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**'''8 May 1986''': Setting off from [[Washington DC]], with Peter Davison and BBC 1 Controller, Michael Grade in attendance, the '''Doctor Who USA Tour''' begins its two-year, multi-city tour (two cities per week). It is hoped that all 181 markets where '''Doctor Who''' is screened across America will be visited. | **'''8 May 1986''': Setting off from [[Washington DC]], with Peter Davison and BBC 1 Controller, Michael Grade in attendance, the '''Doctor Who USA Tour''' begins its two-year, multi-city tour (two cities per week). It is hoped that all 181 markets where '''Doctor Who''' is screened across America will be visited. | ||
** '''May to August 1986''': In its first leg, the tour visits (in no particular order) [[New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Maine]], with Peter Davison in attendance. | ** '''May to August 1986''': In its first leg, the tour visits (in no particular order) [[New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Maine]], with Peter Davison in attendance. | ||
| − | ** '''September 1986''': The Tour heads south, visiting (in no particular order) [[Massachusetts]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Maryland]], [[Washington DC]], then north west, to [[Illinois]]. Tom Baker, Colin Baker, Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison and Patrick Troughton all take part at various legs of the journey. (The two Bakers travelled together mostly during September.) | + | ** '''13-28 September 1986''': The Tour heads south, visiting (in no particular order) [[Massachusetts]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Maryland]], [[Washington DC]], then north west, to [[Illinois]]. Tom Baker, Colin Baker, Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison and Patrick Troughton all take part at various legs of the journey. (The two Bakers travelled together mostly during September.) |
***'''4 October 1986''': Colin Baker and Patrick Troughton travel on to [[Minnesota]] | ***'''4 October 1986''': Colin Baker and Patrick Troughton travel on to [[Minnesota]] | ||
**** [http://www.michaell.org/who/conclips/whotour86.phtml USA TOUR in MINNESOTA, October 1986 1] | **** [http://www.michaell.org/who/conclips/whotour86.phtml USA TOUR in MINNESOTA, October 1986 1] | ||
**** [http://www.michaell.org/who/conclips/whotour286.phtml USA TOUR in MINNESOTA, October 1986 2] | **** [http://www.michaell.org/who/conclips/whotour286.phtml USA TOUR in MINNESOTA, October 1986 2] | ||
| − | ***'''5 October 1986''': The tour reaches [[Wisconsin]], again with Colin Baker and Patrick Troughton. | + | ***'''5 October 1986''': The tour reaches Madison, [[Wisconsin]], again with Colin Baker and Patrick Troughton. |
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| − | **'''October 1986 to February 1987''': The Tour moves south through [[Tennessee]], and down through [[Florida]]. | + | **'''October 1986 to February 1987''': The Tour moves south through [[Tennessee]], and down through [[Florida]]. (Pertwee falls ill; he is accompanied by Paul Darrow and Michael Keating from '''Blakes 7''' for part of the journey.) |
***'''8 February 1987''': The bus stops in Tampa, [[Florida]], with Peter Davison. | ***'''8 February 1987''': The bus stops in Tampa, [[Florida]], with Peter Davison. | ||
***'''21-21 February 1987''': The Tour comes to DisneyWorld in Orlando, [[Florida]], with Jon Pertwee. | ***'''21-21 February 1987''': The Tour comes to DisneyWorld in Orlando, [[Florida]], with Jon Pertwee. | ||
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*Around this stage of the journey, the Tour is renamed the '''Doctor Who Celebration & Tour 87-88'''. | *Around this stage of the journey, the Tour is renamed the '''Doctor Who Celebration & Tour 87-88'''. | ||
| − | **''' | + | **'''March 1987''': The Tour heads north again. |
| + | ***'''26-27 March 1987''': Anthony Ainley and Janet Fielding call in at Baltimore, [[Maryland]]. | ||
***'''4-5 July 1987''': The Tour stops again at [[Chicago]]. (There are no guests during this leg of the tour.) | ***'''4-5 July 1987''': The Tour stops again at [[Chicago]]. (There are no guests during this leg of the tour.) | ||
***'''1 August 1987''': The Tour arrives in [[Iowa]], with Janet Fielding. | ***'''1 August 1987''': The Tour arrives in [[Iowa]], with Janet Fielding. | ||
****[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYRN5EFc_ZA&feature=related USA TOUR in IOWA 1 August 1987 REPORT] | ****[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYRN5EFc_ZA&feature=related USA TOUR in IOWA 1 August 1987 REPORT] | ||
| − | ** '''August to | + | **'''August to September 1987''': The bus heads west, stopping in [[Washington]] state. |
