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==[[wikipedia:WGBH|WGBH]]==
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==[[wikipedia:WGBH-TV|WGBH]]==
 
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[[File:1976-01-07 Real Paper.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Real Paper, Jan. 7, 1976]]
 
{{airdates-left|Boston (WGBH)}}  
 
{{airdates-left|Boston (WGBH)}}  
 
  
 
[[File:WGBH Monday.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Dr Who Premiere, 5 January 1976]][[File:BOSTON16a.JPG|thumb|right|150px|Dr Who, Episode 1 listing, 5 January 1976]]
 
[[File:WGBH Monday.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Dr Who Premiere, 5 January 1976]][[File:BOSTON16a.JPG|thumb|right|150px|Dr Who, Episode 1 listing, 5 January 1976]]
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*'''5 January 1976''': The standard package of [[Jon Pertwee stories]] debuted in Boston on Monday 5 January, from 7.30 to 8.00pm. The TOPS TODAY and main billings both name the star as "John Pertwee". The main billing for the first episode also offers rather scathing comments about the quality of the BBC's special effects!
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*'''5 January 1976''': The standard package of [[Jon Pertwee stories]] began in Boston on Monday 5 January, from 7.30 to 8.00pm. The TOPS TODAY and main billings both name the star as "John Pertwee". The main billing for the first episode also offers rather scathing comments about the quality of the BBC's special effects!
*'''12 January 1976''': The episode was billed as a 'repeat', but it was most likely a new episode.
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*'''20 January 1976''': the series moves to Tuesday.
*'''20 January 1976''', the series moves to Tuesday. The '''10 February''' entry (the show aired at 8.30pm for this episode only) gives the following synopsis: "Plague spreads to London before Dr Who manages to find antidote", which is for [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]], either episode five or six, depending on whether or not '''12 January''' had been a repeat.
 
 
*'''10 April 1976''': The series moves to Saturdays.
 
*'''10 April 1976''': The series moves to Saturdays.
*'''2 October 1976''': After this airing, '''Doctor Who''' moves over to [[WGBX]].
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*'''9 October 1976''': [[Colony in Space]] is the last serial to air on WGBH -- '''Doctor Who''' moves over to sister channel [[WGBX]] from 12 October 1976 -- see below.
*'''11 June 1979''': [[Tom Baker stories]] air in random order, Monday through Thursdays, 7.00pm.  
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*'''29 January 1979''': [[Tom Baker stories]] air Monday through Thursdays, 7:00pm.  
 
*'''11 January 1980''': A Friday airing is added.
 
*'''11 January 1980''': A Friday airing is added.
*'''8 October 1980''': [[Robot]] begins another run, this time in order.
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*'''8 October 1980''': [[Robot]] begins another run, this time without Howard Da Silva's narration.
*'''1983''': Tom Baker's final season airs, weekdays at 7.00pm.
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*'''24 December 1982''': Tom Baker's final season airs.
 
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*'''2 July 1984''': The [[Peter Davison]] episodes premiere.
*'''1984''': The series aired weekdays from 7.00 to 7.30pm during September 1984.  
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*'''8-11 October 1984''': The 4-part version of [[The Five Doctors]] airs; this is possibly one of, if not ''the'', first US airings of this story in this format.  
 
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*'''12 October 1984''': [[Robot]] returns for the tenth time.
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*'''26 June 1985''': [[Peter Davison]] returns.
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*'''2 October 1985''': The complete [[Jon Pertwee]] package begins.
 
*'''16 May 1987''': Sylvester McCoy makes his first US convention appearance, appearing at the WGBH studios as a part of the [[Doctor Who USA Tour]] travelling Bus Tour.
 
*'''16 May 1987''': Sylvester McCoy makes his first US convention appearance, appearing at the WGBH studios as a part of the [[Doctor Who USA Tour]] travelling Bus Tour.
 
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*'''22 April 1987''': [[William Hartnell]] begins.
*'''1987''': The 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]] screened. When [[Planet of the Daleks]] aired episodically, parts one and two were in colour, three in b/w, four and five in colour. Episode six was omitted! 
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*'''13 August 1987''': [[Patrick Troughton]] begins.
 
