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	The 1996 [[TV Movie]] was available in Peru via the [[HBO OLE]] cable station in '''1999'''.		The 1996 [[TV Movie]] was available in Peru via the [[HBO OLE]] cable station in '''1999'''.
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		+	It's possible that the VHS tape of the [[TV Movie]] that was released in [[Chile]] was also available in rental stores in Peru, based on this comment in the [https://amazingstories.com/2017/07/dr-o-la-feminazi-vuelve-atacar/ blog of a Peruvian fan]:
		+	::''Imaginen la impresión de entrar un día al local donde rentaban videos, y ver uno con el curioso título ''El Doctor del Tiempo''. Lo renté, y fue algo alucinante ''volver'' a ver la TARDIS "más grande por dentro que por fuera"... (''"One day [I entered] the store where they rented videos, and [saw] one with the curious title “The Doctor of Time”… I rented it, and it was amazing to see..."''.)

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 ==Transmission==
-We have no definite information about what screened and when. Time Life had actively promoted and sold the standard [[Tom Baker]] package of 23 stories / 98 episodes to Spanish-speaking countries in Central and South America from late 1978 onwards, soon after the Tom Baker series launch in the [[United States]] that year.
+We have no definite information about what screened and when. Time-Life had actively promoted and sold the standard [[Tom Baker]] package of 23 stories / 98 episodes to Spanish-speaking countries in Central and South America from late 1978 onwards, soon after the Tom Baker series launch in the [[United States]] that year.
 Most of the countries in those Latin American regions debuted the series in 1979, 1980 or 1981, or much later in 1987.

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	From the anecdotal evidence to hand, the series may have screened in Peru sometime in the early to mid 1980s.		From the anecdotal evidence to hand, the series may have screened in Peru sometime in the early to mid 1980s.

−	Of note, Canal 7 '''did''' screen '''[[wikipedia:The Tomorrow People\|The Tomorrow People]]''' (called '''La Gente de Mañana''') in the 1980s; is it possible that this is what Anna and the Blogger recall watching?	+	One possibility is that TV signals from neighbouring countries could be received in parts of Peru, and "Anna" saw the Tom Baker stories that aired on one of those: of note, [[Colombia]] aired '''Doctor Misterio''' on its own Canal 7 in 1987. Could it have been that Canal 7 that "Anna" saw?
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		+	[[Chile]]'s Channel 13 screened the Baker episodes from May 1979 to July 1980, but that would be too early to fit Anna's stated timeframe. [[Ecuador]]'s Channel 10 also aired the series then, from March 1980 to March 1981.
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		+	Of note, Peru's Canal 7 '''did''' screen '''[[wikipedia:The Tomorrow People\|The Tomorrow People]]''' (called '''La Gente del Mañana''') in the 1980s; is it possible that this is what Anna and the Blogger recall watching?

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	From the anecdotal evidence to hand, the series may have screened in Peru sometime in the early to mid 1980s.		From the anecdotal evidence to hand, the series may have screened in Peru sometime in the early to mid 1980s.

−	Of note, Canal 7 '''did''' screen '''[[wikipedia:The Tomorrow People\|The Tomorrow People]]''' (called '''La Gente de Mañana''') in ~~1985~~; is it possible that this is what Anna and the ~~bloger~~ recall watching?	+	Of note, Canal 7 '''did''' screen '''[[wikipedia:The Tomorrow People\|The Tomorrow People]]''' (called '''La Gente de Mañana''') in the 1980s; is it possible that this is what Anna and the Blogger recall watching?

