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	*'''21 March 1982''', members from the DWFCA help raise funds for the [[KRMA]] PBS station. By '''June 1982''' the club boasted 1,200 members. In three months, membership had climbed to 3,000 – making the club the largest '''Doctor Who''' fan organisation in the world. By February '''1983''', it claimed 7,500 members. The club enjoyed a special relationship with the BBC and Lionheart, and produced its own line of merchandise, including unlicensed t-shirts, badges and publications.		*'''21 March 1982''', members from the DWFCA help raise funds for the [[KRMA]] PBS station. By '''June 1982''' the club boasted 1,200 members. In three months, membership had climbed to 3,000 – making the club the largest '''Doctor Who''' fan organisation in the world. By February '''1983''', it claimed 7,500 members. The club enjoyed a special relationship with the BBC and Lionheart, and produced its own line of merchandise, including unlicensed t-shirts, badges and publications.

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 *'''21 March 1982''', members from the DWFCA help raise funds for the [[KRMA]] PBS station. By '''June 1982''' the club boasted 1,200 members. In three months, membership had climbed to 3,000 – making the club the largest '''Doctor Who''' fan organisation in the world. By February '''1983''', it claimed 7,500 members. The club enjoyed a special relationship with the BBC and Lionheart, and produced its own line of merchandise, including unlicensed t-shirts, badges and publications.
 **The club fanzine was '''THE [http://fanlore.org/wiki/Whovian_Times WHOVIAN TIMES]'''
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−	*'''16-18 July 1982''': At the Panopticon West II convention in [[Chicago]], John Nathan-Turner announces that "20 markets" had pre-purchased 78 Peter Davison episodes (the equivalent of three seasons of 26 episodes), which will be available from January 1983. Those markets include [[Stamford]], [[Kansas City]], [[Nashville]], [[Charlotte]], [[Schenectady]], [[Wilmington]] and [[Winston-Salem]]:	+	*'''16-18 July 1982''': At the Panopticon West II convention in [[Chicago]], John Nathan-Turner announces that "20 markets" had pre-purchased 78 Peter Davison episodes (the equivalent of three seasons of 26 episodes), which will be available from January 1983. Those markets include Stamford (there are several such cities; we don't know which State this one is), [[Kansas City]], [[Nashville]], [[Charlotte]], [[Schenectady]], [[Wilmington]] and [[Winston-Salem]]:

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−	*'''16-18 July 1982''': At the Panopticon West II convention in [[Chicago]], John Nathan-Turner announces that "20 markets" had pre-purchased 78 Peter Davison episodes (the equivalent of three seasons of 26 episodes), which will be available from January 1983:	+	*'''16-18 July 1982''': At the Panopticon West II convention in [[Chicago]], John Nathan-Turner announces that "20 markets" had pre-purchased 78 Peter Davison episodes (the equivalent of three seasons of 26 episodes), which will be available from January 1983. Those markets include [[Stamford]], [[Kansas City]], [[Nashville]], [[Charlotte]], [[Schenectady]], [[Wilmington]] and [[Winston-Salem]]:

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 *'''21 March 1982''', members from the DWFCA help raise funds for the [[KRMA]] PBS station. By '''June 1982''' the club boasted 1,200 members. In three months, membership had climbed to 3,000 – making the club the largest '''Doctor Who''' fan organisation in the world. By February '''1983''', it claimed 7,500 members. The club enjoyed a special relationship with the BBC and Lionheart, and produced its own line of merchandise, including unlicensed t-shirts, badges and publications.
 **The club fanzine was '''THE [http://fanlore.org/wiki/Whovian_Times WHOVIAN TIMES]'''
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-[[File:Varietyad1982.JPG|400px|thumb|right|Variety, 16 June 1982 ad]]
 *'''16 June 1982''': ''[[wikipedia:Variety (magazine)|Variety Magazine]]'' features a front page ad for the 41 Tom Baker omnibus serials - calling it a '''SCI-FI FILM FESTIVAL'''; the ad also publicises the upcoming Panopticon West convention.
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 *'''16-18 July 1982''': At the Panopticon West II convention in [[Chicago]], John Nathan-Turner announces that "20 markets" had pre-purchased 78 Peter Davison episodes (the equivalent of three seasons of 26 episodes), which will be available from January 1983:
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 * '''24 October 1982''': [[KRMA]] airs [[Once Upon a Time Lord]], with footage from the Panopticon West convention.