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*'''6 September 1987''': The series moves to Sunday nights at 11:30 with [[The Trial of a Time Lord]].
*'''13 September 1987''': The series moves to Sunday nights at 11:30.
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*'''18 October 1987''': [[Jon Pertwee]] returns.
*'''29 September 1988''': The series ends, not with a bang, but with [[The Horns of Nimon]].  
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*'''17 April 1988''': [[Robot]] airing #11.
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*'''14 August 1988''': The series ends.
  
 
[[File:Boston 19760801.JPG|thumb|none|150px|The Claws of Axos, 1 August 1976]]
 
[[File:Boston 19760801.JPG|thumb|none|150px|The Claws of Axos, 1 August 1976]]
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==[[wikipedia:WGBX-TV|WGBX]]==
 
==[[wikipedia:WGBX-TV|WGBX]]==
 
{{airdates-left|Boston (WGBX)}}
 
{{airdates-left|Boston (WGBX)}}
 
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[[File:WGBX ID 1978.jpg|thumb|right|250px|WGBX ID, summer 1978?]]
  
 
'''Channel 44 (PBS)''' (This is a sister channel to '''WGBH''')
 
'''Channel 44 (PBS)''' (This is a sister channel to '''WGBH''')
  
*'''5 October 1976''': The [[Jon Pertwee stories]] are moved from WGBH.
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*'''12 October 1976''': The [[Jon Pertwee stories]] are moved from WGBH (see above); the first serial to air on WGBX is [[The Daemons]].  
*'''1990''': WGBX ran the [[Peter Davison stories]] episodically:
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*'''17 May 1977''': Seasons 10 and 11 ([[The Three Doctors]] through [[Planet of the Spiders]], except [[Frontier in Space]], [[Planet of the Daleks]] and [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] because they had colour episodes missing) premiere in the United States.  The rest of the country would have to wait until 1983.
**'''17 to 20 September 1990''': [[Terminus]] parts one to four screen week days, from 11.00pm.
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**It would appear that the sale of these latter Pertwees was between WGBX and the BBC directly, rather than via Time-Life, who only had the distribution rights up to [[The Time Monster]]. WGBH and the BBC enjoyed a healthy co-production relationship, which no doubt enabled WGBH/WGBX to acquire additional episodes of '''Doctor Who''' -- indeed WGBH produced the acclaimed "[[wikipedia:Masterpiece (TV series)|Masterpiece Theatre]]", a showcase for many highly-regarded BBC productions, which debuted in January 1971. These new episodes of '''Doctor Who''' may have been acquired as part of this "package deal" with the BBC. Since the SF series wouldn't have fallen within "Masterpiece Theatre"'s criteria, it was instead bundled off to WGBH's little 'sister' WGBX.) And perhaps with a mind to recouping the PAL to NTSC conversion costs, was why the BBC was able to sell the same set of Pertwee episodes to [[CKVU]] and [[TVO]] in [[Canada]] at the same time. It's possible that although WGBX purchased the episodes first, the Bostonian station had to wait until after [[The Time Monster]] had aired to play them in sequential order, which is why the two Canadian stations actually aired a number of them first.
**'''21 September 1990''': [[Enlightenment]] part one screens, 11.00pm.
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*'''9 March 1984''': Aired [[The Five Doctors]].
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*'''6 November 1989''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] air.
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*'''12 July 1990''': The [[Peter Davison stories]] air. 
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*'''25 August 1990''': A special Saturday airing of [[Arc of Infinity]] and [[The Five Doctors]].
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*'''5 November 1990''': The series ends.
  
 
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*According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_in_Canada_and_the_United_States#The_1970s:_Doctor_Who_comes_to_the_United_States THIS LINK] WSBK in Boston, Massachusetts ('''independent channel 38''') was one of the first stations to air the series. We think this might actually be an error, and it was station WTEV that was being referred to.
 
*According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_in_Canada_and_the_United_States#The_1970s:_Doctor_Who_comes_to_the_United_States THIS LINK] WSBK in Boston, Massachusetts ('''independent channel 38''') was one of the first stations to air the series. We think this might actually be an error, and it was station WTEV that was being referred to.
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The text in the wiki page which mentioned WSBK has since been deleted (ref the talk page), so this station can probably be removed from Massachusetts, but I'll leave it in here just in case it ever needs to be resurrected...
 
The text in the wiki page which mentioned WSBK has since been deleted (ref the talk page), so this station can probably be removed from Massachusetts, but I'll leave it in here just in case it ever needs to be resurrected...

