WILL

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WILL Urbana
Network: PBS	Channel(s): 12
First airing: 1982	Last airing:
== AIRDATES ==

The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, Dec. 9, 1983

• 1 February 1982: Doctor Who begins with Robot.
• 23 April 1983: A separate run begins Saturdays at 6:00 and 6:30pm.
• 2 September 1983: The Peter Davison stories premiere.
• 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors airs.
• 9 January 1984: Time runs a story about Doctor Who, referring to 10,000 students at the University of Illinois watching the series on the campus PBS station.
• 4 December 1984: The complete Jon Pertwee package begins.
• 1 April 1986: The William Hartnell stories begin, followed by Patrick Troughton.
• 13 September 1986: The Saturday evening airings move to 8am.
• 4 October 1986: The Saturday morning airings end.
• 24 March 1987: Tom Baker returns.
• 22 March 1988: Colin Baker returns, followed by Sylvester McCoy
• 20 June 1988: Another run of the complete Jon Pertwee package begins.
• 17 September 1988: The daily airings make way for weekly compilation broadcasts.
• 28 October 1989: After another run of Tom Baker stories, Doctor Who Then and Now ends the run on WILL.
• 31 October 1998: The Daemons airs as a Halloween special.
• 18 November 2001: The Tom Baker stories return, Saturday nights at 11:20 in episodic format.
• 2016: Tom Baker compilations air.

Time, Jan. 9, 1984

Patterns, July 1986

Champaign News Gazette, Mar. 18, 1988

WILL episode guide

Media

convention announcement, Jan. 29, 1985

EGAD! fan club, Apr. 25, 1985

Time Travellers Anonymous announcement, May 27, 1985

The Five Doctors sponsorship, Aug. 14, 1985

Spearhead from Space sponsorship, Sept. 12, 1985

early 1990s promo