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 Colour transmissions (using the NTSC format) were introduced by Televisión del Estado in 1976, and on Canal 7 in 1978.
-It was on Canal 7 that '''"Doctor Misterio"''' (apparently) aired. (The station is now known as '''TV Perú'''.)
+It was on Canal 7 that '''"Doctor Misterio"''' '''apparently''' aired. (The station is now known as '''TV Perú'''.)
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 ==Stories bought and broadcast==
 ==Transmission==
-We have no definite information about what screened and when. Time Life had actively promoted and sold the standard package of 23 stories / 98 episodes to Spanish-speaking countries in Central and South America from late 1978 onwards, soon after the Tom Baker series launch in the [[United States]] that year.
+We have no definite information about what screened and when. Time Life had actively promoted and sold the standard [[Tom Baker]] package of 23 stories / 98 episodes to Spanish-speaking countries in Central and South America from late 1978 onwards, soon after the Tom Baker series launch in the [[United States]] that year.
-Most of the countries in those Latin American regions debuted the series in 1979, 1980 or 1981, or much later in 1987 – see [[Missing Misterio|THE MISSING MISTERIOS]]
+Most of the countries in those Latin American regions debuted the series in 1979, 1980 or 1981, or much later in 1987.
 From the anecdotal evidence to hand, the series may have screened in Peru sometime in the early to mid 1980s.
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 The Peruvian newspaper, ''El Comercio'', was checked for mid-1979 to the end of 1989, and despite there being very comprehensive TV listings for Canal 7 (as well as the other channels, 2, 4, 5 and 9) there was no sign of '''"Dr Misterio"'''.

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 this [http://mildemonios.lamula.pe/2009/05/08/doctor-who-no-sabe-de-economia/mildemonios BLOG], which says: ''“Yo he sido fan de Doctor Who, la clásica serie británica de ciencia ficción, desde que era niño, cuando la daban en Canal 7.“''
-'''this translates as''':
+:'''this translates as''':
-''“I’ve been a fan of Doctor Who, the classic British science fiction series, ever since I saw it as a kid on Canal 7.”''
+:''“I’ve been a fan of Doctor Who, the classic British science fiction series, ever since I saw it as a kid on Canal 7.”''
 And "Anna", who later got in touch with us, remembers ''"national TV channel Canal 7 Peru aired '''Doctor Misterio''' back in the 80s, I remember seeing it when I was very little..."''
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 * For the Spanish story titles, go to: [[Spanish|SPANISH]]
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 We have no definite information about what screened and when. Time Life had actively promoted and sold the standard package of 23 stories / 98 episodes to Spanish-speaking countries in Central and South America from late 1978 onwards, soon after the Tom Baker series launch in the [[United States]] that year.
-Most of the countries in those Latin American regions debuted the series in 1979 and 1980, or later in 1987 – see [[Missing Misterio|THE MISSING MISTERIOS]]
+Most of the countries in those Latin American regions debuted the series in 1979, 1980 or 1981, or much later in 1987 – see [[Missing Misterio|THE MISSING MISTERIOS]]
 From the anecdotal evidence to hand, the series may have screened in Peru sometime in the early to mid 1980s.
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 ==TV listings==
-The Peruvian newspaper, ''El Comercio'', was checked for mid-1979 to the end of 1989, and despite there being quite comprehensive TV listings for Canal 7 (as well as the other channels, 2, 4, 5 and 9) there was no sign of '''"Dr Misterio"'''.
+The Peruvian newspaper, ''El Comercio'', was checked for mid-1979 to the end of 1989, and despite there being very comprehensive TV listings for Canal 7 (as well as the other channels, 2, 4, 5 and 9) there was no sign of '''"Dr Misterio"'''.

