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When Doctor Who returned in 2005, the way television was sold and supplied had changed significantly since 1989 when Doctor Who had last been in the BBC's catalogue: the exchange of 16mm film or video tape was a thing of the past, and programmes were provided and broadcast in a digital format, usually via satellite. This made simultaneous broadcasting to a much wider audience across continents possible.

Some of the satellite & cable stations served a number of countries across large regions or continents at the same time, so instead of itemising the New Series solely on a country by country basis, we have a separate table covering these multiple-country transmissions.


NOTES ABOUT THE TABLES:

  • For the sake of simplicity, we are concerned only with the primary broadcaster; in a few cases we have also identified any secondary provider/s
  • Some stations provide programming by way of an internet or IPTV service. These have not been noted in every case
  • A number of the foreign stations purchased rights for numerous repeats, and recycled the series on a continuous basis; it would be impossible to account for every first screening and repeat, so the dates recorded here are for the first episode only of each new series
  • Christmas Specials: In the majority of cases, foreign broadcasters aired the Christmas Specials in the year after the initial UK broadcast - e.g. the 2005 Christmas Special was screened elsewhere in 2006; the 2006 Special in 2007, etc - and therefore with the exception of the 2012 Special the airdate of each of the Christmas Specials is recorded along with the subsequent series; the 2012 Special, which aired in five countries in December 2012 is instead recorded in the column for that year
  • The column headed Specials (2009) includes "The Next Doctor" (2008) and "The End of Time Part Two" (2010); the airdates for all five episodes are recorded where known
  • With Series 6 being split in half, we have listed both dates where known
  • If a column does not contain any dates, that does not necessarily mean the relevant Series did not air; if anything, the absence of dates is simply because we do not know what they are. But when it is known that a broadcaster did air only limited run, this is noted in the Notes column
  • Much of the data has also been adapted from Wikipedia's list of "International sales". That list is too general in its approach, as well as having many errors, so we've done our best to check, clarify and verify all the stations identified in that list
  • For a far more detailed analysis of foreign broadcasts of the New Series (as well as Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures), we recommend the THIS WEEK IN DOCTOR WHO MARCH 2005 INDEX as a starting point. (And to make things easier, we've added a direct link to the THIS WEEK IN DW page in which each country appears for the first time in the guide.)



DOMESTIC & TERRESTRIAL STATIONS (SINGLE COUNTRIES)

Country / Broadcaster S1(2005) S2(2006) S3(2007) S4(2008) SP(2009) S5(2010) S6(2011) S7(2012/13) Notes
AUSTRALIA 1
  • ABC (renamed ABC1 in February 2008)

2005-05-21

2006-07-08

2006-07-15

2007-06-28

2007-06-30

2008-06-29

2008-07-06

2009-01-25

2009-05-31

2009-12-06

2010-02-14

2010-02-21

2010-04-18

2010-12-26

2011-04-30

2011-09-03

2011-12-26

2012-09-08

2012-12-26

2013-03-31

ABC 2 Doctor Who marathon promo image
Generic ABC2 listing, August 2012
AUSTRALIA 2 2009------ 2009------ 2009------ 2009------ 2009------ 2010------ 2010------
Generic UKTV billing, August 2012
UKTV June 2010 Greatest Weekend promo image
BELGIUM 1 2005-11-26 2007-05---
  • Series 1 and 2 only, but "The Christmas Invasion" was skipped
  • Episodes were subtitled
  • THIS WEEK IN DW
BELGIUM 2 2008-02-16 2008------- 2008-09-20 2009-11---
  • Repeated Series 1 and 2, but was the first station to screen Series 3
  • THIS WEEK IN DW
BELGIUM 3
  • Acht
 2011------ 2011------ 2011------ 2011------ 2011-12-26
BRAZIL 2012-03-19 2012------ 2012------ 2012------ 2012------ 2012------ 2012------
BULGARIA 2009-04-25 2009------
CANADA 1

2005-04-05

2005-12-26

2006-10-09 (1st half)

2007-01-15 (2nd half)

2007-06-18

2007-06-18

2008-09-19

CBC promo image for premiere episode, April 2005
Christopher Eccleston intro for CBC
PlanetDr.JPG
CANADA 2

