Saskatchewan Repeats
- Western and Central Canada
Western & Central Canada
Summary
For the purposes of this guide, Western and Central Canada covers:
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Saskatchewan
- Manitoba
- Ontario
- Quebec
(See full list below)
This page does not include the run of Saskatchewan Repeats or the kinescope broadcasts in CKPG Prince George, CFTK Terrace, CBWBT Flin Flon, which are dealt with in the Kinescopes section.
For all these stations the 26 episode run series started on 23 January 1965 and ended on 2 July 1965. (No episode aired on 6 February 1965.)
The Wednesday episodes began on 14 April 1965. Some stations dropped episodes or transmitted at different times due to time zone shifts. See the Regional Variation notes following the Airdates table.
All transmissions were via the live Microwave network feed from Toronto.
AIRDATES
| No | Date | Day | Typical Time | Ep |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 Jan 1965 | Sat | 17:00 | A1 |
| 2 | 30 Jan 1965 | Sat | 17:00 | A2 |
| 3 | 13 Feb 1965 | Sat | 17:00 | A3 |
| 4 | 20 Feb 1965 | Sat | 17:00 | A4 |
| 5 | 27 Feb 1965 | Sat | 17:00 | B1 |
| 6 | 6 Mar 1965 | Sat | 17:00 | B2 |
| 7 | 13 Mar 1965 | Sat | 17:00 | B3 |
| 8 | 20 Mar 1965 | Sat | 17:00 | B4 |
| 9 | 27 Mar 1965 | Sat | 17:00 | B5 |
| 10 | 3 Apr 1965 | Sat | 17:00 | B6 |
| 11 | 14 Apr 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | B7 |
| 12 | 21 Apr 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | C1 |
| 13 | 28 Apr 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | C2 |
| 14 | 5 May 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | D1 |
| 15 | 12 May 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | D2 |
| 16 | 19 May 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | D3 |
| 17 | 26 May 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | D4 |
| 18 | 2 Jun 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | D5 |
| 19 | 9 Jun 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | D6 |
| 20 | 16 Jun 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | D7 |
| 21 | 23 Jun 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | E1 |
| 22 | 28 Jun 1965 | Mon | 17:00 | E2 |
| 23 | 29 Jun 1965 | Tue | 17:00 | E3 |
| 24 | 30 Jun 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | E4 |
| 25 | 1 Jul 1965 | Thu | 17:00 | E5 |
| 26 | 2 Jul 1965 | Fri | 17:00 | E6 |
==CBC stations covered by this Profile==
| Station | Ch | City | Prov | # of eps | Signal Source | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBUT | 2 | Vancouver | BC | 26 | Live | CBC |
| CHEK | 6 | Victoria | BC | 10 | Live | Private |
| CHBC | 2 | Kelowna | BC | 26 | Live | Private |
| CFCR | 4 | Kamloops | BC | 26 | Live | Private |
| CJDC | 5 | Dawson Creek | BC | 26 | Live | Private |
| CBXT | 5 | Edmonton | AB | 26 | Live | CBC |
| CKSA | 2 | Lloydminster | AB | 26 | Live | Private |
| CHCA | 6 | Red Deer | AB | 26 | Live | Private |
| CHCT | 2 | Calgary | AB | 15 | Live | Private |
| CJLH | 7 | Lethbridge | AB | 26 | Live | Private |
| CHAT | 6 | Medicine Hat | AB | 26 | Live | Private |
| CKCK | 2 | Regina | SK | 21 | Live | Private |
| CFQC | 8 | Saskatoon | SK | 26 | Live | Private |
| CKOS | 3 | Yorkton | SK | 26 | Live | Private |
| CJFB | 5 | Swift Current | SK | 26 | Live | Private |
