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| − | ==[[wikipedia:San Francisco| San Francisco]]==
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:KRON|KRON]]===
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| − | {{airdates-left|San Francisco (KRON)}}
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| − | '''Channel 4 (NBC)'''
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| − | *'''22 September 1973''': '''Doctor Who''' debuts with the [[Jon Pertwee stories]], Saturdays at 6:30pm.
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| − | <td>[[File:SF 19730919.JPG|thumb|250px|Oakland Tribune, Sept. 19, 1973]]</td>
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| − | <td>[[File:KRON San Fran 74.JPG|thumb|200px|TV listing for KRON, 1974]]</td>
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:KQED (TV)|KQED]]===
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| − | '''Channel 9 (PBS)'''
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| − | *'''1980s''': aired Wednesdays 8.00-8.30pm and Saturday night marathons (credits in tact)
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| − | ==[[wikipedia:Los Angeles|Los Angeles]]==
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| − | [[File:RT 19921114.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Radio Times, 14-20 November 1992, promoting the colourised repeat]]
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| − | [[File:KCET 19750701a.jpg|thumb|right|250px|first airing, July 1, 1975]]
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| − | [[File:KCET 19750701b.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Note the quotation from the ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' describing the first-ever airing in the US]]
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:KCET|KCET]]===
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| − | {{airdates-left|Los Angeles (KCET)}}
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| − | '''Channel 28 (PBS)'''
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| − | |[[File:KCET Debut.JPG|thumb|150px|Dr Who Debuts! 1 July 1975]]||[[File:KCET Ambass.JPG|thumb|150px|The Ambassadors of Death, August 1975]]||[[File:KCET Inferno.JPG|thumb|150px|Inferno, Part 7, 18 November 1975]] || rowspan="3" | [[File:LA Times Jul 75.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Los Angeles loves Doctor Who! (Los Angeles Times, 1 July 1975)]]
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| − | [[File:LA 19750701.JPG|thumb|right|200px|An opposing viewpoint (Long Beach Press-Telegram, 1 July 1975)]]
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| − | |[[File:KCET Mind 1.JPG|thumb|150px|The Mind of Evil, Part 1, 23 December 1975]]|||[[File:KCET Mind 6.JPG|thumb|150px|The Mind of Evil, Part 6, 3 February 1976]]||[[File:KCET Axos.JPG|thumb|150px|The Claws of Axos, Part 1, 17 February 1976]]
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| − | |[[File:KCET Axos - pledge.JPG|thumb|150px|The Claws of Axos, Part 4, 9 March 1976]]||[[File:KCET Daemons 1.JPG|thumb|150px|The Daemons, Part 1, 23 March 1976]]||[[File:KCET Daemons.JPG|thumb|150px|The Daemons, April 1976]]
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| − | *'''1 July 1975''': '''Doctor Who''' begins screening Tuesdays at 7.30pm with the [[Jon Pertwee stories]].
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| − | *'''6 June 1976''': The series moves to Sunday nights.
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| − | *'''9 October 1976''': Now Saturday evenings.
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| − | *'''29 January 1977''': Saturday night airings end.
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| − | *'''10 September 1977''': A surprise run of Saturday afternoon airings begins.
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| − | *'''15 October 1977''': An airing watched by no one as it aired opposite game 4 of the Dodgers/Yankees [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B10150LAN1977.htm World Series].
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| − | *'''19 November 1977''': [[The Daemons]] airs as a compilation with one intermission. A recording of this broadcast is used to colorize telerecordings for eventual VHS and DVD releases. [[The Mind of Evil]] also around this time. Does this run feature the first American compilation broadcasts?
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| − | *'''31 December 1977''': The series is dropped until 1983. During the hiatus, [[KBSC]] screens the [[Tom Baker]] series.
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| − | *'''3 December 1983''': After a six year break, KCET picks up '''Doctor Who''' again with [[The Five Doctors]], but passes on the nationwide broadcast.
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| − | *'''7 January 1984''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] commence their run, and air for several years on a repeat cycle.
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| − | *'''1984''': The reissued 14 colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] air.
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| − | *'''9 March 1985''': [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] airs for the second and last time. KCET pulls the episode after complaints from the Asian-American community. It doesn't air during [[Tom Baker]]'s three other runs.
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| − | *'''1986-1987''': Omnibus editions air, Saturdays, usually 1.00 to 2.30pm.
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| − | *'''13 June 1987''': The [[Peter Davison stories]] begin airing.
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| − | *'''9 October 1987''': Sylvester McCoy visits with the '''Doctor Who''' Tour (parked at [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.0931,-118.3511&spn=0.01,0.01&t=m&q=34.0931,-118.3511 Plummer Park], on Santa Monica Boulevard).
