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Last updated 31 December 2023

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10 May 2015Doctor Who on Retro
10 Jul 2014Retro TV Announces Launch Date for Classic DOCTOR WHO
29 May 2014What will be shown on Retro?
28 May 2014Retro TV Signs Deal With BBC Worldwide North America To Welcome Classic Doctor Who To Its Programming Lineup

 

Happy 51st anniversary to Doctor Who! #DoctorWho #DrWho

Posted by Retro Television on Sunday, 23 November 2014

Doctor Who on Retro TV (Colin Baker)

Tonight, we say goodbye to Jon Pertwee, and hello to Mr. Baker! (Not this one, but still.) It's classic Doctor Who on Retro TV! #DoctorWho #DrWho #WhoOnRetro #ChangeMyDear (Shot at the wonderful L.I. Who convention...make sure to get your tickets for next year!)

Posted by Retro Television on Friday, 12 December 2014

It's Whosday! Get ready for the premiere of classic Doctor Who TONIGHT on Retro TV! Check your local listings for details, or visit http://www.titantv.com for more details! #DoctorWho #WhoOnRetro

Posted by Retro Television on Monday, 4 August 2014

Doctor Who Retro TV - Paul McGann

Happy birthday to the eighth Doctor, Paul McGann! Doctor Who #DoctorWho #DrWho (From L.I. Who; look for more coming soon!)

Posted by Retro Television on Friday, 14 November 2014

An extended cut of our #DoctorWho / #AdamWest fun... #Batman #WhoOnRetro

Posted by Retro Television on Friday, 5 December 2014
Credit: Retro TV on Facebook 
 

Retro TV

Chattanooga, Tenn. (July 10, 2014) – Luken Communications is excited to announce the highly-anticipated debut of Doctor Who on Retro TV on Monday, August 4th. Beginning with the very first episode of the series, “An Unearthly Child,” fans of the science fiction classic can find two episodes of Doctor Who back-to-back every weeknight at 8:00 PM ET/PT on Retro TV.

Doctor Who follows the adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord who faces a variety of foes while travelling through time and space in the TARDIS, his iconic blue police box. Retro TV will be showcasing the series’ classic run, featuring the first seven incarnations of the Doctor: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy.

“We’re excited to set a fixed point in time for the arrival of classic episodes of Doctor Who on Retro TV,” said Matthew Golden, Luken’s Vice President of Production. “These meticulously restored episodes will bring the history of the Doctor to the U.S. in a way that viewers have never seen before.”

In addition to the weeknight schedule, a two hour encore block will air on Saturday evenings as part of Retro TV’s new Sci-Fi Saturday. Starting at 6:00 PM ET/PT, viewers can enjoy the supernatural anthology One Step Beyond, Doctor Who and Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Now in its 51st year, Doctor Who, a BBC production distributed by BBC Worldwide North America, holds the Guinness Book of World Records title as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world. Doctor Who has received an institutional Peabody® Award for “evolving with technology and the times like nothing else in the known television universe”, was nominated for multiple BAFTAs, garnered awards from the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain and the Royal Television Society, and was recently named Entertainment Weekly’s #1 Best Cult TV Show Ever.

LinkCredit: Retro TV Press Release 
 
"The short version is that we have licensed all episodes for which licenses were currently available: almost 500 episodes total. They will be remastered versions. Regarding cuts, the episodes will be on a case-by-case basis (and given the volume, obviously difficult to quantify right now), but we're preserving everything possible, and not a single frame will be cut that isn't absolutely necessary. Generally, the episodes should time out as-is for our purposes. This is for fans, by fans, and we're a protective lot."
LinkCredit: Retro TV on Facebook 
 

Luken Communications is proud to welcome classic episodes of the science-fiction series Doctor Who, a BBC production distributed by BBC Worldwide North America, to its lineup.

The deal was brokered by Chelsea Hassler, Manager, Scripted Sales, BBC Worldwide North America and Matthew Golden, Vice President of Production for Luken Communications.

The series follows the adventures of the Doctor, a time lord who faces a variety of foes while travelling through time and space in the TARDIS, his iconic blue police box. Retro TV will be showcasing the series’ classic run, featuring the first seven incarnations of the Doctor: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy.

Matthew Golden, Luken’s Vice President of Production, said, “We couldn’t be more excited to make legendary classic episodes of Doctor Who available nationwide. The series is an institution, and we’re proud to give fans new and old the opportunity to experience this groundbreaking series from the very beginning.”

Now in its 51st year, Doctor Who holds the Guinness Book of World Records title as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world. Doctor Who has received an institutional Peabody ® Award for “evolving with technology and the times like nothing else in the known television universe”, was nominated for multiple BAFTAs, garnered awards from the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain and the Royal Television Society, and was recently named Entertainment Weekly’s #1 Best Cult TV Show Ever.

Doctor Who will make its Retro TV debut this summer.

LinkCredit: Retro TV Press Release