| + | ***'''9 September 1987''': His work on season 24 completed, Sylvester McCoy returns, and the us arrives in Los Angeles, [[California]]. | ||
| + | ***3 October 1987''': Jon Pertwee visits San Jose, [[California]]. | ||
| + | **October 1987''': [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], [[Texas]] are visited. | ||
| + | **'''November 1987''': The Tour stops in [[Oklahoma]]. | ||
***'''5-6 December 1987''': The Tour reaches Jackson, [[Mississippi]]. | ***'''5-6 December 1987''': The Tour reaches Jackson, [[Mississippi]]. | ||
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**By '''March 1988''': The Tour heads east again. | **By '''March 1988''': The Tour heads east again. | ||
**'''May 1988''': After two years on the road, and having visited some 180+ locations - the Tour comes to an end, back where it had started, in [[New York]]. | **'''May 1988''': After two years on the road, and having visited some 180+ locations - the Tour comes to an end, back where it had started, in [[New York]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:11, 19 April 2012
Doctor Who USA Tour
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| Related articles | List of conventions | List of fan clubs | References to the USA in Doctor Who | Doctor Who USA Bus Tour | USA Bus Tour stops | Documentaries and specials | TV Guide | Saturday, March 12, 1988 | First airings by episode | Search by episode title or date | United States by the numbers | Chicago chronology | Time-Life Television |
- Itinerary:
- 8 May 1986: Setting off from Washington DC, with Peter Davison and BBC 1 Controller, Michael Grade in attendance, the Doctor Who USA Tour begins its two-year, multi-city tour (two cities per week). It is hoped that all 181 markets where Doctor Who is screened across America will be visited.
- May to August 1986: In its first leg, the tour visits (in no particular order) New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maine, with Peter Davison in attendance.
- 13-28 September 1986: The Tour heads south, visiting (in no particular order) Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington DC, then north west, to Illinois. Tom Baker, Colin Baker, Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison and Patrick Troughton all take part at various legs of the journey. (The two Bakers travelled together mostly during September.)
- October 1986 to February 1987: The Tour moves south through Tennessee, and down through Florida. (Pertwee falls ill; he is accompanied by Paul Darrow and Michael Keating from Blakes 7 for part of the journey.)
- 8 February 1987: The bus stops in Tampa, Florida, with Peter Davison.
- 21-21 February 1987: The Tour comes to DisneyWorld in Orlando, Florida, with Jon Pertwee.
- 22-26 February 1987: The bus heads north again.
- 27 February 1987: Pertwee is joined for the day by new Doctor Sylvester McCoy, and producer John Nathan-Turner, in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 28 February 1987: Pertwee stops in Birmingham, Alabama, then on to Louisiana.
- October 1986 to February 1987: The Tour moves south through Tennessee, and down through Florida. (Pertwee falls ill; he is accompanied by Paul Darrow and Michael Keating from Blakes 7 for part of the journey.)
- Around this stage of the journey, the Tour is renamed the Doctor Who Celebration & Tour 87-88.
- March 1987: The Tour heads north again.
- August to September 1987: The bus heads west, stopping in Washington state.
- 9 September 1987: His work on season 24 completed, Sylvester McCoy returns, and the us arrives in Los Angeles, California.
- 3 October 1987: Jon Pertwee visits San Jose, California.
- October 1987: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas are visited.
- November 1987: The Tour stops in Oklahoma.
- 5-6 December 1987: The Tour reaches Jackson, Mississippi.
- By March 1988: The Tour heads east again.
- May 1988: After two years on the road, and having visited some 180+ locations - the Tour comes to an end, back where it had started, in New York.
- The bus itself is eventually returned to the UK - and left to rot in a junkyard...
General Coverage of the Tour (External links)
- USA TOUR 1986 PHOTOS 1
- USA TOUR 1986 PHOTOS 2
- USA TOUR 1986 PHOTOS 3
- USA TOUR 1986 PHOTOS 4
- USA TOUR OVERVIEW - and the sad fate of the Bus...
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