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| − | *'''31 October 1987''': The [[Colin Baker stories]] commence. During 1987, the series screened Saturdays, at 1.00pm.
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| − | *'''January 1988''': The 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]] aired, with a repeat in '''1991'''.
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| − | *'''17 March 1990''': The first run of [[Sylvester McCoy stories]] airs.
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| − | *'''1990''': Compilation editions air Saturday mornings, sometimes from 10.50am.
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| − | *'''1992''': During 1992, the series airs in omnibus editions from 9.00am to 10.30am on Saturday mornings.
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| − | *'''1993''': During 1993, the series airs in 90 minute omnibus editions from 8.00am to 9.30am on Saturday mornings, although in November and December, the timeslot is reduced to only one hour.
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| − | *'''18 December 1993''': KCET drops '''Doctor Who'''.
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:KVEA|KBSC]]===
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| − | {{airdates-left|Los Angeles (KBSC)}}
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| − | '''Channel 52 (Independent)'''
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| − | * In the '''16 August 1978''' issue of ''Variety'' magazine (see [[United States--1978]]), "LOS ANGELES" is named as one of 17 cities to have bought the series. KBSC is therefore one of the very first US stations to screen the [[Tom Baker stories]].
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| − | *'''2 October 1978''': Aired '''Doctor Who''' weeknights at 5pm and 6:30pm, often out of sequence.
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| − | *'''29 December 1978''': The 5:00 airing is dropped. The Friday airings are dropped for seven weeks.
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| − | *'''26 April 1980''': After a week off, the series moves to Saturday afternoons at 12:30.
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| − | *'''6 September 1980''': With KBSC drifting towards Spanish language programming and [[wikipedia:ON-TV|On TV]], '''Doctor Who''' is taken off the schedules.
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| − | [[File:KBSC LA.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Listing for the first airing on KBSC, 2 Oct 1978, 5.00pm (Los Angeles Times)]]
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| − | [[File:KBSC.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Listing for the first airing on KBSC, 2 Oct 1978, 5.00pm and again at 6.30pm (Los Angeles Times)]]
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| − | [[File:KBSCcard.JPG|300px|right|thumb|Promo card for KBSC using artwork by Tom Crabtree]] </td>
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| − | [[File:Santa Ana Register 19781008.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Santa Ana Register, Oct. 9, 1978]]
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| − | === Fandom ===
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| − | * '''1 December 1979''': Tom Baker, Graham Williams and Terrance Dicks attend the '''first ever''' US '''Doctor Who''' convention in Los Angeles.
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| − | * A full account of the History of Doctor Who Fandom in Los Angeles can be read [http://www.gallifreyone.com/prehistory.php HERE].
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| − | === Los Angeles Metro ===
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| − | ||[[File:LAMetro2.JPG|right|thumb|250px]]||[[File:LA Metro.JPG|right|thumb|250px]]
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| − | * On the tiles decorating the [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.0487,-118.2587&spn=0.01,0.01&t=m&q=34.0487,-118.2587 7th Street / Metro Center] station of the Los Angeles Metro underground train system, can be found a number of very familiar creatures: a Menoptra ([[The Web Planet]]); Koquillion ([[The Rescue]]), and two Daleks.
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| − | ==[[wikipedia:Fresno|Fresno]]==
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| − | ==='''[[wikipedia:KVPT|KMTF]]'''===
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| − | [[File:KMTF0189.JPG|thumb|right|300px|KMTF Channel 18 listing for 21 January 1989]]
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| − | '''Channel 18 (PBS)'''
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| − | *In the '''16 August 1978''' issue of ''Variety'' magazine (see [[United States--1978]]), "FRESNO" is listed as being one of the first 17 cities to have been sold the [[Tom Baker stories]].
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| − | *'''1989''': By this time, omnibus editions were airing on Saturdays.
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| − | **'''21 January 1989''': An unidentified omnibus edition aired from 8.00 to 9.30pm.
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| − | ==[[wikipedia:San Jose|San Jose]]==
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| − | [[File:Whos_on_54.jpg|thumb|200px|KTEH ad promoting Doctor Who and a special interview with John Nathan-Turner]]
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| − | [[File:Birthday Who.jpg|thumb|200px|Happy Birthday to WHO!' TV Guide, November 1983]]
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:KTEH|KTEH]]===
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| − | {{airdates-left|San Jose (KTEH)}}
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| − | '''Channel 54 (PBS) (also available in Santa Cruz)'''
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| − | *'''13 April 1981''': '''Doctor Who''' commences its run on KTEH, five days a week; KTEH is the '''third''' station in the Bay Area to screen the series.
