Denmark

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DENMARK is a small kingdom located in west Europe, to the north of Germany.

Profile

Country Number (49?) 1979 SECOND WAVE
Region Europe
Television commenced 1951
Colour System 1969 PAL
Population 1979 5,055,000
TV Sets 1979 2,000,000
Language/s Danish (Danske) Subtitled

Television Stations / Channels

Denmark began its television service in 1951.

There is just one television station: Radio Denmark, a government-owned commercial broadcaster.

Colour transmissions began in 1969 using the PAL colour broadcast system.


Language/s

The language of Denmark is Danish (Danske), however all foreign television programmes are broadcast with the original language soundtrack intact with Danish subtitles. For the Danish broadcasts of Doctor Who, Jan Grodin is credited as being the translator.


DOCTOR WHO IN DENMARK

Denmark was about the 49th country to screen Doctor Who; it was the third in Europe (see Selling Doctor Who).


BBC Records

On 26 March 1968, the NZBC (New Zealand) sent the 16mm film prints of An Unearthly Child, The Daleks and Inside the Spaceship to Denmark. These must have been as Audition Prints (see Selling Doctor Who). However Denmark TV did not take up the offer to purchase the series at that time.

The Eighties - THE LOST CHAPTERS records a sale of "(3)" stories (by February 1987).

In DWM, Denmark is identified in just one story Archive: 4J.


Stories bought and broadcast

TOM BAKER

Supermanden Dr Who

Three stories, 12 episodes:

English Title eps Danish Title Translation
4A Robot 4 Robotten Robot
4J The Android Invasion 4 De Fremmede The Strangers / The Aliens
4C The Ark in Space 4 Rum-Arken Space-Ark

The programme was supplied as PAL colour video tapes with English soundtracks.


Publicity

Several Danish newspapers and magazines carried features on the news series. One such report, SUPERMANDEN DR.WHO, equated the character of the Doctor to that of Superman, and

Robotten
PA VEJ MOD JORDEN - On Towards Earth (The Android Invasion) / KAPLOB MED TIDEN - Race with Time (The Ark in Space)
  • Clippings from Image Magazine.


Ny serie >>Dr Who<<
Rummennesket Dr Who
Doctor Who Danske TV
  • Articles from newspaper.


Transmission

TOM BAKER

The three stories were aired in three separate runs.

The first consisted of just Robot - translated as Robotten. The four episodes aired on Fridays, starting on 8 June 1979 at 6.55pm.

The second story aired four months later, on 16 October 1979, this time screening four nights a week, Tuesday to Friday, also at 6.55pm. This was The Android Invasion - translated into De Fremmede, which means "The Strangers" or "The Aliens".

After a three month gap, the third story, The Ark in Space - called Rum-Arken ("Space-Ark") - aired from 1 January 1980, screening daily Tuesday to Friday, at 7.00pm.

There is no record that Denmark screened Doctor Who again.

  • Danish TV airs new series in XXXXX - see CHS


TV listings

Airdates in Denmark
← AIRDATES ...... (CLICK ICON TO GO TO TABLE SHOWING EPISODE BREAKDOWN AND AIRDATES - N/S = story title is Not Stated)

TV listings have been obtained from the Danish newspaper, Berlingske Tidende.

The first story is called Robot in the newspaper listings, but Robotten in other publications, such as the one shown here:

Robotten Part 1
Robotten Part 2
Robotten Part 3
Robotten Part 4
De Fremmende Part 1
De Fremmende Part 2
De Fremmende Part 3
De Fremmende Part 4
Rum-Arken Part 1
Rum-Arken Part 2
Rum-Arken Part 3
Rum-Arken Part 4

Jan Grodin is credited as being the translator to "Danske".

Articles that appeared in magazines previewed the news series (see right); although the photographs feature Mary Tamm as Romana and K9, none of their stories screened. In the article, the Doctor is compared to other superheroes such as Superman!


WEBPAGES


Denmark in Doctor Who

  • Gravitron moonbase crewman Nils Jensen (played by Michael Wolf) is a Dane.


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