Washington, DC

WTOP

Channel 9 (CBS)

• December 1972: The debut screening of the Jon Pertwee stories is listed in the Washington Evening Star TV guide for the week starting Monday 4 December 1972, screening weekdays at 4.00pm. The synopsis in the HIGHLIGHTS section of the paper suggests that the first serial was The Mind of Evil. However, despite being listed in that same time slot Monday through Friday, Doctor Who was not listed the following week. Nor the week after that – in fact, it wasn't listed again until June 1973! It seems that the series had been scheduled but for whatever reason it was pulled at the last moment.

• 4 June 1973: Jon Pertwee stories begin airing daily, at 4.00pm, often following coverage of the Watergate Hearings.

TV Highlights, 4 December 1972

TV listing (in error?), 4 December 1972

first episode, 4 June 1973

WETA

Washington Post, Aug. 17, 1986

Washington Post, Mar. 6, 1988

Channel 26 (PBS)

• 18 May 1981: The Tom Baker stories begin, weeknights at 6:30.
• 2 October 1981: The series is taken off the air.
• 12 July 1982: Tom Baker returns, now at 6:30.
• 26 November 1982: The series goes off the air again, this time for The Goodies.
• 7 July 1985: Despite the repackaged Jon Pertwee stories being available, WETA begins with the Tom Baker stories, Sundays at 5.00pm in the omnibus movie format. The premiere coincided with The Washington Times' new TV section, TV Week (replacing TV Magazine), which promoted Doctor Who with a picture of Tom Baker.

• 21 December 1986 (?): The 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories commence.

• 31 May 1987: The five reissued Patrick Troughton stories commence.

• August 1987: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories commence.
• 22 October 1989: Remembrance of the Daleks and the rest of season 25 begin airing.
• 12 November 1989: An 11-week run of Dalek episodes begins.
• 18 November 1990: Doctor Who ends.

WHMM

Channel 32 (PBS)

• 17 January 1983: The Tom Baker stories begin, weeknights at 8.30pm.

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