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 *By '''November 1987''': [[wikipedia:CBS/FOX Video|CBS/FOX]], under its '''Playhouse Video''' imprint, begins releasing further '''Doctor Who''' stories on home video (VHS and Betamax). The first new titles are [[Pyramids of Mars]], [[The Brain of Morbius]] and [[The Robots of Death]]. They retail for $19.98.
-*'''19-20 December 1987''': After 20 months on the road, the travelling '''[[Doctor Who USA Tour]] / Doctor Who Celebration & Tour''' makes it final stop in Miami, [[Florida]]
+*'''19-20 December 1987''': After 20 months on the road, the travelling '''[[Doctor Who USA Tour]] / Doctor Who Celebration & Tour 87-88''' makes its final stop in Miami, [[Florida]].
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 * '''24 January 1987''': [[New Jersey Network]] is the first station to screen [[The Trial of a Time Lord]]:
 [[File:7C 13 US titles.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The omnibus version of episodes 13-14 had a new title caption in a different typeface]]
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 *By early 1987, Lionheart declares that '''Doctor Who''' is available in over '''185''' markets across the US.
-* '''28 February 1987''': The newly-cast [[Sylvester McCoy]] and John Nathan-Turner fly to the USA to rendezvous with [[Jon Pertwee]] and the [[Doctor Who USA Tour]] at Mercer University in Macon, [[Georgia]] to be interviewed by Eric Luskin; this is McCoy's debut public appearance as the seventh Doctor, three days ahead of his "official" announcement in the UK!
+* '''7 March 1987''': The newly-cast [[Sylvester McCoy]] and John Nathan-Turner fly to the USA to attend a convention in Atlanta, [[Georgia]]; this is McCoy's debut public appearance as the seventh Doctor. They meet up with [[Jon Pertwee]] who is travelling with the [[Doctor Who USA Tour]]. That evening they all appear on [[Live from Atlanta]] broadcast from Mercer University, and are interviewed by Eric Luskin.
 [[File:USA185.JPG|350px|thumb|right|Doctor Who Celebration & Tour 87-88 brochure, proclaiming over 185 US markets]]
 * '''28 March 1987''': [[Patrick Troughton]] dies, while attending a convention in Columbus, [[Georgia]].
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 *By '''November 1987''': [[wikipedia:CBS/FOX Video|CBS/FOX]], under its '''Playhouse Video''' imprint, begins releasing further '''Doctor Who''' stories on home video (VHS and Betamax). The first new titles are [[Pyramids of Mars]], [[The Brain of Morbius]] and [[The Robots of Death]]. They retail for $19.98.
+*'''19-20 December 1987''': After 20 months on the road, the travelling '''[[Doctor Who USA Tour]] / Doctor Who Celebration & Tour''' makes it final stop in Miami, [[Florida]]
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 *By early 1987, Lionheart declares that '''Doctor Who''' is available in over '''185''' markets across the US.
-* '''28 February 1987''': The newly-cast [[Sylvester McCoy]] and John Nathan-Turner fly to the USA to rendezvous with [[Jon Pertwee]] and the [[Doctor Who USA Tour]] at Mercer University in Macon, [[Georgia]]; this is McCoy's debut public appearance as the seventh Doctor, three days ahead of his "official" announcement in the UK!
+* '''28 February 1987''': The newly-cast [[Sylvester McCoy]] and John Nathan-Turner fly to the USA to rendezvous with [[Jon Pertwee]] and the [[Doctor Who USA Tour]] at Mercer University in Macon, [[Georgia]] to be interviewed by Eric Luskin; this is McCoy's debut public appearance as the seventh Doctor, three days ahead of his "official" announcement in the UK!
 [[File:USA185.JPG|350px|thumb|right|Doctor Who Celebration & Tour 87-88 brochure, proclaiming over 185 US markets]]
 *'''7 March 1987''': After spending less than a week back in the UK, McCoy and JNT return to Georgia to attend the Whovian Festival convention in Atlanta. This is McCoy's first convention appearance.