2009-03-14

2009-06-01

2009-12-19

2010-01-02

2010-01-02

2010-04-17

2010-12-26

2011-04-23

2011-08-27

2011-12-25

2012-09-01

2012-12-25

2013-03-30

  • Space picked up the series from the CBC, commencing with the Specials
  • Space is the first and only Canadian station to screen "Voyage of the Damned" (on 24 July 2010)
  • Space trailer for Series 5
CANADA 3 2006-01-03 2006-08--- 2008-09--- 2009------
Ztélé trailer
CANADA 4 2008------ 2008------ 2009------ 2010------
  • Bold is a subsidiary of CBC, and repeated Series 1 through 4 only, but not "Voyage of the Damned"
  • THIS WEEK IN DW
CROATIA 2008------ 2008-08--- 2008-12-27 2010------
"Series for young", HRT2; 22 October 2010 (for Series 4, although picture is from Series 2)
DENMARK 1 2006-06-27
DENMARK 2 2012-03-03
DR Mama promo image for Series 5
FINLAND

2006-09-10

2012------

2012------

2012------

2012------

2013------

2013------

2013------

  • YLE aired Series 1 and "The Christmas Invasion" only in 2006/07, but from 7 May 2012 they played the full back-catalogue starting again at Series 1, through to Series 3, with Series 4 onwards due in summer of 2013
  • YLE screenings
  • Finnish Episode Titles
  • THIS WEEK IN DW
  • MTV3 Scifi (launched March 2008) screened repeats of classic Doctor Who in tandem with Sweden's TV4 Guld
FRANCE

2005-11-05

2006-12---

2007------

2009------

2009-12-25

2010-03-27

2010-10-30

2010-12-25

2010-12-25

2011-02-12

2011-12-24

2012-03-19

2012-10-27

Screen grab of French title caption for "Voyage of the Damned"
Screen grab of French title caption for "The Time of Angels"
La Nuit Doctor Who, 19 May 2012
GERMANY 1

2008-01-26

2008-06-08

2008-06-08

Screen grab of German title caption for "The Idiot's Lantern"
GERMANY 2

2012-09-12

2012-09-12

2012-10-31

2012-10-31

2012-12-05

2012-12-12

2012-12-12

2012-12-19

2012-12-19

2011-12-21

2012-02-01

2012-02-08

2012-02-12

2012-03-21

2012-12-24

2012-12-26

2013-06-12

Fox channel promo image
Fox channel promo Series 7B image
GREECE 2006-12-26 2007-05--- 2007-09--- 2010-09-11 2011-01-08
Skai TV promo image for series 1
HONG KONG 2006-02-19 2006-08--- 2008------
ATV World, Series One, intro, South China Morning Herald; 19 February 2006
ATV World, episode 1, 11.35pm!; 19 February 2006
HUNGARY 2006-02-19 2006-12---
ICELAND 2007------ 2008-06---
Listing for "Tímaflakk" (Series 2), Iceland, June 2008
  • Series was called "Tímaflakk" ("Time Traveller")
  • THIS WEEK IN DW
  • The series was also available via BBC Prime / Entertainment - see below
INDONESIA 2012------
IRELAND (Republic of) 2007-05-05 2007-08---
ISRAEL 2006-01-20 2007-01-22 2011-01-17
Yes Sci-Fi promo image
ITALY 1

2005-11-11

2006-12-24

2006-12-31

2007-12-25

2008-07-13

2008-10-12

ITALY 2

2011-01-14

2011-01-29

2011-01-31

2011-02-15

2011-02-16

2011-03-03

2011-03-04

2011-03-19

2011-03-21

2011-03-22

2011-03-23

2011-03-24

2011-03-25

2011-04-09

2012-01-12

2012-02-02

2012-02-23

2013-06-06

Rai4 ident
ITALY 3
JAPAN 1 2006-09-10 2006-12---
Promo image for Japanese screening of Series 1
JapanWho.JPG
JAPAN 2 2007-08-21 2008-03---
  • Free-to-air service
JAPAN 3
  • LaLa TV
 2010-03-01 2010------ 2010------
JAPAN 4
  • Hulu
 2012------
SOUTH KOREA 2005-06-05 2006-10-28 2007-12-16 2009-01-03 2011-02-27 2011-04-03 2011-12-11
KBSlogo.JPG
MALAYSIA 2006-07-09 2006-08-03
MEXICO 2011------ 2011------ 2011------
  • Fan Blog
  • The series was also available via BBC Prime / Entertainment - see below
NETHERLANDS 2006-06-10 2007-09-15
  • Only Series 1 and "The Christmas Invasion" aired on NED 3
  • Rest of Series 2 played on NED 2
  • THIS WEEK IN DW
  • Syfy Netherlands took over from Series 3 – see below
NEW ZEALAND 1

