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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.
  
*<span id="bus"> '''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. </span>
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*'''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.  
 
 
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* '''DOCTOR WHO USA TOUR ITINERARY''':
 
** '''May to August 1986''': In its first leg, the tour visits (in no particular order) [[New York]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[New Jersey]], [[Maine]], with Peter Davison in attendance.
 
** During '''September 1986''', Tom Baker and Colin Baker visit (in no particular order) [[Washington DC]], [[Tennessee]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Georgia]], [[Illinois]], [[Massachusetts]] and [[New York]].
 
** '''September 1986 to February 1987''': The Tour visits (in no particular order) [[New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Minnesota]], [[Maryland]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Tennessee]], [[Louisiana]], [[Alabama]], [[Florida]] and DisneyWorld, with Colin Baker, Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison and Patrick Troughton taking part at various legs of the journey.
 
**From '''February 1987''', Pertwee is joined by new Doctor Sylvester McCoy, visiting (in no particular order) [[Georgia]], [[Minnesota]], and [[Massachusetts]].
 
**'''1987-1988''': The Tour is renamed the '''Doctor Who Celebration & Tour 87-88'''.
 
** '''August to December 1987''': The Tour travels westwards, calling in at (in no particular order) [[Washington]] state, [[Iowa]] (with Janet Fielding), [[California]], [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], [[Texas]], [[Oklahoma]] and [[Louisiana]]. Pertwee, McCoy and Janet Fielding attend.
 
**'''May 1988''': The tour ends, having visited some 181 locations over two years.
 
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[[File:USA Tour.JPG|right|200px|Doctor Who USA Tour]]
 
'''DOCTOR WHO USA TOUR WEB SITES''':
 
 
 
* [http://www.drwhoexhibitions.co.uk/usatour.htm DOCTOR WHO USA TOUR OVERVIEW]
 
* [http://www.michaell.org/who/conclips/whotour86.phtml DOCTOR WHO USA TOUR in MINNESOTA, October 1986 1]
 
* [http://www.michaell.org/who/conclips/whotour286.phtml DOCTOR WHO USA TOUR in MINNESOTA, October 1986, 2]
 
* [http://www.richardwho.com/exhibitions/USATour/1986/index.asp DOCTOR WHO USA TOUR, 1986]
 
* [http://www.richardwho.com/exhibitions/USATour/19870228/index.asp DOCTOR WHO USA TOUR in ALABAMA, February 1987]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYRN5EFc_ZA&feature=related USA TOUR IN IOWA REPORT]
 
  
 
* '''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.  

Revision as of 22:03, 21 February 2012



PATRICK TROUGHTON

The War Games - Omnibus end of part one "To be continued" caption

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).


  • 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.
  • 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.