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*'''1982''': Omnibus versions commenced on Saturday nights. [[Planet of Evil]] aired '''12 January'''. | *'''1982''': Omnibus versions commenced on Saturday nights. [[Planet of Evil]] aired '''12 January'''. | ||
| − | *'''1983''': The [[Peter Davison stories]] begin screening Saturday nights to lead in to the | + | *By mid '''1983''': The [[Peter Davison stories]] begin screening Saturday nights to lead in to the networked screening of [[The Five Doctors]] on '''23 November 1983'''. |
*'''1984''': The 14 available full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] air. The series airs weeknights at 7.30pm, and Saturdays at 11.15pm. | *'''1984''': The 14 available full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] air. The series airs weeknights at 7.30pm, and Saturdays at 11.15pm. | ||
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*'''1986''': The [[Colin Baker stories]] and repackaged 17 [[William Hartnell stories]] air. | *'''1986''': The [[Colin Baker stories]] and repackaged 17 [[William Hartnell stories]] air. | ||
| − | *'''1987''': | + | *'''February 1987''': The repackaged five [[Patrick Troughton stories]] screen. [[The War Games]] screens the very week that Troughton dies in Columbus, [[Georgia]]. |
| − | *'''1988''': | + | *'''November 1988''': The [[Sylvester McCoy stories]] go to air. |
*'''1992''': The recently recovered [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]] screens. | *'''1992''': The recently recovered [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]] screens. | ||
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* A more detailed account of KTEH's broadcast history of '''Doctor Who''' can be found [http://blogs.kteh.org/doctorwho/history-of-doctor-who-on-kteh/ HERE] | * A more detailed account of KTEH's broadcast history of '''Doctor Who''' can be found [http://blogs.kteh.org/doctorwho/history-of-doctor-who-on-kteh/ HERE] | ||
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Revision as of 18:31, 3 January 2011
Doctor Who aired in these cities, on these channels:
Contents
Los Angeles
KCET
Channel 28 (PBS)
- 1 July 1975: Doctor Who makes its Californian debut on channel 28 on 1 July 1975, with the Jon Pertwee stories.
- The Mind of Evil screens from 23 December 1975 to 3 February 1976; off-air video recordings from episode six made by Tom Lundie become the only existing colour recording of the serial, which exists in the BBC archives only as black and white film prints.
- The series is dropped in late 1976, and is not picked up again by KCET until 1983. (During the hiatus, KBSC screens the Tom Baker series – see below.)
- 1983: After a six year break, KCET picks up Doctor Who again with the nationwide screening of The Five Doctors on 23 November 1983.
- February 1984: The Tom Baker stories commence their run, and air for several years on a repeat cycle.
- 1984: The 14 colour Jon Pertwee stories air.
- 1987: The Peter Davison stories and Colin Baker stories air.
- 1988: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired, with a repeat in 1991.
- 1990: The Sylvester McCoy stories air.
- 1992: During 1992, the series airs in omnibus editions from 9.00am to 10.30am on Saturday mornings.
- 1993: The repackaged William Hartnell stories air - with the exception of Inside the Spaceship.
- 1993: During 1993, the series airs in 90 minute omnibus editions from 8.00am to 9.30am on Saturday mornings, although in November and December, the timeslot is reduced to only one hour.
- December 1993: KCET drops Doctor Who.
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KBSC
Channel 52 (independent)
- 2 October 1978: Aired Doctor Who from 2 October, playing the series weeknights for at least THREE runs into the early 1980s, before dropping the series when the station changed into a Spanish language station.
- During 1979, the series aired ten times a week in the early evenings.
- The Talons of Weng-Chiang was pulled after its first airing due to complaints from the Asian-American community. (Shaun Lyon, Chicago TARDIS, Nov. 28, 2010)
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LA Fandom
- 1 December 1979: Tom Baker, Graham Williams, Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts attend the first ever US Doctor Who convention in Los Angeles.
- A full account of the History of Doctor Who Fandom in Los Angeles can be read HERE.
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San Francisco
KRON
Channel 4 (NBC)
- 20 January 1974: Doctor Who makes its SF debut with the Jon Pertwee stories, Sundays at 11.30pm.
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San Diego
KGTV
Channel 10 (NBC)
- 1974: The Jon Pertwee stories commenced in 1974.
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Redding
KIXE
Channel 9 (PBS)
- 1980s: The Tom Baker stories aired.
- 1988: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired circa 1988.
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Sacramento
KVIE
Channel 6 (PBS)
- PROMOS / PLEDGES: Sacramento Pledge Drives (ph 916-929-5843)
- 1987: The Tom Baker stories air; The Deadly Assassin screens on 14 March 1987.
- 1989: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired.
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San Jose
KTEH
Channel 54 (PBS) (also available in Santa Cruz)
- 13 April 1981: Doctor Who commences its run on KTEH, five days a week; KTEH is the third station in the Bay Area to screen the series.
- 1982: Omnibus versions commenced on Saturday nights. Planet of Evil aired 12 January.
- By mid 1983: The Peter Davison stories begin screening Saturday nights to lead in to the networked screening of The Five Doctors on 23 November 1983.
- 1984: The 14 available full colour Jon Pertwee stories air. The series airs weeknights at 7.30pm, and Saturdays at 11.15pm.
- KTEH generally airs two 'movie' compilations per week.
- 1985: The repackaged colour / black and white Jon Pertwee stories air, and repeated in 1991 and 1992.
- 1986: The Colin Baker stories and repackaged 17 William Hartnell stories air.
- February 1987: The repackaged five Patrick Troughton stories screen. The War Games screens the very week that Troughton dies in Columbus, Georgia.
- November 1988: The Sylvester McCoy stories go to air.
- 1992: The recently recovered The Tomb of the Cybermen screens.
- January 2003: KTEH's almost uninterrupted run of Doctor Who came to an end in January of this year.
- A more detailed account of KTEH's broadcast history of Doctor Who can be found HERE
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