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| − | ==[[wikipedia:Chicago|Chicago]]==
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| − | [[File:TJsComics-small.jpg|200px|thumb|right|flier to prompt WTTW to buy more Pertwee episodes]]
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:WTTW|WTTW]]===
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| − | '''Channel 11 (PBS)'''
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| − | * [http://chicago.epguides.com/DoctorWho/WTTW.asp AIRDATES IN CHICAGO]
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| − | *'''29 September 1975''': '''Doctor Who''' make its debut in Chicago on Monday 29 September 1975, screening week days at 6.30pm. The first serial to air is [[The Mutants]]. Serials continue to air out of order
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| − | *From January 1976, random stories are repeated even though there are first-run stories still yet to screen. ([[The Curse of Peladon]] does not screen.)
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| − | * From 2 February 1976, compilation episodes air at the later time of 10.00pm.
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| − | * '''1976:''' The only known surviving colour copy of [[The Ambassadors of Death]] was recorded off WTTW 2-3 February and was used by the [[wikipedia:Doctor Who Restoration Team|Restoration Team]] to colourise the story for a VHS release.
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| − | *'''1977''': A repeat of [[Terror of the Autons]] 7-10 March is the only story to air in 1977. The only known surviving colour copy of this serial was recorded by Larry Charet, which was later used by the [[wikipedia:Doctor Who Restoration Team|Restoration Team]] to colourise the story.
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| − | *'''11 February 1980''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] make their Chicago debut; the first story is in fact the last, [[The Invasion of Time]]! Episodes air weekdays at 5.30pm. Stories are cycled through twice.
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| − | * '''1981:''' WTTW began airing homemade [[Compilation broadcasts|compilations]] with [[The Sun Makers]] on 4 January. Tom Baker's final three seasons air from 23 August 1981.
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| − | *'''1982''': From 2 October, omnibus editions screen twice weekly on Saturdays and Sundays, so there are two different cycles of Baker airing at the same time.
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| − | *'''24 April 1983''': The [[Peter Davison stories]] debut.
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| − | *'''1983''': From June a package of just the extant full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] commences, including several stories only just recently recovered from [[Canada]].
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| − | * '''23 November 1983:''' The US premiere of [[The Five Doctors]] was on WTTW 23 November, two days before it aired in the UK. Chicago had not yet seen season 20 before the airing.
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| − | *'''1984''': Season 20 and 21 screen from 24 November.
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| − | *'''1984-86''': Repeats of Baker, Pertwee and Davison episodes.
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| − | *'''16 March 1986''': The [[Colin Baker stories]] screen. WTTW removed the scene of Shockeye eating a rat from its broadcasts of [[The Two Doctors]].
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| − | *'''11 May 1986''': The 17 repackaged [[William Hartnell stories]] air, followed by the five [[Patrick Troughton stories]] (starting with [[The Mind Robber]]), then from 8 December the 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]] play; [[The Curse of Peladon]] is aired on WTTW for the first time during this run.
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| − | * '''1987:''' The 22 November airing of [[Horror of Fang Rock]] (its eighth screening) was interrupted by a video pirate dressed as [[wikipedia:Max Headroom pirating incident|Max Headroom]].
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| − | *'''31 December 1987''': A Dalek Night marathon, with [[Resurrection of the Daleks]], [[Revelation of the Daleks]], and [[Day of the Daleks]].
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| − | *'''12 March 1988''': A Master Marathon, with [[Terror of the Autons]], [[Logopolis]], [[Castrovalva]] and [[The Mark of the Rani]].
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| − | *'''27 November 1988''': A repeat run of Baker, Davison and Colin Baker stories leads into the first airing of [[The Trial of a Time Lord]] followed by the debut of the [[Sylvester McCoy stories]].
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| − | *'''1988-1991''': More repeats, but Season 20 is dropped after [[Terminus]] in favour of full colour Pertwee stories. The first 23 Tom Baker stories air for their '''tenth''' time. The repeat run ends on '''1 September 1991''' with [[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]. '''Doctor Who''' had been screening virtually non-stop from February 1980 through to September 1991...
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| − | *'''Doctor Who''' is absent from WTTW for the next five years...
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| − | *'''July 1996''': A '''"Doctor Who Madness"''' series of selected repeats leads into the debut screening of season 26 on 25 August. However, WTTW does not screen [[Battlefield]]. [[Survival]] airs on 8 September 1996, the final episode of '''Doctor Who''' to air on WTTW...
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| − | ===Media===
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| − | * PROMOS / PLEDGES: [http://www.fuzzymemories.tv?m=doctor%20who Various promos and airings] at The Museum of Classic Chicago Television
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| − | ===Fanzines and fan clubs===
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| − | * The Marty Robinson Fan Club of America (Roselle)
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| − | ** [[File:Marty_Robinson_Fan_Club.pdf]] Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1987)
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| − | * Circle of Power (Downers Grove)
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| − | ** [[File:Circle of Power flier.pdf]]
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| − | ==[[wikipedia:Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]]==
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:WTVP|WTVP]]===
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| − | '''Channel 47 (PBS)'''
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| − | *'''23 November 1983''': First airing of [[The Five Doctors]].
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| − | *'''1988''': The 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]] screen from early, with a repeat in the early '''1990s'''.
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| − | *'''1991 or 1992''': Aired [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]
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| − | ==[[wikipedia:Urbana, Illinois|Urbana]]==
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:WILL|WILL]]===
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| − | '''Channel 12 (PBS)''' ([[wikipedia: University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]])
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| − | *[[Airdates in Illinois (WILL)|AIRDATES FOR WILL]]
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| − | * Time Magazine (9 January 1984) runs a story about '''Doctor Who''', referring to 10,000 students at the University of Illinois watching the series on the campus PBS station : [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952321-1,00.html TIME MAGAZINE]
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| − | *'''1988''': The 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]] aired from early 1988.
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| − | * PLEDGE / PROMO (1990s): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LJuzTC-7bM Promo from the early 1990s]
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| − | *'''1991''': By February 1991, '''Doctor Who''' had been dropped.
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| − | ==[[wikipedia:Carbondale, Illinois|Carbondale]]==
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:WSIU|WSIU]]===
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| − | '''Channel 8 (PBS)''' ([[wikipedia:Southern Illinois University|Southern Illinois University]])
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| − | *Details of screenings unknown.
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| − | ==[[wikipedia:Charleston, Illinois|Charleston]]==
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:WEIU-TV|WEIU]]===
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| − | '''Channel 51 (PBS)''' ([[wikipedia:Eastern Illinois University|Eastern Illinois University]])
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| − | * Began after [[WILL]] stopped its run.
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| − | ==Links==
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| − | * [[United States]]
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