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 This page does not include the run of [[Saskatchewan Repeats|Saskatchewan Repeats]] or the kinescope broadcasts in CKPG Prince George, CFTK Terrace, CBWBT Flin Flon, which are dealt with in the [[Kinescopes Canada|Kinescopes]] section.
-For all these stations the 26 episode run series started on '''23 January 1965''' and ended on '''2 July 1965'''. (No episode aired on 6 February 1965.)
+For all these stations the 26 episode run series started on '''23 January 1965''' and ended on '''2 July 1965'''. (No episode aired on 6 February 1965, due to coverage of the [[wikipedia:Desert Classic|Bob Hope Desert Golf Classic]].)
 The Wednesday episodes began on '''14 April 1965'''. Some stations dropped episodes or transmitted at different times due to time zone shifts. See the Regional Variation notes following the Airdates table.

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-==CBC stations covered by this Profile== [[File:CBCOttawa0565.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Marco Polo Episode 1 Synopsis for 5 May 1965; Ottawa Journal, 1 May 1965]]
+==CBC stations covered by this Profile==
 [[File:DWHighlights.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Dr Who Debut; Montreal Gazette, 23 Jan 1965]]
 [[File:CBC 500.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Dr Who Starts; Toronto Daily Star, 23 Jan 1965. NOTE Channel idents]]

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 ==Cable TV Operations==
 [[File:CanadaCESM1.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Nickel Belt News, 20 January 1965. Did "Dr Who" air at 5pm but not get its own billing?]]
-[[File:Canada CESM.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Nickel Belt News, 5 May 1965. Did "Dr Who" air as part of "Playhouse 90" before 5pm but not get its own billing?]]
+[[File:Canada CESM.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Nickel Belt News, 5 May 1965. Did "Dr Who" air as part of the 1pm to 5pm slot but not get its own billing?]]
 In the 1960’s, several small cable TV operations in [[Canada]] employed consumer-grade videotape equipment to record TV broadcasts with the tapes shipped to a remote cable TV installation for playback. One such operation known to exist at that time is the cable TV system in Thompson, Manitoba (CESM-TV Ltd.). CESM recorded TV broadcasts in Winnipeg and shipped the tapes to Thompson (some 760 km away).
-We have accessed two newspapers from Thompson, ''The Thompson Citizen'' and ''The Nickel Belt News'' for all of January to August 1965 (there were no editions available after that) and there were no listings at all for '''Doctor Who'''.  What is odd is that the newspaper usually just printed the word "Movie" from 1pm to 5.30pm on Saturdays and 1pm to 5pm for the other six days of the week. Unless more than one movie was screened during that four hour slot, it’s possible that '''Doctor Who''' did in fact air at 5pm on Saturdays as it did elsewhere, but for some reason did not get its own billing.
+We have accessed two newspapers from Thompson, ''The Thompson Citizen'' and ''The Nickel Belt News'', for all of January to the end of July 1965 (there were no editions available after August) and there were no listings at all for '''Doctor Who'''. What is odd however is that both newspapers usually just printed the word "Movie" from 1pm to 5:30pm on Saturdays and 1pm to 5pm for the other six days of the week. Unless more than one movie was screened during that four hour slot, it’s possible that '''Doctor Who''' did in fact air at 5pm on Saturdays as it did elsewhere, but for some reason did not get a billing of its own.
-From 14 April 1965, the series shifted to Wednesdays airing at 5pm or 5:30pm in the other regions. The 5pm slot on CESM was occupied by a programme called "School Telecast", and the 5.30pm slot by '''"Razzle Dazzle"''' or '''"Popeye Playhouse"'''.  However, as it had been on Saturdays, the lengthy 1pm to 5pm slot had a single listing in the newspaper, which was often the generic '''"Movie"''' or specifically the long-running series '''"[[wikipedia:Playhouse 90|Playhouse 90]]"'''; as the title suggests each play ran for 90 minutes, and as such could not have filled the entire slot on their own. So, did '''Doctor Who''' screen during this four hour slot but for some reason never received its own billing?
+From 14 April 1965, the series shifted to Wednesdays airing at 5pm or 5:30pm in the other regions. The 5pm slot on CESM was occupied by a programme called '''"School Telecast"''', and the 5.30pm slot by '''"[[wikipedia:Razzle Dazzle|Razzle Dazzle]]"''' or '''"[[Wikipedia:Popeye Playhouse|Popeye Playhouse]]"'''.  However, as it had been on Saturdays, the lengthy 1pm to 5pm slot had a single listing in the newspaper, which was often the generic '''"Movie"''' or specifically the long-running series '''"[[wikipedia:Playhouse 90|Playhouse 90]]"'''; as the title suggests each play ran for 90 minutes, and as such could not have filled the entire slot on its own. So, did '''Doctor Who''' screen during this four hour slot but for some reason as before never received its own billing?
-We are unsure, but if the newspaper listings are to be taken as read, then the answer is probably "No".
+If the newspaper listings are to be taken as read, then the answer is probably "No".
-It's worth noting that even if CESM had aired '''Doctor Who''' episodes recorded on tape there is virtually no chance such tapes survived as they would have almost certainly been reused.
+It's worth noting that even if CESM had aired '''Doctor Who''' episodes that had been pre-recorded on tape there is virtually no chance such tapes survived as they would have almost certainly been reused.
 A 1970 lawsuit brought against CESM-TV by Warner Bros listed CESM as starting operation in 1964. The lawsuit listed other cable systems similar to CESM as being located in Pine Point and Tar Island in the Northwest Territories as well as WHTV in Whitehorse, Yukon.
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-'''''Research and Text © Randy Howell and Jon Preddle'''''
+'''''Research and Text © Randy Howell, Jon Preddle and H M Pearson'''''

