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 *Tutte Lemkow ([[Marco Polo]], [[The Crusade]], [[The Myth Makers]]) was born (as Isak Samuel Lemkow) in Oslo
 *The Doctor mentions Hardrada, the Norwegian King, and encounters Vikings in [[The Time Meddler]]
 *There was a T-Mat terminal in Oslo ([[The Seeds of Death]])
 *The Doctor calls the Earth Controller "a Quisling"; Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator during WW2 ([[Day of the Daleks]])

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 *There was a T-Mat terminal in Oslo ([[The Seeds of Death]])
 *The Doctor calls the Earth Controller "a Quisling"; Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator during WW2 ([[Day of the Daleks]])
 *Charles Cranleigh said that when it came to geography, his brother was a "positive Odin" ([[Black Orchid]])
 *The Viking raiders who stole the Oriental Treasure with the flask containing Fenric, settle in Northumbria, but hope one day to return to Norway ([[The Curse of Fenric]])
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 *The Doctor mentions Hardrada, the Norwegian King, and encounters Vikings in [[The Time Meddler]]
 *There was a T-Mat terminal in Oslo ([[The Seeds of Death]])
 *Charles Cranleigh said that when it came to geography, his brother was a "positive Odin" ([[Black Orchid]])
 *The Viking raiders who stole the Oriental Treasure with the flask containing Fenric, settle in Northumbria, but hope one day to return to Norway ([[The Curse of Fenric]])
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 :*On all four occasions the films/tapes were returned to the BBC.
-==Video==
+All three stories had been planned originally as rental-only tapes (on VHS, Betamax and possibly also V2000), but although "galley-proof" covers are known to exist of all three titles, it appears that only [[Pyramids of Mars]] was ever released to that market.
-In late '''1985''', Sesam Video released [[Pyramids of Mars]] on video. Titled '''"Pyramidene På Mars"''', it had the original English audio with Norwegian subtitles. This was the only '''Doctor Who''' video ever released in Norway. (Sesam also released the same story on video in [[Finland]] and [[Sweden]].)
+Nonstop also issued [[Pyramids of Mars]] as a retail tape in [[Sweden]]. It's currently unknown if the other two titles were also released there. (Although the story was also issued on VHS in [[Finland]], that was through a different and unconnected company using the similar but unrelated "Sesam Video" trading name.)
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 There are reports that the [[TV Movie]] was available on VHS in Norway in the late 1990s (there were subtitled releases in both [[Sweden]] and [[Finland]]), but we have been unable to verify this - i.e. no cover slick for a Norwegian edition has been found.

