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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


The USA was the 34th country to screen Doctor Who, with various commercial, non-commercial, independent, network affiliated and PBS stations carrying the series from August 1972.

Significant dates in US screening history

1960s

  • Dalek movies
  • Avon book
  • Terry Nation spin-off
  • Famous Monsters of Filmland
  • and other stuff


1970s

  • First screened on 21 August 1972 on WPHL in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


1980s

  • Other Doctors
  • Doctor Who bus thingy
  • Spirit of Light convention
  • and other stuff


1990s

  • and other stuff


(The above timeline is taken from events and dates reported in DWM, DWB, Celestial Toyroom, Data Extract, Fantasy Image, Starlog, Doctor Who Marvel (US), Famous Monsters of Filmland, Fantastic Films, Fangoria, Enterprise Incidents.)


Stories bought and broadcast / screening order

JON PERTWEE

13 stories, 72 episodes:

BBB Doctor Who and the Silurians 7
CCC The Ambassadors of Death 7
DDD Inferno 7
EEE Terror of the Autons 4
FFF The Mind of Evil 6
GGG The Claws of Axos 4
HHH Colony in Space 6
JJJ The Daemons 5
KKK Day of the Daleks 4
MMM The Curse of Peladon 4
LLL The Sea Devils 6
NNN The Mutants 6
OOO The Time Monster 6


TOM BAKER

23 stories, 98 episodes:

4A Robot 4
4C The Ark in Space 4
4B The Sontaran Experiment 2
4E Genesis of the Daleks 6
4D Revenge of the Cybermen 4
4F Terror of the Zygons 4
4H Planet of Evil 4
4G Pyramids of Mars 4
4J The Android Invasion 4
4K The Brain of Morbius 4
4L The Seeds of Doom 6
4M The Masque of Mandragora 4
4N The Hand of Fear 4
4P The Deadly Assassin 4
4Q The Face of Evil 4
4R The Robots of Death 4
4S The Talons of Weng-Chiang 6
4V Horror of Fang Rock 4
4T The Invisible Enemy 4
4X Image of the Fendahl 4
4W The Sun Makers 4
4Y Underworld 4
4Z The Invasion of Time 6


TOM BAKER (continued)

18 stories, 74 episodes:

5A The Ribos Operation 4
5B The Pirate Planet 4
5C The Stones of Blood 4
5D The Androids of Tara 4
5E The Power of Kroll 4
5F The Armageddon Factor 6
5J Destiny of the Daleks 4
5H City of Death 4
5G The Creature from the Pit 4
5K Nightmare of Eden 4
5L The Horns of Nimon 4
5N The Leisure Hive 4
5Q Meglos 4
5R Full Circle 4
5P State of Decay 4
5S Warriors' Gate 4
5T The Keeper of Traken 4
5V Logopolis 4


PETER DAVISON

6 stories, 26 episdoes:

5Z Castrovalva 4
5W Four to Doomsday 4
5Y Kinda 4
5X The Visitation 4
6A Black Orchid 2
6B Earthshock 4
6C Time-Flight 4


JON PERTWEE (continued)

This block of stories was released along with a re-issue of DDD, GGG, HHH, KKK, LLL, NNN, OOO; which was a package of just the full colour stories that existed at the time.

Seven stories, 34 episodes:


RRR The Three Doctors 4
PPP Carnival of Monsters 4
TTT The Green Death 6
UUU The Time Warrior 4
XXX Death to the Daleks 4
YYY The Monster of Peladon 6
ZZZ Planet of the Spiders 6


PETER DAVISON (continued)

One story, one episode:

6K The Five Doctors 1


PETER DAVISON (continued)

12 stories, equivalent of 44 episode:

6E Arc of Infinity 4
6D Snakedance 4
6F Mawdryn Undead 4
6G Terminus 4
6H Enlightenment 4
6J The King's Demons 2
6L Warriors of the Deep 4
6M The Awakening 2
6N Frontios 4
6P Resurrection of the Daleks (2/4)
6Q Planet of Fire 4
6R The Caves of Androzani 4


COLIN BAKER

Seven stories, equivalent of 30 half hour episodes:

6S The Twin Dilemma 4
6T Attack of the Cybermen 2/4
6V Vengeance on Varos 2/4
6X The Mark of the Rani 2/4
6W The Two Doctors 3/6
6Y Timelash 2/4
6Z Revelation of the Daleks 2/4


WILLIAM HARTNELL

When US stations demanded "more Doctor Who", the BBC raided its archives and repackaged the black and white episodes. From 1985, they sold the 17 serials that were complete. With the stories re-edited into compilations, brand new closing credits were created. It has been reported that The War Machines had the regeneration from Hartnell to Troughton edited on to the end, to lead into the first Troughton story that was sold as part of the same re-issue package.

Seventeen stories, 76 episodes:

A An Unearthly Child 4
B The Daleks 7
C Inside the Spaceship 2
E The Keys of Marinus 6
F The Aztecs 4
G The Sensorites 6
J Planet of Giants 3
K The Dalek Invasion of Earth 6
L The Rescue 2
M The Romans 4
N The Web Planet 6
Q The Space Museum 4
R The Chase 6
S The Time Meddler 4
X The Ark 4
Z The Gunfighters 4
BB The War Machines 4


PATRICK TROUGHTON

Five stories, 30 episodes:

TT The Dominators 5
UU The Mind Robber 5
WW The Krotons 4
XX The Seeds of Death 6
ZZ The War Games 10


JON PERTWEE (continued)

From 1985, the BBC reissued all the Pertwee stories, including those that existed only as black and white prints. This package also included the following four stories that not had been sold to the States before. Since episode three of Planet of the Daleks was in black and white, the BBC also provided a re-edited version that re-cut episodes two and four, making the story into a five-part serial. Invasion of the Dinosaurs was also re-edited; episode one was in black and white, so the opening titles were all re-captioned (e.g. Part Two was renumbered PART ONE), and the story was issued as a five parter.

Four stories, 20/21 episodes:

AAA Spearhead from Space 4
QQQ Frontier in Space 6
QQQ Planet of the Daleks 5/6
WWW Invasion of the Dinosaurs 5


COLIN BAKER (continued)

One (4) stories, 14 episodes:


7A The Trial of a Time Lord 14


SYLVESTER McCOY

12 stories, 42 episodes:

7D Time and the Rani 4
7E Paradise Towers 4
7F Delta and the Bannermen 3
7G Dragonfire 3
7H Remembrance of the Daleks 4
7L The Happiness Patrol 3
7K Silver Nemesis 3
7J The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 4
7N Battlefield 4
7Q Ghost Light 3
7M The Curse of Fenric 4
7P Survival 3


Index of States

Most – if not all – States aired Doctor Who at some point between 1972 and the late 1990s. Click on each State to go to the index page for stations within the State that screened the series:

Alabama Idaho Michigan New York Tennessee
Alaska Illinois Minnesota North Carolina Texas
Arizona Indiana Mississippi North Dakota Utah
Arkansas Iowa Missouri Ohio Vermont
California Kansas Montana Oklahoma Virginia
Colorado Kentucky Nebraska Oregon Washington
Connecticut Louisiana Nevada Pennsylvania Washington DC
Delaware Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island West Virginia
Florida Maryland New Jersey South Carolina Wisconsin
Georgia Massachusetts New Mexico South Dakota Wyoming
Hawaii . . . .


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