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 * [[Spearhead from Space]]: Paris is mentioned.
 * [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]: The first foreign victim of the Silurian plague dies in Paris.
-* [[The Ambassadors of Death]]: Taltalian (played by French-born actor Robert Cawdron) appears to be French - although his accent changes from scene to scene. Mars Probe 7 was being tracked by monitors in Nancy.
+* [[The Ambassadors of Death]]: Taltalian (played by French-born actor Robert Cawdron) appears to be French - although his accent changes from scene to scene. Mars Probe 7 was being tracked by monitors in Nancy. Paris is mentioned.
 *[[Inferno]]: The Doctor once met the Queen's great grandfather in Paris.
 * [[Day of the Daleks]] and [[The Monster of Peladon]]: Napoleon Bonaparte gets a name-check.

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		+	And sometime in the late 1970s, a French-language edition of a certain magazine featuring Katy Manning and a Dalek on the cover was published by H&E publications, under the title '''"Les Girls"'''. It retailed for '''8F''' (8 francs).
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		+	This issue (No 10) was also sold in [[Belgium]] and [[Canada]] - it was pre-printed with the pricings '''B.Frs 80''' and '''Can $1.75'''.
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	==TV listings==		==TV listings==

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 ===[[Peter Cushing|PETER CUSHING]] Movies===
 [[File:CineFX2010.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The two Dalek movies plus the [[TV Movie]] shown by Ciné FX on 8 June 2010]]
-Only the second of the two [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek films played in French cinemas (dubbed) during the late '''1960s'''; this was titled '''"Les Daleks Envahissent la Terre"'''. (The [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060278/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas IMDB] reports the French premiere was on '''20 October 1967'''.)
+Only the second of the two [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek films played in French cinemas (dubbed) during the late '''1960s'''; this was titled '''"Les Daleks Envahissent la Terre"'''.
-There is no clear evidence that the first film was ever shown at the cinema in France.
+According to the French classification information online, the film was registered on '''20 October 1967''' with a release date of '''18 October 1967''' [sic].
-(The [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059126/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas IMDB] records that the film had a limited French release from 10 January 1969 - two years after the sequel had been shown - but we have been unable to locate newspaper clippings from that date, or find any examples of movie posters displaying that title. If it was shown, it would have been dubbed.)
+A 20 October release date is also recorded on [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060278/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas the IMDB].
 The second film also aired on French television several times: it was shown on pay-TV channel, '''[[wikipedia:Canal Plus|Canal+]]''', on '''3 May 2000''' (at 8.30am), at 7.15am on '''20 May 2000''', and again on '''22 May 2000''' at 1.55am. (French-owned distributor [[Wikipedia:StudioCanal|StudioCanal]] (founded in 1988) had acquired British Lion Films' library, which included both Peter Cushing Dalek movies.)

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 The 50th Anniversary book, '''Doctor Who The Vault''' by Marcus Hearn, was translated into French and released under the title '''Doctor Who Les Archives'''.
-A French translation of Gareth Roberts' novelisation of [[Shada]] was also released. Other translated novels include Stephen Baxter's second Doctor story '''The Wheel of Ice''' (as ''La Roue de Glace''), and Alastair Reynold's Third Doctor adventure '''The Harvest of Time''' (''La Moisson du Temps''). A set of translated New Series novels were also published, as well as comics originally issued by IDW and Titan.
+'''Doctor Who Classics Vol 1''' - a compilation book of ''DWM'' 's fourth Doctor comic strips drawn by Dave Gibbons - was released in France, with translations of:
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	*[https://www.canalplus.com/cinema/docteur-who-et-les-daleks/h/8258620_50002 Dr Who and the Daleks on Cine+]		*[https://www.canalplus.com/cinema/docteur-who-et-les-daleks/h/8258620_50002 Dr Who and the Daleks on Cine+]
	*[https://www.canalplus.com/cinema/les-daleks-envahissent-la-terre/h/2089360_50002 Dalek Invasion on Cine+]		*[https://www.canalplus.com/cinema/les-daleks-envahissent-la-terre/h/2089360_50002 Dalek Invasion on Cine+]
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		+	Both unrestored films (only subtitled, not dubbed) are available to watch on the '''[[Wikipedia:UniversCiné\|UniversCiné]]''' platform.