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-'''[[wikipedia:Norway|NORWAY]]''' is part of Scandinavia, in northern [[:Category:Europe|Europe]]
+'''[[wikipedia:Norway|NORWAY]]''' is part of Scandinavia, in northern [[:Category:Europe|Europe]]; it shares borders with [[Sweden]] and [[Finland]].
 =='''DOCTOR WHO IN NORWAY'''==
-The original '''Doctor Who''' series did not air on any terrestrial stations in Norway, but viewers could see the programme starting from '''24 March 1987''' via the UK satellite station [[Super Channel]], and in the '''1990s''' on [[BBC Prime]].
+The original '''Doctor Who''' series did not air on any terrestrial stations in Norway, but in the 1980s, viewers could see the programme directly from the BBC, and then starting from '''24 March 1987''' via the UK satellite station [[Super Channel]]; in the '''1990s''' it was available on [[BBC Prime]]. Other European channels, such as [[Germany]]'s RTL-Plus could also be accessed.
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 In late '''1985''', Sesam Video released [[Pyramids of Mars]] on video. Titled '''"Pyramidene På Mars"''', it had the original English audio with Norwegian subtitles. This was the only '''Doctor Who''' video ever released in Norway. (Sesam also released the same story on video in [[Finland]] and [[Sweden]].)
 There are reports that the [[TV Movie]] was available on VHS in Norway in the late 1990s (there were subtitled releases in both [[Sweden]] and [[Finland]]), but we have been unable to verify this - i.e. no cover slick for a Norwegian edition has been found.
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 ===[[Paul McGann stories|PAUL McGANN]]===
-The 1996 [[TV Movie]] aired on '''[[wikipedia:Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|NRK]]''' at some point during '''2005''' as a direct lead-in to the start of the [[NEW SERIES|new series]], which commenced on '''28 September 2005''' on '''NRK2'''. We haven't been able to find the airdate.
+The 1996 [[TV Movie]] apparently aired on '''[[wikipedia:Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|NRK]]''' at some point during '''2005''' as a direct lead-in to the start of the [[NEW SERIES|new series]], which commenced on '''28 September 2005''' on '''NRK2'''. Despite our accessing several Norwegian newspapers for this period online, we could not find any listings.
 From '''3 March 2008''', classic series stories were available on the [[Sweden|Swedish]] satellite / cable station, [[TV4 Science Fiction]], which was simulcast on the Norwegian station, '''[[wikipedia:TV 2 Science Fiction|TV2 Science Fiction]]'''.
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 '''New Series'''
-The first series with Christopher Eccleston - under the title '''Doktor Who''' - screened on '''NRK2''' from on '''28 September 2005''' , soon after it aired in the UK, but due to low figures NRK did not pick up any further series.
+Norway was the '''first European country''' to screen the [[New Series]]. The first with Christopher Eccleston - under the title '''Doktor Who''' - screened on '''NRK2''' from '''28 September 2005''', soon after it aired in the UK, but due to low figures NRK did not pick up any further series.
 The Series 1 episodes were later repeated by NRK2 the following year, from '''22 August 2006''', and from '''10 November 2007''' they aired on '''NRK3'''.
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 *The Viking raiders who stole the Oriental Treasure with the flask containing Fenric, settle in Northumbria, but hope one day to return to Norway ([[The Curse of Fenric]])
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 The Series 1 episodes were later repeated by NRK2 the following year, from '''22 August 2006''', and from '''10 November 2007''' they aired on '''NRK3'''.
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051208165342/http://www2.nrk.no/program/doktor_who/ Doktor Who on NRK2 (WayBack Machine)]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051031172913/http://www.nrk.no/programmer/sider/doktor_who/ Doktor Who on NRK2 (WayBack Machine)]
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060914093404/http://www2.nrk.no/program/doktor_who/ Doktor Who on NRK2 Repeats (WayBack Machine)]
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080206004651/http://www2.nrk.no:80/program/doktor_who Doktor Who on NRK3 Repeats (WayBack Machine)]

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 ===[[Paul McGann stories|PAUL McGANN]]===
-The 1996 [[TV Movie]] aired on '''[[wikipedia:Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|NRK3]]''' as a direct lead-in to the start of the [[NEW SERIES|new series]], which commenced on '''28 September 2005''' on '''NRK2'''.
+The 1996 [[TV Movie]] aired on '''[[wikipedia:Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|NRK]]''' at some point during '''2005''' as a direct lead-in to the start of the [[NEW SERIES|new series]], which commenced on '''28 September 2005''' on '''NRK2'''. We haven't been able to find the airdate.
 From '''3 March 2008''', classic series stories were available on the [[Sweden|Swedish]] satellite / cable station, [[TV4 Science Fiction]], which was simulcast on the Norwegian station, '''[[wikipedia:TV 2 Science Fiction|TV2 Science Fiction]]'''.
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 '''New Series'''
-The first series with Christopher Eccleston was screened in the summer of '''2005''', just after it aired in the UK, but due to low figures it was not picked up for more series.
+The first series with Christopher Eccleston screened on '''NRK2''' from on '''28 September 2005''' , soon after it aired in the UK, but due to low figures NRK did not pick up any further series.
 In '''2012''' and '''2013''' it was the No 1 series on [[Netflix]] in Norway, and there has been several attempts to have NRK pick up the series again.

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 ==Audition Prints==
 However, the Norwegian broadcaster '''[[wikipedia:NRK|NRK]]''' did audition the original series on several occasions. Thanks to Christian Bjørgen, who supplied us with the following information:
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 ==Video==
-In late '''1985''', Sesam Video released [[Pyramids of Mars]] on video. Titled '''"Pyramidene På Mars"''', it had the original English audio with Norwegian subtitles. This was the only '''Doctor Who''' video ever released in Norway. (Sesam also released the same story on video in [[Finland]] in 1986.)
+In late '''1985''', Sesam Video released [[Pyramids of Mars]] on video. Titled '''"Pyramidene På Mars"''', it had the original English audio with Norwegian subtitles. This was the only '''Doctor Who''' video ever released in Norway. (Sesam also released the same story on video in [[Finland]] and [[Sweden]].)
 There are reports that the [[TV Movie]] was available on VHS in Norway in the late 1990s (there were subtitled releases in both [[Sweden]] and [[Finland]]), but we have been unable to verify this - i.e. no cover slick for a Norwegian edition has been found.