Difference between revisions of "United States--1973-1977"

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* '''1976-1977''': Off-air home recordings are taken of [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]], [[The Ambassadors of Death]], [[Terror of the Autons]] and [[The Daemons]], which prove their value in later years...  
 
* '''1976-1977''': Off-air home recordings are taken of [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]], [[The Ambassadors of Death]], [[Terror of the Autons]] and [[The Daemons]], which prove their value in later years...  
  
* Producer Philip Hinchcliffe has discussions with BBC management about selling the series to the States. Management decree that the earlier sales were not that successful...
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*Between '''1972 and 1977''', only '''16''' markets within the US purchased the package of 72 Pertwee episodes. But only a few actually screened all the episodes; the majority drop the series mid-run:
 
 
*Between '''1972 and 1977''', only '''16''' markets within the US purchase all or some of the package of the 72 Pertwee episodes:
 
 
**[[Pennsylvania]] (x2)
 
**[[Pennsylvania]] (x2)
 
**[[Florida]] (x3)
 
**[[Florida]] (x3)
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**[[New York]]
 
**[[New York]]
 
**as well as US territory [[Guam]]
 
**as well as US territory [[Guam]]
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* Producer Philip Hinchcliffe has discussions with BBC management about selling the series to the States. Management decree that the earlier sales were not that successful...
  
 
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Revision as of 04:36, 20 May 2012

Time Life Films ad, 26 March 1973 - Dr Who in the bottom row, second square
Time Life Films ad, 30 April 1973
Alan Enterprises Inc Advert, Dr Who and the Daleks / Daleks Invasion of Earth 2150AD, June 1973


  • 1973: The two Peter Cushing movies are made available to television broadcasters by Alan Enterprises Inc.
  • May 1976: Famous Monsters of Filmland (issue #126, cover dated July 1976) features "The Funtastic Adventures of DR. WHO", an overview of the series that was currently in syndication. (The article liberally pulls its facts and interviews from the 1972 Pan Books / Piccolo edition of The Making of Doctor Who.)


  • Producer Philip Hinchcliffe has discussions with BBC management about selling the series to the States. Management decree that the earlier sales were not that successful...

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