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 Nepal is not named in any of the main [[BBC Records]] sources that we have used.
-We became aware of potential screenings in Nepal on this [http://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/the-missing-episodes-megathread-part-2.121504/page-19#post-5452764 FORUM POSTING]: ''"I have a friend who grew up in Nepal who said he watched black and white Dr. Who episodes in the early 1990s…"'', which is all we have to go on.
+We became aware of potential screenings in Nepal on this [https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/the-missing-episodes-megathread-part-2.121504/post-5452764 FORUM POSTING]: ''"I have a friend who grew up in Nepal who said he watched black and white Dr. Who episodes in the early 1990s…"'', which is all we have to go on.
 [[File:NepalBBC.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Generic listing from Rising Nepal, November 1995; the BBC channel shown here is likely to be a version of BBC Prime]]

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 ==TV listings==
-The only Nepalese newspaper we have been able to access was ''The Rising Nepal'' from 1989 to 1996. The paper did publish comprehensive TV listings for the local Nepal TV station, plus the external satellite stations owned by "STAR TELEVISION" (Satellite Television Asian Region), a company based in [[Hong Kong]] that was established in 1992. These channels included '''Star Movies''', '''Star Plus''', '''Channel V''', and '''BBC''' - all of which were also available in [[India]] and other parts of Asia. However, there were no listings found for '''Doctor Who'''.
+The only Nepalese newspaper we have been able to access was ''The Rising Nepal'' from 1989 to 1996. The paper did publish comprehensive TV listings for the local Nepal TV station, plus the external satellite stations from "[[Wikipedia:Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific|STAR TELEVISION]]" (Satellite Television Asian Region, based in [[Hong Kong]]), that was launched in late 1991.
-The '''BBC''' channel carried by STAR was the "Asia feed" of the [[BBC World Service Television Europe|BBC World Service Television]]. ''However'', this feed '''did not''' include the 1992, 1993, 1994 repeats of '''Doctor Who''' that were seen in Europe.
+These channels included '''Star Movies''', '''Star Plus''', and '''Channel V''', all of which were also available in [[India]] and other parts of Asia. However, there were no listings found for '''Doctor Who'''.
-BBC World Service later became [[BBC Prime]], which commenced a repeat run -- including black and white Jon Pertwee stories -- in '''January 1995''', however it's unclear if the STAR Asia feed carried the same programming.
+STAR also carried [[BBC World Service Television Europe|BBC World Service Television]]. ''However'', this feed '''did not''' include the 1992, 1993, 1994 repeats of '''Doctor Who''' that were seen in Europe. STAR discontinued BBC WSTV in April 1994.
-If it ''was'' the same, it is therefore highly likely that this BBC channel was the source of the black and white episodes that our "eye witness" saw - although 1995 is a couple of years later than the cited "early 1990s"... But if '''Doctor Who''' ''wasn't'' available on STAR's BBC channel, then how and when our "eye witness" saw the series is unknown…
+BBC World Service later became [[BBC Prime]], which commenced a repeat run -- including black and white Jon Pertwee stories -- in '''January 1995'''. The TV listings in ''The Rising Nepal'' in late 1995 (such as the clipping here) carry billings for the various STAR channels, as well as one labelled as '''BBC'''. Since BBC World Service was no longer available after April 1994, this is ''presumably'' a variant of BBC Prime, however it's unclear if the feed to Asia carried the same programming as the European feed.

