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YTV (1989-1994)
Channel Profile
YTV is a Canadian cable television channel, aimed at a younger audience; its on-screen slogans were "The Youth Channel" / "Canada's Youth Channel"/ "The Spirit of Youth". It was launched on 1 September 1988.
YTV successfully outbid TVO for the broadcast rights for Doctor Who in late 1989, and a year after its launch, the channel commenced regular weekly screenings of new Sylvester McCoy stories, as well as "repeats" of all the earlier Doctors. Being a commercial station, YTV interrupted its programming with advertising.
For the first time since 1965, Doctor Who was available nation-wide, rather than to just viewers in just one Province.
By this time, at least 67% of the population in Canada had cable TV, so the potential audience was sizeable.
- We have very limited broadcast details about the YTV screening. If you can help in any way, please drop us a line: BroaDWcast@hotmail.com
Stories bought and broadcast
SYLVESTER McCOY
Eight stories, 28 episodes:
| 7H | Remembrance of the Daleks | 4 |
| 7L | The Happiness Patrol | 3 |
| 7K | Silver Nemesis | 3 |
| 7J | The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | 4 |
| 7N | Battlefield | 4 |
| 7Q | Ghost Light | 3 |
| 7M | The Curse of Fenric | 4 |
| 7P | Survival | 3 |
The first batch of episodes purchased by YTV was GROUP B and C of the Sylvester McCoy stories.
Transmission
Doctor Who commenced on YTV from Sunday, 3 September 1989, at 7.00pm, with the first story to air being The Happiness Patrol; all the stories aired out of order. YTV promoted these episodes as "The New Dr Who".
Part four of Remembrance of the Daleks was accidentally aired in place of part four of The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. The correct episode was aired a week later.
The first run of McCoy stories ended after 15 weeks on 10 December 1989.
The second block of McCoy episodes (from season 26) commenced only a few months later in early 1990, screening on Saturdays, at 5.30pm. Again, the stories did not air in the correct order. There was a transmission fault during part three of Ghost Light.
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"REPEATS"
Starting from the first week of September 1989 through until August 1994, YTV aired all the existing complete stories of the earlier Doctors, five nights a week, initially at 5.30pm, then at various times (such as 4.00pm, then 7.00pm, then 2.00am!) during the five-year run. These stories were cycled through at least three or four times.
WILLIAM HARTNELL
| A | An Unearthly Child | 4 |
| B | The Daleks | 7 |
| C | Inside the Spaceship | 2 |
| E | The Keys of Marinus | 6 |
| F | The Aztecs | 4 |
| G | The Sensorites | 6 |
| J | Planet of Giants | 3 |
| K | The Dalek Invasion of Earth | 6 |
| L | The Rescue | 2 |
| M | The Romans | 4 |
| N | The Web Planet | 6 |
| Q | The Space Museum | 4 |
| R | The Chase | 6 |
| S | The Time Meddler | 4 |
| X | The Ark | 4 |
| Z | The Gunfighters | 4 |
| BB | The War Machines | 4 |
YTV therefore bought the standard package of the 17 re-issued William Hartnell stories.
The first four stories had previously aired by:
Transmission
The run of repeats commenced on Monday, 4 September 1989. They were repeated at least two or three times.
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PATRICK TROUGHTON
Five stories, 36 episodes:
| TT | The Dominators | 5 |
| UU | The Mind Robber | 5 |
| WW | The Krotons | 4 |
| XX | The Seeds of Death | 6 |
| ZZ | The War Games | 10 |
YTV therefore bought the standard package of the five re-issued Patrick Troughton stories.
YTV was the first Canadian broadcaster to screen Troughton episodes.
Transmission
We don't have airdates for these episodes. They were repeated at least two or three times.
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JON PERTWEE
24 stories, 127/128 episodes:
| AAA | Spearhead from Space | 4 |
| 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 |
| LLL | The Sea Devils | 6 |
| MMM | The Curse of Peladon | 4 |
| NNN | The Mutants | 6 |
| OOO | The Time Monster | 6 |
| PPP | Carnival of Monsters | 4 |
| QQQ | Frontier in Space | 6 |
| RRR | The Three Doctors | 4 |
| SSS | Planet of the Daleks | 6 |
| TTT | The Green Death | 6 |
| UUU | The Time Warrior | 4 |
| WWW | Invasion of the Dinosaurs | 5/6 |
| XXX | Death to the Daleks | 4 |
| YYY | The Monster of Peladon | 6 |
| ZZZ | Planet of the Spiders | 6 |
YTV therefore bought all of the 24 reissued Jon Pertwee stories.
Some of these episodes had previously aired on:
Transmission
We don't have full broadcast details, but the Pertwee stories aired for the first time by late 1990, and were repeated at least two or three times.
It was during the last repeat run of the Pertwees in 1994 that the series switched from screening daily to only once a week, and soon after that Doctor Who was dropped from YTV's line-up.
