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=='''December'''===
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==September==
*'''20 December''': Updates to [[Oregon Public Broadcasting]].
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*'''ADDENDA: 17 Sept''': A further update to the [[Japan]] profile to clarify how the Pertwees were distributed.   
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*'''16 September''': Major update to [[Japan]]: we had previously recorded that a run of Tom Baker stories had screened in 1993 - but it turns out that those were repeats, and the first time the episodes aired was in 1989. The identity of which nine serials aired is now known.
  
  
=='''November'''==
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==August==
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*'''17 August''': We've added a New Profile for [[Israel]]: the second Peter Cushing Dalek movie was shown there.
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*'''12 August''': Basic information for [[KUAC]] added.
  
*'''23 November''': Happy '''56th Anniversary!''' With the start date of '''Series 12''' of New Who still up in the air, '''Season 12''' of Classic Who was literally "in the air" in 2014! [[In-flight TV Systems|Fasten your seat belts and prepare for departure...]]
 
*'''7 November''': The British version of '''BritBox''' was launched this week, and Classic Doctor Who will be available on the site in late December. With streaming platforms becoming the new home to Classic '''Who''', we have created profiles for the [[:Category:Online Services|various streaming platforms]] that offer, will offer, or in some cases ''used'' to offer, the series online:
 
**[[Amazon Prime]]
 
**[[Netflix]]
 
**[[Hulu]]
 
**[[BBC Store]]
 
**[[BritBox]]
 
**[[Vudu]]
 
**[[HBO Max]]
 
  
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==July==
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*'''25 July''': Update to [[France]]; more on "Club Dorothee", plus clipping which gives a better idea of what the broadcast order was
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*'''19 July''': We've '''fully revised''' the [[Nigeria]] profile and [[Airdates in Nigeria|Airdates]] pages to fix a number of factual errors, but to mainly add a lot of new information, such as:
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**Maps of the early days of TV in the country
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**Why RKTV went off the air for two months in 1966
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**Where and where did the Patrick Troughton stories screen?
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**Details about the NTA Zones, and additional screening dates
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**Who or what was "The Son of Dr Who?"?
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*'''1 July''': It's '''Canada Day'''!  To celebrate, we have fully revised and updated the [[Canada (Space)|SPACE cable station profile]] and [[Airdates in Canada (Space)|airdates]] pages, with full details of what was shown and when.
  
=='''October'''==
 
*'''30 October''': Some airdates for [[WBFF]] added.
 
*'''27 October''': Airdates for [[KUAT]] added.
 
*'''19 October''': Airdates for [[WPTD]] added.
 
*'''14 October''': Airdates for [[WNIN]] added.
 
*'''12 October''': '''Six years ago''', on 11 October 2013, the two lost Patrick Troughton serials [[The Enemy of the World]] and [[The Web of Fear]] became available to purchase online via [[iTunes]]. To celebrate, we have added a new profile page for [[iTunes|the online provider]]. (We will be adding profiles for other [[:Category:Online Services|Online Services]] in the coming weeks.)
 
  
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==June==
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*'''30 June''': Update to the [[Netherlands]] to include "illegal" screenings on cable, and we've added further items of merchandise that were available
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*'''28 June''': Some more merchandise updates for [[Sweden]], [[Argentina]], and [[Finland]], plus full revision for [[HBO OLE|HBO Ole]]
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*'''27 June''': '''NEW''' profiles added for [[China]], [[Russia]], [[Hungary]], [[Czech Republic]], [[India]], [[Austria]].
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*'''26 June''': Updates to [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Brazil]], [[Spain]] to include new merchandise items.
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*'''19 June''': Some updates to [[Prairie Public Television]]
  
=='''September'''==
 
*'''26 August''': Updates to [[WFYI]].  Belated props to [https://www.whoosiernetwork.org/ The Whoosier Network] for convincing '''WFYI''' to purchase '''Doctor Who'''.
 
  
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==May==
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*'''20 May''': Update to the pages for [[France]] to include the '''La Nuit Doctor Who''' evening from 2012.
  
=='''August'''==
 
*'''11 August''': The page for [[Wisconsin Educational Television Network]] has been renamed and updated.
 
  
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==April==
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*'''28 April''': Major update to the [[Germany]] pages to add the recent Colin and Sylvester repeats on channel One, as well as some further merchandise items and YouTube clips.
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*'''15 April''': Update to the TV3 Cataluna section of the [[Spain]] page.
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*'''3 April''': The TARDIS sound effect was used in [[Japan#TARDIS_Sound_Effects|some Japanese TV and film productions in the 1970s and 90s...]]
  
=='''July'''==
 
*'''31 July''': '''BroaDWcast''' has been moved to a new server. If you've got us saved as a Bookmark, please update to our new URL. (Redirects are in place to point from the old to the new address.)
 
*'''13 July''': The complete run on [[WKAR]] has been identified.
 
