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=== Coexistence with Eurovision === | === Coexistence with Eurovision === | ||
However, a more common occurrence is a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode simply airing on the day and coexisting with the Eurovision final rather than being delayed by a week. | However, a more common occurrence is a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode simply airing on the day and coexisting with the Eurovision final rather than being delayed by a week. | ||
* ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'' aired on [[21 May (releases)|the same night]] as the final of the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 2005|Eurovision Song Contest of 2005}}. | * ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'': ''Rider from Shang-Tu'' aired on [[21 March (releases)|the same night]] as the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 1964|Eurovision Song Contest of 1964}}. | ||
* ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'' aired on [[20 May (releases)|the same night]] as the final of the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 2006|Eurovision Song Contest of 2006}}. | *''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'': ''The Centre'' aired on [[20 March (releases)|the same night]] as the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 1965|Eurovision Song Contest of 1965}}. | ||
* ''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'' aired on [[29 May (releases)|the same night]] as the final of the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 2010|Eurovision Song Contest of 2010}}. | *''[[The Ark (TV story)|The Ark]]'': ''The Steel Sky'' aired on [[5 March (releases)|the same night]] as the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 1966|Eurovision Song Contest of 1966}}. | ||
* ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'' aired on [[14 May (releases)|the same night]] as the final of the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 2011|Eurovision Song Contest of 2011}}. | *''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'': Episode 1 aired on [[8 April (releases)|the same night]] as the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 1967|Eurovision Song Contest of 1967}}. | ||
* ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'' aired on [[18 May (releases)|the same night]] as the final of the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 2013|Eurovision Song Contest of 2013}}. | *''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'': Episode 4 aired on [[6 April (releases)|the same night]] as the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 1968|Eurovision Song Contest of 1968}}. | ||
* ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]'' aired on [[13 May (releases)|the same night]] as the final of the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 2017|Eurovision Song Contest of 2017}}. | *''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'': Episode Four aired on [[29 March (releases)|the same night]] as the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 1969|Eurovision Song Contest of 1969}}. | ||
*''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'': Episode 1 aired on [[21 March (releases)|the same night]] as the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 1970|Eurovision Song Contest of 1970}}. | |||
*''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'': Episode Four aired on [[3 April (releases)|the same night]] as the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 1971|Eurovision Song Contest of 1971}}. | |||
*''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'': Episode Five aired on [[25 March (releases)|the same night]] as the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 1972|Eurovision Song Contest of 1972}}. | |||
*''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'': Episode One aired on [[7 April (releases)|the same night]] as the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 1973|Eurovision Song Contest of 1973}}. | |||
*''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]'': Part Three aired on [[6 April (releases)|the same night]] as the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 1974|Eurovision Song Contest of 1974}}. | |||
''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'': Part Three aired on [[22 March (releases)|the same night]] as the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 1975|Eurovision Song Contest of 1975}}. | |||
*''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'' aired on [[21 May (releases)|the same night]] as the final of the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 2005|Eurovision Song Contest of 2005}}. | |||
*''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'' aired on [[20 May (releases)|the same night]] as the final of the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 2006|Eurovision Song Contest of 2006}}. | |||
*''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'' aired on [[29 May (releases)|the same night]] as the final of the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 2010|Eurovision Song Contest of 2010}}. | |||
*''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'' aired on [[14 May (releases)|the same night]] as the final of the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 2011|Eurovision Song Contest of 2011}}. | |||
*''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'' aired on [[18 May (releases)|the same night]] as the final of the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 2013|Eurovision Song Contest of 2013}}. | |||
*''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]'' aired on [[13 May (releases)|the same night]] as the final of the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 2017|Eurovision Song Contest of 2017}}. | |||
=== "Nul points" === | ==="Nul points"=== | ||
The [[Ninth Doctor]] says "[[nul points]]", a phrase used when a Eurovision act is unfortunate enough to receive no points, when the [[Dalek]]s fail to kill him when they fire at him as he steps out of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to meet them in [[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', due to the [[force field]] he installed. However, the phrase's connection to the Eurovision Song Contest is not explicitly mentioned within the episode. | The [[Ninth Doctor]] says "[[nul points]]", a phrase used when a Eurovision act is unfortunate enough to receive no points, when the [[Dalek]]s fail to kill him when they fire at him as he steps out of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to meet them in [[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', due to the [[force field]] he installed. However, the phrase's connection to the Eurovision Song Contest is not explicitly mentioned within the episode. | ||
Revision as of 16:15, 22 May 2021
The Eurovision Song Contest was an annual competition held among the nations of Europe. Jack Harkness remembered when ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest. (AUDIO: The Dead Line)
Sandie Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967. The Thirteenth Doctor suggested visiting Vienna in that year to see Eurovision. (PROSE: The Good Doctor)
In an alternate timeline in which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had been made immortal, the composer had made several Eurovision entries, none of which were looked on favourably. (AUDIO: My Own Private Wolfgang)
Behind the scenes
Eurovision pastiche in the DWU
The Intergalactic Song Contest and its commentator Logan from AUDIO: Bang-Bang-a-Boom! spoofed the Eurovision Song Contest Terry Wogan, who commentated the contest from 1971 to 2008.
Doctor Who postponements
The Eurovision Song Contest was responsible for the one-week delay of two different episodes of the BBC Wales revival of Doctor Who. The transmission of series 3's 42 was postponed to 19 May (rather than 12 May) because of the BBC's broadcast of the 2007 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The following year, the transmission of series 4's Silence in the Library was too delayed by one week due to the BBC's broadcast of the 2008 edition.
Coexistence with Eurovision
However, a more common occurrence is a Doctor Who episode simply airing on the day and coexisting with the Eurovision final rather than being delayed by a week.
- Marco Polo: Rider from Shang-Tu aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1964.
- The Web Planet: The Centre aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1965.
- The Ark: The Steel Sky aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1966.
- The Faceless Ones: Episode 1 aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1967.
- Fury from the Deep: Episode 4 aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1968.
- The Space Pirates: Episode Four aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1969.
- The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 1 aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1970.
- The Claws of Axos: Episode Four aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1971.
- The Sea Devils: Episode Five aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1972.
- Planet of the Daleks: Episode One aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1973.
- The Monster of Peladon: Part Three aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1974.
Genesis of the Daleks: Part Three aired on the same night as the Eurovision Song Contest of 1975.
- The Empty Child aired on the same night as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest of 2005.
- The Age of Steel aired on the same night as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest of 2006.
- Cold Blood aired on the same night as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest of 2010.
- The Doctor's Wife aired on the same night as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest of 2011.
- The Name of the Doctor aired on the same night as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest of 2013.
- Oxygen aired on the same night as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest of 2017.
"Nul points"
The Ninth Doctor says "nul points", a phrase used when a Eurovision act is unfortunate enough to receive no points, when the Daleks fail to kill him when they fire at him as he steps out of his TARDIS to meet them in TV: The Parting of the Ways, due to the force field he installed. However, the phrase's connection to the Eurovision Song Contest is not explicitly mentioned within the episode.
