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Doctor Who aired in these cities, on these channels:


Rochester

WXXI

Channel 21 (PBS)


  • 1989: As part of a pledge drive, WXXI-TV showed the documentary Doctor Who's Who's Who as a lead-in to the season premiere Remembrance of the Daleks.
  • 1989-1992: It took three years to play all the surviving installments of the entire series. This would be WXXI's last-ever complete run of the entire series...

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Buffalo

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WNED

Channel 17 (PBS)

Airdates in New York (WNED)
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  • 25 October 1977: WNED screened Doctor Who, weeknights at 6.30pm in tandem with WXXI (from 1977 through until 1987). It was during screenings of the Jon Pertwee stories in 1977/78 that off-air recordings were made by Tom Lundy, which were later instrumental in the reconstruction from black and white back into colour.
  • 1979: The series aired weeknights at 6.00pm.
  • 1990: In the 1990s, Doctor Who aired in omnibus movie form, Saturdays at 4.00pm. The 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories were played for the second time during this run.
  • 1991: By February 1991, Doctor Who had been dropped.


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New York City

Ad for WOR-TV, TV Guide, 7 October 1978
Ad for WOR-TV from Broadcasting magazine, 5 February 1979 - The Doctor and Leela are at the 8 o'clock position...

WOR

Channel 9 (PBS)

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  • 7 October 1978: At 6.30pm, Tom Baker makes his debut in New York State. WOR-TV (aka WWOR) was one of the earliest stations in the United States to broadcast the Tom Baker stories.
  • From 6 January 1979, the series shifted to the earlier time of 5.00pm, but was often pre-empted by baseball.
  • From August 1982, to October 1983, two episodes aired back to back, Saturdays between 10.00am and 11.00am.
  • 1983: The series aired in one-hour slots, from 10.00am on Saturday mornings.
  • By February 1991, Doctor Who had been dropped.
TV Guide, listing for "Robot", part 1; 7 October 1978
18 November 1978, The Ark in Space Part 1; New York Post
Review of Doctor Who, from Variety Magazine, 25 October 1978




WNYC

Channel 31 (PBS)

  • 2 September 1985: Began airing Doctor Who daily at 10:30pm.
  • When Resurrection of the Daleks aired in its omnibus "movie" version on WNYC, it was complete: most editions of this story seen elsewhere in the US had sections of music and special effects missing.

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Garden City / Long Island

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WLIW

Channel 21 (PBS) (networked with WLIU))


  • 1986: The series screened episodically weekdays, at 6.30pm, with a late night omnibus edition on Sundays. By December the weekly screenings had ended, leaving only the Sunday omnibus editions, at 7.00 to 9.00pm.
  • 1992: WLIW drops the series.


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Schenectady

WMHT

Channel 17 (Educational Telecommunications)


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Binghamton

WSKG

Channel 46 (PBS)


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Syracuse

WCNY

Channel 24 (PBS)


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Plattsburgh

WCFE

Channel 57 (PBS) (Mountain Lake PBS)


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Champion Hill / Norwood

WNPE / WNPI

Channel 16 (PBS)


  • 1980s: Screened episodes in the late 1980s.

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