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  1. tardis.fandom.com › wiki › Horror_of_Fang_RockHorror of Fang Rock (TV story) | Tardis | Fandom

    The Doctor Who interruption appeared to have been pre-recorded, and was transmitted during the first part of Horror of Fang Rock, just as Vince is offering to get Leela a hot drink. The footage starts with a man disguised as television personality Max Headroom, referring to an unknown individual who the presenter describes as a "frickin' nerd ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Max_Headroom_signal_hijackingMax Headroom signal hijacking - Wikipedia

    That same night, at about 11:20 p.m., the signal of local PBS station WTTW was interrupted during an airing of the Doctor Who serial Horror of Fang Rock. The culprit was the same Max Headroom impersonator, this time speaking with distorted audio.

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Horror_of_Fang_RockHorror of Fang Rock - Wikipedia

    Max Headroom intrusion. On the night of 22 November 1987, a broadcast of the first part of Horror of Fang Rock by Chicago television station WTTW was interrupted for around 90 seconds by a pirate broadcast featuring an unknown individual, who was disguised as the television character Max Headroom.

  5. www.youtube.com › watchDoctor Who Retrospective: The Max Headroom Incident - YouTube

    November 1987:A TV network in Chicago is showing a repeat of 'Horror of Fang Rock' when suddenly, a man going by the name of Max Headroom interupts the trans...

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    Aug 18, 2022 · Max Headroom TV Hijacking during Doctor Who: Horror of Fang Rock (PBS 1987) ARCHIVE. 1.7K subscribers. Subscribed. 6. 970 views 1 year ago. obtained via Wikipedia WTTV, PBS's...

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  7. news.wttw.com › 2017/11/21 › 30-years-later30 Years Later, Notorious ‘Max Headroom Incident ... - News

    Nov 21, 2017 · It was Nov. 22, 1987—a Sunday night—and “Doctor Who” fans had just settled in to watch a rerun of the episode “Horror at Fang Rock.” Suddenly, the Doctor was replaced by Max Headroom—not the 1980s comedy character Max Headroom, but a guy in a mask ranting through garbled audio.

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    After a brief and only partially successful attempt to break into the signal of intended target of WGN-TV, the signal pirates, whose identities were never found, succeeded in getting their broadcast intruded onto WTTW during an episode of the Doctor Who serial "Horror of Fang Rock."

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