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 =='''DOCTOR WHO IN IRELAND'''==
+As noted, '''Doctor Who''' has been available in Ireland since 1963; this profile is mainly for the TG4 screenings.
 ==DALEK MOVIES==
 ===[[Peter Cushing|PETER CUSHING]] Movies===
-The first of the two [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek movies, '''"Dr Who and the Daleks"''', was screened in Belfast from Monday, '''9 August 1965''' at the ABC theatre, where it played for only six days.
+By '''December 1965''', the film was being shown in other parts of Ireland, such as at the Adelphi in Dublin.
-By '''December 1965''', the film was still being shown in other parts of Ireland.
+The film was later screened by other theatres, and was still being shown during 1966.
-Both films were re-released as a double bill in '''1969''' , where they were sometimes billed as '''"The Double Dalek Show"'''.
+The sequel screened from '''August 1966''', such as at the Carlton cinema in Dublin.
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 ===[[Paul McGann stories|PAUL McGANN]]===
 The Paul McGann TV Movie made its Irish TV debut on channel '''TV3''', on Monday, '''1 May 2000''', playing in the afternoon, from 3.55pm to 5.30pm.
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 ==DVDs / Blu-ray==

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 *Sean Flannigan is an Irish space engineer, played by James Mellor ([[The Wheel in Space]])
 *Arthur Cox (Cully in [[The Dominators]]) was born in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland
 *McDermott (played with an Ulster accent by Harry Towb) appears in [[Terror of the Autons]]
 *Clark, played with an Ulster accent by Declan Mulholland is in [[The Sea Devils]]

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 *In [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]], Casey, the doorman at the Palace Theatre, is played by Chris Gannon
 *There is occasional confusion about whether Gallifrey might be located in Ireland ([[The Hand of Fear]] and [[The Invisible Enemy]])
-*Ray Callaghan (Ablif in [[The Invasion of Time]]) was from County Mayo.
+*Ray Callaghan (Ablif) was from County Mayo, and Stan McGowan (Chief Vardan) from Derry ([[The Invasion of Time]])
 *In [[Survival]], Ace examines a copy of Irish rock-band U2's 1983 album ''War'': "Are they still on the go, then? They were practically drawing their pensions when I was clubbing it."
 *This [https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2982162.html BLOG] has a run-down of mentions of Ireland in Doctor Who and its spin-offs

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 '''NORTHERN IRELAND'''
-Being part of the [[:Category:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]], '''Northern Ireland''' receives BBC1 and BBC2 via relay from London. However, from time to time the network's regional output station in Belfast altered its TV schedules to make way for local and alternative programming - and on a few occasions, '''Doctor Who''' was shown at times that were different to the rest of the network:
+Being part of the [[:Category:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]], '''Northern Ireland''' receives BBC1 and BBC2 via relay from London. However, from time to time the network's regional output station in Belfast altered its TV schedules to make way for local and alternative programming. This affected '''Doctor Who''' just the once, when the unscheduled repeat of [[An Unearthly Child]] part 1 was not seen in Ireland on '''30 November 1963'''.
-*the unscheduled '''30 November 1963''' repeat of [[An Unearthly Child]] part 1 was not seen
+<!--*the '''1993''' repeat run of [[Planet of the Daleks]] aired at the much later time of 10.35pm Apparently this is nonsense and it did air at 7.30 as indicted by TV listings in Irish newspapers; I'm not sure why DWM says otherwise! -->
 Tom Baker made two promotional trips to Northern Ireland. The first was a three day visit to Belfast in '''June 1978'''; his surprise visit to Mersey Street Primary School featured on the local evening news.

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 *There is occasional confusion about whether Gallifrey might be located in Ireland ([[The Hand of Fear]] and [[The Invisible Enemy]])
 *Ray Callaghan (Ablif in [[The Invasion of Time]]) was from County Mayo.
-*In [[Survival]], Ace examines a copy of Irish rock-band U2's album ''War'': "Are they still on the go, then? They were practically drawing their pensions when I was clubbing it."
+*In [[Survival]], Ace examines a copy of Irish rock-band U2's 1983 album ''War'': "Are they still on the go, then? They were practically drawing their pensions when I was clubbing it."
 *This [https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2982162.html BLOG] has a run-down of mentions of Ireland in Doctor Who and its spin-offs

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 ==Ireland in Doctor Who==
 General references to Ireland, Northern Ireland or Republic of Ireland:
+*BBC costume designer Sandra Reid (who developed the look of the Cybermen) was from Belfast
 *Sean, a shipwrecked Irish sailor, played by P.G. Stephens appears in [[The Underwater Menace]]
 *Sean Flannigan is an Irish space engineer, played by James Mellor ([[The Wheel in Space]])

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 ==DVDs / Blu-ray==
-The '''Doctor Who''' DVDs and Blu-rays are available to buy in Ireland. These had new ratings issued by the '''Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO)''', with the blue octagonal sticker usually affixed over the pre-printed triangle displaying the UK rating. (On the Blu-ray, both UK and Irish ratings were pre-printed on the covers.)
+The '''Doctor Who''' DVDs and Blu-rays are available to buy in Ireland. These had new ratings issued by the '''Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO)''', with the blue octagonal sticker usually affixed over the pre-printed triangle displaying the UK rating. (On the Blu-ray of the [[TV Movie]], both UK and Irish ratings were pre-printed on the cover.)
 *[http://www.ifco.ie/en/IFCO/Pages/AllSearch/Start=1&Query=%5BApp_WorkTitle%5D=%22Dr%20Who%22&SearchTerm=Dr%20Who IFCO DVD Ratings 1]