Maryland Public Television

Baltimore Sun, Mar. 12, 1988

Maryland Public Television
Network: PBS	Channel(s): various
First airing: 1982	Last airing: 2001
== AIRDATES ==

MPT serves all of Maryland. Its six transmitters cover nearly all of the state, plus Washington, D.C. and parts of Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania.

Channel 67 WMPB (Baltimore / Owings Mills) Channel 22 WMPT (Annapolis) Channel 31 WWPB (Hagerstown)

Channel 36 WGPT (Oakland) Channel 28 WCPB (Salisbury) Channel 62 WFPT (Frederick)

• 2 July 1982: The Tom Baker stories air.
• 1987: The Colin Baker stories aired on Saturdays.
• 26 September 1987: Revelation of the Daleks aired at 11.00pm.
• 1987: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired, with repeats in 1990 and 1992.
• 17 March 1990: Over $111,000 is raised for Maryland Public Television in one night when Sophie Aldred and Tom Baker appear during the pledge-drive (See clips below). The Making of Doctor Who and Logopolis air. "Don't be a parasite!" becomes Tom Baker's catch-phrase for the evening. Photos here.
• 29 August 1992: The recently recovered The Tomb of the Cybermen screens.
• 5 December 1992: Aired Resistance is Useless: A Doctor Who Retrospective.
• 12 December 1992: The Five Doctors airs.
• 20 March 1993: Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred are in Baltimore for the ArcCon convention. They appear live on MPT during a pledge-drive that weekend.
• 20 August 1994: A one hour programme, billed as "Doctor Who: 30 Years" (possibly the BBC documentary 30 Years in the TARDIS) airs at 11pm, followed by the series itself in a 70-minute slot.
• 1998-1999: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired again around this time.
• 2 December 2000: Remembrance of the Daleks is shown during a pledge break along with a "taped interview with Sylvester McCoy" (probably An Interview with)
• 3 March 2001: The Sylvester McCoy special is repeated.

Media

Tom Baker on MPT, March 1990

Tom Baker and Sophie Aldred, part 1

Tom Baker and Sophie Aldred, part 2