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 We became aware of potential screenings in Nepal on this [http://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/the-missing-episodes-megathread-part-2.121504/page-19#post-5452764 FORUM POSTING]: ''"I have a friend who grew up in Nepal who said he watched black and white Dr. Who episodes in the early 1990s…"'', which is all we have to go on.
 [[File:NepalBBC.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Generic listing from Rising Nepal, November 1995; the BBC channel shown here is likely to be a version of BBC Prime]]
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 ==TV listings==
-The only Nepalese newspaper we have been able to access was ''The Rising Nepal'' from 1989 to 1996. The paper did publish comprehensive TV listings for Nepal TV plus the external satellite stations owned by "STAR TELEVISION" (Satellite Television Asian Region), a company based in [[Hong Kong]] that was established in 1992. These channels included '''Star Movies''', '''Star Plus''', '''V Channel''', and '''BBC''' - all of which were also available in [[India]] and other parts of Asia. However, there were no listings found for '''Doctor Who'''.
+The only Nepalese newspaper we have been able to access was ''The Rising Nepal'' from 1989 to 1996. The paper did publish comprehensive TV listings for the local Nepal TV station, plus the external satellite stations owned by "STAR TELEVISION" (Satellite Television Asian Region), a company based in [[Hong Kong]] that was established in 1992. These channels included '''Star Movies''', '''Star Plus''', '''Channel V''', and '''BBC''' - all of which were also available in [[India]] and other parts of Asia. However, there were no listings found for '''Doctor Who'''.
 The '''BBC''' channel carried by STAR was the "Asia feed" of the [[BBC World Service Television Europe|BBC World Service Television]]. ''However'', this feed '''did not''' include the 1992, 1993, 1994 repeats of '''Doctor Who''' that were seen in Europe.
-BBC World Service later became [[BBC Prime]], which commenced a repeat run -- including black and white Jon Pertwee stories -- in '''January 1995'''. It is therefore highly likely that this channel was the source of the black and white episodes that our "eye witness" saw, although 1995 is a couple of years later than the cited "early 1990s"...
+BBC World Service later became [[BBC Prime]], which commenced a repeat run -- including black and white Jon Pertwee stories -- in '''January 1995''', however it's unclear if the STAR Asia feed carried the same programming.

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 ==Stories bought and broadcast==
-[[File:NepalBBC.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Generic listing from Rising Nepal, November 1995; the BBC channel shown here is likely to be BBC Prime]]
+[[File:NepalBBC.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Generic listing from Rising Nepal, November 1995; the BBC channel shown here is likely to be a version of BBC Prime]]
 The majority of all television sets sold and owned in Nepal were black and white, so the reference to "black and white" episodes does not necessarily mean that TV25 screened William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton stories.

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 [[File:NepalBBC.JPG|thumb|right|350px|Generic listing from Rising Nepal, November 1995; the BBC channel shown here is likely to be BBC Prime]]
-The majority of all television sets sold and owned in Nepal were black and white, so the reference to "black and white" episodes does not necessarily mean that TV25 screened William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton stories. In all likelihood, the episodes would have been the more widely-sold [[Tom Baker stories]].
+The majority of all television sets sold and owned in Nepal were black and white, so the reference to "black and white" episodes does not necessarily mean that TV25 screened William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton stories.
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 ==TV listings==
-The only Nepalese newspaper we have been able to access was ''The Rising Nepal'' from 1989 to 1996. The paper did publish comprehensive TV listings for Nepal TV plus the external satellite stations owned by "STAR TELEVISION" (Satellite Television Asian Region), a company based in [[Hong Kong]] that was established in 1992. These channels included '''Star Movies''', '''Star Plus''', '''V Channel''', and '''BBC''' - all of which were also available in [[India]] and other parts of Asia.
+The only Nepalese newspaper we have been able to access was ''The Rising Nepal'' from 1989 to 1996. The paper did publish comprehensive TV listings for Nepal TV plus the external satellite stations owned by "STAR TELEVISION" (Satellite Television Asian Region), a company based in [[Hong Kong]] that was established in 1992. These channels included '''Star Movies''', '''Star Plus''', '''V Channel''', and '''BBC''' - all of which were also available in [[India]] and other parts of Asia. However, there were no listings found for '''Doctor Who'''.
 The '''BBC''' channel carried by STAR was the "Asia feed" of the [[BBC World Service Television Europe|BBC World Service Television]]. ''However'', this feed '''did not''' include the 1992, 1993, 1994 repeats of '''Doctor Who''' that were seen in Europe.
-BBC World Service later became [[BBC Prime]], which commenced a repeat run of '''Doctor Who''' -- including black and white Jon Pertwee stories -- in '''January 1995'''. It is therefore highly likely that this channel was the source of the black and white episodes that our "eye witness" saw, although 1995 is a few years later than the cited "early 1990s"...
+BBC World Service later became [[BBC Prime]], which commenced a repeat run -- including black and white Jon Pertwee stories -- in '''January 1995'''. It is therefore highly likely that this channel was the source of the black and white episodes that our "eye witness" saw, although 1995 is a couple of years later than the cited "early 1990s"...

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	The '''BBC''' channel carried by STAR was the "Asia feed" of the [[BBC World Service Television Europe\|BBC World Service Television]]. ''However'', this feed '''did not''' include the 1992, 1993, 1994 repeats of '''Doctor Who''' that were seen in Europe.		The '''BBC''' channel carried by STAR was the "Asia feed" of the [[BBC World Service Television Europe\|BBC World Service Television]]. ''However'', this feed '''did not''' include the 1992, 1993, 1994 repeats of '''Doctor Who''' that were seen in Europe.