2005-07-07

2006-07-06

2006-07-13

2007-08-19

2007-08-06

2008-07-06

2008-07-13

2009-04-13

2009-06-01

2009-11-29

2010-02-07

2010-02-14

2010-05-02

2011-01-30

2011-05-19

2011-09-15

2012-01-19

2012-09-13

2012-12-26

Selection of New Zealand TV Guide covers
NEW ZEALAND 2 2008-04-04 2009-01--- 2009-07--- 2009-10---
Generic UKTV NZ listing, screening at 7.25pm and 5.10am, 2012
NORWAY 2005-09-28
  • Series was called "Doktor Who"
  • THIS WEEK IN DW
  • The series was also available via BBC Prime / Entertainment - see below
PHILIPPINES 2007------
  • The series was also available via Fox Channel Asia - see below
POLAND 2006-10-01 2007-01---
Polish promo image
PORTUGAL 2008------ 2008-12--- 2009-03--- 2010-01--- 2010-04---
SIC Radical promo image
QATAR 2013------ 2013------ 2013------
  • Sales announcement
  • Series 5, 6 and 7 only sold to the satellite station at the 2013 BBC Showcase
  • The satellite channel is available in other Middle Eastern countries
  • Official JCC site
ROMANIA 2006-11-10 2007----- ---------- ----------
RUSSIA 1 2006-03-27 2008------ 2008------ 2009------
RUSSIA 2
  • MovieBOX
 2012------
  • Series was called "Доктор Хэн"
  • MovieBOX
  • MovieBOX is also available in Mongolia
SERBIA ----------
SLOVENIA 2008-01-05
SPAIN 1 2006------
SPAIN 2 – Basque ? 2009------
ETB3 promo image
SPAIN 3 – Catalonia 2008-03-31 2008------ 2008------ 2011-01-04 2011-02-22 2011-03-29 2011-11-25
"Rose", on Spain's 3XL, 31 March 2008
SPAIN 4 2011-03--- 2011------ 2011------ 2011------ 2011------ 2011----- 2011-12---
Doctor Who on Spain's Boing
Boing promo image
SWEDEN 2007-03-08
"as seen on SVT…"; Swedish Series 1 DVD
TAIWAN 2011------
THAILAND 2008------
TURKEY 1 2008------
TURKEY 2 ---------- ----------
CNBC-e series 2 promo image
UKRAINE 1 2008------ 2008------
Ukraine Series 1 DVD
UKRAINE 2
  • STB channel KuyTB - renamed QTV in 2010
 2010-02-22 2010------ 2010------ 2010------ 2010------ 2010------
QTV promo image
  • Series 1, 2 , 4 and 5 were called "Доктор Ху", but Series 3 was called "Доктор Хто"
  • Series 1 to Series 4 (but not "Voyage of the Damned")
  • QTV Doktop Xy Trailer
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2008-12---
  • This channel was previously known as Channel 33, on which Doctor Who had aired in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s
  • THIS WEEK IN DW
  • The series was also available via Style UK / Showtime Arabia - see below
UNITED STATES 1

2006-03-17

2006-09-29

2007------

2006-12-25

2007-07-06

2007-12-25

2008-04-05

SCI-FI Channel promo image
  • Series 1 to 4 only
UNITED STATES 2

2009-06-27

2009-07-26

2009-12-19

2009-12-26

2010-01-02

2010-04-17

2010-12-25

2011-04-23

2011-08-27

2011-12-25

2012-09-01

2012-12-25

2013-03-30

BBC America Series 5 promo image, 2010
BBC America Series 7 promo image
UNITED STATES 3 2007-04--- 2008-04--- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
VIETNAM
  • VBC
 2011------


SATELLITE & CABLE STATIONS (MULTIPLE COUNTRIES)

  • For some countries, particularly in Europe and south east Asia, the relaunched series of Doctor Who was available on cable or satellite stations that served multiple countries at the same time; while some of the following also had a domestic station carrying the series (see above), for many, "pay-per-view" was the only means by which they could see the brand new Series.


