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We also had the resources of BroaDWcast, which is a website repository for the broadcast history of "Doctor Who" in every country around the world, mostly run by Jon Preddle from New Zealand but also owned by me and also curated to a certain extent by John.
 
We also had the resources of BroaDWcast, which is a website repository for the broadcast history of "Doctor Who" in every country around the world, mostly run by Jon Preddle from New Zealand but also owned by me and also curated to a certain extent by John.
 
Caption: A joint U.S./U.K. production of "Doctor Who" starring Paul McGann aired as a movie of the week on the Fox network in 1996, but it was not picked for an ongoing series.
 
  
 
So we all had fingers in these pies, but we did also solicit contributions. We were open to contributions from anyone and posted messages in various places. We opened up a post-office box in case anyone wanted to send us videotapes or anything like that. We told people that if they had VHS tapes of [public television] pledge drives to send them to us — we could use it [for the book], and then we would convert them to DVD and send them back
 
So we all had fingers in these pies, but we did also solicit contributions. We were open to contributions from anyone and posted messages in various places. We opened up a post-office box in case anyone wanted to send us videotapes or anything like that. We told people that if they had VHS tapes of [public television] pledge drives to send them to us — we could use it [for the book], and then we would convert them to DVD and send them back
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"Red White and Who: The Story of 'Doctor Who' in America" will be released by ATB Publishing on Aug. 21.
 
"Red White and Who: The Story of 'Doctor Who' in America" will be released by ATB Publishing on Aug. 21.
  
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Caption: A joint U.S./U.K. production of "Doctor Who" starring Paul McGann aired as a movie of the week on the Fox network in 1996, but it was not picked for an ongoing series.
  
 
Caption: Actors Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman — who play the Doctor and Clara on "Doctor Who" — attend BBC America's premiere screening at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City in August 2014.
 
Caption: Actors Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman — who play the Doctor and Clara on "Doctor Who" — attend BBC America's premiere screening at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City in August 2014.

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