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'''Doctor Who''' has aired on a number of cable and satellite stations over the years, and this was the only method by which some countries - particularly those in [[:Category:Europe|Europe]] - could view the series on a regular basis.  
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'''Doctor Who''' has aired on a number of cable and satellite stations over the years, and this was the only method by which some countries - particularly those in [[:Category:Europe|Europe]] and [[:Category:South America|South America]] - could view the series on a regular basis (albeit in English).  
  
Although '''BroaDWcast''' is primarily an index to the terrestrial broadcasts, it would be remiss not to cover (albeit briefly) '''Doctor Who''' on satellite and cable channels.
 
  
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==UNITED KINGDOM==
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[[File:BBCCable1993.JPG|right|thumb|500px|"Dr Who" repeats on BBC World Service satellite (at 5.55pm), available in Malta in April 1993]]
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'''Doctor Who''' aired on several domestic UK satellite stations, some independent, some owned by the BBC. They each have their own dedicated pages:
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*[[BBC Choice]]
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*[[BBC Prime]]
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*[[BBC World Service Television Europe]]
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*[[British Satellite Broadcasting]] (BSB)
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*[[Horror Channel]]
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*[[Sci-Fi Channel Europe]]
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*[[Super Channel]]
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*[[UK Gold]]
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*[[UKTV Drama]]
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*[[Watch]]
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==EUROPE==
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==UNITED STATES and CANADA==
  
As noted below, several European countries were able to receive Super Channel and BBC Prime, but one digital satellite station was established solely for the Scandinavian market:  
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'''Doctor Who''' aired on several US cable channels in the 1980s and 1990s, while most of the Canadian broadcasts of the series were on cable:
  
[[File:TV4SFlogo.JPG |right|thumb|250px|TV4 Science Fiction logo]]
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* See our dedicated '''[[:Category:US cable stations|US Cable stations]]'''.
===TV4 SCIENCE FICTION===
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* See our dedicated '''[[Canada]]''' pages.
  
'''[[wikipedia:TV4 Science Fiction|TV4 Science Fiction]]''' is a satellite and cable television channel dedicated to the science fiction genre owned by TV4 AB. It was launched on 29 February 2008, and was broadcast to [[Denmark]], [[Sweden]], [[Finland]], and Norway.
 
  
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==EUROPE==
  
'''TRANSMISSION'''
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Several European countries were able to receive [[Super Channel]] and [[BBC Prime]], but one digital satellite station was established solely for the Scandinavian market:
 
 
'''TV4 SF''' screened all the available serials from the first seven Doctors. Episodes screened three times daily, usually early evening, just after midnight, then around 3.00am the following morning. It would appear that '''Doctor Who''' was part of the regular schedules since launch date in '''February 2008'''.
 
 
 
By '''May 2008''', the [[Jon Pertwee stories]] were screening. By August, they had reached the [[Tom Baker stories]], starting with [[Robot]] from the first Friday of that month.
 
 
 
By '''March 2009''', the [[Sylvester McCoy]] stories were screening.
 
  
The series later moved to '''TV4 Guld''' (TV4 Gold):
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*[[TV4 Science Fiction]]
*[http://www.tv4.se/1.316193/doctor_who TV4 GULD PAGE]
 
*[http://www.tvexperten.se/category/tv4 TV4 SCHEDULES]
 
*[http://www.tv4.se/1.731953/ DOCTOR WHO ON TV4]
 
  
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==LATIN AMERICA==
 
==LATIN AMERICA==
===HBO OLE===
 
  
'''Doctor Who''' aired briefly on this Latin America station:
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'''Doctor Who''' aired briefly on two South American-based satellite stations:
  
* See our dedicated [[HBO OLE]] page.
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*[[HBO OLE|HBO Ole]]
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*[[Uniseries]]
  
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===IMAGEN SATELITAL===
 
 
Imagen Satelital, a Latin American broadcaster, licensed season 13 (Tom
 
Baker's second season) and possibly also some of the Leela stories from season 14, in 2001, and broadcast to:
 
*[[Argentina]]
 
