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'''Doctor Who''' aired in these cities, on these channels:
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==[[wikipedia:Orlando|Orlando]]==
 
 
 
===[[wikipedia:WFTV|WFTV]]===
 
 
 
{{airdates-left|Orlando (WFTV)}}
 
 
 
'''Channel 9 (ABC)'''
 
 
 
 
 
*'''15 September 1972''': The 13 story / 72 episode package of [[Jon Pertwee stories]] begins airing.
 
**Our Airdates table is incomplete. Assuming all 13 stories (72 episodes) aired, and in the correct order, [[The Curse of Peladon]] through to [[The Time Monster]] may have had their first US screenings on WFTV.
 
*'''14 July 1974''': A three story run begins, Sundays at 8am.
 
*'''13 July 1975''': The series returns again, Sundays at 10am.
 
 
 
 
 
<table style="border-style:solid; border-width:medium; padding-right:2em;">
 
<th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">Name the episode competition</th>
 
<tr>
 
  <td>[[File:FL 19740818.jpg|thumb|270px|A]]</td>
 
  <td>[[File:FL 19740901.jpg|thumb|250px|B]]</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
  <td>[[File:FL 19751005.jpg|thumb|250px|C]]</td>
 
  <td>[[File:FL 19751221.jpg|thumb|250px|D]]</td>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
 
 
Answers (white on white): [ <span style="color:white;">A: The Curse of Peladon 2; B: The Curse of Peladon 4; C: Colony in Space 6; D: The Sea Devils 1</span> ]
 
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===[[wikipedia:WMFE-TV|WMFE]]===
 
 
 
 
 
'''Channel 24 (PBS)'''
 
 
 
 
 
* '''1986''': WMFE commences screening the series, presumably with the [[Tom Baker stories]].
 
 
 
*'''1990''': Screened the 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]], with a repeat in '''1992'''.
 
 
 
*'''1992''': The recently recovered [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]] screens.
 
 
 
* '''1994''': After eight years, WMFE drops the series in the autumn of '''1994'''.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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==[[wikipedia:Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]]==
 
 
 
[[File:FL 19730717.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The generic description for the first five airings.]]
 
 
 
===[[wikipedia:WJXT|WJXT]]===
 
 
 
{{airdates-left|Jacksonville (WJXT)}}
 
 
 
'''Channel 4 (CBS)'''
 
 
 
 
 
*'''16 July 1973''': The 13 story / 72 episode package of [[Jon Pertwee stories]] begins, although ''TV Guide'' doesn't catch on until the second week.
 
*'''14 September 1973''': Last airing, or maybe 7 September ... or 31 August.
 
 
 
<table>
 
<tr>
 
<td>[[File:FL 19730807.jpg|thumb|250px]]</td>
 
<td>[[File:FL 19730809.jpg|thumb|250px]]</td>
 
<td>[[File:FL 19730817.jpg|thumb|250px]]</td>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
 
 
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==[[wikipedia:Miami|Miami]]==
 
[[File:TVG Miami 19730908.jpg|thumb|right|135px|TV Guide, Sept. 8, 1973]]
 
 
 
===[[wikipedia:WPLG|WPLG]]===
 
 
 
'''Channel 10 (ABC)'''
 
 
 
*'''8 September 1973''': An episode may have aired at 1pm.  No other episodes can be found near this time, despite WPLG being listed in [[BBC Records]] as having bought the [[Jon Pertwee stories]].
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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===[[wikipedia:WPBT|WPBT]]===
 
 
 
{{airdates-left|Miami (WPBT)}}
 
 
 
'''Channel 2 (PBS)'''
 
 
 
 
 
*'''7 May 1979''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin airing weekdays, at 6.00pm.  {{4B}} and {{4C}} are aired out of order.
 
*'''23 November 1983''': [[The Five Doctors]] airs.
 
*'''December 1987''': The '''Doctor Who''' Tour appears at WPBT with John Nathan-Turner, Nicola Bryant, Eric Luskin ([[New Jersey|NJN]]) and Brian Sloman from BBC Enterprises, in attendance. There is an all day live broadcast during wraparounds of a movie format screening of [[The Trial of a Time Lord]]. Taped segments from the live broadcast air before the regular Saturday broadcast of the series.
 
* '''1990?''': Unable to afford the steep prices demanded by Lionheart, one of the Miami PBS stations held a pledge drive to beg for money – only to drop the series the following week!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Conventions===
 
<gallery caption="Omnicon, Feb. 4-6, 1983">
 
File:Omnicon83-front.jpg|front page
 
File:Omnicon83-back.jpg|back page
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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==[[wikipedia:West Palm Beach|West Palm Beach]]==
 
[[File:Drwho_wptv1978.jpg|right|250px]]
 
===[[wikipedia:WPTV|WPTV]]===
 
 
 
 
 
{{airdates-left|West Palm Beach (WPTV)}}
 
 
 
'''Channel 5 (NBC)'''
 
 
 
 
 
* In the '''16 August 1978''' issue of ''Variety'' magazine (see [[United States--1978]]), "WEST PALM BEACH" is named as one of 17 cities to have bought the series. WPTV is therefore one of the very first US stations to screen the [[Tom Baker stories]].
 
