United States

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United States

The USA was the 34th country to screen Doctor Who.


Profile

Country Number (34) 1972 SECOND WAVE
Region North America
Television commenced 1941
Colour System 1953 NTSC
Language/s English

Television Stations / Channels

After a slow start in August 1972, but not really kicking off until August 1978, the series aired on a multitude of commercial, non-commercial, independent, network affiliated, cable and PBS stations (Current PSB member stations) in all but a few of the states.

From 1972 to 1981, the series was distributed by Time-Life Films/Television, the film and TV division of Time-Life Inc. From 1981, the distributor was Lionheart Television International Inc.

  • See also Korea (South) where Doctor Who aired on American Forces Network TV.


BBC Records

The Seventies records a sale of "(13)" stories by 28 February 1977. This tally is for the first batch of Jon Pertwee stories sold from 1972.

The Eighties - THE LOST CHAPTERS records a sale of "(118)" stories (by 10 February 1987). This tally is made up of:


First station to screen each Doctor

As best that can be determined, the viewers in the following states were the first to see each of the first seven Doctors:

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Doctor Station State Date
Jon Pertwee WPHL Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 1972
Tom Baker WTEV Massachusetts August 1978
Peter Davison The Entertainment Channel 1982
Jon Pertwee (full repackage) NJN New Jersey February 1985
William Hartnell NJN New Jersey September 1985
Colin Baker NJN New Jersey October 1985
Patrick Troughton NJN New Jersey February 1986
Sylvester McCoy NJN New Jersey January 1988


Chronology

The following introductory bullet-points are expanded on in the full Chronology of Doctor Who in the United States:

PBS logo, from 1975



(Information in the chronology is taken from reports in DWM, DWB, Celestial Toyroom, Data Extract, Fantasy Image, Starlog, Doctor Who Marvel (US), Famous Monsters of Filmland, Fantastic Films, Fangoria, Enterprise Incidents, Enlightenment, and various online sites.)


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