Revision as of 02:03, 3 March 2020

WGBH

The Real Paper, Jan. 7, 1976
Airdates in Boston (WGBH)
← AIRDATES ...... (CLICK ICON TO GO TO TABLE SHOWING EPISODE BREAKDOWN AND AIRDATES - N/S = story title is Not Stated)
Dr Who Premiere, 5 January 1976
Dr Who, Episode 1 listing, 5 January 1976
The Silurians, 10 February 1976

Channel 2 (PBS)


  • 5 January 1976: The standard package of Jon Pertwee stories began in Boston on Monday 5 January, from 7.30 to 8.00pm. The TOPS TODAY and main billings both name the star as "John Pertwee". The main billing for the first episode also offers rather scathing comments about the quality of the BBC's special effects!
  • 20 January 1976: the series moves to Tuesday.
  • 10 April 1976: The series moves to Saturdays.
  • 9 October 1976: Colony in Space is the last serial to air on WGBH -- Doctor Who moves over to sister channel WGBX from 12 October 1976 -- see below.

  • 29 January 1979: Tom Baker stories air Monday through Thursdays, 7:00pm.
  • 11 January 1980: A Friday airing is added.
  • 8 October 1980: Robot begins another run, this time without Howard Da Silva's narration.
  • 24 December 1982: Tom Baker's final season airs.
  • 2 July 1984: The Peter Davison episodes premiere.
  • 8-11 October 1984: The 4-part version of The Five Doctors airs; this is possibly one of, if not the, first US airings of this story in this format.
  • 12 October 1984: Robot returns for the tenth time.
  • 26 June 1985: Peter Davison returns.
  • 2 October 1985: The complete Jon Pertwee package begins.
  • 16 May 1987: Sylvester McCoy makes his first US convention appearance, appearing at the WGBH studios as a part of the Doctor Who USA Tour travelling Bus Tour.
  • 22 April 1987: William Hartnell begins.
  • 13 August 1987: Patrick Troughton begins.
  • 6 September 1987: The series moves to Sunday nights at 11:30 with The Trial of a Time Lord.
  • 18 October 1987: Jon Pertwee returns.
  • 17 April 1988: Robot airing #11.
  • 14 August 1988: The series ends.
The Claws of Axos, 1 August 1976


WGBX

Airdates in Boston (WGBX)
← AIRDATES ...... (CLICK ICON TO GO TO TABLE SHOWING EPISODE BREAKDOWN AND AIRDATES - N/S = story title is Not Stated)
WGBX ID, summer 1978?

Channel 44 (PBS) (This is a sister channel to WGBH)

  • 12 October 1976: The Jon Pertwee stories are moved from WGBH (see above); the first serial to air on WGBX is The Daemons.
  • 17 May 1977: Seasons 10 and 11 (The Three Doctors through Planet of the Spiders, except Frontier in Space, Planet of the Daleks and Invasion of the Dinosaurs because they had colour episodes missing) premiere in the United States. The rest of the country would have to wait until 1983.
    • It would appear that the sale of these latter Pertwees was between WGBX and the BBC directly, rather than via Time-Life, who only had the distribution rights up to The Time Monster. WGBH and the BBC enjoyed a healthy co-production relationship, which no doubt enabled WGBH/WGBX to acquire additional episodes of Doctor Who -- indeed WGBH produced the acclaimed "Masterpiece Theatre", a showcase for many highly-regarded BBC productions, which debuted in January 1971. These new episodes of Doctor Who may have been acquired as part of this "package deal" with the BBC. Since the SF series wouldn't have fallen within "Masterpiece Theatre"'s criteria, it was instead bundled off to WGBH's little 'sister' WGBX.) And perhaps with a mind to recouping the PAL to NTSC conversion costs, was why the BBC was able to sell the same set of Pertwee episodes to CKVU and TVO in Canada at the same time. It's possible that although WGBX purchased the episodes first, the Bostonian station had to wait until after The Time Monster had aired to play them in sequential order, which is why the two Canadian stations actually aired a number of them first.
  • 9 March 1984: Aired The Five Doctors.
  • 6 November 1989: The Tom Baker stories air.
  • 12 July 1990: The Peter Davison stories air.
  • 25 August 1990: A special Saturday airing of Arc of Infinity and The Five Doctors.
  • 5 November 1990: The series ends.
The Daemons 3, Oct. 26, 1976
The Daemons 5, Nov. 9, 1976
Day of the Daleks 1, Nov. 16, 1976