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*'''1984''': The reissued 14 colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] air.  
 
*'''1984''': The reissued 14 colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] air.  
 
*'''9 March 1985''': [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] airs for the second and last time.  KCET pulls the episode after complaints from the Asian-American community.  It doesn't air during [[Tom Baker]]'s three other runs.
 
*'''9 March 1985''': [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] airs for the second and last time.  KCET pulls the episode after complaints from the Asian-American community.  It doesn't air during [[Tom Baker]]'s three other runs.
*'''1985''': During the final few months of 1985, the package of reissued [[Jon Pertwee stories]] commence, but the run goes only as far as [[The Daemons]].  
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*'''December 1985''': The full package of the 24 reissued [[Jon Pertwee stories]] commences.  
 
*'''1986-1987''': Omnibus editions air, Saturdays, usually 1.00 to 2.30pm.
 
*'''1986-1987''': Omnibus editions air, Saturdays, usually 1.00 to 2.30pm.
 
*'''13 June 1987''': The [[Peter Davison stories]] begin airing.  
 
*'''13 June 1987''': The [[Peter Davison stories]] begin airing.  

Revision as of 19:54, 20 December 2012

Radio Times, 14-20 November 1992, promoting the colourised repeat
first airing, July 1, 1975
Note the quotation from the Philadelphia Inquirer describing the first-ever airing in the US

KCET

Airdates in Los Angeles (KCET)
← AIRDATES ...... (CLICK ICON TO GO TO TABLE SHOWING EPISODE BREAKDOWN AND AIRDATES - N/S = story title is Not Stated)

Channel 28 (PBS)


Dr Who Debuts! 1 July 1975
The Ambassadors of Death, August 1975
Inferno, Part 7, 18 November 1975
Los Angeles loves Doctor Who! (Los Angeles Times, 1 July 1975)
An opposing viewpoint (Long Beach Press-Telegram, 1 July 1975)
The Mind of Evil, Part 1, 23 December 1975
The Mind of Evil, Part 6, 3 February 1976
The Claws of Axos, Part 1, 17 February 1976
The Claws of Axos, Part 4, 9 March 1976
The Daemons, Part 1, 23 March 1976
The Daemons, April 1976
Bakersfield TV Week, 29 June 1975
  • 1 July 1975: Doctor Who begins screening Tuesdays at 7.30pm with the Jon Pertwee stories.
  • 6 June 1976: The series moves to Sunday nights.
  • 9 October 1976: Now Saturday evenings.
  • 29 January 1977: Saturday night airings end.
  • 10 September 1977: A surprise run of Saturday afternoon airings begins.
  • 15 October 1977: An airing watched by no one as it aired opposite game 4 of the Dodgers/Yankees World Series.
  • 19 November 1977: The Daemons airs as a compilation with one intermission. A recording of this broadcast is used to colorize telerecordings for eventual VHS and DVD releases. Does this run feature the first American compilation broadcasts?
  • 31 December 1977: The series is dropped until 1983. During the hiatus, KBSC screens the Tom Baker series.

  • 3 December 1983: After a six year break, KCET picks up Doctor Who again with The Five Doctors, but passes on the nationwide broadcast.
  • 7 January 1984: The Tom Baker stories commence their run, and air for several years on a repeat cycle.
  • 1984: The reissued 14 colour Jon Pertwee stories air.
  • 9 March 1985: The Talons of Weng-Chiang airs for the second and last time. KCET pulls the episode after complaints from the Asian-American community. It doesn't air during Tom Baker's three other runs.
  • December 1985: The full package of the 24 reissued Jon Pertwee stories commences.
  • 1986-1987: Omnibus editions air, Saturdays, usually 1.00 to 2.30pm.
  • 13 June 1987: The Peter Davison stories begin airing.
  • 9 October 1987: Sylvester McCoy visits with the Doctor Who Tour (parked at Plummer Park, on Santa Monica Boulevard).
  • 31 October 1987: The Colin Baker stories commence. During 1987, the series screened Saturdays, at 1.00pm.
  • 28 November 1987: The broadcast of Revelation of the Daleks was interrupted mid-way due to a transmission fault. The story was "repeated" the following Friday, around 11.30pm.
  • January 1988: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired, with a repeat in 1991.
  • 17 March 1990: The first run of Sylvester McCoy stories airs.
  • 1990: Compilation editions air Saturday mornings, sometimes from 10.50am.
  • 1992: During 1992, the series airs in omnibus editions from 9.00am to 10.30am on Saturday mornings.
  • 1993: During 1993, the series airs in 90 minute omnibus editions from 8.00am to 9.30am on Saturday mornings, although in November and December, the timeslot is reduced to only one hour.
  • 18 December 1993: KCET drops Doctor Who.


Media

  • CLIP: TOM BAKER KCET Pledge