United States--1980

"97 stations" - Variety, July 2, 1980

• 1-2 March 1980: Elisabeth Sladen and Ian Marter attend the Who 1 convention in Los Angeles.
• 1980: By the middle of the year, 97 stations have purchased the series. (One of the 97 stations named in a Variety magazine article (see at right) is "KVVU-TV" in Las Vegas, but we have been unable to find any listings for the series on that channel.)
• August 1980: NBC contacts the BBC with a view to purchasing the series, but no deal eventuates.
• November 1980: US Marvel commences publication of what turns out to be a four-issue comic series – Marvel Premiere Featuring DOCTOR WHO (#57-60), with material previously published in Doctor Who Magazine, now in full colour. (Issues 59-60 featured "City of the Damned" retitled as "City of the Cursed", a change required since the word "Damned" was deemed "undesirable" by the Comics Code Authority.) The last issue is published in June 1981.

US Marvel Doctor Who comics