Wisconsin Educational Television Network

WPT Program Guide, Nov. 1984

Channel 21 (WHA, Madison) Channel 28 (WHWC, Menomonie) Channel 38 (WPNE, Green Bay)

Channel 20 (WHRM, Wausau) Channel 36 (WLEF, Park Falls) Channel 31 (WHLA, La Crosse)

• 18 March 1983: Doctor Who begins on WPT with two episodes and Once Upon a Time Lord.
• 25 March 1983: The series begins its regular timeslot, Friday nights at 10:30.
• 4 September 1983: The series moves to Sunday afternoons at 5:00.
• 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors airs.
• 9-10 March 1985: A 26-hour Marathon of ten Jon Pertwee stories, including four "new" ones that had not been previously released for the US market, aired on WHA-TV on 9 and 10 March 1985. The four "new" stories were: Spearhead from Space, Frontier in Space, Planet of the Daleks, Invasion of the Dinosaurs (in five parts only), which had recently been released by the BBC as part of a complete re-package of all 24 Pertwee adventures. The Illinois/Wisconsin area TV Guide previewed the Marathon with a half-page 'ad'. This 'ad' was subsequently used in a flyer at TJ's Comics in Chicago urging local fans to contact the programming department at channel 11. (It wasn't until 1986/87 that WTTW aired these four new stories.

Madison Capital Times

Chicago flier noting Pertwee marathon in Madison

Wisconsin State Journal, Mar. 14, 1985

Wisconsin State Journal, May 30, 1986

Media

CLIP: Whovent 86 commercial, PBS Pledges for WHA 1986 and 1987 (C Baker, Troughton, Davison, Strickson, JNT, McCoy)

WHA ident, Jan. 14?, 1991