*Bolivia
 
*[[Chile]]
 
*Paraguay
 
*Uruguay
 
*And possibly other countries within [[:Category:Central America|Central America]], such as [[wikipedia:Belize|Belize]] (Terrance Dicks has mentioned at conventions that he once signed autographs during a visit to Belize in December 2003)
 
 
 
'''TRANSMISSION'''
 
 
From '''1 October 2001''', the series was (probably) available on the following satellite channels:
 
*'''[http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniseries UNISERIES]'''
 
*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_(Latin_American_TV_channel) SPACE]'''
 
*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.Sat I-SAT]'''
 
*'''INFINITO LATINO'''
 
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Latin_America TV STATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA]
 
 
Episodes aired on Sundays at 9:30pm, and again on Monday, at 4:30am!
 
 
The serials were broadcast in '''English''' but with '''[[Spanish]]''' subtitles, the first time this method was adopted; previously, broadcasts in Spanish-language countries were dubbed. It would seem that by 2001, the original dubbed tapes that
 
were used from the late 1970s (and owned by Time Life / Lionheart) were no longer available.
 
 
Regular screenings had concluded by '''January 2003'''.
 
 
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==AUSTRALIA==
 
==AUSTRALIA==
  
'''Doctor Who''' screened on [[Australia]]'s [[wikipedia:Foxtel|FOXTEL]] / UKTV from '''1 August 1996'''.  
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'''Doctor Who''' screened on [[Australia]]'s '''[[wikipedia:Foxtel|FOXTEL]] / UKTV''' from '''1 August 1996'''.  
  
 
* See our dedicated [[Australia]] pages.
 
* See our dedicated [[Australia]] pages.
 
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==UNITED STATES and CANADA==
 
 
'''Doctor Who''' aired on at least two (known) major cable channels in the US in the 1980s and 1990s:
 
 
* See our dedicated [[US Cable channels]] page for details
 
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And of course most of the Canadian broadcasts of the series were on cable:
 
 
* See our dedicated [[Canada]] pages.
 
 
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==UK STATIONS==
 
 
'''Doctor Who''' aired on two domestic UK satellite stations, both of which have their own dedicated page:
 
 
* '''[[British Satellite Broadcasting]] (BSB)''', a short-lived run from '''1 April 1990 to 1 December 1990'''
 
* '''[[UK Gold]]''', a 15 year run, from '''2 November 1992 to 14 April 2007'''.
 
  
 
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==UK / EUROPE==
 
===[[Super Channel|SUPER CHANNEL]]===
 
 
Satellite television station '''[[Super Channel]] ''' was launched on 30 January 1987, and broadcast across Europe.
 
 
* See our dedicated [[Super Channel|SUPER CHANNEL]] page.
 
 
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===[[BBC Prime|BBC PRIME]]===
 
 
This station, launched in 1987, was the BBC's first entertainment channel available via satellite and cable across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, broadcasting 24 hours a day.
 
 
BBC Prime aired a selection of BBC as well as ITV programming, including '''Doctor Who'''.
 
 
* See our dedicated [[BBC Prime|BBC PRIME]] page.
 
 
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Cable and Satellite Stations

Doctor Who has aired on a number of cable and satellite stations over the years, and this was the only method by which some countries - particularly those in Europe and South America - could view the series on a regular basis (albeit in English).



UNITED KINGDOM

"Dr Who" repeats on BBC World Service satellite (at 5.55pm), available in Malta in April 1993

Doctor Who aired on several domestic UK satellite stations, some independent, some owned by the BBC. They each have their own dedicated pages:



UNITED STATES and CANADA

Doctor Who aired on several US cable channels in the 1980s and 1990s, while most of the Canadian broadcasts of the series were on cable:



EUROPE

Several European countries were able to receive Super Channel and BBC Prime, but one digital satellite station was established solely for the Scandinavian market:



LATIN AMERICA

Doctor Who aired briefly on two South American-based satellite stations:



AUSTRALIA

Doctor Who screened on Australia's FOXTEL / UKTV from 1 August 1996.



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