*'''13 July''': Following on from our recent Canada Day updates, we bring the latest in our '''Before Doctor Who''' features. '''66 years ago this week''' the nascent [[CBC]] network agreed to screen an upcoming 6-part SF thriller, the first episode of which was due to be broadcast live in the UK on '''18 July 1953'''. But something happened, and the Canadian screenings never took place. We take a look at [[Quatermass Connection|Quatermass - The Canadian Connection]]... 
 
  
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==March==
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*'''21 March''': 98 countries simulcast the 50th anniversary special [[The Day of the Doctor]] on 23 November 2013.
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*'''14 March''': Updates to [[Malta]] to add some new TV clippings.
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*'''9 March''': Updates to [[Nebraska Educational Television Network]]
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*'''3 March''': A small amendment to the [[Guam]] pages; it looks like the series was originally scheduled to start a few months earlier than it ultimately did, and the true debut was also a week earlier than the date we  had it.
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*'''2 March''': Update to [[Jamaica]] to include [[Peter Cushing]] and the Daleks at the cinema, and some of the TV Dalek stories appear to been shown out of sequence.
  
*'''1 July''': It's '''Canada Day!''' To celebrate, we'll be updating a number of our Canada pages over the next 24 hours - Stay tuned!
 
**First up, it's '''[[CKVU]]''' in Vancouver; we have found a number of additional early morning listings up to the beginning of 1983, as well as a handful of listings with story titles. We also investigate where the recovered tapes of [[Inferno]] came from ...
 
**We've deleted the old "Other Canadian Stations" page, but moved the contents to their own pages at '''[[Canada (CPN)|CPN]]''' and '''[[Canada (CITV)|CITV]]'''
 
**There's a brand new page for [[Canada (BBC Kids)|BBC Kids]], which aired a ten year run of repeats in the 2000s
 
**'''[[TVOntario]]''': Some new newspapers clippings. We've fixed a number of errors in the airdates listings (there were a lot more repeats than we thought!), plus added full details of the dubbed serials that also aired on the French-language channel, '''La Chaîne Française'''
 
**'''[[YTV]]''': Fully revised, now with a full summary of what aired and when, new Airdates page, and lots of new press clippings
 
  
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==February==
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*'''BroaDWcast''' turned nine this month! To celebrate, we've added a new page for a country that '''never showed''' the series! But classic '''Doctor Who''' was available in [[South Africa]] in other forms ...
  
=='''June'''==
 
*'''24 June''': Some further additions to the [[Korea (South)]] page: we've identified a '''''third''''' Korean comic strip.
 
*'''17 June''': Major update to [[Korea (South)]]: we now have clippings of the Korean TV listings which give the story titles (the ones stated on the Korean version of Wikipedia are incorrect); we identify the Korean actor who dubbed Jon Pertwee, and reveal a rare Korean comic strip based on the series! 
 
*'''15 June''': We've added a profile page for the new streaming service [[Pluto TV]].
 
*'''8 June''': Medium-sized update to the [[WTVS]] airdates table.
 
*'''5 June''': Big update to [[WHA]].
 
  
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==January==
  
=='''May'''==
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*'''21 January''': The (brief) complete run in [[South Dakota Public Broadcasting|South Dakota]] is added
*'''31 May''': Minor updates to the airdates tables for [[WNYC]].
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*'''11 January''': Some of the documentaries and dramas made by [[Reeltime Pictures]] and [[BBV Productions]] have been shown on US and UK television. We have added new profiles for these two production companies. (And if anyone can confirm that the "PROBE" dramas did indeed screen on the UK [[Sci-Fi Channel Europe|Sci-Fi Channel]], please drop us a line!)
*'''30 May''': Minor updates to the airdates tables for [[WOR]] and [[WLIW]].
 
*'''12 May''': A number of updates:
 
**We've added a category for [[:Category:Online Services|Online Services]], with brand new pages for the [[Homechoice]] and [[Twitch]] streaming platforms.
 
**We've created a new page for the [[Argentina]] cable station [[Uniseries]] with [[Airdates in Uniseries|Airdates]]; the [[:Category:Cable and Satellite|Cable and Satellite stations]] directory has been amended to accommodate the removal of the old "Imagen Satelitel" profile.
 
*'''11 May''': Airdates for [[Alabama Public Television]] added.
 
  
 
=='''April'''==
 
*'''30 April''': We've tidied up the [[:Category:Cable and Satellite|Cable and Satellite]] page, and expanded the Scandinavian station [[TV4 Science Fiction]] which has been moved to its own page. We've adjusted the [[Denmark]], [[Finland]], [[Norway]], and [[Sweden]] pages accordingly.
 
*'''29 April''': Updates to [[Poland]]: Clarification and attempt to make better sense of what aired (we've revised the list of stories that we think were shown); newspaper clipping for the Cushing movie in 1979 added.
 
*'''27 April''': Airdates for [[WYBE]] added.
 
*'''16 April''': New profile page for [[Sci-Fi Channel Europe]] and [[Airdates in Sci-Fi Channel Europe|Airdates]]. (Plus updates and tweeks made to [[Sci-Fi Channel]] USA and other page links to accommodate.)
 