| CKBI | 5 | Prince Albert | SK | 26 | Live | Private |
| CBWT | 6 | Winnipeg | MB | 26 | Live | CBC |
| CKX | 5 | Brandon | MB | 25 | Live | Private |
| CBWAT | 8 | Kenora | ON | 26 | Live | CBC |
| CKPR | 2 | Thunder Bay | ON | 26 | Live | Private |
| CKSO | 5 | Sudbury | ON | 25 | Live | Private |
| CFCH | 10 | North Bay | ON | 25 | Live | Private |
| CFCL | 6 | Timmins | ON | 26 | Live | Private |
| CJIC | 2 | Sault St. Marie | ON | 10 | Live | Private |
| CBLT | 6 | Toronto | ON | 26 | Live | CBC |
| CKVR | 3 | Barrie | ON | 21 | Live | Private |
| CKNX | 8 | Wingham | ON | 26 | Live | Private |
| CFPL | 10 | London | ON | 10 | Live | Private |
| CKLW | 9 | Windsor | ON | 0 | Live | Private |
| CHEX | 12 | Peterborough | ON | 26 | Live | Private |
| CKWS | 11 | Kingston | ON | 26 | Live | Private |
| CBOT | 4 | Ottawa | ON | 26 | Live | CBC |
| CHOV | 5 | Pembroke | ON | 26 | Live | Private |
| CBMT | 5 | Montreal | QC | 26 | Live | CBC |
| CKMI | 5 | Quebec City | QC | 26 | Live | Private |
Regional Variation Notes
- Stations that only transmitted the ten Saturday episodes:
- CHEK Victoria
- CJIC Sault St. Marie
- CFPL London
- Station that transmitted the ten Saturday episodes and the last five episodes only:
- CHCT Calgary
- Stations that did not transmit on 1 July (Canada Day):
- CKX Brandon
- CKSO Sudbury
- CFCH North Bay
- Stations that did not transmit the last five episodes (28 June – 2 July):
- CKVR Barrie
- CKCK Regina
- Stations that aired no episodes:
- CKLW Windsor
Regional Air Time Variations
British Columbia Saturday Episodes
Stations CBUT Vancouver, CHEK Victoria, CHBC Kelowna and CFCR Kamloops aired the ten Saturday episodes at 4:00 PM. This was necessary as ice hockey telecasts began at 5:30 PM in British Columbia; essentially the Calgary Delay Centre released the episodes to British Columbia and Alberta at the same time (5:00 PM in Alberta, 4:00 PM in those areas of British Columbia that observe Pacific Time).
CBWAT Kenora (Ontario)
The air time for the first 13 episodes (23 January to 28 April) was 4:00 PM. After that the air time was 5:00 PM.
The reason why this happened is that after 28 April, CBWAT Kenora switched its signal feed from Toronto to Winnipeg. Though part of Ontario, Kenora is in the same time zone as Winnipeg which is an hour behind Toronto.
CKPR Thunder Bay (Ontario)
The air time for the first 12 episodes (23 January to 28 April) was 5:00 PM. After that the air time was 4:00 PM.
The reason why this happened is that in 1965, Thunder Bay did not follow Daylight Savings Time so when the clocks changed in Toronto on 25 April 1965 Thunder Bay found itself an hour behind Toronto.
Cable TV Operations
In the 1960’s, several small cable TV operations in Canada employed consumer-grade videotape equipment to record TV broadcasts with the tapes shipped to a remote cable TV installation for playback. One such operation known to exist at that time is the cable TV system in Thompson, Manitoba (CESM-TV Ltd.).
CESM recorded TV broadcasts in Winnipeg and shipped the tapes to Thompson (some 760 km away). It is possible that Doctor Who was seen in Thompson, Manitoba in this manner. TV listings have not been located as yet.
Please note that even if CESM recorded Doctor Who episodes there is virtually no chance such tapes survived as they would have almost certainly been reused.
