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 '''A SECOND REPEAT STREAM'''
+[[File:YTV in Stereo 1991 screenshot.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Screen grab of "In Stereo..." caption]]
 From Tuesday, '''15 January 1991''', mid-way through the afternoon repeat run of [[The Armageddon Factor]], a '''second repeat stream''' was added to the '''YTV''' schedule. This alternating stream aired at the shockingly early time of 1.30am in the morning.
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 The [[Peter Davison]] episodes commenced at 4pm on Tuesday, '''26 March 1991'''. [[The Five Doctors]] (in its 4-part edit) made its Canadian debut on '''31 May 1991'''.
-[[Colin Baker stories|Colin Baker]] arrived on Monday, '''8 July 1991''', continuing in the Monday to Friday 4pm slot. The season 22 serial aired in their 25-minute edits. For this run [[The Mark of the Rani]] aired after [[The Two Doctors]].
+[[Colin Baker stories|Colin Baker]] arrived on Monday, '''8 July 1991''', continuing in the Monday to Friday 4pm slot. The season 22 serial aired in their 25-minute edits. For this run [[The Mark of the Rani]] aired after [[The Two Doctors]].  (An on-screen caption indicated these episodes were '''"IN STEREO WHERE AVAILABLE"'''.)
 When [[The Trial of a Time Lord]] aired, the closing credits to episode 14 (on 5 September 1991) were, for some reason, sped up!

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 Early print publicity about the acquisition of the series stated that '''YTV''' had purchased '''564 episodes'''. This included 17 [[William Hartnell stories]] (76 episodes); five [[Patrick Troughton stories]] (30 episodes); the 41 [[Tom Baker stories|Tom Baker serials]] (172 half hours); 20 [[Peter Davison stories|Peter Davisons]] (with [[The Five Doctors]] and [[Resurrection of the Daleks]] both as 4-parters; equivalent of 74 episodes); eight [[Colin Baker stories|Colin Bakers]] (with season 22 in its 25 minute edits; equivalent of 44 episodes); and the 12 [[Sylvester McCoy stories|Sylvester McCoy adventures]] / 42 episodes.
-The package also included the 24 [[Jon Pertwee stories]], but with there being 128 Pertwee episodes, that makes the total '''566''' not '''564'''. Therefore, we have to assume that the package of Pertwees didn't include the black and white third instalment of [[Planet of the Daleks]] and the first of [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]. However, it appears that '''YTV''' went on to use a "hybrid" version of the third part of the Dalek serial, making the total '''565''', as we shall see…
+The package also included the 24 [[Jon Pertwee stories]], but with there being 128 Pertwee episodes, that makes the total '''566''' not '''564'''. Therefore, we have to assume that the package of Pertwees didn't include the black and white third instalment of [[Planet of the Daleks]] and the first of [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]].
 The tapes were supplied by Lionheart, who was the North American distributor. The '''LIONHEART TELEVISION - THE BBC IN AMERICA''' logo card that was introduced in 1987 (until 1991) appeared at the end of the episodes.
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 |QQQ||[[Frontier in Space]]||6
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-|SSS||[[Planet of the Daleks]]||6
+|SSS||[[Planet of the Daleks]]||5
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 |TTT||[[The Green Death]]||6
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 |UUU||[[The Time Warrior]]||4
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+|WWW||[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]||5
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 - Many of these colour Pertwees had been returned to the BBC from the Canadian stations [[TVOntario]] and [[CKVU]] only a few years earlier.
-- Since the black and white third episode of [[Planet of the Daleks]] wasn't available, a new colour "hybrid" episode three had been created (either by Lionheart or YTV themselves?) by editing together the last 10 minutes of part two and the first 15 minutes of part four. As noted above, the sales package was for '''564''' episodes, not 565, but it's clear from the airdates summaries below that the serial must have aired as a 6-parter on its first screening at least, which would suggest that either the episode was supplied as an "extra", or because of its hybrid nature, it was not included in the tally.
+- Since the black and white third episode of [[Planet of the Daleks]] wasn't available, YTV would have aired the re-edited 5-part version that had been made for USA syndication. (While it's believed that a new colour "hybrid" episode three had been created by editing together the last 10 minutes of part two and the first 15 minutes of part four which was only ever seen in Canada, we are fairly certain that that variant was not aired by YTV.
