WPHL - Revision history

John Lavalie at 15:29, 26 December 2023

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 *'''31 October 1972 - 26 May 1973''': The series is repeated.
 *BBC paperwork indicates that WPHL bought '''four''' screening rights to the series, although  it appears that it only used '''two''' of these. (It may have on-sold the unused rights to another station.)
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+|[[File:WPHLAug72.JPG|thumb|250px|Philadelphia Inquirer billing, 21 August 1972]]
-|[[File:WPHLAug72.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Philadelphia Inquirer billing, 21 August 1972]]||[[File:WPHLPremiere.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Philadelphia Inquirer billing, Dr Who (Premiere), 21 August 1972]]
+|[[File:WPHLPremiere.JPG|thumb|250px|Philadelphia Inquirer billing, Dr Who (Premiere), 21 August 1972]]
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+|[[File:1972-08-19 Pottstown Mercury.jpg|thumb|250px|The Pottstown Mercury, 19 August 1972]]
-|[[File:WPHL 1972.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Philadelphia Inquirer billing]]||[[File:WPHL Monday.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Philadelphia Inquirer billing, TV Highlights, 21 August 1972]]
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+|[[File:WPHL 1972.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Philadelphia Inquirer billing]]

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 * '''21 August 1972''': '''Doctor Who''' makes its television '''DEBUT''' in the United States. The first serial to air was [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]].
 **This was only two months after the completion of season nine in the UK (with part six of [[The Time Monster]] on '''24 June 1972''').
-**WPHL did not purchase the full package, instead only taking the first nine stories (50 episodes), up to and including [[Day of the Daleks]]. (Time Life's initial package offer was of the first 50 episodes only -- see [[United States--1972]]. The other stations to buy the series bought the full 72 episode package; WPHL was the only station that did not.)
+**WPHL did not purchase the full package, instead only taking the first nine stories (50 episodes), up to and including [[Day of the Daleks]]. (Time-Life's initial package offer was of the first 50 episodes only -- see [[United States--1972]]. The other stations to buy the series bought the full 72 episode package; WPHL was the only station that did not.)
 *'''30 October 1972''': The first run of the 50 episodes concludes.
 *'''31 October 1972 - 26 May 1973''': The series is repeated.

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 [[File:19720821.jpg|thumb|250px|alt=The Philadelphia Inquirer, 21 August 1972|The Philadelphia Inquirer, 21 August 1972]]
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+* '''21 August 1972''': '''Doctor Who''' makes its television '''DEBUT''' in the United States. The first serial to air was [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]].
 **This was only two months after the completion of season nine in the UK (with part six of [[The Time Monster]] on '''24 June 1972''').
 **WPHL did not purchase the full package, instead only taking the first nine stories (50 episodes), up to and including [[Day of the Daleks]]. (Time Life's initial package offer was of the first 50 episodes only -- see [[United States--1972]]. The other stations to buy the series bought the full 72 episode package; WPHL was the only station that did not.)
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-* '''21 August 1972''': '''Doctor Who''' made its television '''DEBUT''' in the United States on '''21 August 1972''' on this independent channel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
+* '''21 August 1972''': '''Doctor Who''' made its television '''DEBUT''' in the United States on '''21 August 1972''' on this independent channel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The first serial to air was [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]].
 **This was only two months after the completion of season nine in the UK (with part six of [[The Time Monster]] on '''24 June 1972''').
 **WPHL did not purchase the full package, instead only taking the first nine stories (50 episodes), up to and including [[Day of the Daleks]]. (Time Life's initial package offer was of the first 50 episodes only -- see [[United States--1972]]. The other stations to buy the series bought the full 72 episode package; WPHL was the only station that did not.)

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