A 1970 lawsuit brought against CESM-TV by Warner Bros. listed CESM as starting operation in 1964. The lawsuit listed other cable systems similar to CESM as being located in Pine Point and Tar Island in the Northwest Territories as well as WHTV in Whitehorse, Yukon.
The Cable TV operation in Whitehorse, Yukon (WHTV) was regularly supplied a small package of films by the CBC up to 1966 (before it too started to videotape TV like CESM). An examination of 1965 TV listings for WHTV had no Doctor Who entries.
Research and Text © Randy Howell
- Atlantic Canada
Summary
For the purposes of this guide, Atlantic Canada covers:
- New Brunswick
- Prince Edward Island
- Nova Scotia
- Newfoundland and Labrador
(see full list of stations below)
This page does not include CFLA Goose Bay, which is dealt with in the Kinescopes Canada section, which covers those stations that did not have any access to the live network feeds.
For all these stations, the series started on Saturday, 23 January 1965 and ended on Friday, 9 July 1965. (No episode aired 6 February 1965.)
For the ten Saturday episodes (up to 3 April) the broadcasts were via the live microwave network feed from Toronto.
For the remaining 16 episodes that started on Wednesday, 21 April 1965 the broadcast was via a week-delayed kinescope film transmitted from CBHT Halifax and relayed to all of Atlantic Canada. (For more on the use of kinescope, see our separate coverage of Kinescope Stations.)
AIRDATES
The ten Saturday episodes were seen in Atlantic Canada via the live microwave network. With the one hour time zone difference (90 minutes for Newfoundland), Doctor Who appeared at 6:00 PM (6:30 PM in Newfoundland). When the series moved to Wednesdays on 21 April 1965 (a week later than the main network), the time switched to 5:00 PM (5:30 PM in Newfoundland). This meant that Doctor Who went to air an hour earlier than Toronto, which is only possible if a recording was employed. As the last 16 episodes started a week later, and the series ended a week later relative to the main network, the recording was from the previous week (a one week delay).
Episode breakdown per air date follows the CBLT Toronto transmission, accounting for the extra week delay for the Wednesday/weekday episodes with corroboration from episode summaries listed in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald.
TV listings for Station CFSN Stephenville were in Atlantic Time even though the station is in Newfoundland. Like CFLA Goose Bay, CFSN was operated by the United States Air Force and the two air bases needed to have a common clock. Goose Bay AFB was the home of the strategic bomber fleet and Ernest Harmon AFB (Stephenville) was the home of the air refueling fleet.
Legend
- AT: Atlantic Time (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Labrador)
- NT: Newfoundland Time (Newfoundland); 30 minutes ahead of AT
- Live: Microwave TV feed (no delay)
- Kine: Kinescope (delayed programming)
| No | Date | Day | Time [AT/NT] | Signal Feed | Ep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 Jan 1965 | Sat | 18:00/18:30 | Live | A1 |
| 2 | 30 Jan 1965 | Sat | 18:00/18:30 | Live | A2 |
| 3 | 13 Feb 1965 | Sat | 18:00/18:30 | Live | A3 |
| 4 | 20 Feb 1965 | Sat | 18:00/18:30 | Live | A4 |
| 5 | 27 Feb 1965 | Sat | 18:00/18:30 | Live | B1 |
| 6 | 6 Mar 1965 | Sat | 18:00/18:30 | Live | B2 |
| 7 | 13 Mar 1965 | Sat | 18:00/18:30 | Live | B3 |
| 8 | 20 Mar 1965 | Sat | 18:00/18:30 | Live | B4 |
| 9 | 27 Mar 1965 | Sat | 18:00/18:30 | Live | B5 |
| 10 | 3 Apr 1965 | Sat | 18:00/18:30 | Live | B6 |
| 11 | 21 Apr 1965 | Wed | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | B7 |
| 12 | 28 Apr 1965 | Wed | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | C1 |
