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	* In [[The Highlanders]], Solicitor Grey was planning to send the captured Highlanders to the West Indies to be sold as slaves.		* In [[The Highlanders]], Solicitor Grey was planning to send the captured Highlanders to the West Indies to be sold as slaves.
	* Actor Sonny Caldinez ([[The Evil of the Daleks]], [[The Seeds of Death]], [[The Curse of Peladon]], [[The Monster of Peladon]]) was born in Trinidad.		* Actor Sonny Caldinez ([[The Evil of the Daleks]], [[The Seeds of Death]], [[The Curse of Peladon]], [[The Monster of Peladon]]) was born in Trinidad.
		+	*Actor Rudolph Walker (Harper in [[The War Games]]) was from Trinidad.

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 ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
-[[File:Trini TARDIS.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Introducing DOCTOR WHO, Guardian, 7 December 1985]]
+[[File:Trini TARDIS.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Introducing DOCTOR WHO, an image and quotations extracted from the BBC sales brochure, reproduced in the Guardian, 7 December 1985]]
 Eleven stories, 48 episodes, which screened out of order:
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 '''1980s'''
-The '''7 December 1985''' issue carried a brief preview of the series, illustrated with a picture of the TARDIS and the series' diamond logo: "Enter into another dimension. Welcome to the TARDIS and the fantastic world of DOCTOR WHO... "Doctor Who has a terrific formula... ". Curiously there is no reference to the series having had aired in the 1960s...
+The '''7 December 1985''' issue featured an image of the cover of the Lionheart sales brochure (most likely issued to TTT in Nassau in July): this was a graphic of the TARDIS and the series' diamond logo with the text "Enter into another dimension. Welcome to the TARDIS and the fantastic world of DOCTOR WHO..." beneath which was a drop quote from original producer Verity Lambert lifted from the back cover of the sales brochure -- "Doctor Who has a terrific formula... ".
 Although the listing for the first episode on '''11 December 1985''' is for [[The Ark in Space]], it must have been [[Pyramids of Mars]] that aired, as evidenced by the three subsequent listings for that serial.

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 There is just one television provider, the government-owned '''[[wikipedia: Trinidad and Tobago Television|Trinidad and Tobago Television Co Ltd (TTT)]]'''.
 In later years, '''TTT''' operated four channels – '''2 & 13''' and '''9 & 14'''.
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 Trinidad & Tobago was the '''11th''' country to screen '''Doctor Who''' (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]). It was the '''first''' in the [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]].
 ==[[BBC Records]]==
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 ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
 Eleven stories, 48 episodes, which screened out of order:
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 These programmes were supplied as NTSC colour video tapes.
-The Tom Baker stories were sold to Trinidad & Tobago (and eight other Caribbean countries) "amongst a package of a ¼ million pounds worth of programmes. These sales were a direct result of a three-day screening of the Beeb's top programmes by BBC Enterprises in Nassau during July", as was reported in the [[wikipedia: Doctor Who Appreciation Society|DWAS]] newsletter ''Celestial Toyroom'' (September 1985 issue).
+The Tom Baker stories were sold to Trinidad & Tobago (and several other [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]] countries) "amongst a package of a ¼ million pounds worth of programmes. These sales were a direct result of a three-day screening of the Beeb's top programmes by BBC Enterprises in Nassau during July", as was reported in the [[wikipedia: Doctor Who Appreciation Society|DWAS]] newsletter ''Celestial Toyroom'' (September 1985 issue).
 For reasons not known, neither Baker's debut serial [[Robot]] nor [[The Sontaran Experiment]] were included in this package; or if they were they did not screen during either run.
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 The timeslot changed to 5.30pm from 15 January 1986, where it remained for the remaining episodes. No episode played on Christmas Day 1985. The run ended on '''12 November 1986'''.
-[[File:Trini Ark.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The Ark in Space, part one, 11 December 1985]]
+[[File:Trini Ark.JPG|thumb|right|350px|The Ark in Space, part one, 11 December 1985]]
 [[Barbados]] was airing the same batch of eleven stories at the same time. Because [[Barbados]] aired the stories way out of order, sometimes they were first to screen a particular serial, and other times Trinidad was first. The closest they came to airing the same episode at the same time was with part four of [[The Masque of Mandragora]], on '''24 September''' (Trinidad) and '''29 September 1986''' (Barbados).
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 On 25 April 1966, the British newspaper ''Daily Mirror'' ran a feature and interview with William Hartnell, in which they state that '''Doctor Who''' is "tops in Trinidad".
 '''1980s'''

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 ==Television Stations / Channels==
-Trinidad & Tobago commenced its television service o 31 August 1962. Colour transmissions began in 1969 with the [[Wikipedia:NTSC|NTSC]] colour broadcast system.
+Trinidad & Tobago commenced its television service on 31 August 1962. Colour transmissions began in 1969 with the [[Wikipedia:NTSC|NTSC]] colour broadcast system.
 There is just one television provider, the government-owned '''[[wikipedia: Trinidad and Tobago Television|Trinidad and Tobago Television Co Ltd (TTT)]]'''.
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 Trinidad & Tobago was the first Caribbean country to buy '''Doctor Who'''.  The seller / distributor was '''[[TIE Ltd|Television International Enterprises Ltd / TIE (Programmes) Ltd)]]'''.
-The prints of the first five serials / 26 episodes were either supplied directly by the BBC in London (via [[TIE Ltd]]'s office in New York?), or they were bicycled down from [[Canada]], where the run had concluded on the [[CBC]] network by late July 1965.
+The prints of the first five serials / 26 episodes were either supplied directly by the BBC in London (via [[TIE Ltd]]'s office in New York?), or they were shipped over from [[Aden]].
 The other episodes would have been supplied directly by the BBC.

