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	'''Doctor Who''' aired on '''[[wikipedia:KGTF\|KGTF]]'''.		'''Doctor Who''' aired on '''[[wikipedia:KGTF\|KGTF]]'''.
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		+	In the '''2000s''', the [[Sci-Fi Channel]] (which aired the [[TV Movie]] and the [[New Series]]) was available in Guam via cable: it was on channel 37 of the dial.

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 ==Television Stations / Channels==
-The island had two local television stations:  '''KUAM Television''' (Channel 8) and '''KGTF Television''' (Channel 12), which was launched on 20 October 1970. Both were PBS stations. The island also had a direct cable feed that gave it programming from three local [[Los Angeles]] stations.
+The island had two local television stations:  '''KUAM Television''' (Channel 8) and '''KGTF Television''' (Channel 12), which was launched on 20 October 1970. Both were PBS stations. The island also had a direct cable feed that gave it programming from three local [[Los Angeles]] stations. In later years, the number of "cable" feeds from the US increased.
 '''Doctor Who''' aired on '''[[wikipedia:KGTF|KGTF]]'''.

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 ==Television Stations / Channels==
-The island had two television stations:  '''KUAM Television''' (Channel 8) and '''KGTF Television''' (Channel 12), which was launched on 20 October 1970. Both were PBS stations.
+The island had two local television stations:  '''KUAM Television''' (Channel 8) and '''KGTF Television''' (Channel 12), which was launched on 20 October 1970. Both were PBS stations. The island also had a direct cable feed that gave it programming from three local [[Los Angeles]] stations.
 '''Doctor Who''' aired on '''[[wikipedia:KGTF|KGTF]]'''.

