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Dr Who Premiere, 5 January 1976

Dr Who, Episode 1 listing, 5 January 1976

The Silurians, 10 February 1976

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!
12 January 1976: The episode was billed as a 'repeat', but it was most likely a new episode.
20 January 1976, the series moves to Tuesday.
10 April 1976: The series moves to Saturdays.
2 October 1976: After this airing, Doctor Who moves over to WGBX.
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.

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).

The Claws of Axos, 1 August 1976

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WGBX ID, summer 1978?

Channel 44 (PBS) (This is a sister channel to WGBH)

5 October 1976: The Jon Pertwee stories are moved from WGBH.
23 August 1977: Seasons 10 and 11 (The Time Warrior 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.
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.

The Daemons 3, Oct. 26, 1976

The Daemons 5, Nov. 9, 1976

Day of the Daleks 1, Nov. 16, 1976

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 *'''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!
 *'''12 January 1976''': The episode was billed as a 'repeat', but it was most likely a new episode.
-*'''20 January 1976''', the series moves to Tuesday. The '''10 February''' entry (the show aired at 8.30pm for this episode only) gives the following synopsis: "Plague spreads to London before Dr Who manages to find antidote", which is for [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]], either episode five or six, depending on whether or not '''12 January''' had been a repeat.
+*'''20 January 1976''', the series moves to Tuesday.
 *'''10 April 1976''': The series moves to Saturdays.
 *'''2 October 1976''': After this airing, '''Doctor Who''' moves over to [[WGBX]].