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* By '''May 1986''', the BBC buys all the shares in Lionheart Television Inc. The BBC had owned only 2%, the other 98% split 50/50 between Western World TV and Public Media Inc. Lionheart was clearing a profit of US$1million per year. | * By '''May 1986''', the BBC buys all the shares in Lionheart Television Inc. The BBC had owned only 2%, the other 98% split 50/50 between Western World TV and Public Media Inc. Lionheart was clearing a profit of US$1million per year. | ||
| − | *'''8 May 1986''': Setting off from [[Washington DC]], with Peter Davison and BBC 1 Controller, Michael Grade in attendance, the [[Doctor Who USA Tour]] begins its two-year, multi-city tour (two cities per week). It is hoped that all 181 markets where '''Doctor Who''' is screened across America will be visited. | + | *'''8 May 1986''': Setting off from [[Washington DC]], with Peter Davison and BBC 1 Controller, Michael Grade in attendance, the '''[[Doctor Who USA Tour]]''' begins its two-year, multi-city tour (two cities per week). It is hoped that all 181 markets where '''Doctor Who''' is screened across America will be visited. (See coverage on our dedicated page.) |
* '''July 1986''': By the middle of the year, '''112 '''stations (both commercial and PBS) have purchased the series, with an estimated daily audience of '''10 million''' across the country. | * '''July 1986''': By the middle of the year, '''112 '''stations (both commercial and PBS) have purchased the series, with an estimated daily audience of '''10 million''' across the country. | ||
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- 1 February 1986: New Jersey Network is the first to screen the package of five surviving Patrick Troughton stories:
PATRICK TROUGHTON
Five stories, 30 episodes (also in "movie length" omnibus editions):
| TT | The Dominators | 5 |
| UU | The Mind Robber | 5 |
| WW | The Krotons | 4 |
| XX | The Seeds of Death | 6 |
| ZZ | The War Games | 10 |
- In its omnibus form, The War Games is issued as a two-parter (episodes one to five, six to ten).
- 1986: The NJN documentary Doctor Who's Who's Who screens.
- By May 1986, the BBC buys all the shares in Lionheart Television Inc. The BBC had owned only 2%, the other 98% split 50/50 between Western World TV and Public Media Inc. Lionheart was clearing a profit of US$1million per year.
- 8 May 1986: Setting off from Washington DC, with Peter Davison and BBC 1 Controller, Michael Grade in attendance, the Doctor Who USA Tour begins its two-year, multi-city tour (two cities per week). It is hoped that all 181 markets where Doctor Who is screened across America will be visited. (See coverage on our dedicated page.)
- July 1986: By the middle of the year, 112 stations (both commercial and PBS) have purchased the series, with an estimated daily audience of 10 million across the country.
- August 1986: After 23 issues, the US Marvel comic is cancelled due to falling sales.
- August to December 1986: Ballantine Books publishes US editions of the six Make Your Own Adventure books that had been published by Severn House in the UK, re-branding them as Find Your Fate books. New covers are painted by Gail Bennett. They retail for $2.50.
- 1986: The North American Doctor Who Appreciation Society (NADWAS) winds up.