−	BBC World Service later became [[BBC Prime]], which commenced a repeat run of '''Doctor Who''' -- including black and white Jon Pertwee stories -- in January 1995. It is therefore highly likely that this channel was the source of the ~~back~~ and white episodes that our "eye witness" saw, although ~~this~~ is a few years later than the cited "early 1990s"...	+	BBC World Service later became [[BBC Prime]], which commenced a repeat run of '''Doctor Who''' -- including black and white Jon Pertwee stories -- in '''January 1995'''. It is therefore highly likely that this channel was the source of the black and white episodes that our "eye witness" saw, although 1995 is a few years later than the cited "early 1990s"...

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-'''[[wikipedia:Nepal|NEPAL]]''' is a land-locked nation in central [[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Asia]].
+'''[[wikipedia:Nepal|NEPAL]]''' is a land-locked nation in central [[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Asia]]; it shares a border with [[India]].
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 There is just one Government-owned television service, '''[[wikipedia:Nepal Television|Nepal Television Corporation]] (Channel 25 / TV25)''', operating from Kathmandu.
-By the mid-1990s, a number of privately-owned stations had been established, as well as numerous satellite and cable channels available, including at least one '''BBC''' satellite station.
+By the mid-'''1990s''', a number of satellite channels were available, including at least one '''BBC''' channel -- see below.
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 Nepal is not named in any of the main [[BBC Records]] sources that we have used.
-We became aware of potential screenings in Nepal on this [http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5452764#post5452764 FORUM POSTING]: ''"I have a friend who grew up in Nepal who said he watched black and white Dr. Who episodes in the early 1990s…"'', which is all we have to go on.
+We became aware of potential screenings in Nepal on this [http://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/the-missing-episodes-megathread-part-2.121504/page-19#post-5452764 FORUM POSTING]: ''"I have a friend who grew up in Nepal who said he watched black and white Dr. Who episodes in the early 1990s…"'', which is all we have to go on.
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 ==TV listings==
-We have no information regarding what screened or when. With the station having launched in the mid-1980s, '''Doctor Who''' could have aired several years earlier than the cited "early 1990s".
+The only Nepalese newspaper we have been able to access was ''The Rising Nepal'' from 1989 to 1996. The paper did publish comprehensive TV listings for Nepal TV plus the external satellite stations owned by "STAR TELEVISION" (Satellite Television Asian Region), a company based in [[Hong Kong]] that was established in 1992. These channels included '''Star Movies''', '''Star Plus''', '''V Channel''', and '''BBC''' - all of which were also available in [[India]] and other parts of Asia.
-The paper did publish listings for a '''BBC''' channel screening drama as well as news and documentaries, which was probably the old '''[[BBC World Service Television Europe]]''', which did periodically carry '''Doctor Who''' during the early 1990s, and which became '''[[BBC Prime]]''' in January 1995, and on which '''Doctor Who''' regularly aired during the 1990s.
+The '''BBC''' channel carried by STAR was the "Asia feed" of the [[BBC World Service Television Europe|BBC World Service Television]]. ''However'', this feed '''did not''' include the 1992, 1993, 1994 repeats of '''Doctor Who''' that were seen in Europe.
-It was probably this BBC channel that was the source of the episodes the viewer in Nepal had seen.
+BBC World Service later became [[BBC Prime]], which commenced a repeat run of '''Doctor Who''' -- including black and white Jon Pertwee stories -- in January 1995. While it's not clear if this channel was available in Nepal at the time, if so, then it is highly likely to be the source of the episodes that our "eye witness" saw.

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	==Nepal in Doctor Who==		==Nepal in Doctor Who==
−	*In [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]], the Doctor incorrectly attributes ~~Kipling~~'s poem "There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu..." to Harry Champion	+	*In [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]], the Doctor incorrectly attributes J. Milton Hayes' poem ''The Green Eye of the Yellow God'' ("There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu...") to Harry Champion

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	It was probably this BBC channel that was the source of the episodes the viewer in Nepal had seen.		It was probably this BBC channel that was the source of the episodes the viewer in Nepal had seen.
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		+	==Nepal in Doctor Who==
		+	*In [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]], the Doctor incorrectly attributes Kipling's poem "There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu..." to Harry Champion