''' series of horror or science fiction movies.
 Both films also played over the CCTV system at the Sagamihara DHA hospital.
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-*'''NOTE''': So far we have identified broadcasts of the Tom Baker stories on '''AFKN''' [[Korea (South)|South Korea]], the '''FEN''' stations in [[Japan]] and the [[Philippines]], and '''AFN-TV [[Germany]]''' only.
+*'''NOTE''': So far we have identified broadcasts of the Tom Baker stories on '''AFKN''' [[Korea (South)|South Korea]], the '''FEN''' stations in [[Japan]],  the [[Philippines]], the station in [[Iceland]] (partially) and '''AFN-TV [[Germany]]''' only.
 *It is highly probable that other AFN stations in other regions of the world also aired the same run of 94 episodes around the same time, but we have yet to locate listings for these.
 *''Stars and Stripes'' publishes "Pacific" and "Europe" editions, the only two editions available archived online. Other bases around the world would get the same basic newspaper but with the pages covering news that did not affect them replaced with pages featuring "local" news stories; TV listings pages would similarly be replaced with "local" listings.
-*The ''Panama Canal Spillway'', a newspaper issued in the Panama Canal Zone, published TV listings in the 1970s, but not in the 1980s.
+*The ''Panama Canal Spillway'', a newspaper issued in the [[Panama]] Canal Zone, published TV listings in the 1970s, but not in the 1980s.
-*No issues prior to 1988 of Panama's ''Tropic Times'' have been sourced; although there are TV listings, the available issues are too late to have listings for '''Doctor Who'''.
+*No issues prior to 1988 of [[Panama]]'s ''Tropic Times'' have been sourced; although there are TV listings, the available issues are too late to have listings for '''Doctor Who'''.
 *Some other bases also published their own in-house newspaper with the TV listings. These variations are not archived.
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 =====<u>'''[[Germany|GERMANY]]'''</u>=====
 In terms of the screenings covered by this profile, Germany was the '''fourth''' of the eight regions to air the Tom Baker serials.
 As noted earlier, the first [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek movie, '''"Dr Who and the Daleks"''' aired as the '''AFN-TV Berlin''' "Nickelodeon Matinee" on Saturday, '''9 November 1985''' at 1.20pm, while the sequel, '''"Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD"''' aired in '''January 1981''', and from '''August to October 1983''', and again in '''July 1993'''.
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-<!-- ==='''More Jon Pertwee Stories?'''===
+Only one issue of the NATO Base Iceland military paper ''White Falcon'', with its 4-page pull-out TV insert 'NBS TV Guide' intact, was available online, and this had listings covering 7-13 June 1986. On Saturday, '''7 June 1986''' at 10.25am to 12pm on channel 4, and on Thursday, '''12 June 1986''', at 3.00 to 4.30pm on channel 6 were listings for '''"NICKELODEON: DR. WHO"'''. (The distinction between the two channels is unknown.) It is not possible to determine what stories these were, but based on both having 90 minute timeslots, they would be 4-parters.
-BBC sales paperwork also records a sale to '''"West Germany Basic Cable"''' of the [[Jon Pertwee]] story [[The Mutants]] by '''April 1991'''.
+It is unknown whether the 'two stories per week' was regular scheduling or just a one-off; if it were regular, the Iceland stations were the only ones to screen the series in that manner.
-The sale of that story – and presumably a package of other Pertwee episodes – may have been to this European AFN station, however we could not find any listings for '''Doctor Who''' in the early 1990s other than for those episodes screened by '''RTL''', as is covered on the profile page for [[Germany]]. I DON"T THINK THIS CABLE STATIONIS AFN -->
+The use of the 'name' '''"Nickelodeon"''' is consistent with other AFRTS stations, since the series was being shown as a series of "movies".
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 The online archive '''[http://www.theberlinobserver.com/archive/archive.html Berlin Observer]''' provided listings for AFN-TV in [[Germany]].
-Story titles were given in most cases, although from September 1986, just '''"Nickelodeon"''' was used for the [[Japan]] listings.
+The two listings for the [[Iceland]] screenings come from an online edition of the US military paper [http://timarit.is/search_init.jsp?q=%22doctor+who%22+afrts&lang=is&advanced=&orderby=date&date_from=01.01.1986&date_to=31.12.1986&pubId=382 ''The White Falcon'' here].
 '''NOTE''': The TV listings often gave the billings for the series as '''"Nickelodeon: Dr Who"''' or sometimes just '''"Nickelodeon"'''. We think use of that name is merely a generic "Movie for Children" descriptor rather than an indication that the programme is from the much later-established [[Wikipedia:Nickelodeon|Nickelodeon]] franchise of international channels, such as [[Wikipedia:Nickelodeon (Japan)|Nickelodeon (Japan)]] and [[wikipedia:Nick_(Korea)|Nickelodeon (Korea)]].
 On '''24 May and 31 May 1986''', a printing error in the ''Korean Times'' places both [[The Android Invasion]] and [[The Seeds of Doom]] in the same listing.