United States--1987

• 24 January 1987: New Jersey Network is the first station to screen The Trial of a Time Lord:

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COLIN BAKER (continued)

One story, 14 episodes (also as four "movie length" omnibus editions):

	The Trial of a Time Lord	14
7A	The Mysterious Planet	4
7B	Mindwarp	4
7C	Terror of the Vervoids	4
7C	The Ultimate Foe	2

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• By early 1987, Lionheart declares that Doctor Who is available in over 185 markets across the US.
• 28 February 1987: Sylvester McCoy joins John Nathan-Turner and Jon Pertwee on the Doctor Who USA Tour at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia; this is his debut public appearance following his casting as the seventh Doctor, three days ahead of his "official" announcement in the UK!

Doctor Who Celebration & Tour 87-88 brochure, proclaiming over 185 US markets

• 28 March 1987: Patrick Troughton dies, while attending a convention in Columbus, Georgia.

• 16 May 1987: Having completed filming his debut story, Time and the Rani, Sylvester McCoy visits Boston with the Doctor Who USA Tour; coverage is shown on WGBH.

• By June 1987, it is reported that Doctor Who is seen potentially by 74% of the country. By September it is announced that over 200 markets have screened the series. However, Lionheart starts hiking up the price for Doctor Who, triggering a backlash that sees a number of PBS stations dropping the series for being too expensive... (By 1987, a package of episodes (number unknown) was costing over $126,000!)

• By September 1987, the long-running FASA Doctor Who role-playing game is cancelled.

• By November 1987: CBS/FOX, under its Playhouse Video imprint, begins releasing Doctor Who stories on home video (VHS and Betamax). The first titles are Revenge of the Cybermen, Pyramids of Mars, The Brain of Morbius and The Robots of Death. They retail for $19.98.