 - Only the five colour episodes of [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] aired.
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 The "brand-spanking-new" McCoy episodes commenced in the Saturday 5.30pm timeslot on '''31 March 1990'''.
-None of the Canadian newspapers provided titles, but we understand that the stories aired in production order; there was certainly an episode of [[Survival]] screening on '''2 June 1990''', as evidenced from a voice-over at the end of [[Frontier in Space]] part 5 stating that the Cheetah People appear in "the all new Doctor Who tomorrow at 5.30".
+None of the Canadian newspapers provided titles, but we understand that the stories aired in production order; there was certainly an episode of [[Survival]] screening on '''2 June 1990''', as evidenced from a voice-over at the end of [[Frontier in Space]] part 5 stating that the Cheetah People appear in "the all new Doctor Who tomorrow at 5.30". A similar voice-over at the end of part 5 of [[Planet of the Daleks]] on Friday '''8 June 1990''' identifies "tomorrow's" episode is [[Survival]] part 3.
 There was a technical glitch during the screening of [[Ghost Light]] part 3 (which would have been '''30 June 1990''').
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 During the two weeks that [[Frontier in Space]] and [[Planet of the Daleks]] screened, '''YTV''' scheduled the two [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek movies again, on Sundays at 2pm, with an early Monday morning repeat for both.
-Voiceover announcements were played over the closing titles of [[Frontier in Space]] parts 4 and 5, the first of which was for the second Peter Cushing Dalek movie while the other was for part 3 of [[Survival]], both of which were screening that coming weekend:
+Voice-over announcements were played over the closing titles of [[Frontier in Space]] parts 4 and 5, the first of which was for the second Peter Cushing Dalek movie while the other was for [[Survival]], both of which were screening that coming weekend.
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-|DhcR9jP7u70|Frontier in Space 5 (1 June 1990)
+|DhcR9jP7u70|Frontier in Space 5 (1 June 1990) Voice-over announcing [[Survival]] "tomorrow" (2 June 1990)
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 [[File:YTV Generic 1989.JPG|right|thumb|175px|Generic listing for Dr Who on YTV at 5.30pm, Canadian newspaper, 1989]]
 The Tom Baker era commenced from Thursday, '''26 July 1990''', still at 4pm.
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 The same week that season 22 concluded, the Pertwee repeats on Stream Two also came to an end.
-This run of Pertwees ''must'' have included only a 5-part version of [[Planet of the Daleks]] in order to fit all the available airdates. Although the station had aired the "hybrid" part 3 earlier, it's possible they were not able to do so the second time round. (Or maybe YTV had received complaints from viewers about the first showing and chose not to rescreen it?)
+This run of Pertwees ''must'' have included only a 5-part version of [[Planet of the Daleks]] in order to fit all the available airdates.
 But after the final Pertwee episode on '''16 August''', the second stream continued for another eleven airdates. We aren't sure what these were, but think it may have been another airing of McCoy stories - two 4-parters and a 3-parter, possibly. (The 3-parter may have been [[Ghost Light]].)
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 According to comments made by a posting on the old "rec.arts.drwho" forum, the first episode to screen in the new 2.30am slot was [[The Sea Devils]] part 6!
-In the same forum, it is stated that [[Pyramids of Mars]] part 1 was shown on '''17 December 1992''' (with the old Howard da Silva intros intact!). But if we track back to 8 September (and assuming that this time [[Planet of the Daleks]] was also only shown as a 5-parter) we end up with five airdates too many.
+In the same forum, it is stated that [[Pyramids of Mars]] part 1 was shown on '''17 December 1992''' (with the old Howard da Silva intros intact!). But if we track back to 8 September (and assuming [[Planet of the Daleks]] was still only shown as a 5-parter) we end up with five airdates too many.
 Therefore, the other five episodes of [[The Sea Devils]] must have been screened, albeit out of sequence. (We have placed them immediately after part 6 in the Airdates table, but they may have aired in a later slot during the run.)

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 The "brand-spanking-new" McCoy episodes commenced in the Saturday 5.30pm timeslot on '''31 March 1990'''.
