United States

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UNITED STATES

The USA was the 34th country to screen Doctor Who, with various commercial, non-commercial, independent, network affiliated, cable and PBS stations (CURRENT PBS MEMBER STATIONS) carrying the series on and off from August 1972 and into the 2000s.


Profile

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


First station to screen each Doctor

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

Doctor station city date
Jon Pertwee WPHL Philadelphia 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


1965-1969

1972-1978

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1978-1983

  • The Tom Baker stories premiere. The series is sold to hundreds of stations.
  • Conventions and fan club pop up around the country.

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1984-1986

  • Earlier Doctors appear.

1987-1990

1991-2005

(Information in the above 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.)

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

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