BBC News 24

BBC News 24 (also known as News 24, BBC News or News) is a 24 hour news channel operated by the BBC. It has been featured in numerous episodes of the revived series, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

The channel was launched in November 1997.

Within the Doctor Who Universe

BBC News 24 has covered the following events:

• The explosion at Henrik's (2005) (DW: Rose)
• The Space Pig incident (2006) (DW: Aliens of London/World War Three)
• The Sycorax arrival (2006) (DW: The Christmas Invasion)
• The arrival of the Ghosts and eventually the Cybermen (2007} (DW: Army of Ghosts/Doomsday)
• UFOs over the Taj Mahal and Civil War soldiers arriving in the 21st Century (2008) (TW: End of Days)
• The Royal Hope Hospital being transported to the Moon (2008) (DW: Smith and Jones)
• Harold Saxon's election victory and coverage of "first contact" (2008) (DW: The Sound of Drums)
• The Bubble Shock! "hypnosis" (2008) (SJA: Invasion of the Bane)
• The meteor threatening to hit Earth (2008) (SJA: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?)
• Luke Smith's "real parents" (2008) (SJA: The Lost Boy)
• The evacuation of London and coverage of the Titanic (spaceship)/Titanic heading towards Buckingham Palace (2008) (DW: Voyage of the Damned)
• The ATMOS Crisis (2009) (DW: The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky)
• Earth being transported to the Medusa Cascade and eventually returning home (2009) (DW: The Stolen Earth/Journey's End)

(SJA: Invasion of the Bane)

• Martin Trueman's takeover through star signs (2009) (SJA: Secrets of the Stars)
• The London Olympics (2012) (DW: Fear Her)

Parallel Universes

Pete's World:

• The Cyberman activation (2007) (DW: Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel)

Donna's World

• The Royal Hope Hospital being transported to the Moon and returned with just one survivor (2008
• The Titanic heading towards Buckingham Palace and crashing into it (2008)

Name

The channel was known as "BBC News 24" from its launch. During the first two series of Doctor Who, and the first series of Torchwood, the channel's full name was displayed on screen, however from Series 3 onwards the BBC logo was dropped resulting in the channel simply being known as "News 24".

In the real world BBC News 24 was rebranded as BBC News in April 2008. The channel's appearance in The Stolen Earth and subsequent appearances reflect this, with the "24" also being dropped to give the channel the name of "News" on-air.

It regains its former name of "BBC News 24" by 2012 for coverage of the Olympics.