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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''', often rendered as simply '''ABC''', has been the primary home of first run ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[Australia]] for almost the entire history of the programme. Its association with the programme reaches back to [[1965]], when it first screened [[William Hartnell]] episodes. | The '''{{PAGENAME}}''', often rendered as simply '''ABC''', has been the primary home of first run ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[Australia]] for almost the entire history of the programme. Its association with the programme reaches back to [[1965]], when it first screened [[William Hartnell]] episodes. | ||
It is one of the few broadcasters outside the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] itself to screen episodes from all the Doctors eras. | It is one of the few broadcasters outside the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] itself to screen episodes from all the Doctors eras. Along with the [[CBC]], [[BBCA]] and [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]], it's one of the few broadcasters in the world to co-produce an episode of ''Doctor Who'', since it helped fund ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', however unlike other broadcasters it did not receive onscreen credit for this co-production. | ||
It has a reputation for having considerably harsher censorship than most other broadcasters, which has led to some minor finds of [[missing episodes]]. The ABC snipped parts of various stories and retained the removed material in their archives. In some cases, such as ''[[The Smugglers (TV story)|The Smugglers]]'', the bulk of the remaining photographic evidence that remains of these stories comes from these brief ABC edits. | It has a reputation for having considerably harsher censorship than most other broadcasters, which has led to some minor finds of [[missing episodes]]. The ABC snipped parts of various stories and retained the removed material in their archives. In some cases, such as ''[[The Smugglers (TV story)|The Smugglers]]'', the bulk of the remaining photographic evidence that remains of these stories comes from these brief ABC edits. | ||
Post-2005 ''Doctor Who'' has primarily debuted on [[ABC1]] the primary television channel of the ABC. | |||
== External link == | == External link == | ||
* {{w|Doctor Who in Australia}} at {{w|Wikipedia}} | * {{w|Doctor Who in Australia}} at {{w|Wikipedia}} | ||
[[Category:Real world broadcasters]] | [[Category:Real world broadcasters]] | ||