United States
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The USA was the 34th country to screen Doctor Who, with various commercial, non-commercial, independent, network affiliated and PBS stations carrying the series from August 1972.
Contents
- 1 Significant dates in US screening history
- 2 Stories bought and broadcast / screening order
- 2.1 JON PERTWEE
- 2.2 TOM BAKER
- 2.3 TOM BAKER (continued)
- 2.4 PETER DAVISON
- 2.5 JON PERTWEE (continued)
- 2.6 PETER DAVISON (continued)
- 2.7 PETER DAVISON (continued)
- 2.8 COLIN BAKER
- 2.9 WILLIAM HARTNELL
- 2.10 PATRICK TROUGHTON
- 2.11 JON PERTWEE (continued)
- 2.12 COLIN BAKER (continued)
- 2.13 SYLVESTER McCOY
- 3 Index of States
- 4 Links
Significant dates in US screening history
1960s
- Dalek movies
- Avon book
- Terry Nation spin-off
- Famous Monsters of Filmland
- and other stuff
1970s
- First screened on 21 August 1972 on WPHL in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Tom Baker stories commence in October 1978
- and other stuff
1980s
- Other Doctors
- Doctor Who bus thingy
- Spirit of Light convention
- and other stuff
1990s
- and other stuff
(The above timeline is taken from events and dates reported in DWM, DWB, Celestial Toyroom, Data Extract, Fantasy Image, Starlog, Doctor Who Marvel (US), Famous Monsters of Filmland, Fantastic Films, Fangoria, Enterprise Incidents.)
Stories bought and broadcast / screening order
JON PERTWEE
13 stories, 72 episodes:
| BBB | Doctor Who and the Silurians | 7 |
| CCC | The Ambassadors of Death | 7 |
| DDD | Inferno | 7 |
| EEE | Terror of the Autons | 4 |
| FFF | The Mind of Evil | 6 |
| GGG | The Claws of Axos | 4 |
| HHH | Colony in Space | 6 |
| JJJ | The Daemons | 5 |
| KKK | Day of the Daleks | 4 |
| MMM | The Curse of Peladon | 4 |
| LLL | The Sea Devils | 6 |
| NNN | The Mutants | 6 |
| OOO | The Time Monster | 6 |
TOM BAKER
23 stories, 98 episodes:
| 4A | Robot | 4 |
| 4C | The Ark in Space | 4 |
| 4B | The Sontaran Experiment | 2 |
| 4E | Genesis of the Daleks | 6 |
| 4D | Revenge of the Cybermen | 4 |
| 4F | Terror of the Zygons | 4 |
| 4H | Planet of Evil | 4 |
| 4G | Pyramids of Mars | 4 |
| 4J | The Android Invasion | 4 |
| 4K | The Brain of Morbius | 4 |
| 4L | The Seeds of Doom | 6 |
| 4M | The Masque of Mandragora | 4 |
| 4N | The Hand of Fear | 4 |
| 4P | The Deadly Assassin | 4 |
| 4Q | The Face of Evil | 4 |
| 4R | The Robots of Death | 4 |
| 4S | The Talons of Weng-Chiang | 6 |
| 4V | Horror of Fang Rock | 4 |
| 4T | The Invisible Enemy | 4 |
| 4X | Image of the Fendahl | 4 |
| 4W | The Sun Makers | 4 |
| 4Y | Underworld | 4 |
| 4Z | The Invasion of Time | 6 |
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 |
PETER DAVISON
6 stories, 26 episdoes:
| 5Z | Castrovalva | 4 |
| 5W | Four to Doomsday | 4 |
| 5Y | Kinda | 4 |
| 5X | The Visitation | 4 |
| 6A | Black Orchid | 2 |
| 6B | Earthshock | 4 |
| 6C | Time-Flight | 4 |
JON PERTWEE (continued)
This block of stories was released along with a re-issue of DDD, GGG, HHH, KKK, LLL, NNN, OOO; which was a package of just the full colour stories that existed at the time.
