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*'''22 July 1978''': The magazine '''Back Stage''' reported that WPTV "preempted the entire evening when it aired a marathon of ... Dr. Who".  If they did, they didn't let the press know (see listings right)
 
*'''22 July 1978''': The magazine '''Back Stage''' reported that WPTV "preempted the entire evening when it aired a marathon of ... Dr. Who".  If they did, they didn't let the press know (see listings right)
*'''24 July 1978''': Omnibus [[The Hand of Fear]] is shown on Friday night at 9:00 pm as a "test" to see how the show might be received by American audiences.  The test is repeated '''1 September'''.
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[[File:HandFearWPTV.JPG|left|thumb|250px|First listing for Doctor Who - Hand of Fear; Orlando Sentinel 24 Jul 1978]]
*'''9 September 1978''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin airing Saturdays at 1.00'''pm'''.
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*'''24 July 1978''': [[The Hand of Fear]] is shown as a "test" to see how the show might be received by American audiences.  It is repeated '''1 September'''.
*'''8 September 1979''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin airing Saturdays at 6.00'''am'''.  
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*'''9 September 1978''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin airing Saturdays at 1:00pm.
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*'''4 June 1979''': After six months off, the series returns, weekday mornings at 6:30.
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*'''8 September 1979''': The series shifts to Saturdays at noon.
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*'''27 January 1980''': A Sunday noon run begins.
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*'''26 November 1980''': Back to weekday mornings ...
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*'''15 March 1981''': ... interrupted by a Sunday night run.
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*'''31 July 1981''': The series ends.
  
  
 
[[File:1978-08-26 Palm Beach Post.jpg|left|450px]]
 
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Variety, 16 August 1978 Variety1978.JPG WPTV was one of the first stations to purchase the Tom Baker stories
WPTV
Network: NBC Channel(s): 5
First airing: 1978 Last airing: 1980?

== AIRDATES ==


The Palm Beach Post-Times, July 22, 1978


  • 22 July 1978: The magazine Back Stage reported that WPTV "preempted the entire evening when it aired a marathon of ... Dr. Who". If they did, they didn't let the press know (see listings right)
First listing for Doctor Who - Hand of Fear; Orlando Sentinel 24 Jul 1978
  • 24 July 1978: The Hand of Fear is shown as a "test" to see how the show might be received by American audiences. It is repeated 1 September.
  • 9 September 1978: The Tom Baker stories begin airing Saturdays at 1:00pm.
  • 4 June 1979: After six months off, the series returns, weekday mornings at 6:30.
  • 8 September 1979: The series shifts to Saturdays at noon.
  • 27 January 1980: A Sunday noon run begins.
  • 26 November 1980: Back to weekday mornings ...
  • 15 March 1981: ... interrupted by a Sunday night run.
  • 31 July 1981: The series ends.


1978-08-26 Palm Beach Post.jpg
Palm Beach Post-Times, Aug. 26 [sic], 1978