Television
Television was a system that allowed people to view broadcast plays, news, drama and comedy.
In 1903, after receiving a wealth of information from the future, Grigori Rasputin foresaw the creation of television. (CC: The Wanderer)
By the early 1950s the sets were already highly developed, although advances would continue to be made. The Wire tried to regain a physical body by using an Alexandra Palace television transmission of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, but the Tenth Doctor managed to trap her in a video cassette. (DW: The Idiot's Lantern)
In 1969, according to the Eleventh Doctor, half a billion people watched the Apollo 11 moon landing on television. (DW: Day of the Moon)
By 1998, television had become interactive thanks to technology introduced by I2. (MA: System Shock) By the early 21st century, they were also holographic, capable of 3-D broadcasting. (NA: Cat's Cradle: Warhead)
In the far future, television was still a popular pastime,. Violent television was much more common than before in such places as the planet Varos and in the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. (DW: Vengeance on Varos/Bad Wolf) Other human nations, such as the New Earth Republic, liked to watch shows from old Earth. (PDA: Synthespians™)
