When did Doctor Who first premier?
Doctor Who (film)
Doctor Who, also referred to as Doctor Who: The Movie to distinguish it from the television series of the same name, is a 1996 television film continuing the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It was developed as a co-production between BBC Worldwide, Universal Studios, 20th Century Fox, and the American network Fox. It premiered on 12 May 1996 on CITV in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (which was owned by WIC at the time before being acquired by Canwest Global in 2000), 15 days before its first showing in the United Kingdom on BBC One and two days before being broadcast in the United States on Fox. It was also shown in some countries for a limited time in cinemas.
Doctor Who in Australia
Less than a month after the ABC premiere of the "Doctor Who" telemovie, the coming of subscription television to Australia saw the commencement of one of "Doctor Who's" longest uninterrupted runs. Foxtel's UKTV channel started screening the show from 1 August 1996; beginning with "An Unearthly Child" and airing weeknights at 11:30pm (plus weekend omnibus encores on Saturdays and Sundays), every available episode of the series was shown. The run ended more than two years later with the then most recent production, "Doctor Who", on 16 August 1998.