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In Canada, TVO aired the program starting in 1976 with The Three Doctors and continued with the rest of the original series on a weekly basis until 1990 with series airing two to three years behind the BBC.

TVO was also available to many viewers in the United States living in states bordering the Great Lakes.

In order to fulfill the network's originally strict mandate as an educational broadcaster, TVO's transmissions of the Third Doctor's stories were hosted by Dr. Jim Dator, a futurist teaching to the University of Toronto, while the first three seasons of Fourth Doctor stories were hosted by science fiction writer Judith Merril, who called herself the " UnDoctor ".

Both hosts would fill out the show's half-hour time slot through introductions and longer extros which would analyse and discuss the episode critically for several minutes often explaining how a story was at variance with scientific concepts, how it related to science fiction genres, or putting the episodes in a socio-political context.

The episodes will air on Thursdays, beginning in spring 2007, however a specific starting air date has yet to be announced.

On 20 February, Outpost Gallifrey reported that another 38 PBS broadcasters, in total 40, have announced that they have acquired the rights to the Eccleston episodes and that they could begin to broadcast them as early as 1 March.

On 3 March 2007, KERA-TV, the PBS station in Dallas, Texas, aired the episodes " Rose " and " The End of the World ", as well as the episode " Bringing Back the Doctor " of Doctor Who Confidential: Cut Down.

In addition, WTTW 11 in Chicago, Illinois has been airing repeats of the new series.

Episodes typically air on Saturday evenings at 10: 00 pm Further PBS stations have acquired the rights and begun airing the series at various times.