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 * For the Spanish story titles, go to: [[Spanish|SPANISH]]
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 The papers covering January to March, and June to August of 1985 were all missing, so it would be sods law that the series aired in those months!
-But even if the series aired seven days a week, it would take 14 weeks to play through, so surely some episodes would appear in the available papers either side of the missing periods? One possibility is that the series was aired two episodes back to back, five or more times per week, in which case it would take between seven and nine weeks to play through, so it is certainly possible for the entire run to have aired in one of the missing blocks of three months.
+But even if the series aired seven days a week, it would take 14 weeks to play through, so surely some episodes would appear in the available papers either side of the missing periods? One possibility is that the series was aired two episodes back to back, five or more times per week, in which case it would take between seven and nine weeks to play through, so it is certainly possible for the entire run of 98 episodes to have aired in one of the missing blocks of three months.
 We are investigating this further…

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-|'''Country Number (N/K)'''||1980s||[[Selling Doctor Who|SECOND WAVE]]
+|'''Country Number (N/K)'''||1980s?||[[Selling Doctor Who|SECOND WAVE]]
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 ==Television Stations / Channels==
-Peru commenced its television service on 17 January 1958. The first was Public broadcasting station '''[[wikipedia:TV_Perú|Radio y Televisión Peruana (RTP)]] (Canal 7)'''.
+Peru commenced its television service on 17 January 1958. The first was public broadcasting station '''[[wikipedia:TV_Perú|Radio y Televisión Peruana (RTP)]] (Canal 7)'''.
 Colour transmissions (using the NTSC format) were introduced by Televisión del Estado in 1976, and on Canal 7 in 1978.
-It was on Canal 7 that '''"Doctor Misterio"''' aired. (The station is now known as '''TV Perú'''.)
+It was on Canal 7 that '''"Doctor Misterio"''' (apparently) aired. (The station is now known as '''TV Perú'''.)
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 * See also [[Missing Misterio|THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MISTERIOS]]
-According to this [http://mildemonios.lamula.pe/2009/05/08/doctor-who-no-sabe-de-economia/mildemonios BLOG]: ''“Yo he sido fan de Doctor Who, la clásica serie británica de ciencia ficción, desde que era niño, cuando la daban en Canal 7.“''
+'''this translates as''':
-This translates as:
+''“I’ve been a fan of Doctor Who, the classic British science fiction series, ever since I saw it as a kid on Canal 7.”''
-''“I’ve been a fan of Doctor Who, the classic British science fiction series, ever since I saw it as a kid on Canal 7.”''
+And "Anna", who later got in touch with us, remembers ''"national TV channel Canal 7 Peru aired '''Doctor Misterio''' back in the 80s, I remember seeing it when I was very little..."''
-And "Anna", who got in touch with us, remembers ''"national TV channel Canal 7 Peru aired '''Doctor Misterio''' back in the 80s, I remember seeing it when I was very little..."''
+However, we don't know how old Anna is now, so we can't work backwards to establish when she would have been a young child.
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 * For the Spanish story titles, go to: [[Spanish|SPANISH]]
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 ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
-From the anecdotal evidence to hand, the series screened in Peru sometime in the early 1980s.
+We have no definite information about what screened and when. Time Life had actively promoted and sold the standard package of 23 stories / 98 episodes to Spanish-speaking countries in Central and South America from late 1978 onwards, soon after the Tom Baker series launch in the [[United States]] that year.
-'''If anyone can further assist by clarifying what screened in Peru and when, please drop us a line.'''
+From the anecdotal evidence to hand, the series may have screened in Peru sometime in the early to mid 1980s.
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 The 1996 [[TV Movie]] was available in Peru via the [[HBO OLE]] cable station in '''1999'''.
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 * The Doctor says he has seen markings like Exxilon writing on a pyramid in Peru ([[Death to the Daleks]])

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−	==Doctor Who ~~in Peru~~==	+	==Peru in Doctor Who==

	* The Doctor says he has seen markings like Exxilon writing on a pyramid in Peru ([[Death to the Daleks]])		* The Doctor says he has seen markings like Exxilon writing on a pyramid in Peru ([[Death to the Daleks]])

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−	===Doctor Who in Peru===	+	==Doctor Who in Peru==

	* The Doctor says he has seen markings like Exxilon writing on a pyramid in Peru ([[Death to the Daleks]])		* The Doctor says he has seen markings like Exxilon writing on a pyramid in Peru ([[Death to the Daleks]])