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John Lavalie: /* Tom Baker stories */

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Tom Baker stories

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 [[File:Shada Lost Ep BBCAmerica.jpeg|thumb|right|400px|Online listing for "Doctor Who: The Lost Episode" ([[Shada]]), 19 July 2018]]
 *'''18 November 2013''': As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations, BBC America repeated some of [[The Doctors Revisited]] segments throughout the day.
-**[https://twidw.doctorwhonews.net/channels.php?code=2&detail=broadcast&page=25
+**[https://twidw.doctorwhonews.net/channels.php?code=2&detail=broadcast&page=25 50th Celebration]
 *'''24 November 2013''': The eleventh and final edition of '''[[The Doctors Revisited]]''' airs.
 *'''20 - 27 September 2015''': The classic series returns in conjunction with the series 9 premiere, with a week-long run of popular episodes dubbed ''Breakfast with Baker''.

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 *'''27 January 2013''': The first of the eleven 'episodes' of the BBC America-produced series '''[[The Doctors Revisited]]''' airs. (BBC America effectively held the exclusive rights to the seven classic serials they screened, which is why some of the handful of US TV stations still screening classic '''Doctor Who''' during the 2010s and 2020s (such as [[Retro TV]] and [[Iowa Public Television]]) had to sometimes skip those particular stories.)
 [[File:Shada Lost Ep BBCAmerica.jpeg|thumb|right|400px|Online listing for "Doctor Who: The Lost Episode" ([[Shada]]), 19 July 2018]]
 *'''24 November 2013''': The eleventh and final edition of '''[[The Doctors Revisited]]''' airs.
 *'''20 - 27 September 2015''': The classic series returns in conjunction with the series 9 premiere, with a week-long run of popular episodes dubbed ''Breakfast with Baker''.

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-==Loss of Rights==
+==Suspension of Rights==
-In late '''October 2022''' it was announced that the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the series had been acquired by '''[[Disney+]]'''. From '''November 2023''', the entertainment giant's streaming service will be the '''only''' platform on which to view all future [[New Series]] episodes outside the UK. Whether BBC America retains the ability to show older episodes is as yet unknown...
+In late '''October 2022''' it was announced that the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the series had been acquired by '''[[Disney+]]'''. From '''November 2023''', the entertainment giant's streaming service would be the '''only''' platform on which to view all future [[New Series]] episodes outside the UK.
 ==Airdates==

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 ::*'''[http://twidw.doctorwhonews.net/channels.php?code=2&detail=broadcast&page=1 AIRDATES ON BBC AMERICA] from July 1998'''
 [[Category:US cable stations]]
 [[Category:Caribbean]]
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 Only the first 16 [[Tom Baker stories]] - [[Robot]] to [[The Robots of Death]] - were acquired. These were cycled through several times in a random order between 1998 and 2001.
-Each serial was broadcast in an hour time slot as a compilation of two episodes with new composite credits (which sometimes contain spelling errors, see right).
+Each serial was broadcast in an hour timeslot as a compilation of two episodes with new composite credits (which sometimes contain spelling errors, see right).
 {{YouTube table|jYpQ3PhjgdA|Composite credits: The Seeds of Doom 5/6
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 *'''21 November 2006''': The station starts airing the [[NEW SERIES]], after they have played on the [[Sci-Fi Channel]].
-*'''27 June 2009''': BBC America picks up the first run rights to the [[NEW SERIES]] when the '''[[Sci-Fi Channel|Syfy]]''' channel drops it after the first four series (Eccleston to Tennant). BBC America becomes the new permanent home to '''Doctor Who'''...
+*'''27 June 2009''': BBC America picks up the first run rights to the [[NEW SERIES]] when the (rebranded) '''[[Sci-Fi Channel|Syfy]]''' channel drops it after the first four series (Eccleston to Tennant). BBC America becomes the new permanent home to '''Doctor Who'''...
 *'''27 January 2013''': The first of the eleven 'episodes' of the BBC America-produced series '''[[The Doctors Revisited]]''' airs. (BBC America effectively held the exclusive rights to the seven classic serials they screened, which is why some of the handful of US TV stations still screening classic '''Doctor Who''' during the 2010s and 2020s (such as [[Retro TV]] and [[Iowa Public Television]]) had to sometimes skip those particular stories.)
 [[File:Shada Lost Ep BBCAmerica.jpeg|thumb|right|400px|Online listing for "Doctor Who: The Lost Episode" ([[Shada]]), 19 July 2018]]
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 ==Animated Reconstructions==
-BBC America co-funded the animated reconstructions of lost episodes that were released on DVD and Blu-ray; but these were made with colour and/or widescreen variants specifically so they could be broadcast by the station.
+BBC America co-funded the animated reconstructions of lost episodes that were released on DVD and Blu-ray. These were made with colour and/or widescreen variants specifically so they could be broadcast by the station.
 *'''19 July 2018''': The 2017 DVD animated restoration version of [[Shada]] makes its broadcast television '''debut''' at 8pm. The station referred to it as "Doctor Who: The Lost Episode" in its online listings.
 *'''26 December 2019''': The animated colour reconstruction of [[The Macra Terror]] screens.
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 ==Loss of Rights==
-In late '''October 2022''' it was announced that the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the series had been acquired by '''Disney+'''. From '''November 2023''', the entertainment giant's streaming service will be the '''only''' platform on which to view all future [[New Series]] episodes outside the UK. Whether BBC America retains the ability to show older episodes is as yet unknown...
+In late '''October 2022''' it was announced that the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the series had been acquired by '''[[Disney+]]'''. From '''November 2023''', the entertainment giant's streaming service will be the '''only''' platform on which to view all future [[New Series]] episodes outside the UK. Whether BBC America retains the ability to show older episodes is as yet unknown...

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	In early '''2022''' BBC America pulled out of its special projects co-funding partnership with the BBC UK which put on hold all future animated reconstructions of lost stories.		In early '''2022''' BBC America pulled out of its special projects co-funding partnership with the BBC UK which put on hold all future animated reconstructions of lost stories.
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		+	==Loss of Rights==
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		+	In late '''October 2022''' it was announced that the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the series had been acquired by '''Disney+'''. From '''November 2023''', the entertainment giant's streaming service will be the '''only''' platform on which to view all future [[New Series]] episodes outside the UK. Whether BBC America retains the ability to show older episodes is as yet unknown...

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	*'''21 March 2021''': The animated colour reconstruction of [[Fury from the Deep]] screens.		*'''21 March 2021''': The animated colour reconstruction of [[Fury from the Deep]] screens.
	*'''30 October 2021''': The animated reconstruction of [[The Evil of the Daleks]] screens (starting at 8am!) during a marathon of Jodie Whittaker episodes.		*'''30 October 2021''': The animated reconstruction of [[The Evil of the Daleks]] screens (starting at 8am!) during a marathon of Jodie Whittaker episodes.
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		+	In early '''2022''' BBC America pulled out of its special projects co-funding partnership with the BBC UK which put on hold all future animated reconstructions of lost stories.