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* '''1980''': By the middle of the year, '''97''' stations have purchased the series. (One of the 97 stations named in a ''Variety'' magazine article (see at right) is "KVVU-TV" in Las Vegas, but we have been unable to find any listings for the series on that channel.)
 
* '''1980''': By the middle of the year, '''97''' stations have purchased the series. (One of the 97 stations named in a ''Variety'' magazine article (see at right) is "KVVU-TV" in Las Vegas, but we have been unable to find any listings for the series on that channel.)
 
*'''August 1980''': NBC contacts the BBC with a view to purchasing the series, but no deal eventuates.
 
*'''August 1980''': NBC contacts the BBC with a view to purchasing the series, but no deal eventuates.
* '''November 1980''': US Marvel commences publication of a four-issue comic – '''Marvel Premiere Featuring DOCTOR WHO''' (#57-60), with material previously published in '''Doctor Who Magazine''', now in full colour. The last issue is published in June 1981.
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* '''November 1980''': US Marvel commences publication of what turns out to be a four-issue comic series – '''Marvel Premiere Featuring DOCTOR WHO''' (#57-60), with material previously published in '''Doctor Who Magazine''', now in full colour. (Issues 59-60 featured ''"City of the Damned"'' retitled as ''"City of the Cursed"'', a change required since the word "Damned" was deemed "undesirable" by the Comics Code Authority.) The last issue is published in June 1981.
 
[[File:US Marvel.JPG|left|400px|thumb|US Marvel Doctor Who comics]]
 
[[File:US Marvel.JPG|left|400px|thumb|US Marvel Doctor Who comics]]
 
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"97 stations" - Variety, July 2, 1980
  • 1-2 March 1980: Elisabeth Sladen and Ian Marter attend the Who 1 convention in Los Angeles.
  • 1980: By the middle of the year, 97 stations have purchased the series. (One of the 97 stations named in a Variety magazine article (see at right) is "KVVU-TV" in Las Vegas, but we have been unable to find any listings for the series on that channel.)
  • August 1980: NBC contacts the BBC with a view to purchasing the series, but no deal eventuates.
  • November 1980: US Marvel commences publication of what turns out to be a four-issue comic series – Marvel Premiere Featuring DOCTOR WHO (#57-60), with material previously published in Doctor Who Magazine, now in full colour. (Issues 59-60 featured "City of the Damned" retitled as "City of the Cursed", a change required since the word "Damned" was deemed "undesirable" by the Comics Code Authority.) The last issue is published in June 1981.
US Marvel Doctor Who comics