Saskatchewan Repeats
Summary
Saskatchewan was the only province to play a brief run of repeats after the first 26 episodes had concluded on Friday, 2 July 1965. (A full list of the Saskatchewan stations is tabulated on the main CBC page.)
AIRDATES
The two leading newspapers of Saskatchewan for that era are the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and the Regina Leader-Post. Both newspapers agree that about nine Doctor Who episodes were broadcast by privately-owned station CFQC Saskatoon on weekdays over a two week period from Monday, 5 July 1965 to Friday, 16 July 1965. As CFQC had already aired all 26 episodes purchased by the CBC by 2 July 1965, the station must have shown repeats. Unfortunately, what episodes were repeated is not known.
(Given that only nine episodes appear to have aired, and that it's unlikely the repeats would have been dropped midway through a serial, it could only have been one of the two 7-parters -- The Daleks or Marco Polo -- partnered with Inside the Spaceship.)
As the CBC did not own any stations in Saskatchewan in 1965 it is not clear which CBC station supplied the material. The most likely source is station CBWT Winnipeg, possibly using kinescope films returned to Winnipeg base from station CBWBT Flin Flon. CBWT Winnipeg was the Prairies Regional Headquarters for the CBC and was a distribution point for content throughout the Canadian Prairies.
The following airdates are those for privately-owned station CFQC Saskatoon in 1965:
| No | Date | Day | Time | Ep | Newspaper Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 Jul 1965 | Mon | 17:00 | ? | SSP, RLP |
| 2 | 6 Jul 1965 | Tue | 17:00 | ? | RLP (SSP 5:00 PM listing is missing) |
| 3 | 7 Jul 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | ? | SSP, RLP |
| 4 | 8 Jul 1965 | Thu | 17:00 | ? | SSP, RLP |
| 5 | 9 Jul 1965 | Fri | 17:00 | ? | SSP, RLP |
| 6 | 12 Jul 1965 | Mon | 17:00 | ? | SSP, RLP |
| 7 | 13 Jul 1965 | Tue | 17:00 | ? | SSP, RLP |
| 8 | 14 Jul 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | ? | SSP, RLP |
| 9 | 16 Jul 1965 | Fri | 17:00 | ? | SSP |
Legend:
- SSP: Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
- RLP: Regina Leader-Post
Fate of the Prints?
After the brief run of repeats in Saskatchewan, the prints would have been returned to CBC's head office in Toronto.
Depending on whether these were acquired from the kinescope bicycle network or were the original BBC film recordings sent over from Toronto, and whether or not they were cut with timing edits, these prints were either destroyed, or were sent to another foreign broadcaster.
A likely candidate for receiving the ex-CBC prints is Trinidad & Tobago, which was the first country in the Caribbean to air the series, and commenced the run a few months later in October 1965. (Trinidad TV used Television International Enterprises Ltd as its programme purchasing agent; CBC Toronto may have sent the prints to TIE's office in New York rather than to the broadcaster directly.)
An alternative is that the 26 prints went from Toronto to the island of Bermuda, which was one of just three countries to have only screened those same five Hartnell serials; the series commenced airing there in December 1965.
TV listings
Based on newspaper listings from the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and the Regina Leader-Post it is possible that other Saskatchewan stations may have aired repeats, such as station CKBI Prince Albert. More corroborating newspaper sources are required with the search expanded to review newspaper listings for the smaller centers such as Prince Albert, Swift Current, Yorkton, etc.