| 13 | 5 May 1965 | Wed | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | C2 |
| 14 | 12 May 1965 | Wed | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | D1 |
| 15 | 19 May 1965 | Wed | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | D2 |
| 16 | 26 May 1965 | Wed | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | D3 |
| 17 | 2 Jun 1965 | Wed | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | D4 |
| 18 | 9 Jun 1965 | Wed | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | D5 |
| 19 | 16 Jun 1965 | Wed | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | D6 |
| 20 | 23 Jun 1965 | Wed | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | D7 |
| 21 | 30 Jun 1965 | Wed | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | E1 |
| 22 | 5 Jul 1965 | Mon | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | E2 |
| 23 | 6 Jul 1965 | Tue | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | E3 |
| 24 | 7 Jul 1965 | Wed | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | E4 |
| 25 | 8 Jul 1965 | Thu | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | E5 |
| 26 | 9 Jul 1965 | Fri | 17:00/17:30 | Kine | E6 |
CBC stations covered by this Profile
| Station | Ch | City | Prov | # of eps | Signal Source | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBHT | 3 | Halifax | NS | 26 | Live/Kine | CBC |
| CJCB | 4 | Sydney | NS | 26 | Live/Kine | Private |
| CFXU | 9 | Antigonish | NS | 26? | Live/Kine | Private |
| CKCW | 2 | Moncton | NB | 26 | Live/Kine | Private |
| CHSJ | 4 | Saint John | NB | 26 | Live/Kine | Private |
| CFCY | 13 | Charlottetown | PE | 26 | Live/Kine | Private |
| CFSN | 8 | Stephenville | NL | 26 | Live | USAF |
| CBNT | 8 | St. John's | NL | 26 | Live | CBC |
| CJCN | 4 | Grand Falls | NL | 0 | Live | Private |
| CBYT | 5 | Corner Brook | NL | 26 | Live | CBC |
Regional Variations
- Stations operating under Atlantic Time [AT]:
- CBHT Halifax
- CJCB Sydney
- CKCW Moncton
- CHSJ Saint John
- CFCY Charlottetown
- CFXU Antigonish
- CFSN Stephenville
- Stations operating under Newfoundland Time [NT]:
- CBNT St. John's
- CBYT Corner Brook
- Station CJCN Grand Falls did not transmit any episodes (shared CBC/CTV transmitter)
Research and Text © Randy Howell
- Saskatchewan Repeats
Summary
Saskatchewan was the only province to play a brief run of repeats after the first 26 episodes had concluded on Friday, 2 July 1965. (A full list of the Saskatchewan stations is tabulated on the main CBC page.)
AIRDATES
The two leading newspapers of Saskatchewan for that era are the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and the Regina Leader-Post. Both newspapers agree that about nine Doctor Who episodes were broadcast by privately-owned station CFQC Saskatoon on weekdays over a two week period from Monday, 5 July 1965 to Friday, 16 July 1965 (no episode aired on the Thursday of the second week). As CFQC had already aired all 26 episodes purchased by the CBC by 2 July 1965, the station must have shown repeats. Unfortunately, what episodes were repeated is not known.
(Given that only nine episodes appear to have aired, and that it's unlikely the repeats would have been dropped midway through a serial, it could only have been one of the two 7-parters -- The Daleks or Marco Polo -- partnered with Inside the Spaceship.)
As the CBC did not own any stations in Saskatchewan in 1965 it is not clear which CBC station supplied the material. The most likely source is station CBWT Winnipeg, possibly using kinescope films returned to Winnipeg base from station CBWBT Flin Flon. CBWT Winnipeg was the Prairies Regional Headquarters for the CBC and was a distribution point for content throughout the Canadian Prairies.
