KERA

Dr Who coming to Channel 13; Longview News Journal, 26 May 1985

KERA
Network: PBS	Channel(s): 13
First airing: 1985	Last airing: 2019
== AIRDATES ==

Also KIDZ Wichita Falls.

• 6 July 1985: The first three Tom Baker stories air, beginning at 8pm, followed by two complete runs.
• 24 January 1987: The Peter Davison stories begin, followed by ...
• 20 June 1987: ... Colin Baker ...
• 5 September 1987: ... and Jon Pertwee.
• 20 February 1988: Back to Tom Baker, interrupted by three Sylvester McCoy episodes.
• 14 January 1989: Peter Davison returns.
• 6 May 1989: Colin Baker returns, followed by more Sylvester McCoy stories.
• 19 August 1989: The series is preempted for The Hound of the Baskervilles starring Tom Baker.
• 30 September 1989: The Jon Pertwee stories begin again.
• 17 March 1990: Tom Baker again.
• 15 August 1992: The Tomb of the Cybermen airs.
• 10 March 2001: Remembrance of the Daleks airs as part of a National Doctor Who Night repeat.
• 2003: Jon Pertwee stories continue to air episodically into the early 2000s.
• 11 April 2015: The series returns with Spearhead from Space.
• 25 October 2015: The series ends with Planet of the Spiders. Day of the Daleks was skipped during this run.
• 7 May 2016: The series returns with Tom Baker stories, Saturday nights at 11pm. Robot is repeated the next week after technical difficulties.
• 29 April 2017: Planet of Fire replaces Full Circle by mistake.
• 3 & 10 June 2017: Castrovalva airs three times during pledges, with footage of Peter Davison's recent appearance at the May 2017 Whofest 4 convention.
• 7 July 2018: The William Hartnell stories air for the first time on KERA.
• 5 January 2019: The Patrick Troughton stories air for the first time on KERA - but two weeks later the final serial to be shown was The Krotons on 19 January 2019 because the rights expired.
• KERA was not able to renew the rights because the BBC was not selling them to any US station other than BBC America.

Media

1987 pledge break