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-'''[[Wikipedia:Venezuela|VENEZUELA]]''' is in the northeast of the [[:Category:South America|South American]] continent.
+'''[[Wikipedia:Venezuela|VENEZUELA]]''' is in the northeast of the [[:Category:South America|South American]] continent. It shares borders with [[Colombia]] and [[Brazil]]. The islands of [[Trinidad & Tobago]] lie off the coast to the north.
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 ==Profile==
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 The 1960s TV listings have been obtained from the newspaper ''El National'' and ''El Diario''. The 1981/82 listings are from ''El Universal''.
-All the 1960s listings gave the series name as '''"Dr Who"''' or '''"Doctor Who"''' (for the 1968 run) other than the usual '''"Dr Misterio"''' that was used by Spanish-language countries (a mixture of both titles was used in [[Mexico]].)
+All the 1960s listings gave the series name as '''"Dr Who"''' or '''"Doctor Who"''' (for the 1968 run) rather than the usual '''"Dr Misterio"''' that was used by Spanish-language countries (a mixture of both titles was used in [[Mexico]].)
 None of the episodes was identified by title.

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 ====Origin of the Prints====
 Venezuela was the first of the four [[Spanish]]-speaking countries to screen the [[William Hartnell stories]]. The films would have been supplied by the BBC with the [[Spanish]] soundtracks already dubbed on.
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 ===[[Paul McGann stories|PAUL McGANN]]===
-The 1996 [[TV Movie]] was available via the [[HBO OLE]] cable station in '''1999'''.
+The [[TV Movie]] was released in Venezuela on VHS through MCA/Universal/Blancic Video in '''1996'''. The subtitled tape was for the rental market only. We have not yet been able to find a copy of the cover packaging.

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	====Origin of the Prints====		====Origin of the Prints====
−	Venezuela was the first of the four [[Spanish]]-speaking countries to screen the [[William Hartnell stories]]. ~~As covered in~~ the [[Spanish]] ~~page, Venezuela would have been responsible for dubbing the serials~~.	+	Venezuela was the first of the four [[Spanish]]-speaking countries to screen the [[William Hartnell stories]]. The films would have been supplied by the BBC with the [[Spanish]] soundtracks already dubbed on.

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 Venezuela therefore bought the standard package of the GROUP A to E stories that were dubbed into [[Spanish]].
-BBC records indicate that [[Marco Polo]] and [[The Reign of Terror]] were purchased at the same time as the other eleven, but the sales were subsequently "cancelled" (see the page covering the [[Spanish]] dubs for more on this).
+BBC records indicate that royalty payments were made to the rights holders of [[Marco Polo]] and [[The Reign of Terror]] at the same time as the other eleven serials, but that the payments were subsequently "cancelled" (see the page covering the [[Spanish]] dubs for more on this). This was likely to be an administration error (i.e. a cheque was sent in error to the script-writer, and later refunded or set-off as a credit for a future sale) than an indication that an actual sale of either serial had been made.
 Venezuela did not screen [[The Chase]] which at the time had been withdrawn from sale during 1967.

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	It is possible that Venezuela sent its prints of the Hartnell stories to [[Chile]], where the series aired from January 1969.		It is possible that Venezuela sent its prints of the Hartnell stories to [[Chile]], where the series aired from January 1969.
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−	~~If the [[Dominican Republic]] had received prints before the sale there was "cancelled", then those may have been sent from Venezuela then sent on unaired to [[Chile]].~~

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 It is possible that Venezuela sent its prints of the Hartnell stories to [[Chile]], where the series aired from January 1969.
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 *[[Doctors]]
 **[[William Hartnell stories]]
-**[[Tom Baker stories]]?
+**[[Tom Baker stories]]
 *[[Spanish]]
 [[Category:South America]]

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 ==[[BBC Records]]==
 '''The Seventies''' records a sale of '''"(12)"''' stories by 28 February 1977.
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 The programme was supplied as 16mm black and white film prints with [[Spanish]] soundtracks.
-====Origin of the Prints?====
+====Origin of the Prints====
 Venezuela was the first of the four [[Spanish]]-speaking countries to screen the [[William Hartnell stories]]. As covered in the [[Spanish]] page, Venezuela would have been responsible for dubbing the serials.

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 Interestingly, the BBC sales records indicate that the "sale" occurred by as early as '''23 February 1979''', placing Venezuela about the fourth in Latin America to be sold the series.
-But with the airdates not starting until May 1981, Venezuela had to wait over two years to begin screening the series. (This was probably on account of the time it took to have the 98 episodes dubbed into Spanish in [[Mexico)], and then for the tapes to enter the syndication cycle.)
+But with the airdates not starting until May 1981, Venezuela had to wait over two years to begin screening the series. (This was probably on account of the time it took to have the 98 episodes dubbed into Spanish in [[Mexico]], and then for the copies of the tapes to enter into syndication around Central and South America.)
 The programme was supplied as NTSC colour video tapes with [[Spanish]] soundtracks. (See the page on [[Spanish]] editions for the Spanish story titles.)