*'''11 April''': Airdates for [[WNIT]] added.
 
*'''8 April''': Some episode titles are added to the [[KBSC]] table.
 
*'''8 April''': We added a new page for [[Horror Channel]], which aired the series from 2014-2016.
 
*'''7 April''': We've added pages for the radio serial [[Slipback]] and the documentaries [[30 Years in the TARDIS]] and [[Resistance is Useless]].
 
*'''6 April''': Updates to [[WPTV]].  The test showing of [[The Hand of Fear]] happened twice.
 
*'''5 April''': An earlier run of [[Jon Pertwee]] episodes is added for [[WVIA]].
 
 
 
=='''March'''==
 
*'''31 March''': Most gaps in [[New Jersey Network]] airdates page are filled in. '''NJN''' showed [[K-9 and Company]] four times, probably the most of any station.
 
*'''29 March''': [[WKPC]] in Louisville began airing '''Doctor Who''' two years earlier than previously thought.
 
*'''26 March''': Big update to [[WFSU]].
 
*'''23 March''': [[The Five Doctors]] aired on [[WLJT]] in Lexington, TN.  Did any other episode air?
 
*'''22 March''': An Indianapolis-based update: [[WFYI]] and [[WTBU]].  Channel 69, an independent station, aired the [[TV Movie|TV movie]] twice.
 
*'''17 March''': Airdates for [[WMFE]] in Orlando are added.  A page for [[WKCF]] in Orlando is added, but it's likely a false alarm.
 
*'''14 March''': Airdates for [[KCOS]] in El Paso, TX are added.  The listings for [[South Carolina Educational Television‎]] are updated.
 
*'''9 March''': [[KOCV]] in Odessa, TX is added.  Was KOCV really that indifferent to '''Doctor Who'''?
 
 
 
=='''February'''==
 
*'''19 February''': It's our eighth birthday! We missed the party because we were at the library looking at more newspapers.
 
*'''5 February''': We've added details for the Tom Baker omnibus screenings on the [[Armed Forces Network|American Forces Network AFRTS]] station in [[Iceland]]. ['''ADDENDA: 11 Feb''': Some further info has subsequently come to hand, so we've made a few additional updates to this page.]
 
  
  
 
==Previous Updates==
 
==Previous Updates==
  
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*'''[[What's New 2019|What was New in 2019]]'''
 
*'''[[What's New 2018|What was New in 2018]]'''
 
*'''[[What's New 2018|What was New in 2018]]'''
 
*'''[[What's new 2017|What was New in 2017]]'''
 
*'''[[What's new 2017|What was New in 2017]]'''

Revision as of 22:10, 16 September 2020

This page will list UPDATES and NEW pages added.

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September

  • ADDENDA: 17 Sept: A further update to the Japan profile to clarify how the Pertwees were distributed.
  • 16 September: Major update to Japan: we had previously recorded that a run of Tom Baker stories had screened in 1993 - but it turns out that those were repeats, and the first time the episodes aired was in 1989. The identity of which nine serials aired is now known.


August

  • 17 August: We've added a New Profile for Israel: the second Peter Cushing Dalek movie was shown there.
  • 12 August: Basic information for KUAC added.


July

  • 25 July: Update to France; more on "Club Dorothee", plus clipping which gives a better idea of what the broadcast order was
  • 19 July: We've fully revised the Nigeria profile and Airdates pages to fix a number of factual errors, but to mainly add a lot of new information, such as:
    • Maps of the early days of TV in the country
    • Why RKTV went off the air for two months in 1966
    • Where and where did the Patrick Troughton stories screen?
    • Details about the NTA Zones, and additional screening dates
    • Who or what was "The Son of Dr Who?"?
  • 1 July: It's Canada Day! To celebrate, we have fully revised and updated the SPACE cable station profile and airdates pages, with full details of what was shown and when.


June


May

  • 20 May: Update to the pages for France to include the La Nuit Doctor Who evening from 2012.


April


March

  • 21 March: 98 countries simulcast the 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor on 23 November 2013.
  • 14 March: Updates to Malta to add some new TV clippings.
  • 9 March: Updates to Nebraska Educational Television Network
  • 3 March: A small amendment to the Guam pages; it looks like the series was originally scheduled to start a few months earlier than it ultimately did, and the true debut was also a week earlier than the date we had it.
  • 2 March: Update to Jamaica to include Peter Cushing and the Daleks at the cinema, and some of the TV Dalek stories appear to been shown out of sequence.


February

  • BroaDWcast turned nine this month! To celebrate, we've added a new page for a country that never showed the series! But classic Doctor Who was available in South Africa in other forms ...


January

  • 21 January: The (brief) complete run in South Dakota is added
  • 11 January: Some of the documentaries and dramas made by Reeltime Pictures and BBV Productions have been shown on US and UK television. We have added new profiles for these two production companies. (And if anyone can confirm that the "PROBE" dramas did indeed screen on the UK Sci-Fi Channel, please drop us a line!)


Previous Updates