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 *By early 1987, Lionheart declares that '''Doctor Who''' is available in over '''185''' markets across the US.
-* '''28 February 1987''': [[Sylvester McCoy]] joins John Nathan-Turner and [[Jon Pertwee]] on the [[Doctor Who USA Tour]] at Mercer University in Macon, [[Georgia]]; this is his debut public appearance following his casting as the seventh Doctor, three days ahead of his "official" announcement in the UK!
+* '''28 February 1987''': The newly-cast [[Sylvester McCoy]] and John Nathan-Turner fly to the USA to rendezvous with [[Jon Pertwee]] and the [[Doctor Who USA Tour]] at Mercer University in Macon, [[Georgia]]; this is McCoy's debut public appearance as the seventh Doctor, three days ahead of his "official" announcement in the UK!
 [[File:USA185.JPG|350px|thumb|right|Doctor Who Celebration & Tour 87-88 brochure, proclaiming over 185 US markets]]
+*'''7 March 1987''': After spending less than a week back in the UK, McCoy and JNT return to Georgia to attend the Whovian Festival convention in Atlanta. This is McCoy's first convention appearance.
 * '''28 March 1987''': [[Patrick Troughton]] dies, while attending a convention in Columbus, [[Georgia]].

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 * By '''September 1987''', the long-running [[wikipedia:Doctor Who RPG|FASA]] '''Doctor Who''' role-playing game is cancelled.
-*By '''November 1987''': [[wikipedia:CBS/FOX Video|CBS/FOX]], under its '''Playhouse Video''' imprint, begins releasing '''Doctor Who''' stories on home video (VHS and Betamax). The first titles are [[Revenge of the Cybermen]], [[Pyramids of Mars]], [[The Brain of Morbius]] and [[The Robots of Death]]. They retail for $19.98.
+*By '''November 1987''': [[wikipedia:CBS/FOX Video|CBS/FOX]], under its '''Playhouse Video''' imprint, begins releasing further '''Doctor Who''' stories on home video (VHS and Betamax). The first new titles are [[Pyramids of Mars]], [[The Brain of Morbius]] and [[The Robots of Death]]. They retail for $19.98.
 {{US nav}}

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 * '''24 January 1987''': [[New Jersey Network]] is the first station to screen [[The Trial of a Time Lord]]:
+[[File:7C 13 US titles.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The omnibus version of episodes 13-14 had a new title caption in a different typeface]]
+[[File:7C 13 US writers.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The omnibus version of episodes 13-14 had a new combined writers caption in a different typeface]]
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 ='''[[Colin Baker stories|COLIN BAKER]] (continued)'''=
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+- Since episodes 13 and 14 each had a different writer credit, the omnibus version had a replacement caption made naming all three together, with a slightly different typeface; this was done (presumably by Lionheart) so the format of the story title and combined writers captions matched.
 *By early 1987, Lionheart declares that '''Doctor Who''' is available in over '''185''' markets across the US.

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	*By '''November 1987''': [[wikipedia:CBS/FOX Video\|CBS/FOX]], under its '''Playhouse Video''' imprint, begins releasing '''Doctor Who''' stories on home video (VHS and Betamax). The first titles are [[Revenge of the Cybermen]], [[Pyramids of Mars]], [[The Brain of Morbius]] and [[The Robots of Death]]. They retail for $19.98.		*By '''November 1987''': [[wikipedia:CBS/FOX Video\|CBS/FOX]], under its '''Playhouse Video''' imprint, begins releasing '''Doctor Who''' stories on home video (VHS and Betamax). The first titles are [[Revenge of the Cybermen]], [[Pyramids of Mars]], [[The Brain of Morbius]] and [[The Robots of Death]]. They retail for $19.98.

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 ='''[[Colin Baker stories|COLIN BAKER]] (continued)'''=
-One/four stories, 14 episodes (also in "movie length" omnibus editions):
+One story, 14 episodes (also as four "movie length" omnibus editions):
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-|7A||[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]||14
+||||[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]||14
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 * '''16 May 1987''': Having completed filming his debut story, [[Time and the Rani]], [[Sylvester McCoy]] visits [[Boston]] with the [[Doctor Who USA Tour]]; coverage is shown on [[WGBH]].
-* By '''June 1987''', it is reported that '''Doctor Who''' is seen potentially by 74% of the country. By '''September''' it is announced that over '''200''' markets have screened the series. However, Lionheart starts hiking up the price for '''Doctor Who''', triggering a backlash that sees a number of PBS stations dropping the series for being too expensive... (B 1987, a package of episodes (number unknown) was costing over $126,000!)
+* By '''June 1987''', it is reported that '''Doctor Who''' is seen potentially by 74% of the country. By '''September''' it is announced that over '''200''' markets have screened the series. However, Lionheart starts hiking up the price for '''Doctor Who''', triggering a backlash that sees a number of PBS stations dropping the series for being too expensive... (By 1987, a package of episodes (number unknown) was costing over '''$126,000'''!)
 * By '''September 1987''', the long-running [[wikipedia:Doctor Who RPG|FASA]] '''Doctor Who''' role-playing game is cancelled.