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 Trinidad & Tobago was the first Caribbean country to buy '''Doctor Who'''.  The seller / distributor was '''[[TIE Ltd|Television International Enterprises Ltd / TIE (Programmes) Ltd)]]'''.
-The prints of the first five serials / 26 episodes were either supplied directly by the BBC in London (via [[TIE's]] office in New York?), or they were bicycled down from [[Canada]], where the run had concluded on the [[CBC]] network by late July 1965.
+The prints of the first five serials / 26 episodes were either supplied directly by the BBC in London (via [[TIE Ltd]]'s office in New York?), or they were bicycled down from [[Canada]], where the run had concluded on the [[CBC]] network by late July 1965.
 The other episodes would have been supplied directly by the BBC.

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	Trinidad & Tobago was the first Caribbean country to buy '''Doctor Who'''. The seller / distributor was '''[[TIE Ltd\|Television International Enterprises Ltd / TIE (Programmes) Ltd)]]'''.		Trinidad & Tobago was the first Caribbean country to buy '''Doctor Who'''. The seller / distributor was '''[[TIE Ltd\|Television International Enterprises Ltd / TIE (Programmes) Ltd)]]'''.
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		+	The prints of the first five serials / 26 episodes were either supplied directly by the BBC in London (via [[TIE's]] office in New York?), or they were bicycled down from [[Canada]], where the run had concluded on the [[CBC]] network by late July 1965.
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		+	The other episodes would have been supplied directly by the BBC.

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	====Fate of the Prints?====		====Fate of the Prints?====

−	The next '''[[TIE Ltd\|TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' distribution country to buy the Hartnell ~~series~~ was [[Bermuda]], also considered part of the Caribbean, so it's highly likely that Trinidad & Tobago sent its prints of each serial soon after screening, to that country.	+	The next '''[[TIE Ltd\|TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' distribution country to buy the first five Hartnell serials was [[Bermuda]], also considered part of the Caribbean, so it's highly likely that Trinidad & Tobago sent its prints of each serial soon after screening, to that country.
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		+	The other serials were not purchased by [[Bermuda]], so the prints would have instead gone to [[Jamaica]].

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	====Fate of the Prints?====		====Fate of the Prints?====

−	The next '''[[TIE Ltd\|TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' distribution country to buy the Hartnell series was [[~~Jamaica~~]], also in the Caribbean, so it's highly likely that Trinidad & Tobago sent its prints, each serial soon after screening, to that country.	+	The next '''[[TIE Ltd\|TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' distribution country to buy the Hartnell series was [[Bermuda]], also considered part of the Caribbean, so it's highly likely that Trinidad & Tobago sent its prints of each serial soon after screening, to that country.

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 The '''Stanmark Productions Ltd''' advertisement from 1966, identifies Trinidad as one of '''sixteen''' countries screening '''Doctor Who''' by January 1966.
 '''The Seventies''' records a sale of '''"(6)"''' stories by 28 February 1977. '''The Handbook''' identifies these as being: {{F}}, {{G}}, {{H}}, {{J}}, {{K}}, {{L}}.
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 ====Fate of the Prints?====
-The next '''[[TIE Ltd|TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' distribution country to buy the Hartnell series was [[Jamaica]], also in the Caribbean, so it's possible that Trinidad & Tobago sent its prints to that country.
+The next '''[[TIE Ltd|TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' distribution country to buy the Hartnell series was [[Jamaica]], also in the Caribbean, so it's highly likely that Trinidad & Tobago sent its prints, each serial soon after screening, to that country.

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 In later years, '''TTT''' operated four channels – '''2 & 13''' and '''9 & 14'''.
 The principal language of Trinidad & Tobago is English.
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 ====Origin of the Prints?====
-Trinidad & Tobago was the first Caribbean country to buy '''Doctor Who'''.  The seller / distributor was '''[[WRTH|Television International Enterprises Ltd / TIE (Programmes) Ltd)]]'''.
+Trinidad & Tobago was the first Caribbean country to buy '''Doctor Who'''.  The seller / distributor was '''[[TIE Ltd|Television International Enterprises Ltd / TIE (Programmes) Ltd)]]'''.
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 ====Fate of the Prints?====
-The next '''TIE (Programmes) Ltd''' distribution country to buy the Hartnell series was [[Jamaica]], also in the Caribbean, so it's possible that Trinidad & Tobago sent its prints to that country.
+The next '''[[TIE Ltd|TIE (Programmes) Ltd]]''' distribution country to buy the Hartnell series was [[Jamaica]], also in the Caribbean, so it's possible that Trinidad & Tobago sent its prints to that country.