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−	*'''21 March 1982''', members from the DWFCA help raise funds for the KRMA PBS station. By '''June 1982''' the club boasted 1,200 members. In three months, membership had climbed to 3,000 – making the club the largest '''Doctor Who''' fan organisation in the world. By February '''1983''', it claimed 7,500 members. The club enjoyed a special relationship with the BBC and Lionheart, and produced its own line of merchandise, including unlicensed t-shirts, badges and publications.	+	*'''21 March 1982''', members from the DWFCA help raise funds for the [[KRMA]] PBS station. By '''June 1982''' the club boasted 1,200 members. In three months, membership had climbed to 3,000 – making the club the largest '''Doctor Who''' fan organisation in the world. By February '''1983''', it claimed 7,500 members. The club enjoyed a special relationship with the BBC and Lionheart, and produced its own line of merchandise, including unlicensed t-shirts, badges and publications.
	**The club fanzine was '''THE [http://fanlore.org/wiki/Whovian_Times WHOVIAN TIMES]'''		**The club fanzine was '''THE [http://fanlore.org/wiki/Whovian_Times WHOVIAN TIMES]'''

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	* By the end of '''1982''', Lionheart announces that '''Doctor Who''' is watched by '''9 million''' viewers in the US.		* By the end of '''1982''', Lionheart announces that '''Doctor Who''' is watched by '''9 million''' viewers in the US.

−	[[File:DWFCA DW98.jpg\|thumb\|left\|300px\|Doctor Who Fan Club of America advert, DWM 98, March 1985]][[File:DWFCA DW105.jpg\|thumb\|left\|300px\|Doctor Who Fan Club of America advert, DWM 105, October 1985]][[File:DWFCA Badge.JPG\|thumb\|300px\|left\|DWFCA badge]]	+	*Membership to the DWFCA continues to grow:
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		+	\|[[File:DWFCA DW98.jpg\|thumb\|left\|300px\|Doctor Who Fan Club of America advert, DWM 98, March 1985]]
		+	\|[[File:DWFCA DW105.jpg\|thumb\|left\|300px\|Doctor Who Fan Club of America advert, DWM 105, October 1985]]
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-*'''March 1982''': '''"The Doctor Who Fan Club of America"''' is formed in late 1981, based in Denver, [[Colorado]]. On '''21 March 1982''', members from the club helped raised funds for the KRMA PBS station. By '''June 1982''' it boasted 1,200 members. In three months, membership had climbed to 3,000 – making the club the largest '''Doctor Who''' fan organisation in the world. By February '''1983''', it claimed 7,500 members. The club enjoyed a special relationship with the BBC and Lionheart, and produced its own line of merchandise, including unlicensed t-shirts, badges and publications.
+*'''21 March 1982''', members from the DWFCA help raise funds for the KRMA PBS station. By '''June 1982''' the club boasted 1,200 members. In three months, membership had climbed to 3,000 – making the club the largest '''Doctor Who''' fan organisation in the world. By February '''1983''', it claimed 7,500 members. The club enjoyed a special relationship with the BBC and Lionheart, and produced its own line of merchandise, including unlicensed t-shirts, badges and publications.
 **The club fanzine was '''THE [http://fanlore.org/wiki/Whovian_Times WHOVIAN TIMES]'''
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-*'''16-18 July 1982''': At the Panopticon West convention in [[Chicago]], John Nathan-Turner announces that "20 markets" had pre-purchased 78 Peter Davison episodes (the equivalent of three seasons of 26 episodes), which will be available from January 1983:
+*'''16-18 July 1982''': At the Panopticon West II convention in [[Chicago]], John Nathan-Turner announces that "20 markets" had pre-purchased 78 Peter Davison episodes (the equivalent of three seasons of 26 episodes), which will be available from January 1983:
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