The following airdates are those for privately-owned station CFQC Saskatoon in 1965:
| No | Date | Day | Time | Ep | Newspaper Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 Jul 1965 | Mon | 17:00 | ? | SSP, RLP |
| 2 | 6 Jul 1965 | Tue | 17:00 | ? | RLP (SSP 5:00 PM listing is missing) |
| 3 | 7 Jul 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | ? | SSP, RLP |
| 4 | 8 Jul 1965 | Thu | 17:00 | ? | SSP, RLP |
| 5 | 9 Jul 1965 | Fri | 17:00 | ? | SSP, RLP |
| 6 | 12 Jul 1965 | Mon | 17:00 | ? | SSP, RLP |
| 7 | 13 Jul 1965 | Tue | 17:00 | ? | SSP, RLP |
| 8 | 14 Jul 1965 | Wed | 17:00 | ? | SSP, RLP |
| 9 | 16 Jul 1965 | Fri | 17:00 | ? | SSP |
Legend:
- SSP: Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
- RLP: Regina Leader-Post
Fate of the Prints?
After the brief run of repeats in Saskatchewan, the prints would have been returned to the CBC.
Depending on whether these were acquired from the kinescope bicycle network or were the original BBC film recordings sent over from Toronto, and whether or not they were cut with timing edits, these prints were either destroyed, or were sent to another foreign broadcaster.
A likely candidate for receiving the ex-CBC prints is Trinidad & Tobago, which was the first country in the Caribbean to air the series, and commenced the run a few months later in October 1965. (Trinidad TV used Television International Enterprises Ltd as its programme purchasing agent; CBC Toronto may have sent the prints to TIE's office in New York rather than to the broadcaster directly.)
An alternative is that the 26 prints went from Toronto to the island of Bermuda, which was one of just three countries to have only screened those same five Hartnell serials; the series commenced airing there in December 1965.
TV listings
Based on newspaper listings from the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and the Regina Leader-Post it is possible that other Saskatchewan stations may have aired repeats, such as station CKBI Prince Albert. More corroborating newspaper sources are required with the search expanded to review newspaper listings for the smaller centers such as Prince Albert, Swift Current, Yorkton, etc.
Further Repeats?
The issue of episode repeats for Doctor Who raises some interesting questions. If the CBC offered repeat broadcasts to station CFQC Saskatoon, could the CBC have also offered these same episodes to other stations as syndication programming?
Most of the research involving Doctor Who listings in Canada has focused on the first eight months of 1965 and research for later years has mainly focused on the major newspapers for the larger cities. To find further listings for Doctor Who beyond 1965 would require an exhaustive search of 25 to 30 newspapers with listings for the private CBC affiliates covering the smaller cities right up until perhaps 1970. This will be a much larger task than the current eight month window in 1965 covered in the current work.
There are some hints that other Doctor Who repeats may have occurred. In the late 1990s, Bob Furnell located a small index card at CBC Vancouver in British Columbia that indicates that at one point all 26 episodes of Doctor Who were held there. But in 1965 most of British Columbia had a microwave relay link and only two TV stations required film prints to air the series -- CKPG Prince George and CFTK Terrace. It is very possible some episodes were held in Vancouver in 1965. Kinescope films returning from Flin Flon, Manitoba would be forwarded to British Columbia (likely via Vancouver) to be broadcast by CKPG Prince George and CFTK Terrace.
The issue is that CKPG Prince George transmitted only the first three episodes via kinescope prior to it receiving a microwave relay connection, and CFTK Terrace broadcast only the first 10 episodes via kinescope before it dropped the series completely. As such, British Columbia would need to receive only the first 10 episodes as film prints (Serial A and most of B) and not all 26 episodes purchased by the CBC. If CBC Vancouver did receive all 26 prints at some point as the index card might suggest, then it is possible that some stations in British Columbia were airing Doctor Who repeats in later years.
As Doctor Who repeats occurred in Saskatchewan and possibly in British Columbia, then it could have occurred at other stations across Canada. If so, it would appear that the work to discover all William Hartnell air dates in Canada remains still very much a work-in-progress…
Research and Text © Randy Howell
