Doctor Who KVIE 6 Pledge Break 1987-03-14 Break 1/2 Part 1/2

KVIE Channel 6 pledge break #1 of 2, part #1 of 2 from Saturday, March 14, 1987 episode of Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin.

In the late 1980s, PBS stations across America were showing Doctor Who. As with any other popular show, it had to be interrupted a few weeks out of every year with "pledge breaks", which are usually very dull affairs. At KVIE 6 in Sacramento, California, the local fan club (of which I was a part) had members on staff, and began the tradition of turning pledge breaks into on-air parties.

I am Emmett (formerly David Pickerel at the time of these videos). To the fellow members of the Sacramento Doctor Who Fan Club: I apologise that I can't remember most of your names. Also, I'm using first names only *except* where your full name was displayed or spoken on air.

This was definitely aired on either March 7th or March 14th, 1987. The following logic applies:
* Patrick Troughton Appreciation Society (PTAS) mentioned (Patrick died March 28, 1987, so would have been before that)
* Allen Chamberlin wearing a St Patrick's Day hat, which would have been 3 days away on the 14th.
* I was wearing my Sylvester McCoy outfit from his first Dr Who press photo. He was announced as #7 in early March 1987, which nails down the year. Also, it's most likely the 14th because I needed time to assemble the costume.

Location is the old pre-1990 KVIE building (originally housing KCCC in the 1950s), the Garden Highway address of which I am unable to find.

Break 1 (of 2):
Speaking: Allen as #5, Annette as Number Two (from The Prisoner), Gene as #4.
On the floor: Allan as The Master (Ainley), Christy as Number Six (The Prisoner), Patti, Skye as Audrey (Little Shop of Horrors)
On the phones: Helmuth, Caroline, Stephen

Gene: [faces back wall] "Doctor who's back!" [turns] "Doctor who's front!"

Topics:
* It was announced that KVIE 6 would be showing The Prisoner soon.
* A reminder that Monty Python would be starting on the station the following month.
* KVIE 6's video tape librarian Cindy was the first to discover that there was a glitch in Masque of Mandragora (8 seconds), which eventually led to Lionheart (BBC's American distribution branch) to discover that their *master* tape was faulty.

Relevant credits (for both break 1 and 2):
Producer
Allen L. S. Chamberlin

Nearly Executive Producer
Carol Lancaster

Audio Mixing & Chasing
David "C" Bevin

Director Distracted by
Allen L. S. Chamberlin

SPFX & Technical Dir.
John Franklin
(eat your heart out, ILM)

Floor Direction Attempted By
Michael Huff

Chyron (spels all these words)
Rod Lundstrom

Crew Annoyed by
Allen L. S. Chamberlin

Thank You Gifts Arranged by
Doug Beverley

Traffic & Logs (WHO ignores)
Janet Huddle

Grip, Gaf & Groan
Ken Montgomery
David Waling
Susan Howard

Cast
Annette Laing
Gene Ford
Allen Chamberlin
Allan Krummenacker
Rich Lopes

K-9's Provided by
David Shelnutt
Allan Krummenacker
Jason Dumars

Research Specialists
Christy Keith
Kaye Dunham

Costuming & Make-up
Stephen Bergdahl

Cosmologic Socio-cultural continuity
Judy Cappeller

Production Assistants
Susan Howard
Stuart Williams
Risa Jeanne
Chris Bettencourt
John Koberlein

"The Scarf of Rassilon" by
Penny Cusick

Emotional Support Provided by
Joe Shields, Cyberman to the Stars

Special Guest Stars
Doug Beverly, Prem. Spec.
Jane McConville, Recept.
Cindy Buck, V Tape Lib.

Special Thanks to
Susan Prince

Hard Working Assistants
Ada, Alen, Andi, Aneosh, Brenda, Brian, Carey, Caroline, Charles, Corey, Cougy, Danny, 2(David), 2(Debbie), 2(Dennis), Dianne, Elizabeth, Ellen, Eric, Glenis, 2(Hellen), Helmuth, Ian, Jason, Jeanette, Joe, 2(John), Josh, Julia, Karen, KC, Kois, 2(Lee), Leona, Leslie, Marilyn, Mark, Maria, Michael, Michelle, Mike, Mindy, Monty, Nancy, Nanette, Pam, Patty, Ralph, Richard, Robbin, 2(Robert), Scott, Shawn, Skye, Stacy, Stuart, Tami, Tate, Theresa, Tina, Vicki, Victoria, Von, and Audrie II.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Doctor
• Who
• KVIE
• KVIE6
• pledge
• breaks
• Sacramento
• SDWFC

[44cupcake]

Okay, so I confess: That was me (Annette) nearly a quarter century ago. Yikes.It was probably way more fun to do than to watch. Would you believe I now have a PhD in history, write YA time travel novels, and perform for kids in time-travel programs? If you're interested, visit AnnetteLaing (dot) com. Oh, and I live in Georgia these days--I miss Sacramento, even if it doesn't miss me!

[EmmettTheSane]

@44cupcake ANNETTE! Hello hello! How are you this evening? *evil grin*

You might be unique amongst all of us who moved away from Sacramento and actually *MISS* it!

Should probably tell you that your accent, even more than that of British TV, affected a certain category of Sacramentans in the late 80s. I can verify this because I've actually picked up girls because I identified their accents as "from watching Dr Who during pledge breaks on KVIE 6". How delightfully geeky is THAT? (cont)

[EmmettTheSane]

@44cupcake In England, my accent, I'm told, is now a "less annoying American accent". IE, less twangy. I believe I have you to thank for that.

And when I worked in South Wales (Cwmbran, I'm afraid), I worked alongside a few old gentlemen who had clear memories of the very first episode while it was broadcast nearly 48 year ago. Many adventures for us both since last we met, I see!

[44cupcake]

@EmmettTheSane You're in England?? Wow. Now that IS a change! :)

[EmmettTheSane]

@44cupcake Not at the moment! Quite a long story involving a boy and a girl, a number of exhausting commutes on the London Overground and then National Rail under the Bristol channel, and rather a lot of kittens. I'll be back in Bristol, where most of my friends are, in the next few years, rely on it!

[TheOnComingStorm121]

This is painful to watch in places...American Who fans in the 80's still haunt my dreams to this day...But the thing that makes me laugh is the $350 pledge...You get the Dr In Distress RPM...THEY'D HAVE TO PAY ME TO LISTEN TO THAT!!!

[EmmettTheSane]

@TheOnComingStorm121 Dalek rights!

It *was* bad, but I've heard it used to great effect in a house mix (esp with Rah Band's The Crunch). What's great about showing my British friends this video, though, is when they say "WTF am I watching?!?"

[DoubleMiz]

Wow, this was when the pledge breaks were fun...not to mention LIVE... And oh, how I loved Doctor Who on Saturday nights.  The theme song scared the crap out of my older sister all the time, haha.

[fjccommish]

Back in those days liking Dr. Who meant too much of seeing people like this.