Illinois
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Doctor Who aired in these cities, on these channels:
Contents
Chicago
File:TJSCOMICS.JPG
flier to prompt WTTW to buy more Pertwee episodes
WTTW
Channel 11 (PBS)
- 1976: The only known surviving colour copy of The Ambassadors of Death was recorded off WTTW 2-3 February and was used by the Restoration Team to colourise the story for a VHS release.
- 1977: The only known surviving colour copy of Terror of the Autons was recorded off WTTW 7-10 March and was used by the Restoration Team to colourise the story for a VHS release.
- 1981: WTTW began airing homemade compilations with The Sun Makers on 4 January
- 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.
- 1986: WTTW removed the scene of Shockeye eating a rat from its broadcasts of The Two Doctors.
- 1987: The 22 November airing of Horror of Fang Rock was interrupted by a video pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
- WTTW never showed Battlefield.
Media
- various promos and airings at The Museum of Classic Chicago Television
Fanzines and fan clubs
- The Marty Robinson Fan Club of America (Roselle)
- File:Marty Robinson Fan Club.pdf Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1987)
- Circle of Power (Downers Grove)
Peoria
WTVP
Channel 47 (PBS)
First airing: The Five Doctors, 24 November 1983.
Also screened the re-packaged Jon Pertwee stories from early 1988, and repeated in the early 1990s.
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Urbana
WILL
Channel 12 (PBS) (University of Illinois)
First airing: 1981?
Also screened the re-packaged Jon Pertwee stories from early 1988.
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Carbondale
Channel X
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Charleston
Channel X
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