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*'''Early 1971''': With the expansion of educational and public television services across the country, all hungry for quality material, the BBC strikes a distribution deal with Time Life Films, the film and television distribution division of media empire, [[Wikipedia: Time-Life Television|Time Life]]. This deal gives Time Life the exclusive rights to sell BBC product throughout the United States and Latin America. The deal includes such fare as '''[[Wikipedia:War_and_Peace_%28TV_series%29|War & Peace]]''' (a co-production between Time Life and BBC), '''The Ascent of Man''', and '''Doctor Who'''.  
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*With the expansion of educational and public television services across the country, all hungry for quality material, the BBC strikes a distribution deal with Time Life Films, the film and television distribution division of media empire, [[Wikipedia: Time-Life Television|Time Life]]. This deal gives Time Life the exclusive rights to sell BBC product throughout the United States and Latin America. The deal includes such fare as '''[[Wikipedia:War_and_Peace_%28TV_series%29|War & Peace]]''' (a co-production between Time Life and BBC), '''The Ascent of Man''', and '''Doctor Who'''.  
 
 
** [http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Lionheart+Television TIME-LIFE LOGOS and IDENTS]
 
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* At the time the deal is signed off, the ninth season of the series (starring Jon Pertwee), is drawing to a close on British television. But the initial package offered included only nine serials / 50 episodes (up to [[Day of the Daleks]]), all in full colour. These episodes are converted from the PAL to NTSC (525-line 2-inch colour video tapes). Pertwee's debut serial, [[Spearhead from Space]] is not included in the package, presumably because it was on colour film.
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*'''February  / March 1971''': In industry journals such as ''Broadcasting'' magazine, Time-Life reports that it is considering putting '''45 episodes''' of '''"Dr Who"''' on offer: this episode tally appears to cover [[Spearhead from Space]] through to [[Colony in Space]] only, although by the time this report was published, the latter story had not yet screened in the UK.  
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*'''April 1972''': Time Life presents the first package of episodes at the '''April 1972''' [[wikipedia:National Association of Broadcasters|National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)]] event, initially selling to '''eight''' markets (as was later reported in the 3 May 1972 issue of ''Variety'' magazine). The advertisement states the package was "50 half hours" rather than 72. And indeed, station [[WPHL]], the first to purchase the series, did only buy that many episodes. The other four stories / 22 episodes must have been added to the package a few months later, to be purchased by the other US markets, but not by WPHL.
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*By '''early 1972''', the package on offer is for '''50 episodes''', and includes the nine serials covering [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]] through [[Day of the Daleks]]), all in full colour. (Pertwee's debut serial, [[Spearhead from Space]] is no longer included in the package.) These episodes are converted from the PAL to NTSC (525-line 2-inch colour video tapes):
  
  
 
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- [[Inferno]] is supplied with an early edit of part five, featuring a scene deleted from the UK broadcast. (This highlights that the BBC still held the original colour tapes of these three seasons as late as 1972.)
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- [[Day of the Daleks]] is called "The Daleks" in publicity material, and subsequently appears under that title in many of the TV billings.
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*'''April 1972''':  Time Life presents the package of '''50 episodes''' at the '''April 1972''' [[wikipedia:National Association of Broadcasters|National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)]] event, initially selling to '''eight''' markets (as was later reported in the 3 May 1972 issue of ''Variety'' magazine). And indeed, station [[WPHL]], the first to purchase the series, did only buy that many episodes.
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*By '''May 1972''', Time-Life sells the first '''50 episodes''' to a further '''eight''' markets, making '''16''' in total.[[File:TimeLifeMay72.JPG|450px|thumb|right|"50 half hours" sold to 16 markets, Time Life ad; Variety, May 1972]]
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*'''June 1972''': By the middle of the year, a further '''four stories / 22 episodes''' is added to the package. All the markets that bought the earlier nine adventures purchased this additioanl four stories - except for [[WPHL]], which did not take up the extra set of episodes:
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[[File:TV Guide June 72.jpg|right|thumb|400px|TV Guide, June 1972]]
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* The '''10-16 June 1972''' issue of '''''[[TV Guide|TV GUIDE]]''''' has a two-page feature, '''Yoo-Hoo, Monsters!''' introducing viewers to "Dr Who", the Sea Devils and the Master. It reveals that the series was coming in "the fall".  
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** '''[http://www.davidgleason.com/Broadcasting_Individual_Issues_Guide.htm BROADCASTING MAGAZINE] – 3 April 1972''' features a full-page promo for several BBC programmes, including '''Doctor Who'''.
 
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  • Early 1971: With the expansion of educational and public television services across the country, all hungry for quality material, the BBC strikes a distribution deal with Time Life Films, the film and television distribution division of media empire, Time Life. This deal gives Time Life the exclusive rights to sell BBC product throughout the United States and Latin America. The deal includes such fare as War & Peace (a co-production between Time Life and BBC), The Ascent of Man, and Doctor Who.
  • February / March 1971: In industry journals such as Broadcasting magazine, Time-Life reports that it is considering putting 45 episodes of "Dr Who" on offer: this episode tally appears to cover Spearhead from Space through to Colony in Space only, although by the time this report was published, the latter story had not yet screened in the UK.
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  • By early 1972, the package on offer is for 50 episodes, and includes the nine serials covering Doctor Who and the Silurians through Day of the Daleks), all in full colour. (Pertwee's debut serial, Spearhead from Space is no longer included in the package.) These episodes are converted from the PAL to NTSC (525-line 2-inch colour video tapes):


JON PERTWEE

Nine stories, 50 episodes (initially)

Time Life Films ad, Broadcasting magazine, 3 April 1972 - DR WHO in the sixth TV down
BBB Doctor Who and the Silurians 7
CCC The Ambassadors of Death 7
DDD Inferno 7
EEE Terror of the Autons 4
FFF The Mind of Evil 6
GGG The Claws of Axos 4
HHH Colony in Space 6
JJJ The Daemons 5
KKK Day of the Daleks 4

- Inferno is supplied with an early edit of part five, featuring a scene deleted from the UK broadcast. (This highlights that the BBC still held the original colour tapes of these three seasons as late as 1972.)

- Day of the Daleks is called "The Daleks" in publicity material, and subsequently appears under that title in many of the TV billings.


  • April 1972: Time Life presents the package of 50 episodes at the April 1972 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) event, initially selling to eight markets (as was later reported in the 3 May 1972 issue of Variety magazine). And indeed, station WPHL, the first to purchase the series, did only buy that many episodes.
  • By May 1972, Time-Life sells the first 50 episodes to a further eight markets, making 16 in total.
    "50 half hours" sold to 16 markets, Time Life ad; Variety, May 1972


  • June 1972: By the middle of the year, a further four stories / 22 episodes is added to the package. All the markets that bought the earlier nine adventures purchased this additioanl four stories - except for WPHL, which did not take up the extra set of episodes:


JON PERTWEE (continued)

TV Guide, June 1972

Four stories, 22 episodes:

MMM The Curse of Peladon 4
LLL The Sea Devils 6
NNN The Mutants 6
OOO The Time Monster 6
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  • The 10-16 June 1972 issue of TV GUIDE has a two-page feature, Yoo-Hoo, Monsters! introducing viewers to "Dr Who", the Sea Devils and the Master. It reveals that the series was coming in "the fall".


Philadelphia Inquirer billing, Dr Who (Premiere), 21 August 1972
  • 21 AUGUST 1972: Doctor Who makes its USA TV debut on WPHL, channel 17, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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