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When was Dr. Who first broadcast in the USA?


A post by Satan2016 at:

https://moviechat.org/tt0056751/Doctor-Who/62a102b6e8e40e2cb2ce3d22/1975

Gives the dates when Dr. Who (1963-1989) was first seen in various countries.

USA 29 September 1975
Canada and Australia 1965!


I remember at least some episodes of Dr. Who were seen in at least some parts of the USA before 1975.

I remember beginning to watch Dr. Whoin the mid 1970s. I think that the first episode I watched was from the 1975 season, probably an episode of "Revenge of the Cybermen", at the same time or after it was broadcast in the UK. And I remember watching those episodes on my grandmother's color television.

As I remember, I watched the first season of Space 1999 (1975-1977) on black and white tv and the second season on color tv, so the date my grandmother got a color tv should should depend on when the seasons of Space 1999 were shown in the USA.

I also remember that Dr. Who was on tv in the USA a few years before that. I specifically remember watching the ending of "Dr. Who and the Silurians" in the USA at the same time or after it was first broadcast in the UK on 14 March 1970.

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It was shown on some stations in the U.S. starting in 1972. See this Wikipedia article for more details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_in_the_United_States_and_Canada

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