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*'''11 October 1976''': The [[Jon Pertwee stories]] began, daily at 6:30pm, although it looks like [[The Time Monster]] may have been skipped. | *'''11 October 1976''': The [[Jon Pertwee stories]] began, daily at 6:30pm, although it looks like [[The Time Monster]] may have been skipped. | ||
Revision as of 04:12, 1 June 2012
Doctor Who aired in these cities, on these channels:
Rochester
WXXI
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Channel 21 (PBS)
- 11 October 1976: The Jon Pertwee stories began, daily at 6:30pm, although it looks like The Time Monster may have been skipped.
- Late 1978: WXXI screened the Tom Baker stories from late 1978.
- 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors airs.
- 1985: Channel 21 recycles stories from Robot to The Caves of Androzani daily at least twice.
- 1989: As part of a pledge drive, WXXI-TV showed the documentary Doctor Who's Who's Who as a lead-in to the season premiere Remembrance of the Daleks.
- 1989: The station aired the 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories, five Patrick Troughton stories and 24 Jon Pertwee stories, followed by the other Doctors.
- 1989-1992: It took three years to play all the surviving installments of the entire series. This would be WXXI's last-ever complete run of the entire series...
Buffalo
WNED
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Channel 17 (PBS)
- 25 October 1977: WNED screened Doctor Who, weeknights at 6.30pm in tandem with WXXI (from 1977 through until 1987). It was during screenings of the Jon Pertwee stories in 1977/78 that off-air recordings were made which were later instrumental in the reconstruction from black and white back into colour.
- 1979: The series airs weeknights at 6.00pm.
- 1982: Peter Davison stories commence in movie format on Saturday afternoons. Repeats of older serial continue screening weekdays.
- 1983: The Monday to Thursday weekday slot moves to 11.00pm.
- 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors airs.
- 1984: The Monday to Thursday weekday slot moves back to 6.00pm.
- May 1984: The Tom Baker stories air: the run reaches Pyramids of Mars by May.
- 1984: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories air.
- 10 October 1986: The weekday episodic re-runs come to an end in the fall of 1986 with part six of The Invasion of Time.
- From Saturday, 11 October 1986, only "movie" format editions screen (starting with The Ribos Operation).
- 13 December 1986: During a pledge drive, WNED screens Revelation of the Daleks, the Doctor Who's Who's Who documentary and An Unearthly Child. The 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories commence on Saturday afternoons.
- 7,14,21,28 March 1987: Part-way through the run of William Hartnell stories, WNED screens The Trial of a Time Lord, as four "movie-length" installments.
- 1987 WNED completes its screening of the William Hartnell stories, and commences the Patrick Troughton stories.
- 30 May and 6 June 1987: The Seeds of Death screens, split into two "movies".
- 17 June and 24 June 1987: The War Games screens, split into two "movies".
- March 1988: During the "FESTIVAL 88", on 8 March at 8.00pm and 12 March at 3.15pm, WNED aired Time and the Rani, plus an interview with Sylvester McCoy (See CLIP below).
- Summer 1988 In the summer of 1988, the first season of Sylvester McCoy stories air.
- 1989: The 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories are played for the second time, on Saturdays at 4.00pm.
- 30 December 1989: The final edition of Doctor Who to screen on WNED airs - The Space Museum.
Media
- CLIP: FESTIVAL 1988 (March 1988) PROMO
- CLIP: 1988 WNED PLEDGE BREAK
- CLIP: JOHN NATHAN-TURNER & JANET FIELDING PROMO
- CLIP: WNED: POWER OF KROLL announcement
- CLIP: WNED: CREATURE FROM THE PIT announcement
- CLIP: WNED: AMBASSADORS OF DEATH in colour
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New York City
Note: airdates for channels in the New York City area are incomplete due to spotty coverage in the New York Times. Your help is needed: BroaDWcast@hotmail.com
WOR
Variety, 16 August 1978 | WOR was one of the first stations to purchase the Tom Baker stories |
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Channel 9 (Independent)
- June 1978: WOR was selected by Time Life Television to be one of its guinea-pigs to test a new series that Time Life had on offer from the BBC. In June 1978, WOR aired an omnibus edition of The Hand of Fear.
- 7 October 1978: At 6.30pm, Tom Baker makes his debut in New York State.
- Stories aired in production order, so The Sontaran Experiment preceded The Ark in Space.
- From 6 January 1979, the series shifted to the earlier time of 5.00pm, but was often pre-empted by baseball.
- 20 September 1980: Doctor Who goes off the air for the winter.
- 14 March 1981: The series returns, Saturdays at noon, for 7 weeks before moving to 9am.
- From September 1981 to September 1983, two episodes aired back to back with commercial breaks, Saturdays between 10:00am and 11:00am.
- 5 February 1983: Revenge of the Cybermen episodes 2 and 3 aired. The Howard Da Silva prints were still being used at this point.
- 9 September 1983: Doctor Who is replaced by professional wrestling.
- By February 1991, Doctor Who had been dropped.
Feb. 5, 1983. Revenge of the Cybermen with Howard DaSilva voiceover, WOR announcer, and Time-Life logo. |
WNYC
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Channel 31 (PBS)
- 2 September 1985: Began airing Doctor Who daily at 10:30pm.
- 1986: WNYC screened the 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories, five Patrick Troughton stories and 24 Jon Pertwee stories, on Fridays, in omnibus editions, usually from 9.00 to 10.30pm.
- When Resurrection of the Daleks aired in its omnibus "movie" version on WNYC, it was complete: most editions of this story seen elsewhere in the US had sections of music and special effects missing.
- January 1988: Apart from Time and the Rani, which aired in the first month of 1988, WNYC never screened any stories beyond Revelation of the Daleks.
Garden City / Long Island
WLIW
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Channel 21 (PBS) (networked with WLIU)
- 6 February 1984: The Tom Baker stories commence, weekdays at 7.00pm.
- Genesis of the Daleks aired the week of 20 February 1984.
- Image of the Fendahl aired from 4 June 1984.
- The Sun Makers aired from 8 June 1984.
- 1986: The series screened episodically weekdays, at 6.30pm, with a late night omnibus edition on Sundays.
- 7 December 1986: Sunday night compilations replace the daily airings.
- 1987: The 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories, five Patrick Troughton stories and 24 Jon Pertwee stories aired.
- 15 August 1987 The War Games is broadcast in its entirety, 6-11pm. Pledge breaks occurred between episodes: after episode one; after episode two; after episode five (including interview with Sylvester McCoy; and after episode ten.
- 29 February 1992: WLIW drops the series.
Schenectady
WMHT
Channel 17 (Educational Telecommunications)
- 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors airs.
- 1987: The 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories and five Patrick Troughton stories aired.
- 1987: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired, with a repeat in 1989.
- 1992: The recently recovered The Tomb of the Cybermen screened.
Binghamton
WSKG
Channel 46 (PBS)
- 1988: Screened the 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories in 1988.
Syracuse
WCNY
Channel 24 (PBS)
- 11 June 1979: The Tom Baker stories screen begin airing daily at 6:00pm.
- 23 October 1981: Nightmare of Eden part 2 airs at 7:30pm.
- 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors airs.
- 1989: Screened the 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories circa 1989.
Plattsburgh
WCFE
Channel 57 (PBS) (Mountain Lake PBS)
- 1989: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired circa 1989.
Champion Hill / Norwood
WNPE / WNPI
Channel 16 (PBS)
- 1980s: Screened episodes in the late 1980s.
- 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors airs.