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 ==Television Stations / Channels==
-The island had two television stations:  '''KUAM Television''' (Channel 8) and '''KGTF Television''' (Channel 12), which was launched on 20 October 1970.
+The island had two television stations:  '''KUAM Television''' (Channel 8) and '''KGTF Television''' (Channel 12), which was launched on 20 October 1970. Both were PBS stations.
 '''Doctor Who''' aired on '''[[wikipedia:KGTF|KGTF]]'''.
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 The first newspaper billing for the series was on Tuesday, '''29 August 1972''' at 6.00pm, and the second the following week - however there was no billing the week after that, or indeed again for the next three months, so it appears that the intended 29 August debut of the series was dropped before anything had been shown.
-The series did subsequently reach the screens on Monday, '''20 November 1972''', at 6.00pm. There was no episode listed on Friday, 24 November 1972, but the following Friday, '''1 December 1972''', the series was in the 8.00pm slot; this was a '''repeat''' of the Monday edition. (It's possible that an episode ''did '' air on 24 November, being a late replacement for the scheduled cookery show.)
+Of note, had the 29 August screening gone ahead, KGTF would have been the '''second''' US station to air the series (the first being [[WPHL]] in Philadelphia).
 This twice per week cycle continued for the entire run, although the days of the week did later change.
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 ==Television Stations / Channels==
-In 1972 to 1974 the island had two television stations:  '''KUAM Television''' and '''KGTF Television'''.
+The island had two television stations:  '''KUAM Television''' (Channel 8) and '''KGTF Television''' (Channel 12), which was launched on 20 October 1970.
-'''Doctor Who''' aired on '''[[wikipedia:KGTF|KGTF]]''', '''Channel 12'''.
+'''Doctor Who''' aired on '''[[wikipedia:KGTF|KGTF]]'''.
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 ==[[BBC Records]]==
-Guam is named in a memo of overseas sales of '''Doctor Who''', dated 10 December 1973.
+Guam is named in a memo listing overseas sales of '''Doctor Who''', dated '''10 December 1973'''.
 Guam is not named in '''The Seventies''', '''The Eighties''' [http://www.shillpages.com/howe/b-dw80s.htm - THE LOST CHAPTERS], or '''DWM'''.
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-Guam therefore bought the standard 13 story / 72 episode package of [[Jon Pertwee stories]] that was sold to the US by Time-Life Films.
+Guam therefore bought the standard 13 story / 72 episode package of colour [[Jon Pertwee stories]] that was sold to the US by Time-Life Films.
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 [[File:Guam HHH.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Colony in Space, 16 April 1973]]
 [[File:Guam FFF.JPG|thumb|right|200px|"The Mine of Evil" (sic), 6 August 1973]]
 [[File:Guam CCC.JPG|thumb|right|200px|The Ambassadors of Death, 5 November 1973]]
-[[File:Guam CCC 2.JPG|thumb|right|200px| The Ambassadors of Death, 12 November 1973]]
+[[File:Guam CCC 2.JPG|thumb|right|200px|The Ambassadors of Death, 12 November 1973]]
 [[File:Guam DDD.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Inferno, 31 December 1973]]
 ===[[Jon Pertwee stories|JON PERTWEE]]===
-The series started on Monday, '''27 November 1972''', at 6.00pm. On the Friday, at 8.00pm, the same episode was repeated. This cycle continued for the entire run.
+The first newspaper billing for the series was on Tuesday, '''29 August 1972''' at 6.00pm, and the second the following week - however there was no billing the week after that, or indeed again for the next three months, so it appears that the intended 29 August debut of the series was dropped before anything had been shown.
-It's clear from the listings (see below) that the stories did not play in correct story order, with the three season 7 serials airing towards the end of the run, rather than at the start. The identity of the first story to air is not known, but would be [[The Curse of Peladon]], [[The Sea Devils]], or [[The Mutants]], as these are the only three that are not identified by at least one newspaper billing.
+The series did subsequently reach the screens on Monday, '''20 November 1972''', at 6.00pm. There was no episode listed on Friday, 24 November 1972, but the following Friday, '''1 December 1972''', the series was in the 8.00pm slot; this was a '''repeat''' of the Monday edition. (It's possible that an episode ''did '' air on 24 November, being a late replacement for the scheduled cookery show.)
 From '''13 October 1973''', the Friday repeat shifted to Saturday afternoons at 3.30pm, and the Monday episode shifted to a 6.30pm timeslot.
-Two of the Friday repeats – 9 March 1973 and 20 April - were pre-empted. The missed episodes do not appear to have been rescheduled.
+Two of the Friday repeats – 9 March and 20 April 1973 - were pre-empted. There was also a pre-emption (by a Christmas show) of the Monday episode on 24 December 1974, which should have been the first showing of [[Inferno]] part 1. (If the episode didn't air on this day, then its "repeat" on the Friday was actually its '''first''' screening!) These missed episodes do not appear to have been rescheduled.
-The final episode and repeat aired 1 and 6 April 1974; the series had run virtually uninterrupted for 17 months. However, the tally shows that these were episode number 142, when it should be 144. To account for the "missing" episodes (one first run and one repeat), we have to assume the anomaly occurred near the beginning of the run, because all the named episodes at the end of the run fit correctly within the expected number of airdates. Did the series perhaps commence earlier than 27 November 1972? (But there was certainly no evidence of this in the newspaper.) Or did two episodes air back to back on one of the dates, but with the timeslot still allocated for only 30 minutes?
+The final episode and repeat aired '''1 and 6 April 1974'''; the series had run virtually uninterrupted for 17 months, with four pre-emptions, taking the episode tally to 140 out of the full 144 (i.e. 72 first runs, plus 68 repeats).
 There is no clear record that Guam screened '''Doctor Who''' again after 1974.
 ====Fate of the Tapes?====
-The nearby [[Philippines]] commenced screenings of the series in March 1976; it's possible that Guam sent its tapes there.
+The nearby [[Philippines]] commenced screening the series in '''March 1976'''; it's more than likely that that Guam sent its tapes there.
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-TV listings have been obtained from the ''Pacific Daily News''.
+TV listings have been obtained from the issues of the ''Pacific Daily News''. The Sunday issues also sometimes had the listings for the full upcoming week.
-Listings initially gave the series name as the usual abbreviation of '''"Dr Who"'''. None of the listings for the first few months identify any episodes by title (Not Stated; N/S).
+Listings initially gave the series name as the usual abbreviation of '''"Dr Who"'''. None of the listings for the first few months identify any episodes by title.
-The first named episode is on 16 April 1973 - [[Colony in Space]]. After a break of a week, the next episode is labelled only as '''"(New Series)"'''. But since the next story is named five weeks later, we can assume that [[The Daemons]] aired after [[Colony in Space]]. The 28 May episode is titled just '''"The Daleks"'''. Publicity material for this package of Pertwee stories issued by Time-Life referred to [[Day of the Daleks]] by that abbreviated title; an 'error' that many US newspapers repeated in the 1970s.
+The first episode to be named by title was that on 16 April 1973 - [[Colony in Space]]. After a break of a week, the next episode is labelled only as '''"(New Series)"'''. Since the next story after that is named five weeks later, we can take it that the 5-part [[The Daemons]] aired after [[Colony in Space]].
-And only on a couple of occasion, such as for [[The Ambassadors of Death]], was a story synopsis given.
+The 28 May episode is titled just '''"The Daleks"''', although this is actually [[Day of the Daleks]]. (Publicity material for this package of Pertwee stories issued by Time-Life referred to [[Day of the Daleks]] by that abbreviated title; an 'error' that many US newspapers repeated in the 1970s.)
-From '''6 July 1973''', the newspaper was generally better with providing titles, through to the end of the run. A few printing 'errors' crept in, with '''"Mine of Evil"''', '''"Time Monsters"''' (plural), and just '''"The Ambassadors"''' appearing on occasion.
+Some of the listings have '''(C)''' printed next to the title, indicating it is '''Colour'''. Although only some listings have this, all the episodes would have been shown in NTSC.
-There were no billings on 3 and 10 September, or 24 December 1973. As noted above, there were only 142 listings when there should be 144. If '''Doctor Who''' didn't air on these other three dates, then we'd have five episodes unaccounted for.
+From '''6 July 1973''', the newspaper was generally better with providing titles - and on some occasions a story synopsis - through to the end of the run. A few printing errors crept in, with '''"Mine of Evil"''', '''"Time Monsters"''' (plural), and just '''"The Ambassadors"''' appearing on occasion.
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 **[[Jon Pertwee stories]]
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+[[Category:North America]]
 [[Category:Australasia/Asia]]

