10.10.03
Doctor
Who's TARDIS lands down under
In
the 40th anniversary year of Doctor Who, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide launches
a selection of tribute programming to honour the iconic television
hero in Australia.
ABC
TV is currently screening the entire Doctor Who series every Monday
to Thursday at 6pm.
Mrena
Manzoufas, Head of Programming, ABC TV says, "Doctor Who made
its debut in November 1963 and ABC TV last screened it in March
1994. Since then we have received an endless number of requests
from Doctor Who fans who want to re-live the whole Doctor Who experience
and have decided to re-screen the entire series from episode one."
In
addition, UKTV in Australia will run an extensive schedule to celebrate
the anniversary year. Hosted by Katy Manning (the voice of UKTV
and former companion to Jon Pertwee), the channel will show selected
episodes featuring the eight Doctors who have steered the TARDIS
since 1963, on Saturday mornings from 11 October - 22 November.
Tony
Iffland, Chief Executive, UKTV says, "Doctor Who is an iconic
British programme - we could not let the 40th Anniversary pass without
a special UKTV celebration."
Julie
Dowding, Head of Sales Australasia, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide says, "The
Doctor Who franchise has always been incredibly popular in this
territory and this is reflected by the strong support from our broadcast
partners in this anniversary year."
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
Worldwide is currently exploring the possibility of developing Doctor
Who into a major US studio film, and last month Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ green-lit scripts
for a brand new television series from writer Russell T Davies.
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