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*'''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.
 
**The club fanzine was '''THE [http://fanlore.org/wiki/Whovian_Times WHOVIAN TIMES]'''
 
  
 
*The first season of [[Peter Davison stories]] airs on [[US Cable channels]] ahead of the rest of the country sometime in early '''1982''':
 
*The first season of [[Peter Davison stories]] airs on [[US Cable channels]] ahead of the rest of the country sometime in early '''1982''':
  
'''[[Peter Davison stories|PETER DAVISON]]'''
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Seven stories, 26 episodes (also in "movie length" omnibus editions):
 
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[[File:DWFCA DW98.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Doctor Who Fan Club of America advert, DWM 98, March 1985]][[File:DWFCA DW105.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Doctor Who Fan Club of America advert, DWM 105, October 1985]][[File:DWFCA Badge.JPG|thumb|300px|right|DWFCA badge]]
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*'''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.
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**The club fanzine was '''THE [http://fanlore.org/wiki/Whovian_Times WHOVIAN TIMES]'''
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Revision as of 01:48, 22 February 2012



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

Doctor Who Fan Club of America advert, DWM 98, March 1985
Doctor Who Fan Club of America advert, DWM 105, October 1985
DWFCA badge
  • 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.


  • 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), to be available to pre-purchase from January 1983.
  • By the end of 1982, Lionheart announces that Doctor Who is watched by 9 million viewers in the US.