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*The first season of [[Peter Davison stories]] airs on [[US Cable channels]] ahead of the rest of the country sometime in early '''1982''':
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*The first season of [[Peter Davison stories]] may have aired on [[US Cable channels]] sometime in early '''1982''', well ahead of the rest of the country:  
  
  

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PETER DAVISON

Seven stories, 26 episodes (also in "movie length" omnibus editions):

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
  • March 1982: "The Doctor Who Fan Club of America" is formed in late 1981, based in Denver, Colorado. On 21 March 1982, members from the club helped raised funds for the KRMA PBS station. By June 1982 it boasted 1,200 members. In three months, membership had climbed to 3,000 – making the club the largest Doctor Who fan organisation in the world. By February 1983, it claimed 7,500 members. The club enjoyed a special relationship with the BBC and Lionheart, and produced its own line of merchandise, including unlicensed t-shirts, badges and publications.

Variety, 16 June 1982 ad
  • 16 June 1982: Variety Magazine features a front page ad for the 41 Tom Baker omnibus serials - calling it a SCI-FI FILM FESTIVAL; the ad also publicises the upcoming Panopticon West convention.

  • 16-18 July 1982: At the Panopticon West convention in Chicago, John Nathan-Turner announces that "20 markets" had pre-purchased 78 Peter Davison episodes (the equivalent of three seasons of 26 episodes), which will be available from January 1983.
  • By the end of 1982, Lionheart announces that Doctor Who is watched by 9 million viewers in the US.
Doctor Who Fan Club of America advert, DWM 98, March 1985
Doctor Who Fan Club of America advert, DWM 105, October 1985
DWFCA badge