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The '''[[wikipedia:Retro Television Network|RETRO TELEVISION NETWORK]]''' was launched in July 2005. Specialising in "classic" drama and comedy, it was originally designed to be broadcast "free" on the digital sub-channels of its affiliate host television stations. 

It was re-branded as '''retro tv''' in 2013. In '''August 2014''', it started screening '''Doctor Who'''. 


==DOCTOR WHO ON RETRO TV==

*'''4 August 2014''': The station began airing [[William Hartnell stories]], two episodes back to back per day (at 8:00 and 8:30pm), Monday to Friday.
*On Saturdays, four episodes from earlier stories are repeated at 6:00 to 8:00pm. For the entire run on '''Retro''', two streams were in rotation: one stream in story order on weekends, another with a different Doctor on weekdays. And repeat ...   
[[File:Retro TV ID 2015-07-18.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Slate accidentally broadcast July 18, 2015]] 
*All Hartnell and Troughton episodes have been [[wikipedia:VidFIRE|VidFIREd]].  [[The Aztecs]] and [[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]] are skipped.
*'''18 September 2014''': The [[Patrick Troughton]] episodes begin (without [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]], [[The Web of Fear]] or [[The Enemy of the World]]).
*'''29 September 2014''': The [[Jon Pertwee stories]] begin. [[Spearhead from Space]] is skipped.  All stories appear in color; stories such as [[The Mind of Evil]] are the recolourised versions created for the BBC DVD releases. 
*'''31 October 2014''': A sub-station called '''RTVN''' commences screening the same episodes as its parent, but from time to time it aired alternatives. '''RTVN''' was only available in some of the same regions.   
*'''15 December 2014''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin. 
*'''8 April 2015''': The run of [[Peter Davison stories]] begin. 
*'''25 May 2015''': [[Colin Baker stories]] are added to the rotation.  
*'''18 June 2015''': [[Sylvester McCoy stories]] debut.
*'''28 June 2015''': '''RTVN''' ceases screening separate schedules, and from 29 June airs the same as '''Retro TV'''. The channel subsequently closed down in 2019. 
*From '''14 July 2015''' onwards, with the seven Doctors now in the mix, the two separate streams continue: one stream of stories playing daily, Monday to Saturday, and a different stream on Sundays only.
*As of early '''October 2020''', the weekday stream was showing [[Peter Davison stories]] (season 20), while Sunday was Tom Baker (season 16, the Key to Time). 
*From '''19 November 2020''', the screenings had cycled back to William Hartnell, with [[An Unearthly Child]]. 
*'''January 2021''': Jon Pertwee episodes each week-day, and William Hartnell (back again, after a run of Colin Baker) at the weekends. 
*'''February - April 2021''': More Pertwee, then Tom Baker stories weekdays, with Hartnell, Troughton, and Pertwees at the weekend.  
*'''June 2021''': [[Peter Davison]] on weekdays... 
*'''July to end of 2021''': The serials have cycled through Colin Baker, McCoy, Hartnell and back to Troughton, then Pertwee on weekdays... 
*As '''2022''' begins, it's once again back to Peter Davison on the weekends, and Tom Baker weekdays... with the run taking a break in mid '''November 2022''' during a run of Bakers. 
*... but the series returns in '''April 2023'''... but three months later, it's gone again - the final story to air for the time-being is [[Robot]], with all four parts airing back-to-back on '''2 July 2023'''. But it's back in '''December''' with the usual complete story every Saturday and Sunday, and a different cycle of episodes on weekdays, continuing into '''2024'''... but by '''15 January''' it's gone again...



==Airdates==
Full airdates for both channels are listed on the '''This Week in Doctor Who''' site:
*'''[http://twidw.doctorwhonews.net/channels.php?code=216&detail=broadcast&page=1 AIRDATES FOR RETRO TV]'''
*'''[https://twidw.doctorwhonews.net/channels.php?code=237&detail=broadcast&page=1 AIRDATES FOR RVTN]'''


==External links ==
*[https://www.myretrotv.com/affiliates?fbclid=IwAR1rsMRaYGUZGb4opQu85kpjcL_xtrOlwcraigdmkfI-ZX9Ovlm4svt0mTI List of RetroTV Affiliate stations (although some may no longer be operating)]
*[http://www.myretrotv.com/ retro-tv website]
*[http://www.myretrotv.com/index.php/portfolioentry/doctor-who/ Doctor Who on retro-tv]
*{{twitter|RetroDoctorWho}}
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