United States--1981

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• 18 March 1981: Despite initially picking up the rights to distribute the remaining 18 Tom Baker stories (74 episodes), Time Life's contract expires on 18 March 1981. The contract is not renewed because the Film and Television division is in the process of being dissolved.
• By 6 May 1981, Lionheart Television International Inc has been formed by several ex-executives from Time Life. The company is co-owned by Western World TV (49%), Public Media Inc (49%), and the BBC (2%). Lionheart has formally taken over from Time Life Television as US distributor of BBC programmes. At the May 1981 NATPE exhibit in New York, Lionheart promotes a syndication package of new BBC programming, a package which includes Doctor Who...
• By 27 May 1981: Lionheart distributes the 18 remaining Tom Baker stories, as well as release new tapes of the earlier 23 Tom Baker stories, now without the Howard da Silva narrations. Omnibus "feature-length movie" editions are also made available of all 41 stories. (Some stations had made their own in-house 'movie' versions of the earlier serials; Lionheart was the first distributor to offer a choice of format.)
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TOM BAKER (continued)

18 stories, 74 episodes:

5A	The Ribos Operation	4
5B	The Pirate Planet	4
5C	The Stones of Blood	4
5D	The Androids of Tara	4
5E	The Power of Kroll	4
5F	The Armageddon Factor	6
5J	Destiny of the Daleks	4
5H	City of Death	4
5G	The Creature from the Pit	4
5K	Nightmare of Eden	4
5L	The Horns of Nimon	4
5N	The Leisure Hive	4
5Q	Meglos	4
5R	Full Circle	4
5P	State of Decay	4
5S	Warriors' Gate	4
5T	The Keeper of Traken	4
5V	Logopolis	4

• 30 May 1981: The first station to buy this package is OETA in Oklahoma.

• July 1981: The first issue of Fantasy Empire magazine is published by New Media Publishing Inc (NMP). (It lasts for nearly 20 issues.)

• July 1981: Pinnacle ceases publishing its Doctor Who novelisation range.

• 14-16 August 1981: Before he has appeared on screen as the Doctor in the UK, Peter Davison makes his first US convention appearance, in Tulsa Oklahoma. This appearance was reported in Fantastic Films issue #28 (cover dated April 1982).

• December 1981: Even though the first season of Peter Davison stories has yet to screen in the UK, those seven serials are pre-sold to the cable station, The Entertainment Channel. Other stations in the US have to wait until 1983 to be able to buy the Davison adventures.

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