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-Guam therefore bought the standard 13 story / 72 episode package of [[Jon Pertwee stories]] that was sold to the US by Time Life Films.
+Guam therefore bought the standard 13 story / 72 episode package of [[Jon Pertwee stories]] that was sold to the US by Time-Life Films.
 ===Origin of the Tapes===
-The television distributor for Guam was Time Life Films. They supplied the programme on colour video tape in the NTSC format.
+The television distributor for Guam was Time-Life Films. They supplied the programme on colour video tape in the NTSC format.
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 Listings initially gave the series name as the usual abbreviation of '''"Dr Who"'''. None of the listings for the first few months identify any episodes by title (Not Stated; N/S).
-The first named episode is on 16 April 1973 - [[Colony in Space]]. After a break of a week, the next episode is labelled only as '''"(New Series)"'''. But since the next story is named five weeks later, we can assume that [[The Daemons]] aired after [[Colony in Space]]. The 28 May episode is titled just '''"The Daleks"'''. Publicity material for this package of Pertwee stories issued by Time Life referred to [[Day of the Daleks]] by that abbreviated title; an 'error' that many US newspapers repeated in the 1970s.
+The first named episode is on 16 April 1973 - [[Colony in Space]]. After a break of a week, the next episode is labelled only as '''"(New Series)"'''. But since the next story is named five weeks later, we can assume that [[The Daemons]] aired after [[Colony in Space]]. The 28 May episode is titled just '''"The Daleks"'''. Publicity material for this package of Pertwee stories issued by Time-Life referred to [[Day of the Daleks]] by that abbreviated title; an 'error' that many US newspapers repeated in the 1970s.
 And only on a couple of occasion, such as for [[The Ambassadors of Death]], was a story synopsis given.

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	====Fate of the Tapes?====		====Fate of the Tapes?====
−	The nearby [[Philippines]] commenced screenings of the series in March 1976; it's possible that Guam sent it tapes there.	+	The nearby [[Philippines]] commenced screenings of the series in March 1976; it's possible that Guam sent its tapes there.