Satellite / Cable Provider Regions / Countries served S1(2005) S2(2006) S3(2007) S4(2008) SP(2009) S5(2010) S6(2011) S7(2012/13) Notes
AXN (Europe) / AXN Sci Fi Eastern Europe, specifically Poland; Hungary; Czech Republic; Croatia; Romania; Bulgaria 2010-04-06 2010-06--- 2010-07--- 2010-08--- 2010-10--- 2011-10-04
AXN Sci-Fi promo image
Digital + / People+Arts Spain, Portugal 2006-01-19
Listing for People+Arts, 19 January 2006
  • Series was dubbed and/or subtitled
  • THIS WEEK IN DW
  • The station is now called Canal+
Discovery Plus People+Arts Latin America (including: Mexico; Central America; Brazil (via NET SA from 2010); and Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela (via DirecTV (Canal 201) from 2012) 2006-01-19 2007-02--- 2007-10-03 2012-05-20 2012/2013
DirecTV promo image
Fox Channel Asia Japan; Korea (South); Philippines; Thailand 2006------
Showtime / Style UK (renamed Orbit Showtime from 2010) Middle East (including Bahrain; Kuwait; Oman; Qatar; United Arab Emirates); North Africa (including Egypt; Morocco); Levant areas (including Cyprus; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria;Turkey) 2005-12-22 2006-12--- 2008-05--- 2009-10---


Satellite / Cable Provider Regions / Countries served S1(2005) S2(2006) S3(2007) S4(2008) SP(2009) S5(2010) S6(2011) S7(2012/13) Notes
BBC PRIME and BBC ENTERTAINMENT ►►► The BBC operated a number of satellite and cable stations across different regions of the globe. Initially known as BBC Prime (see our dedicated page), the network was later rebranded as BBC Entertainment. Each region carried its own scheduling, but on occasion – and as such applied to Doctor Who - programming across all stations and regions was synchronised so that the same programme was broadcast simultaneously. In most cases, the programme was broadcast in English, although some countries had the facility to broadcast with subtitles:
►BBC Prime / BBC Entertainment Africa; Europe (including Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Poland); The Middle East (including Israel, United Arab Emirates)

2007-09-01

2007-12-22

2008-02-09

2008-12-25

2011-01-01

2011-01-21

2012-01-28

2012-04-28

2012-09-15

2012-09-22

2012-09-29

2012-10-06

2012------

2013-03-31

BBC Prime schedule for Series 1, 1 September 2007
►BBC Prime / BBC Entertainment (South Africa) South Africa 2008-09--- 2009-04--- 2010-04--- 2010-11--- 2010-11-15

2012------

2013-03-31

  • BBC Prime (South Africa) became BBC Entertainment (South Africa) in September 2008
►BBC Prime / BBC Entertainment (Asia) Asia, including Brunei; Hong Kong (on Channel N529); Malaysia; Philippines; Singapore; Korea (South) (dubbed into Korean); Thailand; India (from 2008) 2006------ 2007-08-18 2008-12--- 2010-07--- 2011-01--- 2011-01-22
Start of Series 2, BBC Entertainment, channel N529 in Hong Kong, four times a day! 18 August 2007
  • BBC Prime (Asia) became BBC Entertainment (Asia) in October 2006
  • THIS WEEK IN DW
►BBC Prime / BBC Entertainment (Scandinavia / Nordic) Scandinavia (specifically Denmark; Finland; Norway; Sweden) 2009-08--- 2010-04---
►BBC Prime / BBC Entertainment (Mexico/Latin America) Latin America (including: Mexico, Central America; South America), and Brazil (via NET S.A satellite from 2010) 2009------ 2009------ 2009-11---
BBC Persia Specifically Iran 2012-04-15
►BBC Entertainment (Burma) Burma
  • This pay-TV service commenced from 1 January 2013
  • News report
►BBC Entertainment (Indonesia) Indonesia
  • From early 2013 this pay-TV service broadcasts via the Biznet Networks "Max3" satellite
  • News report


Satellite / Cable Provider Regions / Countries S1(2005) S2(2006) S3(2007) S4(2008) SP(2009) S5(2010) S6(2011) S7(2012/13) Notes
SCI-FI UNIVERSAL / SYFY UNIVERSAL ►►►
Generic Syfy Universal promo image
►Syfy Universal - Portugal Portugal 2006-01-19
►Syfy Universal - Russia Russia 2008------ 2008-09--- Doktop.JPG
  • Series was called "Доктор Кто" (Doktop Who)
  • Series was dubbed and/or subtitled
  • Syfy's Doctor Who page
►Sci-Fi / Syfy Universal - Germany Germany

2008-01-08

2008-06-08

2008-06-08

Sci-Fi Germany promo image
►Sci-Fi / Syfy Universal - Benelux Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg 2008-09--- 2008-12-25 2012-05---
►Syfy Universal - Spain Spain 2008-03--- 2009------ 2009-08--- 2010-01--- 2010-08--- 2010-08---
Syfy Spain promo image
Doctor Who on Syfy Spain, 11 September 2010
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