Seven stories, 34 episodes:
| RRR | The Three Doctors | 4 |
| PPP | Carnival of Monsters | 4 |
| TTT | The Green Death | 6 |
| UUU | The Time Warrior | 4 |
| XXX | Death to the Daleks | 4 |
| YYY | The Monster of Peladon | 6 |
| ZZZ | Planet of the Spiders | 6 |
PETER DAVISON (continued)
One story, one episode:
| 6K | The Five Doctors | 1 |
PETER DAVISON (continued)
12 stories, equivalent of 44 episode:
| 6E | Arc of Infinity | 4 |
| 6D | Snakedance | 4 |
| 6F | Mawdryn Undead | 4 |
| 6G | Terminus | 4 |
| 6H | Enlightenment | 4 |
| 6J | The King's Demons | 2 |
| 6L | Warriors of the Deep | 4 |
| 6M | The Awakening | 2 |
| 6N | Frontios | 4 |
| 6P | Resurrection of the Daleks | (2/4) |
| 6Q | Planet of Fire | 4 |
| 6R | The Caves of Androzani | 4 |
COLIN BAKER
Seven stories, equivalent of 30 half hour episodes:
| 6S | The Twin Dilemma | 4 |
| 6T | Attack of the Cybermen | 2/4 |
| 6V | Vengeance on Varos | 2/4 |
| 6X | The Mark of the Rani | 2/4 |
| 6W | The Two Doctors | 3/6 |
| 6Y | Timelash | 2/4 |
| 6Z | Revelation of the Daleks | 2/4 |
WILLIAM HARTNELL
When US stations demanded "more Doctor Who", the BBC raided its archives and repackaged the black and white episodes. From 1985, they sold the 17 serials that were complete. With the stories re-edited into compilations, brand new closing credits were created. It has been reported that The War Machines had the regeneration from Hartnell to Troughton edited on to the end, to lead into the first Troughton story that was sold as part of the same re-issue package.
Seventeen stories, 76 episodes:
| A | An Unearthly Child | 4 |
| B | The Daleks | 7 |
| C | Inside the Spaceship | 2 |
| E | The Keys of Marinus | 6 |
| F | The Aztecs | 4 |
| G | The Sensorites | 6 |
| J | Planet of Giants | 3 |
| K | The Dalek Invasion of Earth | 6 |
| L | The Rescue | 2 |
| M | The Romans | 4 |
| N | The Web Planet | 6 |
| Q | The Space Museum | 4 |
| R | The Chase | 6 |
| S | The Time Meddler | 4 |
| X | The Ark | 4 |
| Z | The Gunfighters | 4 |
| BB | The War Machines | 4 |
PATRICK TROUGHTON
Five stories, 30 episodes:
| TT | The Dominators | 5 |
| UU | The Mind Robber | 5 |
| WW | The Krotons | 4 |
| XX | The Seeds of Death | 6 |
| ZZ | The War Games | 10 |
JON PERTWEE (continued)
From 1985, the BBC reissued all the Pertwee stories, including those that existed only as black and white prints. This package also included the following four stories that not had been sold to the States before. Since episode three of Planet of the Daleks was in black and white, the BBC also provided a re-edited version that re-cut episodes two and four, making the story into a five-part serial. Invasion of the Dinosaurs was also re-edited; episode one was in black and white, so the opening titles were all re-captioned (e.g. Part Two was renumbered PART ONE), and the story was issued as a five parter.
Four stories, 20/21 episodes:
| AAA | Spearhead from Space | 4 |
| QQQ | Frontier in Space | 6 |
| QQQ | Planet of the Daleks | 5/6 |
| WWW | Invasion of the Dinosaurs | 5 |
COLIN BAKER (continued)
One (4) stories, 14 episodes:
| 7A | The Trial of a Time Lord | 14 |
SYLVESTER McCOY
12 stories, 42 episodes:
| 7D | Time and the Rani | 4 |
| 7E | Paradise Towers | 4 |
| 7F | Delta and the Bannermen | 3 |
| 7G | Dragonfire | 3 |
| 7H | Remembrance of the Daleks | 4 |
| 7L | The Happiness Patrol | 3 |
| 7K | Silver Nemesis | 3 |
| 7J | The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | 4 |
| 7N | Battlefield | 4 |
| 7Q | Ghost Light | 3 |
| 7M | The Curse of Fenric | 4 |
| 7P | Survival | 3 |
Index of States
Most – if not all – States aired Doctor Who at some point between 1972 and the late 1990s. Click on each State to go to the index page for stations within the State that screened the series:
