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| {{title|British Broadcasting Corporation}}
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| The '''British Broadcasting Corporation''' is the dominant [[television]] and [[radio]] broadcast entity in the United Kingdom. Currently, the BBC operates multiple TV networks and radio stations, many of which have broadcasted ''[[Doctor Who]]''-related content over the years.
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| Its main television channel is currently known as [[BBC One]]. It was on BBC One that ''Doctor Who'' aired from [[1963]] to [[1989]] and again since [[2005]]. As of [[2011]], it is also the home network of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''.
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| === Other BBC channels === | |
| * [[BBC Two]]
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| * [[BBC Three]] - initial home network of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]''.
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| * [[BBC Four]] - Has shown a number of repeats, including ''[[The Hand of Fear]]''
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| * [[CBBC]] - Children's network; broadcaster of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.
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| * [[BBC Radio]]
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| * [[BBC Radio 7]] - current broadcaster of an ongoing series of [[Eighth Doctor]] audio adventures.
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| The BBC has also branched out into other media, including [[BBC Audio]] which has issued a number of soundtrack recordings from the series, as well as original audio dramas, [[BBC Video]], which has issued episodes and documentaries to the home video market, and [[BBC Books]], which has published original ''Doctor Who'' fiction since [[1996]].
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| [[BBC Worldwide]] is a branch of the BBC that oversees syndication of programmes such as ''Doctor Who'', as well as overseas production ventures.
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| The BBC is also connected to several North American cable networks that air Who-franchise programming, including [[BBC America]] (United States) and [[BBC Kids]] (Canada), although these broadcasters are not considered to be directly part of the parent BBC.
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| == In the DWU == | |
| Naturally, since the British Broadcasting Corporation started ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the series itself and its spin-offs have given it a fair share of homage. The DWU in fact predicted the existence a [[BBC3]] thirty-one years before [[BBC Three|such a channel]] actually came into existence. According to ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'', it was allegedly launched in [[1969]].
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| On [[14 July]] [[1930]], the BBC broadcast a television adaptation of ''[[The Man With the Flower in His Mouth]]'' by [[Luigi Pirandello]]. This was the first television drama to be produced in the United Kingdom. Provided that the broadcast was successful, the BBC considered producing an adaptation of ''[[Black Orchid (book)|Black Orchid]]'' by [[George Cranleigh]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wheel of Ice (novel)|The Wheel of Ice]]'')
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| On [[2 June]] [[1953]], the BBC broadcast live coverage of the coronation of Queen [[Elizabeth II]] from [[Alexandra Palace]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]'')
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| The [[science fiction]] television series ''[[Nightshade (series)|Nightshade]]'', starring [[Edmund Trevithick]] as the title character, ran on the BBC from [[1953]] to [[1958]]. It was rebroadcast on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] in [[December]] [[1968]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'')
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| A BBC News bulletin on [[15 October]] [[1957]] reports on the recent launch of ''[[Sputnik]]'', [[Earth]]'s first artificial satellite, by the [[Russia|Soviet Union]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Unregenerate! (audio story)|Unregenerate!]]'')
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| Ace watched BBC for a short time while at [[Mike Smith]]'s house in [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
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| In [[1966]], BBC newsreader [[Kenneth Kendall]] reported on the [[War Machine]] crisis and announced when the first machine had been destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'')
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| Circa the [[1970s]], [[BBC3]] broadcast live, on the public affairs programme ''[[The Passing Parade]]'', the opening of the [[Devil's Hump]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'')
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| In [[1976]], [[UNIT]], members of the band [[Plasticine]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Ace]] broke into the BBC in an attempt to stop a [[Vardan]] invasion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future]]'')
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| In [[1996]], the [[Blue Peter]] garden was destroyed by a member (or members) of [[Faction Paradox]], the effect of which was a far more intense psychological reaction than any direct assault on the people's psyche. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'')
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| While in [[2001]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] noted to himself that even the BBC logo had changed since the [[1960s]] into a blocky square style. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Escape Velocity]]'')
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| In [[2005]], the BBC correspondents [[Francis Currie]] and [[Scott Christie]] were among the newscasters reporting on alien attacks and civil unrest in [[London]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Coup (audio story)|The Coup]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Longest Night (audio story)|The Longest Night]]'')
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| In [[2006]], the BBC did a news report on the alien crash in the [[River Thames|Thames]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'') On [[Christmas]] of that year, the BBC broadcast Prime Minister [[Harriet Jones]]'s address to [[Great Britain]] rather than the traditional greeting by the monarch (in this case, Elizabeth II). ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'')
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| The [[Cybus Industries]] website, which tied into [[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'' featured an interview with the creator of the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] of [[Pete's World]], John Lumic. When asked the "best" and "worst" things about the BBC, Lumic simply responded that he abolished the BBC after Cybusnet became the sole global information provider.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cybusindustries.net/lumic.htm |title=Lohn Lumic - Some thoughts from our CEO |date of source= |website name=Cybus Industries website |accessdate= 23 July 2013|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120923001724/http://cybusindustries.net/lumic.htm |archivedate=23 September 2012 }}</ref> [[Thread:121084|This wiki does not consider real world websites as valid sources]].
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| In [[2007]], the BBC broadcast a news story to warn people of the Cyber-threat. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'') The [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] took control of all the TV channels, including the BBC, to broadcast their message of world domination around the globe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'')
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| In 2007, a BBC News bulletin reported that the [[United States of America|United States]] and [[United Kingdom]] governments were anticipating final victory in the [[Iraq War]] in the near future. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Unregenerate! (audio story)|Unregenerate!]]'')
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| In [[2008]], {{Simm}} broadcast his message about contact with alien life through the BBC. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'') The channel also reported on two highly destructive cataclysms. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen]]'', ''[[The Lost Boy]]'')
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| In [[2009]], the BBC covered multiple emergencies such as the [[ATMOS]] disaster, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]'') the Earth's abduction, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'') the Zodiac brainwashing, ([[TV]]: ''[[Secrets of the Stars]]'') and the [[456]] crisis. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]'')
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| By the [[2060s]], the BBC had turned into the British Film and Television Corporation; following the [[Myloki]] war, its [[London]] headquarters were used as a covert base for SILHOET. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Indestructible Man]]'')
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| === Parallel universes ===
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| [[Beep|Beep the Meep]] travelled to what's essentially the real world, where [[Doctor Who universe|the Doctor's universe]] existed only as the ''Doctor Who'' series. He then [[12 October]] [[1979]] and took control of the [[BBC Television Centre]]. The [[Eighth Doctor]] and his companion [[Izzy Sinclair]] defeated Beep with the help of [[Tom Baker]] — the man who played the [[Fourth Doctor]] — who infuriated him with his endless rambling. The Doctor learned the truth when he discovered the [[DWM 1|first issue]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[TV Action! (comic story)|TV Action!]]'')
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| == Footnotes ==
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| {{reflist}}
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