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[[File:Bulgarian Bootleg.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Bulgarian booteg tape of the TV Movie]]
A bootleg VHS of the 1996 [[TV Movie]] has surfaced in '''[[wikipedia:Bulgaria|BULGARIA]]'''.

The title is stylised as '''"Dоктор Ху"''' on the front, but '''"Доктор Ху"''' on the spine. (Of note, this is the name by which the [[New Series]] is known in ''Ukraine''; in Bulgaria the [[New Series]] is called '''"Доктор Кой"'''.)

The cover of the tape does not replicate the appearance of the official Universal / CIC releases of the Film (which tend to have the standard image of Paul McGann holding a candle by the TARDIS) but instead has roughly printed-out screen-grabs and display graphics.

The tape is in PAL. Since Bulgaria uses the SECAM-B television broadcast system, this won't be a recording from a local screening, but instead from a PAL TV broadcast or dubbed from a PAL commercial tape from elsewhere.

The bootleg displays an age rating of "16"; the only PAL country we know of that had that particular age classification on its VHS release is [[Denmark]]. Is the Danish tape the source?

The sleeve bears two copyright dates: '''1996''' but also incorrectly states '''"(C) 1995 Columbia Pictures"'''. If this was copied from a Universal/CIC tape, would the wrong distributor have been named?

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 A bootleg VHS of the 1996 [[TV Movie]] has surfaced in '''[[wikipedia:Bulgaria|BULGARIA]]'''.
-The title is stylised as '''"Dоктор Ху"''' on the front, but '''"Доктор Ху"''' on the spine. (Of note, this is the name by which the [[New Series]] is known in ''Ukraine''; in Bulgaria the [[New Series]] is called '''"Доктор Кой"'''.)
+The title is stylised as '''"Dоктор Ху"''' on the front, but '''"Доктор Ху"''' on the spine. (Of note, this is the name by which the [[New Series]] is known in ''[[Ukraine]]''; in Bulgaria the [[New Series]] is called '''"Доктор Кой"'''.)
 The cover of the tape does not replicate the appearance of the official Universal / CIC releases of the Film (which tend to have the standard image of Paul McGann holding a candle by the TARDIS) but instead has roughly printed-out screen-grabs and display graphics.

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 The cover of the tape does not replicate the appearance of the official Universal / CIC releases of the Film (which tend to have the standard image of Paul McGann holding a candle by the TARDIS) but instead has roughly printed-out screen-grabs and display graphics.
-The tape is in PAL. Since Bulgaria uses the SECAM-B television broadcast system, this won't be a recording from a local screening, but instead from a PAL TV broadcast or dubbed from a PAL commercial tape from elsewhere.
+The tape is in PAL. Since Bulgaria uses the SECAM-B television broadcast system, this won't be a recording from a local screening, but instead from a PAL TV broadcast or dubbed from a PAL commercial tape from elsewhere. (Multi-format VCRs were readily available in Europe, so PAL vs SECAM would not be a barrier.)
-The bootleg displays an age rating of "16"; the only PAL country we know of that had that particular age classification on its VHS release is [[Denmark]]. Is the Danish tape the source?
+There's nothing to indicate if it is dubbed or subtitled. Being a bootleg, it may have had Bulgarian subtitles added to it, in which case any existing subs would be in the way!
-The sleeve bears two copyright dates: '''1996''' but also incorrectly states '''"(C) 1995 Columbia Pictures"'''. If this was copied from a Universal/CIC tape, would the wrong distributor have been named?
+The sleeve bears two copyright dates: the correct year '''1996''' but also incorrectly '''"(C) 1995 Columbia Pictures"'''. If this was copied from a Universal/CIC tape, would the wrong distributor have been named?
 [[Category:Europe]]