I started at the beginning in 1963 and I have now made it to "my" doctor, #4 Tom Baker, that…

[mbarrick]

I started at the beginning in 1963 and I have now made it to "my" doctor, #4 Tom Baker, that I remember from when I was young. I'm still on the first story arc and have yet to hit an episode I actually remember. 1975 is still a bit early. Two or three seasons and I should start hitting ones I remember.
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[van_champion]

It should be too early for me as well -- but in around 1979, the closest PBS affiliate (KCTS Seattle) was showing that season just in time for four-year-old me to imprint on it. Along with something that script-editor Douglas Adams had been working on....

1979-1980 were pivotal years for my fannish development. At first my mother was happy -- indeed, she introduced me to much of this, but in later years she came to wonder just what she had created.

Anyway, one of those stories from Tom's first season will end up having a payoff all the way forward in 2024. I'm not going to tell you which one, but you may have already seen memes about it.

Instead, I'll give you a link to this promotion of a Big Finish Audio making a "new" Fourth Doctor story from a premise by Adams's collaborator John Lloyd. It certainly has a certain flavour of the era....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YKwjcnydDI

[mbarrick]

Good point about reruns. Back in the 4½ channels if the wind was blowing from the south days, it was almost certainly KCTS 9 where I first saw it, but only irregularly on the black and white TV in my dad's shop.