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−	The 1999 DVD release of the special re-edit of [[The Five Doctors]] had French subtitles as an alternative language option. However~~, since the disk was in PAL, and France uses the SECAM system~~, it's doubtful that the DVD was actually sold there~~. (Although PAL~~ is ~~the broadcast system in~~ [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]] and [[Switzerland]]~~, it's unlikely the DVD was available in those countries either~~.)	+	The 1999 DVD release of the special re-edit of [[The Five Doctors]] had French subtitles as an alternative language option. However, it's doubtful that the DVD was actually sold there or in other countries where French is spoken, such as [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]] and [[Switzerland]].

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−	The 1999 DVD release of the special re-edit of [[The Five Doctors]] had French subtitles as an alternative language option.	+	The 1999 DVD release of the special re-edit of [[The Five Doctors]] had French subtitles as an alternative language option. However, since the disk was in PAL, and France uses the SECAM system, it's doubtful that the DVD was actually sold there. (Although PAL is the broadcast system in [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]] and [[Switzerland]], it's unlikely the DVD was available in those countries either.)

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 [[File:French Doctors.jpg|right|thumb|The French Doctors: Pierre Hatet and Pierre-François Pistorio]]
-The 1996 TV Movie aired for the first time on channel [[wikipedia:France 2|France 2]], part of the '''France Télévisions''' group of stations; it debuted on Tuesday, '''18 March 1997''', at the very late time of 11.00pm – its on-screen title was '''"LE SEIGNEUR DU TEMPS DOCTEUR WHO : LE FILM"''' (''The Lord of Time / The Time Lord'').
+The 1996 TV Movie aired for the first time on channel [[wikipedia:France 2|France 2]], part of the '''France Télévisions''' group of stations (also available in [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Monaco]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Portugal]]); it debuted on Tuesday, '''18 March 1997''', at the very late time of 11.00pm – its on-screen title was '''"LE SEIGNEUR DU TEMPS DOCTEUR WHO : LE FILM"''' (''The Lord of Time / The Time Lord'').
 NOTE: Despite what may be recorded on other websites, the TV Movie was never released on VHS in France.

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 French viewers could also view TV from neighbouring countries such as [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Spain]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]] and [[Switzerland]].
 '''Doctor Who''' was initially broadcast by '''[[wikipedia:TF1|Television Francaise (TF1)]]''', on '''Channel 1'''.
 The TV Movie aired several times between 1997 and 2010, broadcast on different stations.

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 In '''October 2015''', the two films (both with French and English audio plus French subtitles) were released on DVD for the first time together as '''Doctor Who et les Daleks - Le Coffret'''; the newly-dubbed first movie was titled '''"Dr Who Contre les Daleks"'''. This 3-disc box set also included the '''"[[Dalekmania]]"''' documentary (subtitled).
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 * [[Day of the Daleks]] and [[The Monster of Peladon]]: Napoleon Bonaparte gets a name-check.
 * [[The Time Warrior]]: Irongron refers to "Norman ninnies".
 * [[Pyramids of Mars]]: The Doctor uses a French pick-lock, given to him by Marie Antoinette.
 *Champagne is mentioned in [[The Android Invasion]], [[Enlightenment]], [[The Twin Dilemma]] and [[Attack of the Cybermen]].
 * [[The Masque of Mandragora]]: Several of the dignitaries invited to attend the masque are from France. The Doctor mentions the Battle of Agincourt.
 * [[The Robots of Death]]: The Doctor mentions Marie Antoinette again.