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WHYY
Network: PBS Channel(s): 12
First airing: 1979 Last airing: 1989

== AIRDATES ==


Tom Baker premieres, June 15, 1979
Incorrect listing for Robot episode 2, June 22, 1979 (this synopsis appears to be for The Ambassadors of Death!)
March 12, 1983
Destiny of the Daleks, on channel 12; 16 October 1987
  • 15 June 1979: The Tom Baker stories commence, Friday nights, 10:30pm. This run ends 10 August.
  • 16 July 1979: A second airing is added, weeknights at 7pm. Poor planning leads to the different episodes of the same story airing twice on the same night.
  • 1 October 1979: The weeknight airings move to 5:30.
  • 12 November 1979: The weeknight airings move to 6:30.
  • 26 January 1980: The series switches from weeknights to Saturday omnibus airings. The August 1981 Celestial Toyroom, North American edition reported that WHYY would be one of the first stations to air the new Lionheart-created omnibus versions. Did the station create its own movies?
  • 4 December 1982: The series had screened regularly on channel 12 for three years but was suddenly dropped, with Logopolis, featuring the "death" of the Doctor...
  • Channel 12 cited the reasons for dropping the series was because it had insufficient funds to purchase the show. Fans raised and donated $32,000 to assist the station.
  • 11 March 1983: The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that:

Partly because of a flood of cards, letters and calls, "Dr. Who" will live again on Channel 12.

Tomorrow at 6:15 p.m. the public TV station will air a 90-minute "Dr. Who Challenge" that will feature the last show of the series that ended with Who's apparent death and the first installment of a new series in which he is resurrected as a new character. It will not be the same Who, however. Tom Baker has been replaced in the title role by Peter Davison.

Channel 12 is negotiating for broadcasting rights to the new series, as well as two old ones, which will cost a reported $50,000. Mike Quattrone, the station's program consultant, said many fans were upset when the British sci-fi series went off the air last year.


Media



various WHYY promos



Ian Marter interview



WHYY ID, May 1989




Centre Hotel Creation convention feature, part 1



Centre Hotel Creation convention feature, part 2