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*'''12 October 1976''': The [[Jon Pertwee stories]] are moved from WGBH (see above); the first serial to air on WGBX is [[The Daemons]]. | *'''12 October 1976''': The [[Jon Pertwee stories]] are moved from WGBH (see above); the first serial to air on WGBX is [[The Daemons]]. | ||
*'''17 May 1977''': Seasons 10 and 11 ([[The Three Doctors]] through [[Planet of the Spiders]], except [[Frontier in Space]], [[Planet of the Daleks]] and [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]) premiere in the United States. The rest of the country would have to wait until 1983. | *'''17 May 1977''': Seasons 10 and 11 ([[The Three Doctors]] through [[Planet of the Spiders]], except [[Frontier in Space]], [[Planet of the Daleks]] and [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]) premiere in the United States. The rest of the country would have to wait until 1983. | ||
| − | **It would appear that the sale of these latter Pertwees was between WGBX and the BBC directly, rather than via Time Life, who only had the distribution rights up to [[The Time Monster]]. (WGBH and the BBC enjoyed a healthy co-production deal, which no doubt allowed WGBH/WGBX to acquire additional episodes of '''Doctor Who''' as a special one-off deal; a deal which would appear to have been in conjunction with [[CKVU]] and [[TVO]] in [[Canada]], who also acquired the same set of episodes in 1977.) | + | **It would appear that the sale of these latter Pertwees was between WGBX and the BBC directly, rather than via Time Life, who only had the distribution rights up to [[The Time Monster]]. (WGBH and the BBC enjoyed a healthy co-production deal, which no doubt allowed WGBH/WGBX to acquire additional episodes of '''Doctor Who''' as a special one-off deal; a deal which would appear to have been in conjunction with [[CKVU]] and [[TVO]] in [[Canada]], who also acquired the same set of episodes in 1977.) It's possible that WGBX purchased the episodes first, but because the Bostonian station had to wait to play them in sequential order after [[The Time Monster]], the two Canadian stations aired a number of them first. |
*'''9 March 1984''': Aired [[The Five Doctors]]. | *'''9 March 1984''': Aired [[The Five Doctors]]. | ||
*'''6 November 1989''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] air. | *'''6 November 1989''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] air. | ||
Revision as of 04:24, 3 May 2014
WGBH
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Channel 2 (PBS)
- 5 January 1976: The standard package of Jon Pertwee stories debuted in Boston on Monday 5 January, from 7.30 to 8.00pm. The TOPS TODAY and main billings both name the star as "John Pertwee". The main billing for the first episode also offers rather scathing comments about the quality of the BBC's special effects!
- 20 January 1976: the series moves to Tuesday.
- 10 April 1976: The series moves to Saturdays.
- 9 October 1976: Colony in Space is the last serial to air on WGBH -- Doctor Who moves over to sister channel WGBX from 12 October 1976 -- see below.
- 11 June 1979: Tom Baker stories air in random order, Monday through Thursdays, 7.00pm.
- 11 January 1980: A Friday airing is added.
- 8 October 1980: Robot begins another run, this time in order.
- 1983: Tom Baker's final season airs, weekdays at 7.00pm.
- 1984: The series aired weekdays from 7.00 to 7.30pm during September 1984.
- 16 May 1987: Sylvester McCoy makes his first US convention appearance, appearing at the WGBH studios as a part of the Doctor Who USA Tour travelling Bus Tour.
- 1987: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories screened. When Planet of the Daleks aired episodically, parts one and two were in colour, three in b/w, four and five in colour. Episode six was omitted!
- 13 September 1987: The series moves to Sunday nights at 11:30.
- 29 September 1988: The current run ends with The Horns of Nimon.
- 1990: The series was (apparently) still airing in late 1989 / early 1990 (as reported by Whovian Times issue #19 -- see United States--1990).
WGBX
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Channel 44 (PBS) (This is a sister channel to WGBH)
- 12 October 1976: The Jon Pertwee stories are moved from WGBH (see above); the first serial to air on WGBX is The Daemons.
- 17 May 1977: Seasons 10 and 11 (The Three Doctors through Planet of the Spiders, except Frontier in Space, Planet of the Daleks and Invasion of the Dinosaurs) premiere in the United States. The rest of the country would have to wait until 1983.
- It would appear that the sale of these latter Pertwees was between WGBX and the BBC directly, rather than via Time Life, who only had the distribution rights up to The Time Monster. (WGBH and the BBC enjoyed a healthy co-production deal, which no doubt allowed WGBH/WGBX to acquire additional episodes of Doctor Who as a special one-off deal; a deal which would appear to have been in conjunction with CKVU and TVO in Canada, who also acquired the same set of episodes in 1977.) It's possible that WGBX purchased the episodes first, but because the Bostonian station had to wait to play them in sequential order after The Time Monster, the two Canadian stations aired a number of them first.
- 9 March 1984: Aired The Five Doctors.
- 6 November 1989: The Tom Baker stories air.
- 12 July 1990: The Peter Davison stories air. Arc of Infinity is skipped.
- 5 November 1990: The series ends.