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-|'''Country Number (22)'''||1967||[[Selling Doctor Who|FIRST WAVE]]
+|'''Country Number (22)'''||1967 and 1981||[[Selling Doctor Who|FIRST WAVE]] / [[Selling Doctor Who|SECOND WAVE]]
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 |'''[[WRTH|TV Sets]]'''||1967||425,000
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-=='''DOCTOR WHO IN VENEZUELA'''==
+=='''DOCTOR WHO IN VENEZUELA (EL DR MISTERIO)'''==
 Venezuela was the '''22nd''' country to screen '''Doctor Who'''. It was the '''first''' in South America, and also the '''first''' to screen the series in [[Spanish]] (see [[Selling Doctor Who]]).
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 '''The Handbook''' however identifies '''11''', being: {{B}}, {{D}}, {{E}}, {{F}}, {{G}}, {{J}}, {{K}}, {{L}}, {{N}}, {{Q}} and {{R}}. (The reason for the discrepancy is that Venezuela is listed in the 1977 BBC memo against {{R}} twice, which inflated the true total of 11 to 12, an error that was corrected for the second book.)
-The 1977 listing is slightly incorrect, as {{A}} and {{C}} aren't listed, and {{D}} did not screen. There is also some doubt that {{R}} screened.
+The 1977 listing is slightly incorrect, as {{A}} and {{C}} aren't listed, and {{D}} did not screen. There is also some doubt whether {{R}} screened.
 In '''DWM''', Venezuela is identified in '''33''' story Archives: 12 Hartnells - the same as the 1977 list above, plus {{C}}; and 21 Tom Bakers: all the stories from {{4A}} to {{4Z}}, but omitting {{4A}} and {{4L}}. The year given for the Baker sales is '''1979'''.
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-===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]?===
+===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
 stories, 98 episodes:
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-Venezuela therefore potentially bought the standard package of the GROUP A to D of the [[Tom Baker stories]].
+Interestingly, the BBC sales records indicate that the "sale" occurred by as early as '''23 February 1979''', placing Venezuela about the fourth in Latin America to be sold the series.
 The programme was supplied as NTSC colour video tapes with [[Spanish]] soundtracks. (See the page on [[Spanish]] editions for the Spanish story titles.)
 ====Origin of the Tapes?====
-Venezuela was the fourth [[Spanish]]-speaking country to (apparently) screen the run of 23 Tom Baker stories supplied via Time-Life Television.
+Venezuela was the '''eighth''' [[Spanish]]-speaking country to screen the run of 23 Tom Baker stories supplied via Time-Life Television.
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 ====Fate of the Prints?====
-It is possible that Venezuela sent its prints of the Hartnell stories to [[Chile]], where the series aired from January 1969
+It is possible that Venezuela sent its prints of the Hartnell stories to [[Chile]], where the series aired from January 1969.
 ===[[Tom Baker stories|TOM BAKER]]===
-Despite checking several Venezuelan newspapers for 1979 and 1980, we have not been able to find any listings for Tom Baker's run.
+The series aired at 2:00pm on Canal 2, weekly on Sundays, commencing on '''31 May 1981'''. The timeslot given for the first ten weeks was an hour, which indicates two episodes airing back to back. However, the timeslot jumped around a bit in the subsequent weeks, starting from 1:00pm, 11:30am, 12:00 or 1:30pm, with the billed slot sometimes an hour, sometimes half an hour, which makes reconciling what aired and when rather difficult; are the half-hour slots correct, or printing errors?
-* See [[Missing Misterio|THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MISTERIOS]]
+There were no story or episode titles given; since [[Mexico]], [[Ecuador]] and [[Chile]] had all aired the series in a random order during 1979, 1980 and 1981, there is no certainty as to what order the serials aired in Venezuela.
 There is no clear record that Venezuela screened '''Doctor Who''' again.
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 ==TV listings==
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-TV listings have been obtained from the newspaper ''El National'' and ''El Diario''.
+The 1960s TV listings have been obtained from the newspaper ''El National'' and ''El Diario''. The 1981/82 listings are from ''El Universal''.
 All the 1960s listings gave the series name as '''"Dr Who"''' or '''"Doctor Who"''' (for the 1968 run) other than the usual '''"Dr Misterio"''' that was used by Spanish-language countries (a mixture of both titles was used in [[Mexico]].)
 None of the episodes was identified by title.