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===[[wikipedia:KCET|KCET]]===
 
===[[wikipedia:KCET|KCET]]===
  
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Channel 28 (PBS)
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Channel 28 (PBS)
  
 
*[[Airdates in Los Angeles (KCET)|AIRDATES FOR KCET]]
 
*[[Airdates in Los Angeles (KCET)|AIRDATES FOR KCET]]
  
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*[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] was pulled after its first airing due to complaints from the Asian-American community. (Shaun Lyon, Chicago TARDIS, Nov. 28, 2010)
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*'''1 July 1975''': '''Doctor Who''' makes its Californian debut on channel 28 on 1 July 1975, with the [[Jon Pertwee stories]].
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*[[The Mind of Evil]] screens from '''23 December 1975 to 3 February 1976'''; off-air video recordings from episode six made by Tom Lundie become the only existing colour recording of the serial, which exists in the BBC archives only as black and white film prints.
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*The series is dropped in late 1976, and is not picked up again by KCET until 1983. (During the hiatus, KBSC screens the Tom Baker series – see below.)
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*'''1983''': After a six year break, KCET picks up '''Doctor Who''' again with the nationwide screening of [[The Five Doctors]] on '''23 November 1983'''. The [[Tom Baker stories]] air for several years on a repeat cycle.
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*'''1984''': The 14 colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] airs.  
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*'''1987''': The [[Peter Davison stories]] and [[Colin Baker stories]] air.
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*'''1988''': The 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]] aired, with a repeat in '''1991'''.
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*'''1990''': The [[Sylvester McCoy stories]] air.
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*'''1993''': The repackaged [[William Hartnell stories]] air - with the exception of [[Inside the Spaceship]].
  
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*'''December 1993''': KCET drops '''Doctor Who'''.
  
 
===Fandom===
 
===Fandom===
  
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* A full account of the History of Doctor Who Fandom in Los Angeles can be read [[http://www.gallifreyone.com/prehistory.php HERE]].
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* A full account of the History of Doctor Who Fandom in Los Angeles can be read [http://www.gallifreyone.com/prehistory.php HERE].
  
  
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*'''1980s''': Aired '''Doctor Who''' in the early 1980s for a few years only, before dropping the series after the station changed into a Spanish language station.
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*'''1979''': Aired '''Doctor Who''' from mid-1979, playing the series weeknights for at least THREE runs into the early 1980s, before dropping the series when the station changed into a Spanish language station.
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* During '''1979''', the series aired ten times a week in the early evenings.  
  
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* It's clear from the known Airdates that stories did not air in story order, such as [[The Invasion of Time]] screening months ahead of [[The Brain of Morbius]] in 1979.
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*[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] was pulled after its first airing due to complaints from the Asian-American community.  (Shaun Lyon, Chicago TARDIS, Nov. 28, 2010)
 
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*'''1974''': The [[Jon Pertwee stories]] commenced in 1974.  
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*'''20 January 1974''': '''Doctor Who''' makes its SF debut with the [[Jon Pertwee stories]], Sundays at 11.30pm.  
  
 
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Channel 6 (PBS)
 
Channel 6 (PBS)
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*'''1987''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] air; [[The Deadly Assassin]] screens on 14 March 1987.
  
  
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*'''1981''': 13 April – '''Doctor Who''' commences its run on KTEH, five days a week, the '''third''' station in the Bay Area to screen the series.  
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*'''1981''': 13 April – '''Doctor Who''' commences its run on KTEH, five days a week; KTEH is the '''third''' station in the Bay Area to screen the series.  
  
 
*'''1982''': Omnibus versions commenced on Saturday nights.  
 
*'''1982''': Omnibus versions commenced on Saturday nights.  
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*'''1983''': The [[Peter Davison stories]] begin screening Saturday nights to lead in to the November 1983 networked screening of [[The Five Doctors]] on 23 November 1983.
 
*'''1983''': The [[Peter Davison stories]] begin screening Saturday nights to lead in to the November 1983 networked screening of [[The Five Doctors]] on 23 November 1983.
  
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*'''1984''': The available full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] air.  
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*'''1984''': The 14 available full colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] air.  
  
 
*'''1985''': The repackaged colour / black and white [[Jon Pertwee stories]] air, and repeated in '''1991''' and '''1992'''.
 
*'''1985''': The repackaged colour / black and white [[Jon Pertwee stories]] air, and repeated in '''1991''' and '''1992'''.
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*'''1987''': February - The repackaged five [[Patrick Troughton stories]] screen. [[The War Games]] screens the very week that Troughton dies in Atlanta, [[Georgia]].  
 
*'''1987''': February - The repackaged five [[Patrick Troughton stories]] screen. [[The War Games]] screens the very week that Troughton dies in Atlanta, [[Georgia]].  
  
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*'''1988''': November – the [[Sylvester McCoy stories]] go to air.  
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*'''1988''': November – The [[Sylvester McCoy stories]] go to air.  
  
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*'''2003''': KTEH's almost uninterrupted run of '''Doctor Who''' comes to an end in January of this year.
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*'''2003''': KTEH's almost uninterrupted run of '''Doctor Who''' came to an end in January of this year.
  
  

Revision as of 07:43, 9 December 2010

Doctor Who aired in these cities, on these channels:

Los Angeles

KCET

Channel 28 (PBS)

  • 1 July 1975: Doctor Who makes its Californian debut on channel 28 on 1 July 1975, with the Jon Pertwee stories.
  • The Mind of Evil screens from 23 December 1975 to 3 February 1976; off-air video recordings from episode six made by Tom Lundie become the only existing colour recording of the serial, which exists in the BBC archives only as black and white film prints.
  • The series is dropped in late 1976, and is not picked up again by KCET until 1983. (During the hiatus, KBSC screens the Tom Baker series – see below.)
  • 1983: After a six year break, KCET picks up Doctor Who again with the nationwide screening of The Five Doctors on 23 November 1983. The Tom Baker stories air for several years on a repeat cycle.
  • December 1993: KCET drops Doctor Who.

Fandom

  • A full account of the History of Doctor Who Fandom in Los Angeles can be read HERE.


KBSC

Channel 52 (NBC)


  • 1979: Aired Doctor Who from mid-1979, playing the series weeknights for at least THREE runs into the early 1980s, before dropping the series when the station changed into a Spanish language station.
  • During 1979, the series aired ten times a week in the early evenings.
  • The Talons of Weng-Chiang was pulled after its first airing due to complaints from the Asian-American community. (Shaun Lyon, Chicago TARDIS, Nov. 28, 2010)

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San Francisco

KRON

Channel 4 (NBC)


  • 20 January 1974: Doctor Who makes its SF debut with the Jon Pertwee stories, Sundays at 11.30pm.

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San Diego

KGTV

Channel 10 (NBC)


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Redding

KIXE

Channel 9 (PBS)


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Sacramento

KVIE

Channel 6 (PBS)


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San Jose

KTEH

Channel 54 (PBS)


  • 1981: 13 April – Doctor Who commences its run on KTEH, five days a week; KTEH is the third station in the Bay Area to screen the series.
  • 1982: Omnibus versions commenced on Saturday nights.
  • 1985: The repackaged colour / black and white Jon Pertwee stories air, and repeated in 1991 and 1992.
  • 2003: KTEH's almost uninterrupted run of Doctor Who came to an end in January of this year.


  • A more detailed account of KTEH's broadcast history of Doctor Who can be found HERE

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Links

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