YTV ID September 1989

This is from the very last day this ID aired, right before YTV screened the first episode of Doctor Who in September 1989. The following day, the logo had been updated.

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Education

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• YTV
• ID
• Doctor
• Who
• 1989

[travisdoucettemusic]

How did you know this is when YTV first broadcast Dr. Who? Did they start their broadcast order with the 1st episode from 1963?

[Retrontario]

Yes. Actually, the evening before this they screened a Slyvester McCoy episode in the "New Dr. Who" slot. Mon-Fri reruns started with "An Unearthly Child". Shame because if they had started with Tom Baker the ratings probably wouldn't have crashed.

[TheDarkOfNight]

Great find, Retrontario!

I'm guessing the next day, they used the day, afternoon, & night system for IDs, right?

[Retrontario]

Yes, that is correct

[carboncocoa]

That's the first one I saw!

[MichaelBrookham]

I remember the first time I saw Red Dwarf was on YTV. I have all 8 seasons on DVD and I don't think that YTV was a good place to air Red Dwarf because they had to take away all the profanity.

[martinf74]

However, they did have a good rund with the classic series. They ran the classic series from 1989 to 1993 or 94. Plus, the viewership picked up as soon as they got into the Jon Pertwee era in early 1990.

[Retrodude1985]

The music theme was different than the 1988 one.(Y-T-V)

[allisonhappyallison]

Wooowa . that opening tune for dr who slammed into me like a brick. for a brief second i was a kid again. thanks.

[travisdoucettemusic]

You seem to know a lot about this history. I was only about 8-9 in 1988 when I first fell in love with Dr. Who via TVO and YTV. I'd love to pick your brain about the broadcast history etc... Do you use MSN or AIM or any online instant messaging service?

[thedab101]

I remember the contest to replace the logo - man, i can't be that old!

[silentdrifter24]

Awesome Logo. I liked the older ones over the newer ID pictures.