-None of the Canadian newspapers provided titles, but we understand that the stories did not air in the correct order, but it is clear that [[Survival]] was the last one to go out, with part three screening on '''2 June 1990'''.
+None of the Canadian newspapers provided titles, but we understand that the stories aired in production order; there was certainly an episode of [[Survival]] screening on '''2 June 1990''', as evidenced from a voice-over at the end of [[Frontier in Space]] part 5 stating that the Cheetah People appear in "the all new Doctor Who tomorrow at 5.30".
-−
-There was a technical glitch during the screening of [[Ghost Light]] part 3 (on '''12 May 1990'''?).
+There was a technical glitch during the screening of [[Ghost Light]] part 3 (which would have been '''30 June 1990''').
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-The first batch of episodes purchased by '''YTV''' was GROUP B and C of the [[Sylvester McCoy stories]]. Season 26 was released to them by Lionheart in March 1990.
+The first batch of episodes purchased by '''YTV''' was GROUP B and C of the [[Sylvester McCoy stories]]. The brand new Season 26 was released to them by Lionheart in March 1990.
 According to '''YTV''', they aired the serials in the order they had received them from the distributor, which is why the transmission sequence was all over the place!
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 Early print publicity about the acquisition of the series stated that '''YTV''' had purchased '''564 episodes'''. This included 17 [[William Hartnell stories]] (76 episodes); five [[Patrick Troughton stories]] (30 episodes); the 41 [[Tom Baker stories|Tom Baker serials]] (172 half hours); 20 [[Peter Davison stories|Peter Davisons]] (with [[The Five Doctors]] and [[Resurrection of the Daleks]] both as 4-parters; equivalent of 74 episodes); eight [[Colin Baker stories|Colin Bakers]] (with season 22 in its 25 minute edits; equivalent of 44 episodes); and the 12 [[Sylvester McCoy stories|Sylvester McCoy adventures]] / 42 episodes.
-The package also included the 24 [[Jon Pertwee stories]], but with there being 128 Pertwee episodes, that makes the total '''566''' not '''564'''. Therefore, we have to assume that the package of Pertwees didn't include the black and white third instalment of [[Planet of the Daleks]] and the first of [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]. However, it appears that '''YTV''' used a "hybrid" version of the third part of the Dalek serial, making the total '''565''', as we shall see…
+The package also included the 24 [[Jon Pertwee stories]], but with there being 128 Pertwee episodes, that makes the total '''566''' not '''564'''. Therefore, we have to assume that the package of Pertwees didn't include the black and white third instalment of [[Planet of the Daleks]] and the first of [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]. However, it appears that '''YTV''' went on to use a "hybrid" version of the third part of the Dalek serial, making the total '''565''', as we shall see…
 The tapes were supplied by Lionheart, who was the North American distributor. The '''LIONHEART TELEVISION - THE BBC IN AMERICA''' logo card that was introduced in 1987 (until 1991) appeared at the end of the episodes.
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 Listings for '''Doctor Who''' in the 7pm slot continue in the ''Toronto Star'' for six more weeks (no episode aired Christmas Eve 24 December 1989) until '''28 January 1990'''. These would likely have been repeats, but it's not known what was shown.
-It was reported in issue #36 of ''Enlightenment'', the fanzine of the Canadian fan club DWIN, that this slot was to be taken by an early screening of [[Time and the Rani]].
+It was reported in issue #36 of ''Enlightenment'', the fanzine of the Canadian fan club DWIN that this slot was to be taken by an early screening of [[Time and the Rani]]. However we have no firm evidence that McCoy's debut did air at that time.
 But it's not clear what knock-on effect the '''Galaxy / Daleks''' mix-up had on the rest of the planned repeats schedule, but since there were only six extra episodes, this either means that the other two dates were dropped from the schedule to accommodate the 4-part [[Time and the Rani]] or the six weeks was actually taken by a repeat of the two 3-parters from season 25.
-The second block of McCoy episodes (from season 26) commenced just over a month later, now on Saturdays at 5.30pm, starting '''3 March 1990'''. None of the newspapers provided story titles, but we understand that the stories did not air in the correct order, but it is clear that [[Survival]] was the last one to go out, with part three screening on '''2 June 1990'''.
