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[[File:Broadcasting 26-3-1973.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Time Life Films ad, 26 March 1973 - Dr Who in the bottom row, second square]]
 
[[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]]
 
  
  
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*'''1973''': Time-Life continues to promote the series, with print ads in industry magazines, such as ''Broadcasting''.
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[[File:Broadcasting 25-6-73.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Alan Enterprises Inc Advert, Dr Who and the Daleks / Daleks Invasion of Earth 2150AD, June 1973]]
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[[File:FantasticTV.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Fantastic Television, 1977]]
  
 
* '''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'''.  
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* '''1976-1977''': Off-air home recordings are taken of [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]], [[The Ambassadors of Death]], [[Terror of the Autons]] and [[The Daemons]], which prove their value in later years...  
 
* '''1976-1977''': Off-air home recordings are taken of [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]], [[The Ambassadors of Death]], [[Terror of the Autons]] and [[The Daemons]], which prove their value in later years...  
 
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*'''1977''': Harmony Books / Crown Publishers Inc publish '''Fantastic Television''' by Gary Gerani with Paul H Schulman. The "hopelessly lowbrow" series '''Doctor Who''' is given a two-page spread. It mentions that "Time-Life has up for offer 13 color ''Who'' adventures made in 1970 (sic) and starring John Pertwee (sic) for TV syndication in the US"; Tom Baker features in one photograph.
 
* 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 sale of the Pertwee serials was not that successful...
 
* 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 sale of the Pertwee serials was not that successful...
 
*Indeed, by the end of '''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:
 
*Indeed, by the end of '''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:

Revision as of 05:04, 8 July 2013


  • 1973: Time-Life continues to promote the series, with print ads in industry magazines, such as Broadcasting.
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
Fantastic Television, 1977
  • 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.)
  • 1976-1977: Off-air home recordings are taken of Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Ambassadors of Death, Terror of the Autons and The Daemons, which prove their value in later years...
  • 1977: Harmony Books / Crown Publishers Inc publish Fantastic Television by Gary Gerani with Paul H Schulman. The "hopelessly lowbrow" series Doctor Who is given a two-page spread. It mentions that "Time-Life has up for offer 13 color Who adventures made in 1970 (sic) and starring John Pertwee (sic) for TV syndication in the US"; Tom Baker features in one photograph.
  • 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 sale of the Pertwee serials was not that successful...
  • Indeed, by the end of 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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