The series did not do well, despite an interesting write-up some years earlier in TV Guide. The BBC series was originally sold to television stations in the United States in 1972, with Time-Life Television syndicating selected episodes of Jon Pertwee's time as the Doctor. The 1970s: Doctor Who sold to the United States The CBC did not renew the program and it would not reappear on the network for 40 years. The series made its North American premiere in January 1965 on CBC with the broadcast of William Hartnell's first 26 episodes, fourteen months following their first airing on the BBC.
Newman maintained a guiding influence over Doctor Who until he left the BBC in 1967 and was in talks with the BBC in 1986, when the show was foundering, to reformat the show and take the role of executive producer. Newman oversaw this series while working as head of programming for the CBC. X who traveled through time and space in his "Whatsis Box" teaching children about history. The segment featured a character surprisingly similar to the Doctor, a puppet called Mr. The series may have been inspired by a short-lived segment (canceled because parents complained that it was "too frightening" for their children) on the Canadian version of Howdy Doody. The series was conceived by Canadian expatriate Sydney Newman while he was the BBC's Head of Drama. ( December 2020)ĭoctor Who in Canada and the United States refers to the broadcast history of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who in those countries.ĭoctor Who had an early Canadian connection. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.
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