TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments ...........................................................................................................................5 Table of Contents ..............................................................................................................................7 Foreword by Gary Russell ............................................................................................................9 Preface ..................................................................................................................................................11 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................13 Chapter 1 The New World ............................................................................................................16 Chapter 2 Daleks Are (Almost) Everywhere ........................................................................25 Chapter 3 The Television Landscape is Changing ..............................................................38 Chapter 4 The Doctor Abroad .....................................................................................................45 Sidebar: The Importance of Earnest Videotape Trading .......................................49 Chapter 5 Nothing But Star Wars ..............................................................................................53 Chapter 6 King of the Airwaves .................................................................................................62 Sidebar: Howard Da Silva’s Narrations ..........................................................................63 Chapter 7 Gatherings of the Tribes ..........................................................................................82 Sidebar: Conventions Then and Now .............................................................................96 Sidebar: Young Patrick Troughton in America ...........................................................101 Sidebar: Fan-Run Conventions versus Corporate-Run Conventions ................146 Sidebar: The Fan Club That Brought Back the Doctor.............................................151 Chapter 8 Love and Monsters .....................................................................................................155 Chapter 9 Doc-Umentaries ..........................................................................................................164 Chapter 10 Doctor Who in Bits ...................................................................................................172 Sidebar: March 1987 - Patrick Troughton’s Death ...................................................174 Sidebar: WhoBase Seven ......................................................................................................179 Chapter 11 Creativity: Dressing the Part ...............................................................................194 Chapter 12 Creativity: It Starts With the Pen ......................................................................201 Sidebar: Do-It-Yourself Publications ...............................................................................203 Chapter 13 Creativity: Fan-Made Media ................................................................................214 Sidebar: Accessing Video Equipment in the 1980s ..................................................217 Sidebar: Adult Who Entertainment .................................................................................233 Chapter 14 Creativity: Trippingly On the Tongue ..............................................................243 Chapter 15 Doctor Who On Home Video ................................................................................255 Sidebar: NTSC vs PAL ............................................................................................................257 Sidebar: The Doctor Who Interactive Floppy Disk ....................................................263 Chapter 16 Doctor Who Meets Paper ......................................................................................277 Sidebar: Gail Bennett and “Timelash” ............................................................................299 Chapter 17 This Is the Game Of Rassilon! .............................................................................349 Chapter 18 Toybox of Delights ...................................................................................................377 7 RED WHITE AND WHO: THE STORY OF DOCTOR WHO IN AMERICA Chapter 19 The Theme Park Years ...........................................................................................392 Sidebar: Walt Disney Presents Doctor Who .................................................................393 Sidebar: About a TARDIS ......................................................................................................407 Sidebar: May 1996 - Jon Pertwee’s Death ....................................................................414 Chapter 20 It Couldn’t Have Happened To a More Deserving Fellow .......................435 Chapter 21 Our Own Worst Enemy? ........................................................................................458 Sidebar: Other Doctor Who Celebrities in America ..................................................468 Sidebar: “British-isms” .........................................................................................................477 Chapter 22 Fan Anecdotes ...........................................................................................................484 Chapter 23 Close the Doors, Susan. ..........................................................................................509 Afterword by Arnold T. Blumberg ............................................................................................510 Appendix A American Doctor Who Documentaries ..........................................................512 Appendix B Television Stations Airing Doctor Who ..........................................................523 Appendix C American Doctor Who Conventions ................................................................533 Appendix D American Doctor Who Publications ................................................................553 Appendix E Differences in American Broadcast and Home Video Releases of Doctor Who .................................................................................................................................569 Appendix F Known Cinema Screenings of the Movie Dr. Who and the Daleks .......572 Appendix G Known Early Television Airings of the Dalek Movies ..............................579 Appendix H Errors on North American Doctor Who VHS Sleeves ..............................581 Appendix I Doctor Who Songs Played on The Dr. Demento Show ................................585 Appendix J Americans Who Have Written Licensed Doctor Who ...............................588 Appendix K Official Doctor Who Video Releases in America.........................................590 Appendix L Doctor Who References in American Media ................................................601 Sidebar: Inspector Spacetime ............................................................................................602 Appendix M References to America in Doctor Who ..........................................................611 Appendix N American vs UK Doctor Who Airdates (2005-2011) ...............................624 Appendix O Doctor Who USA Tour Stops ...............................................................................628 Appendix P Americans in Doctor Who ....................................................................................631 Appendix Q Cinemas That Screened “The Day of the Doctor” ......................................634 Appendix R American Doctor Who Fan Clubs ......................................................................635 Appendix S American Convention Cabaret/Variety Show Performances ...............642 Bibliography .......................................................................................................................................644 Author Biographies .........................................................................................................................652 About the Cover ................................................................................................................................655 Index ......................................................................................................................................................659 8 Aeonian Press (publisher) Alfonso, Kristian 402 INDEX 281-283, 288, 553, 554. See Alien Bodies (book) 333, 616 also†Amereon House Alien Entertainment (retailer) Symbols Agent Provocateur (book) 341 386-388 ? 211 An Age of Kings 40, 42 Alien Nation: The Enemy A Aggedor 582 Within (movie) 415 A&E (network). See†Arts & Agnew, Joss 549 Ali, Reyan 390 Entertainment Network Agyeman, Freema 474, 517, Al Khalili, Jim 515 AAPAA. See†Association of 520, 550 All-Consuming Fire (book) 296 Asian/Pacific American Ahistory: An Unauthorized All Creatures Great and Small Artists History of the Doctor Who (tv show) 495 Aaronovitch, Ben 548-549, 559 Universe (book) 305, 556- Allen, Tim 411 Aaru Productions (studio) 26 558 Allentown, Pennsylvania 237, ABC (network) 17-18, 45, 47, Ainley, Anthony 94, 99, 109, 640 59, 62, 408-412, 433, 523- 135, 164, 167, 196, 294, 346, The Alligator People