[dewitt]

It may please and amuse you that this fellow child of the 70's, growing up across the pond in Boston, could have written that exact same comment, nearly word for word. The impact of Doctor Who was truly global, and for many of us Americans, our first introduction to the BBC (as rebroadcast via PBS affiliates in the States) and to British culture in general.

[leptons]

Also an avid Dr. Who fan in the 1970s, growing up on Long Island and watching it on my black and white TV on Saturday mornings on PBS. I was the only kid I knew that watched it though. Having my own television (mostly used for my Atari 400 computer) helped me explore all the channels, leading me to PBS. I loved Dr. Who so much, I couldn't wait for Saturday morning. Then it was followed by all kinds of other shows nobody else I knew watched, one of them was Computer Chronicles. It was all so much better than watching cartoons.

[dhosek]

PBS, back in the 70s and 80s used to broadcast so much British stuff. Not just Doctor Who, but Monty Python, The Two Ronnies, Fawlty Towers, Are You Being Served and so much more if I were to dig into my memory to find it. I still have the Tom Baker Doctor Who scarf my mom knit for me back around 1980ish. My kids love the new Who, but I’ve not been successful in getting them to watch any of the classic era stuff.

Fun fact: my older brothers and a friend of theirs made a transcription of the theme for four-handed piano and were selling the sheet music at cons until they got a cease and desist letter from the BBC.

[dylan604]

My local PBS did a BBC block on Saturday evenings, but on Friday night they did Red Dwarf on its own. The Saturday block was where I was introduced to Rowan Atkinson with Black Adder. I still quote "I have a cunning plan".

[markdomino]

Same, me as a child of the 80's in Delaware... inspired so much interest in tech, sound; even the old intro video effects were uncanny. It's a pleasure now to share new episodes with my kids and occasionally go on a run through some classic episodes for backstory.

I haven't read through the comments fully, but check out "An Electronic Storm" by White Noise https://wikidelia.net/wiki/An_Electric_Storm