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[[File:1998-11-28 South Florida Sun Sentinel.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Sun Sentinel, Nov. 28, 1998]]
 
[[File:1998-11-28 South Florida Sun Sentinel.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Sun Sentinel, Nov. 28, 1998]]
 
*'''30 July 1994''': After eight years with no '''Doctor Who''', WXEL schedules a special 6-hour screening of all the "regeneration" episodes - [[An Unearthly Child]] 1, [[The War Games]] 10, [[Spearhead from Space]] 1, [[Planet of the Spiders]] 6, [[Robot]] 1, [[Logopolis]] 4, [[Castrovalva]] 1, [[The Caves of Androzani]] 4, [[The Twin Dilemma]] 1, [[Time and the Rani]] 1.  
 
*'''30 July 1994''': After eight years with no '''Doctor Who''', WXEL schedules a special 6-hour screening of all the "regeneration" episodes - [[An Unearthly Child]] 1, [[The War Games]] 10, [[Spearhead from Space]] 1, [[Planet of the Spiders]] 6, [[Robot]] 1, [[Logopolis]] 4, [[Castrovalva]] 1, [[The Caves of Androzani]] 4, [[The Twin Dilemma]] 1, [[Time and the Rani]] 1.  
*'''July to September 1994''': WXEL screens four stories: [[The Time Meddler]], [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]], [[Terror of the Autons]], and [[The Ark in Space]] during this period.   
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*'''July to September 1994''': WXEL screens four stories: [[The Time Meddler]], [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]], [[Terror of the Autons]], and [[The Ark in Space]] on Saturdays, two episodes per night from 10 to 11pm.   
 
*From '''October 1994''' to '''March 1995''', the station screens (twice weekly) a further selection of stories: [[The Chase]], [[The Mind Robber]], [[Day of the Daleks]], [[The Deadly Assassin]], [[Black Orchid]], [[Arc of Infinity]], [[The King's Demons]], [[Attack of the Cybermen]], [[Vengeance on Varos]], [[Battlefield]] and [[Ghost Light]].  
 
*From '''October 1994''' to '''March 1995''', the station screens (twice weekly) a further selection of stories: [[The Chase]], [[The Mind Robber]], [[Day of the Daleks]], [[The Deadly Assassin]], [[Black Orchid]], [[Arc of Infinity]], [[The King's Demons]], [[Attack of the Cybermen]], [[Vengeance on Varos]], [[Battlefield]] and [[Ghost Light]].  
*'''17 December 1994''': As part of its December Pledge drive, WXEL is '''the first''' US station to show [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] complete with the b/w copy of part one. It also acquires the b/w part three of [[Planet of the Daleks]].  
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*'''17 December 1994''': As part of its December Pledge drive, WXEL is '''the first''' US station to show [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] complete with the b/w copy of part one.  
*'''18 March 1995''': WXEL aired the documentary [[Visions: By Fans For Fans]] (for the first time?). It was repeated three times between 1995 and 1996. The same night, a run of the Tom Baker stories from seasons 12-15 commenced, one full story showing weekly on Saturdays.  
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*'''18 March 1995''': WXEL aired the documentaries [[30 Years in the TARDIS]] (twice!) and [[Visions: By Fans For Fans]] (for the first time?). The same night, a run of the Tom Baker stories from seasons 12-15 commenced, one full story showing weekly on Saturdays.
*'''29 March 1996''': [[Remembrance of the Daleks]], [[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]] and [[Silver Nemesis]] premiere during a pledge night.
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*[[Visions: By Fans For Fans]] is repeated three more times between 1995 and 1996.
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*'''12 August 1995''': Mid-way through the run of Tom Baker stories, WXEL screens all six episodes of [[Planet of the Daleks]], including the b/w part 3.
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*'''4 November 1995''': The run of Tom Baker stories ends.
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*'''11 November to 16 December 1995''': Multi-Doctor serials, including [[An Unearthly Child]], [[The Three Doctors]], and [[The Two Doctors]] are shown.
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*'''9 December 1995''': [[K9 and Company]] airs, prior to that day's regular weekly story (which may have been [[The Five Doctors]]?).
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*'''1996''': Further Tom Baker serials from seasons 16-18 are shown.  
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*'''29 March 1996''': Sylvester McCoy is the special guest during the "Seven Hours with the Seventh Doctor" pledge night, during which [[Remembrance of the Daleks]], [[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]] and [[Silver Nemesis]] are shown.  
 
*Soon after Jon Pertwee's death on '''20 May 1996''', WXEL screened a special tribute to the actor:
 
*Soon after Jon Pertwee's death on '''20 May 1996''', WXEL screened a special tribute to the actor:
 
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*The 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]] were then shown again as part of the tribute: Part 7 of [[Inferno]] aired on '''29 June 1996'''.
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*The 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]] were then shown again as part of the tribute through until mid-1997.
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*'''23 August 1997''': [[Castrovalva]] is shown. (It's not clear, but this may have been a one-off and the ''only'' Davison serial to be shown.)
 
*'''29 November 1998''': The station celebrated the series' 35th anniversary with a special event screening of two "fully restored" Pertwee stories (see newspaper clipping above).
 
*'''29 November 1998''': The station celebrated the series' 35th anniversary with a special event screening of two "fully restored" Pertwee stories (see newspaper clipping above).

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WXEL
Network: PBS Channel(s): 42
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Sun Sentinel, Nov. 28, 1998



WXEL Tribute
  • The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories were then shown again as part of the tribute through until mid-1997.
  • 23 August 1997: Castrovalva is shown. (It's not clear, but this may have been a one-off and the only Davison serial to be shown.)
  • 29 November 1998: The station celebrated the series' 35th anniversary with a special event screening of two "fully restored" Pertwee stories (see newspaper clipping above).