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 ==Cable TV Operations==
-In the 1960’s, several small cable TV operations in [[Canada]] employed consumer-grade videotape equipment to record TV broadcasts with the tapes shipped to a remote cable TV installation for playback. One such operation known to exist at that time is the cable TV system in Thompson, Manitoba (CESM-TV Ltd.).
+In the 1960’s, several small cable TV operations in [[Canada]] employed consumer-grade videotape equipment to record TV broadcasts with the tapes shipped to a remote cable TV installation for playback. One such operation known to exist at that time is the cable TV system in Thompson, Manitoba (CESM-TV Ltd.). CESM recorded TV broadcasts in Winnipeg and shipped the tapes to Thompson (some 760 km away).
-CESM recorded TV broadcasts in Winnipeg and shipped the tapes to Thompson (some 760 km away). It is possible that '''Doctor Who''' was seen in Thompson, Manitoba in this manner. TV listings have not been located as yet.
+We have accessed two newspapers from Thompson, ''The Thompson Citizen'' and ''The Nickel Belt News'' for all of January to August 1965 (there were no editions available after that) and there were no listings at all for '''Doctor Who'''.  What is odd is that the newspaper usually just printed the word "Movie" from 1pm to 5.30pm on Saturdays and 1pm to 5pm for the other six days of the week. Unless more than one movie was screened during that four hour slot, it’s possible that '''Doctor Who''' did in fact air at 5pm on Saturdays as it did elsewhere, but for some reason did not get its own billing.
-Please note that even if CESM recorded '''Doctor Who''' episodes there is virtually no chance such tapes survived as they would have almost certainly been reused.
+From 14 April 1965, the series shifted to Wednesdays airing at 5pm or 5:30pm in the other regions. The 5pm slot on CESM was occupied by a programme called "School Telecast", and the 5.30pm slot by '''"Razzle Dazzle"''' or '''"Popeye Playhouse"'''.  However, as it had been on Saturdays, the lengthy 1pm to 5pm slot had a single listing in the newspaper, which was often the generic '''"Movie"''' or specifically the long-running series '''"[[wikipedia:Playhouse 90|Playhouse 90]]"'''; as the title suggests each play ran for 90 minutes, and as such could not have filled the entire slot on their own. So, did '''Doctor Who''' screen during this four hour slot but for some reason never received its own billing?
-A 1970 lawsuit brought against CESM-TV by Warner Bros. listed CESM as starting operation in 1964. The lawsuit listed other cable systems similar to CESM as being located in Pine Point and Tar Island in the Northwest Territories as well as WHTV in Whitehorse, Yukon.
+We are unsure, but if the newspaper listings are to be taken as read, then the answer is probably "No".
 The Cable TV operation in Whitehorse, Yukon (WHTV) was regularly supplied a small package of films by the CBC up to 1966 (before it too started to videotape TV like CESM). An examination of 1965 TV listings for WHTV had no '''Doctor Who''' entries.
-'''''Research and Text © Randy Howell'''''
+'''''Research and Text © Randy Howell and Jon Preddle'''''
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 [[File:Vancouverlastep.jpg|thumb|left|550px|Vancouver listing for final episode, 2 July 1965]]
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 [[File:CBCOttawa0565.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Marco Polo Episode 1 Synopsis for 5 May 1965; Ottawa Journal, 1 May 1965]]
 [[File:DWHighlights.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Dr Who Debut; Montreal Gazette, 23 Jan 1965]]