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| − | *'''1982''': Omnibus versions commenced on Saturday nights while episodes continue to run daily.
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| − | *By mid '''1983''': The [[Peter Davison stories]] begin screening Saturday nights to lead in to the networked screening of [[The Five Doctors]] on '''23 November 1983'''.
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| − | *At 8.10pm (on 23 November 1983?) channel 54 screened a 40 minute [[An Interview with Tom Baker]].
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| − | *** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWSXz-0tF6I&feature=relmfu INTERVIEW WITH TOM BAKER 1984]
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| − | *'''23 November 1983''': [[The Five Doctors]] airs, at 8.50pm.
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| − | *'''1984''': The 14 available full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] air. The series airs weeknights at 7.30pm, with an omnibus "movie" edition on Saturdays at 11.15pm.
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| − | * By '''November 1984''' the 11.15pm Saturday screenings had reached the [[Peter Davison stories]] - [[Arc of Infinity]] aired '''10 November 1984'''.
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| − | * KTEH generally airs two 'movie' compilations per week.
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| − | *'''1985''': The repackaged colour / black and white [[Jon Pertwee stories]] air around this time, and repeated in '''1991''' and '''1992'''.
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| − | *'''16 September 1985''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] are recycled again, weekdays at 7.30pm. Omnibus editions also screen Saturday evening ([[Nightmare of Eden]] screened '''14 September 1985'''.)
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| − | *'''1986''': The [[Colin Baker stories]] and repackaged 17 [[William Hartnell stories]] air.
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| − | *'''February 1987''': The repackaged five [[Patrick Troughton stories]] screen. [[The War Games]] screens the very week that Troughton dies in Columbus, [[Georgia]].
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| − | *'''November 1988''': The [[Sylvester McCoy stories]] go to air.
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| − | *'''1992''': The recently recovered [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]] screens.
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| − | *'''January 2003''': KTEH's almost uninterrupted run of '''Doctor Who''' came to an end in January of this year.
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| − | * A more detailed account of KTEH's broadcast history of '''Doctor Who''' can be found [http://blogs.kteh.org/doctorwho/history-of-doctor-who-on-kteh/ HERE]
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| − | ==[[wikipedia:Redding, California|Redding]]==
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:KIXE|KIXE]]===
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| − | '''Channel 9 (PBS)'''
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| − | *'''15 April 1981''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin, Wednesdays at 8pm.
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| − | *'''1988''': The 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]] aired circa 1988.
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| − | ==[[wikipedia:Sacramento|Sacramento]]==
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:KVIE|KVIE]]===
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| − | '''Channel 6 (PBS)'''
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| − | *'''1987''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] air; [[The Deadly Assassin]] screens on '''14 March 1987'''.
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| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PczYVpNVQjs&feature=related KVIE PLEDGE BREAK 14 MAY 1987 part 1]
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| − | *[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWpBsCYKZ-Y&feature=relmfu KVIE PLEDGE BREAK 14 MAY 1987 part 2]
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| − | * [http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24361&highlight=Justified+Ancient+American+Fans+Thread Background to the Sacramento Pledge Drives (ph 916-929-5843)]
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| − | *'''1989''': The 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]] aired.
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| − | *'''1990s''': KVIE produces its own on-air introductions for the Hartnell and Troughton episodes, featuring station staff and volunteers, usually in costume. Often the intros explained what had happened to the regular characters in the stories that could not be screened (i.e they were missing or incomplete).
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| − | ==[[wikipedia:Sonoma County|Sonoma County]]==
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:KRCB|KRCB]]===
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| − | '''Channel 23 (PBS)'''
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| − | *'''June 1996''': Airing compilations Saturday nights at 10pm.
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| − | ==[[wikipedia:San Diego| San Diego]]?==
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:KGTV|KGTV]]?===
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| − | '''Channel 10 (NBC)'''
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| − | *BBC documentation records a sale of [[Jon Pertwee stories]] to '''"KGTV"''' by '''March 1974''', but despite our searching local TV listings from 1972 to 1974, we could find no evidence that '''Doctor Who''' had screened on that, or any other San Diego station. But it's possible this record is a misspelling of '''"KGTF"''', the station in [[Guam]] which '''did''' screen the series from 1972 to 1974, and which is '''not''' recorded in that same BBC documentation.
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| − | *If the series did not air in San Diego in the 1970s, 1980s or 1990s, that makes it the largest US TV market to never show '''Doctor Who'''.
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