BBC Four

BBC Four is the BBC's fourth channel. Its first Doctor Who-related broadcast was a BBC Choice ident in 1998. As of 2010 it is the only one of the four BBC stations that has yet to air an original series related to the Doctor Who franchise.

A rebroadcast of An Unearthly Child was shown on 21 November 2013, two days prior to the 50th anniversary date, immediately following the broadcast of the docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time on BBC Two.

On 1 November 2023, Talking Doctor Who and Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration were broadcast on BBC Four, marking the televised debut of the Whoniverse ident.

On 23 November 2023, the date of the 60th anniversary, The Daleks in Colour was broadcast on BBC Four followed by a repeat of An Adventure in Space and Time, which featured an update replacing the original's appearance by Matt Smith with Ncuti Gatwa to represent the future of Doctor Who. Incidentally, both the 2013 premiere and the 2023 update of An Adventure in Space and Time fell on a Thursday.

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Doctor Who repeats[[edit] | [edit source]]

• The Web of Fear: Episode 1, TX: 26 June 2004 (1960s Cult Television Night)^[1]
• The Green Death: Episodes 1-2, TX: 3 April 2006† (1973 season)
• The Green Death: Episodes 3-4, TX: 4 April 2006† (1973 season)
• The Green Death: Episodes 5-6, TX: 5 April 2006† (1973 season)
• Spearhead from Space: Episodes 1-2, TX: 13 November 2006† (Science Fiction Britannia season)
• Spearhead from Space: Episodes 3-4, TX: 20 November 2006† (Science Fiction Britannia season)
• The Ark in Space: Episodes 1-2, TX: 27 November 2006† (Science Fiction Britannia season)
• The Ark in Space: Episodes 3-4, TX: 4 December 2006† (Science Fiction Britannia season)
• The Web of Fear: Episode 1, TX: 18 March 2007 (London Underground Night)
• The Idiot's Lantern, TX: 29 May 2007 (Children's TV on Trial season)
• Gridlock, TX: 21 August 2007 (Motorways season)
• The Dæmons: Episodes 1-3, TX: 21 October 2007† (Archaeology Night)
• The Dæmons: Episodes 4-5, TX: 22 October 2007†
• The Daleks: Episodes 1-3, TX: 5 April 2008 (Verity Lambert Night)
• The Daleks: Episode 4, TX: 7 April 2008
• The Daleks: Episode 5, TX: 8 April 2008
• The Daleks: Episodes 6-7, TX: 9 April 2008
• The Hand of Fear: Episodes 1-2, TX: 9 May 2011
• The Hand of Fear: Episodes 3-4, TX: 10 May 2011
• An Unearthly Child: Episodes 1-4, TX: 21 November 2013
• The Face of Evil: Episodes 1-2, TX: 28 December 2015
• The Face of Evil: Episodes 3-4, TX: 29 December 2015

†These stories were edited into 50 minute episodes, 70 minutes in the case of first part of The Dæmons.

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