 
 
*'''1 September 1978''': Omnibus [[The Hand of Fear]] is shown on Friday night at 9:00 pm as a "test" to see how the show might be received by American audiences.
 
 
 
*'''9 September 1978''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin airing Saturdays at 1.00'''pm'''.
 
 
 
*'''8 September 1979''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin airing Saturdays at 6.00'''am'''.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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===[[wikipedia:WXEL-TV|WXEL]]===
 
 
 
{{airdates-left|West Palm Beach (WXEL)}}
 
 
 
'''Channel 42 (PBS)'''
 
 
 
*'''24 January 1984''':  The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin with [[Robot]].
 
 
 
*'''1986''': Screened the 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]].
 
 
 
*'''1990s''': By the mid-1990s, WXEL screened several episodes never before screened in the US, such as part three of [[Planet of the Daleks]].
 
 
 
*'''1994''': WXEL was one of the (if not '''the''') first stations to show [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] complete with the b/w copy of part one.
 
 
 
 
 
*'''MEDIA'''
 
**[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8inZdchIE5g 1995 DOCTOR WHO ON WXEL (SCI-FI TASKFORCE) DOCUMENTARY Part One]
 
**[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RD5_S1u9iM&feature=related Part Two]
 
**[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dORWOUsxVXI&feature=related Part Three]
 
**[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-M0tgZINsc&feature=related Part Four]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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==[[wikipedia:Pensacola|Pensacola]] / Fort Walton Beach==
 
 
 
===[[wikipedia:WSRE|WSRE]]===
 
 
 
 
 
'''Channel 23 (PBS)'''
 
 
 
 
 
*'''1970s''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] aired.
 
 
 
*'''1990''': Screened the 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]].
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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==[[wikipedia:Tallahassee|Tallahassee]]==
 
 
 
===[[wikipedia:WCTV|WCTV]]===
 
 
 
 
 
'''Channel 6 (CBS)'''
 
 
 
'''Channel 44''' (WSWG, Valdota, Ga.)
 
 
 
 
 
*'''1970s''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] aired.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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===[[wikipedia:WFSU-TV|WFSU]]===
 
 
 
 
 
'''Channel 11 (PBS)'''
 
 
 
 
 
*'''23 November 1983''': [[The Five Doctors]] airs. (WFSU is reported to have been the first US station to purchase the anniversary story.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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==[[wikipedia:Tampa|Tampa]]==
 
 
 
===[[wikipedia:WEDU|WEDU]]===
 
 
 
{{airdates-left|Tampa (WEDU)}}
 
 
 
'''Channel 3 (PBS)'''
 
 
 
*'''21 November 1981''': Premiered, Saturdays at 8pm.
 
*'''7 November 1983''': Moves to weeknights at 11pm.
 
*'''23 November 1983''': [[The Five Doctors]] airs.
 
*'''fall 1984''': An additional run of compilations airs on Saturdays.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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===[[wikipedia:WUSF-TV|WUSF]]===
 
 
 
 
 
'''Channel 16 (PBS)'''
 
 
 
 
 
*'''1987''': Screened the 17 repackaged [[William Hartnell stories]].
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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==[[wikipedia:Gainesville,_Florida|Gainesville]]==
 
 
[[File:WUFT_5_Docs.jpg|thumb|250px|right]]
 
===[[wikipedia:WUFT_(TV)|WUFT]]===
 
 
 
'''Channel 5 (PBS)'''
 
 
 
 
 
*Details of what screened and when are currently unknown.  May have stopped airing '''Doctor Who''' around 1992.
 
 
 
*'''1982''': '''Doctor Who''' producer John Nathan-Turner screened [[Castrovalva]] and [[Four to Doomsday]] for fans at the UF campus.
 
 
 
*'''23 November 1983''': Aired [[The Five Doctors]].
 
 
 
*PROMO/PLEDGE (1980s): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUej-RM69Ac Pledge break after The Caves of Androzani]
 
 
 
*'''1980s''': The [[Peter Davison stories]], [[Colin Baker stories]] and [[Sylvester McCoy stories]] aired.
 
 
 
* Originally aired Monday-Thursdays at 6:00pm.  Changed to compilations Saturdays at 6:00pm.
 
[[Category:United States]]
 
 
 
 
 
==Fandom==
 
 
 
*The Guardians of Gallifrey is a Florida-based fan group, established in mid-1986.
 
**[http://www.angelfire.com/space/ntime/AgogtimelineMAIN.html WEBSITE]
 
 
 
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