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* '''1972-1978''': '''Doctor Who''' airs in [[Los Angeles]], [[Chicago]], [[Boston]], etc.  
 
* '''1972-1978''': '''Doctor Who''' airs in [[Los Angeles]], [[Chicago]], [[Boston]], etc.  
  
* '''1973''': The two Peter Cushing movies are made available to television broadcasters by '''Alan Enterprises Inc'''.  
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* '''1973''': The two [[Peter Cushing]] movies are made available to television broadcasters by '''Alan Enterprises Inc'''.  
  
 
* '''May 1976''': ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' (issue #126, cover dated July 1976) features '''"The Funtastic Adventures of DR. WHO"''', an overview of the series that was currently in syndication. (The article liberally pulls its facts and interviews from the 1972 Pan Books / Piccolo edition of ''The Making of Doctor Who''.)
 
* '''May 1976''': ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' (issue #126, cover dated July 1976) features '''"The Funtastic Adventures of DR. WHO"''', an overview of the series that was currently in syndication. (The article liberally pulls its facts and interviews from the 1972 Pan Books / Piccolo edition of ''The Making of Doctor Who''.)

Revision as of 04:35, 30 April 2012

Time Life Films ad, 26 March 1973 - Dr Who in the bottom row, second square
Time Life Films ad, 30 April 1973
Alan Enterprises Inc Advert, Dr Who and the Daleks / Daleks Invasion of Earth 2150AD, June 1973


  • 1973: The two Peter Cushing movies are made available to television broadcasters by Alan Enterprises Inc.
  • May 1976: Famous Monsters of Filmland (issue #126, cover dated July 1976) features "The Funtastic Adventures of DR. WHO", an overview of the series that was currently in syndication. (The article liberally pulls its facts and interviews from the 1972 Pan Books / Piccolo edition of The Making of Doctor Who.)
  • Producer Philip Hinchcliffe has discussions with BBC management about selling the series to the States. Management decree that the earlier sales were not that successful...