+It's possible that YTV planned to screen McCoy's first season in 1990, since a trailer for [[Delta and the Bannermen]] was shown to advertise "The New Dr Who, Saturday at 5.30", which is the day and slot in which the Season 26 McCoys aired – see below. We could find no firm evidence that any Season 24 stories aired on YTV prior to 1991, so our conclusion is that YTV originally intended to screen Season 24 in the new Saturday 5.30pm slot, but grabbed the opportunity to screen the brand new Season 26 when these became available instead.
-There was a technical glitch during the screening of [[Ghost Light]] part 3 on '''14 April 1990'''.
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-Listings for the series continue for another four weeks - the last on '''30 June 1990''' - so presumably one of the 4-parters was repeated.
+After this, the Season 25-26 stories were added to the week-day repeat cycle. Season 24 wasn't added to the cycle until September 1991...
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 The 165th and final Stream Two episode aired at 1.30am on Saturday, '''31 August 1991'''. This coincided with the main weekday run timeslot moving even earlier, to 3.30pm, starting with the third episode of the "Vervoid" segment of [[The Trial of a Time Lord]].
-From Friday, '''6 September 1991''', in a new Monday to Friday afternoon 3.30pm timeslot, '''YTV''' added "first run" season 24 Sylvester McCoy stories to the schedule. (Although [[Time and the Rani]] ''might'' have already aired in January 1990.)
+From Friday, '''6 September 1991''', in a new Monday to Friday afternoon 3.30pm timeslot, '''YTV''' added "first run" season 24 Sylvester McCoy stories to the schedule. (Although [[Time and the Rani]] ''might'' have already aired in January 1990 – see above.)
 These first-run episodes plus repeats of seasons 25 and 26 played through until '''4 November 1991'''. For this showing, the season 25 and 26 stories were again screened out of order; we don't know which, so we have listed them in production order in our Airdates table.

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 The tapes were supplied by Lionheart, who was the North American distributor. The '''LIONHEART TELEVISION - THE BBC IN AMERICA''' logo card that was introduced in 1987 (until 1991) appeared at the end of the episodes.
-Some of the tapes supplied by Lionheart were the old Time Life versions, with the Howard da Silva narrations intact, and with trims to allow for commercials.
+Some of the tapes supplied by Lionheart were the old Time-Life versions, with the Howard da Silva narrations intact, and with trims to allow for commercials.
 These 127 serials were ultimately cycled through at least three times each between 1989 and 1994.
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 '''YTV''' therefore bought all of the [[Tom Baker stories]], and was thus the first Canadian station to air [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]], [[Image of the Fendahl]], [[The Sun Makers]] and [[Underworld]], all of which had not been screened by '''[[Canada TVO|TVO]]'''.
-- Some of the early Baker stories, such as [[Pyramids of Mars]] and [[The Brain of Morbius]] were supplied from old Time Life Television tapes, which retained the Howard da Silva voice-over introductions.
+- Some of the early Baker stories, such as [[Pyramids of Mars]] and [[The Brain of Morbius]] were supplied from old Time-Life Television tapes, which retained the Howard da Silva voice-over introductions.
 Most of these episodes had previously aired on:

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 [[File:YTV LOGOS.JPG|250px|YTV On-Screen Idents from 1989 and early 1990s]]
-'''[[wikipedia:YTV (TV channel)|YTV]]''' is a Canadian cable television channel, aimed at a younger audience; its on-screen slogans were '''"The Youth Channel"''' / '''"Canada's Youth Channel"'''/ '''"The Spirit of Youth"'''. It was launched on '''1 September 1988'''.
+'''[[wikipedia:YTV (TV channel)|YTV]]''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] cable television channel, aimed at a younger audience; its on-screen slogans were '''"The Youth Channel"''' / '''"Canada's Youth Channel"'''/ '''"The Spirit of Youth"'''. It was launched on '''1 September 1988'''.
 '''YTV''' successfully outbid '''[[Canada TVO|TVO]]''' for the broadcast rights for '''Doctor Who''' in late 1989, and a year after its launch, the channel commenced regular weekly screenings of new [[Sylvester McCoy stories]], as well as "repeats" of all the earlier Doctors. Being a commercial station, '''YTV''' interrupted its programming with advertising.