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* '''14 May 1996''': The [[TV Movie]] screens as the '''FOX TUESDAY NIGHT MOVIE'''.
 
* '''14 May 1996''': The [[TV Movie]] screens as the '''FOX TUESDAY NIGHT MOVIE'''.
  
* '''20 May 1996''': Jon Pertwee dies in [[Connecticut]].  
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* '''20 May 1996''': Jon Pertwee dies while on holiday in [[Connecticut]].  
  
 
* The [[TV Movie]] was to have been repeated on '''31 December 1996''', but it was pulled at the eleventh hour.
 
* The [[TV Movie]] was to have been repeated on '''31 December 1996''', but it was pulled at the eleventh hour.

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United States--1991-2010s

Sci-Fi Channel flyer
TV Guide print ad for the 1996 "Doctor Who" movie, for FOX affiliate stations in the New York state area: WOLF (38), WICZ (40), WSYT (68), WNYW (5)


1991


1992

  • By August 1992: The newly-recovered "missing" Patrick Troughton story, The Tomb of the Cybermen, is added to the syndication package, increasing the number of available second Doctor stories from five to six:


PATRICK TROUGHTON (continued)

One story, four episodes (also "movie length" omnibus):

MM The Tomb of the Cybermen 4


1993-1998

  • December 1993: By the end of the year, SCI-FI drops Doctor Who from its schedule.
  • 1994: More and more PBS stations do not renew their contracts.
  • 1995-96: Production on the TV Movie commences.



SYLVESTER McCOY (continued)

PAUL McGANN

TV Movie, 84 minutes:

TVM The TV Movie 1
  • 14 May 1996: The TV Movie screens as the FOX TUESDAY NIGHT MOVIE.
  • 20 May 1996: Jon Pertwee dies while on holiday in Connecticut.
  • The TV Movie was to have been repeated on 31 December 1996, but it was pulled at the eleventh hour.
  • 1998: By early 1998, only a handful of PBS stations were still regularly screening the series, such as: Iowa, Denver, San Jose, Baltimore, and Cincinnati.


Into the 2000s...

  • By the turn of the millennium, sales of Doctor Who had all but dried up, and by 2001, Doctor Who begins to fade from television screens in America... Except for WENH in Denham, New Hampshire, which still airs the series, eventually dropping it in November 2004.
  • 17 March 2006 to 5 April 2008: The NEW SERIES (the first four new series only) screens on Syfy.
  • 27 June 2009: The NEW SERIES shifts to BBC America, who screen the run of Specials and all subsequent seasons.
  • From 2011, KBTC in Tacoma, Washington became the sole USA station still screening "classic" episodes of Doctor Who.
  • January 2013: BBC America begins showing one story per month leading up to the 50th anniversary.
  • 4 August 2014: Retro TV begins a run of classic series episodes, starting with the William Hartnell stories.
  • 14-15 March 2015: IPTV purchases the newly-recovered Patrick Troughton serial The Web of Fear to screen as part of a special pledge drive:



PATRICK TROUGHTON (continued)

One story, five episodes:

QQ The Web of Fear 5

- The still-missing third episode is covered by a special on-camera narration provided by Lars Pearson.