WOR

Variety, 16 August 1978

WOR was one of the first stations to purchase the Tom Baker stories

Back Stage, Sept. 15, 1978

Channel 9 (Independent)

From 1979 to 1985, WOR was available on many cable systems throughout the country.

• June 1978: WOR was selected by Time Life Television to be one of its guinea-pigs to test a new series that Time Life had on offer from the BBC. In June 1978, WOR aired an omnibus edition of The Hand of Fear.
• 7 October 1978: At 6.30pm, Tom Baker makes his debut in New York State.
• Stories aired in production order, so The Sontaran Experiment preceded The Ark in Space.

• From 6 January 1979, the series shifted to the earlier time of 5.00pm, but was often pre-empted by baseball.
• 20 September 1980: Doctor Who goes off the air for the winter.
• 14 March 1981: The series returns, Saturdays at noon, for 7 weeks before moving to 9am.
• From September 1981 to September 1983, two episodes aired back to back with commercial breaks, Saturdays between 10:00am and 11:00am.

• 5 February 1983: Revenge of the Cybermen episodes 2 and 3 aired. The Howard Da Silva prints were still being used at this point.
• 9 September 1983: Doctor Who is replaced by professional wrestling.

TV Guide, listing for "Robot", part 1; 7 October 1978 18 November 1978, The Ark in Space Part 1; New York Post

Review of Doctor Who, from Variety Magazine, 25 October 1978

Ad for WOR-TV from Broadcasting magazine, 5 February 1979 - The Doctor and Leela are at the 8 o'clock position...

Ad for WOR-TV, TV Guide, 7 October 1978

Feb. 5, 1983. Revenge of the Cybermen with Howard DaSilva voiceover, WOR announcer, and Time-Life logo.