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[[File:Broadcasting 30-4-73.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Time Life Films ad, 30 April 1973]]
 
[[File:Broadcasting 30-4-73.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Time Life Films ad, 30 April 1973]]
 
[[File:Broadcasting 25-6-73.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Alan Enterprises Inc Advert, Dr Who and the Daleks / Daleks Invasion of Earth 2150AD, June 1973]]
 
[[File:Broadcasting 25-6-73.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Alan Enterprises Inc Advert, Dr Who and the Daleks / Daleks Invasion of Earth 2150AD, June 1973]]
 
 
* '''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'''.  
 
* '''1973''': The two [[Peter Cushing]] movies are made available to television broadcasters by '''Alan Enterprises Inc'''.  

Revision as of 04:40, 20 May 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.)
  • In his final year as producer, Philip Hinchcliffe has discussions with BBC management about selling the series to the States. But management decrees that the earlier sales of the Pertwee serials were not that successful...
  • Indeed, from 1972 to 1977, only 16 markets within the US had purchased the package of 72 Pertwee episodes - and only a few of them actually screened all the episodes; the majority drop the series mid-run:


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