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| − | + | | name = WPHL | |
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| − | + | | network = independent | |
| − | + | | channel = 17 | |
| − | + | | firstAir = 1972 | |
| − | + | | lastAir = 1972 | |
| − | + | | state = Philadelphia | |
| − | + | | wikipedia = WPHL-TV | |
| − | + | | list = Philadelphia (WPHL) | |
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| + | * '''21 August 1972''': '''Doctor Who''' makes its television '''DEBUT''' in the United States. The first serial to air was [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]. | ||
| + | **This was only two months after the completion of season nine in the UK (with part six of [[The Time Monster]] on '''24 June 1972'''). | ||
| + | **WPHL did not purchase the full package, instead only taking the first nine stories (50 episodes), up to and including [[Day of the Daleks]]. (Time-Life's initial package offer was of the first 50 episodes only -- see [[United States--1972]]. The other stations to buy the series bought the full 72 episode package; WPHL was the only station that did not.) | ||
| + | *'''30 October 1972''': The first run of the 50 episodes concludes. | ||
| + | *'''31 October 1972 - 26 May 1973''': The series is repeated. | ||
| + | *BBC paperwork indicates that WPHL bought '''four''' screening rights to the series, although it appears that it only used '''two''' of these. (It may have on-sold the unused rights to another station.) | ||
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| WPHL | |
| Network: independent | Channel(s): 17 |
| First airing: 1972 | Last airing: 1972 |
== AIRDATES == |
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- 21 August 1972: Doctor Who makes its television DEBUT in the United States. The first serial to air was Doctor Who and the Silurians.
- This was only two months after the completion of season nine in the UK (with part six of The Time Monster on 24 June 1972).
- WPHL did not purchase the full package, instead only taking the first nine stories (50 episodes), up to and including Day of the Daleks. (Time-Life's initial package offer was of the first 50 episodes only -- see United States--1972. The other stations to buy the series bought the full 72 episode package; WPHL was the only station that did not.)
- 30 October 1972: The first run of the 50 episodes concludes.
- 31 October 1972 - 26 May 1973: The series is repeated.
- BBC paperwork indicates that WPHL bought four screening rights to the series, although it appears that it only used two of these. (It may have on-sold the unused rights to another station.)
