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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]]''.
 
=== Other BBC channels ===
* [[BBC Two]]
* [[BBC Three]] - initial home network of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]''.
* [[BBC Four]] - Has shown a number of repeats, including ''[[The Hand of Fear]]''
* [[CBBC]] - Children's network; broadcaster of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.
* [[BBC Radio]]
* [[BBC Radio 7]] - current broadcaster of an ongoing series of [[Eighth Doctor]] audio adventures.
 
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]].
 
[[BBC Worldwide]] is a branch of the BBC that oversees syndication of programmes such as ''Doctor Who'', as well as overseas production ventures.
 
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.
 
== 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]].
 
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]]'')
 
On [[2 June]] [[1953]], the BBC broadcast live coverage of the coronation of Queen [[Elizabeth II]] from [[Alexandra Palace]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]'')
 
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]]'')
 
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!]]'')
 
Ace watched BBC for a short time while at [[Mike Smith]]'s house in [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
 
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]]'')
 
Circa the [[1970s]], [[BBC3]] broadcast live, on the public affairs programme ''[[The Passing Parade]]'', the opening of the [[Devil's Hump]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'')
 
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]]'')
 
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]]'')
 
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]]'')
 
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]]'')
 
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]]'')
 
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]].
 
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]]'')
 
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!]]'')
 
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]]'')
 
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]]'')
 
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]]'')
 
=== Parallel universes ===
[[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!]]'')
 
== Footnotes ==
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