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TOM BAKER
41 stories, 172 episodes:
| 4A | Robot | 4 |
| 4C | The Ark in Space | 4 |
| 4B | The Sontaran Experiment | 2 |
| 4E | Genesis of the Daleks | 6 |
| 4D | Revenge of the Cybermen | 4 |
| 4F | Terror of the Zygons | 4 |
| 4H | Planet of Evil | 4 |
| 4G | Pyramids of Mars | 4 |
| 4J | The Android Invasion | 4 |
| 4K | The Brain of Morbius | 4 |
| 4L | The Seeds of Doom | 6 |
| 4M | The Masque of Mandragora | 4 |
| 4N | The Hand of Fear | 4 |
| 4P | The Deadly Assassin | 4 |
| 4Q | The Face of Evil | 4 |
| 4R | The Robots of Death | 4 |
| 4S | The Talons of Weng-Chiang | 6 |
| 4V | Horror of Fang Rock | 4 |
| 4T | The Invisible Enemy | 4 |
| 4X | Image of the Fendahl | 4 |
| 4W | The Sun Makers | 4 |
| 4Y | Underworld | 4 |
| 4Z | The Invasion of Time | 6 |
| 5A | The Ribos Operation | 4 |
| 5B | The Pirate Planet | 4 |
| 5C | The Stones of Blood | 4 |
| 5D | The Androids of Tara | 4 |
| 5E | The Power of Kroll | 4 |
| 5F | The Armageddon Factor | 6 |
| 5J | Destiny of the Daleks | 4 |
| 5H | City of Death | 4 |
| 5G | The Creature from the Pit | 4 |
| 5K | Nightmare of Eden | 4 |
| 5L | The Horns of Nimon | 4 |
| 5N | The Leisure Hive | 4 |
| 5Q | Meglos | 4 |
| 5R | Full Circle | 4 |
| 5P | State of Decay | 4 |
| 5S | Warriors' Gate | 4 |
| 5T | The Keeper of Traken | 4 |
| 5V | Logopolis | 4 |
YTV therefore bought all of the Tom Baker stories.
Most of these episodes had previously aired on:
Transmission
We don't have airdates for these episodes. They were repeated at least two or three times.
YTV was the first Canadian station to air The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Image of the Fendahl, The Sun Makers and Underworld, all of which had not been screened by TVO.
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PETER DAVISON
20 stories, equivalent of 74 half-hour episodes:
| 5Z | Castrovalva | 4 |
| 5W | Four to Doomsday | 4 |
| 5Y | Kinda | 4 |
| 5X | The Visitation | 4 |
| 6A | Black Orchid | 2 |
| 6B | Earthshock | 4 |
| 6C | Time-Flight | 4 |
| 6E | Arc of Infinity | 4 |
| 6D | Snakedance | 4 |
| 6F | Mawdryn Undead | 4 |
| 6G | Terminus | 4 |
| 6H | Enlightenment | 4 |
| 6J | The King's Demons | 2 |
| 6K | The Five Doctors | 1/4 |
| 6L | Warriors of the Deep | 4 |
| 6M | The Awakening | 2 |
| 6N | Frontios | 4 |
| 6P | Resurrection of the Daleks | (2/4) |
| 6Q | Planet of Fire | 4 |
| 6R | The Caves of Androzani | 4 |
YTV therefore bought all of the Peter Davison stories.
These episodes had previously aired on:
Transmission
We don't have airdates for these episodes. They were repeated at least once.
The Five Doctors had its Canadian debut in the summer of 1990, and aired as a four-parter.
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COLIN BAKER
Eight stories, equivalent of 44 half-hour episodes:
| 6S | The Twin Dilemma | 4 |
| 6T | Attack of the Cybermen | 2/4 |
| 6V | Vengeance on Varos | 2/4 |
| 6W | The Two Doctors | 3/6 |
| 6X | The Mark of the Rani | 2/4 |
| 6Y | Timelash | 2/4 |
| 6Z | Revelation of the Daleks | 2/4 |
| 7A | The Trial of a Time Lord | 14 |
YTV therefore bought all of the Colin Baker stories.
These episodes previously aired on:
Transmission
We don't have airdates for these episodes. They were repeated at least once or twice?
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SYLVESTER McCOY (Continued)
Four stories, 14 episodes:
| 7D | Time and the Rani | 4 |
| 7E | Paradise Towers | 4 |
| 7F | Delta and the Bannermen | 3 |
| 7G | Dragonfire | 3 |
YTV therefore bought all of the Sylvester McCoy stories.
These four stories had previously aired on:
Transmission
We don't have airdates for these episodes. They were repeated at least two or three times.
These episodes aired circa August 1998. They were followed by repeats of the other eight Sylvester McCoy stories that had debuted back in September 1989.
Next Canadian broadcaster
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