BBC One

BBC One — alternately styled BBC1 and BBC-1 — is a British television channel. It has been considered the "main" BBC terrestrial television channel in the United Kingdom since it was created by the devolution of BBC-TV into BBC One and BBC Two.

Since the 25th April 1964 premiere of "The Screaming Jungle", it has been the network of origin for Doctor Who, excepting a few unusual stories, such as The Five Doctors and the 1996 telemovie. It was also the home network for A Girl's Best Friend, Invasion of the Bane, and the third series of Torchwood, the only other parts of the Whoniverse to premiere on the network as of 2010.

Doctor Who
Doctor Who premiered on the BBC in 1963 with An Unearthly Child. During broadcast of the fifth storyline, The Keys of Marinus, the BBC launched a new network, BBC Two, and beginning with Marinus Doctor Who was said to air on BBC One.

BBC One continued to air Doctor Who through Season 26 in 1989. BBC also aired the Doctor Who TV movie in 1996. Upon its 2005 return with Series 1 onwards, it was once again broadcast on BBC One.

Spin-Offs
BBC One has also been the home network of several (but not all) Doctor Who spinoff productions.


 * A Girl's Best Friend, the pilot (and only episode of) K-9 and Company in 1981.
 * Totally Doctor Who, a programme for younger viewers devoted to the franchise. During series 2, an animated serial, The Infinite Quest, was broadcast as part of this series.
 * Invasion of the Bane, the first episode (also referred to as the pilot) of The Sarah Jane Adventures, aired on BBC One in January 2007. The subsequent series aired on CBBC, a spin-off network, but are later replayed by BBC One, usually a week later.
 * Series 3 of Torchwood, the Children of Earth miniseries, aired on BBC One in July 2009. The first two seasons aired on BBC Three and BBC Two, respectively.
 * Series 4 of Torchwood, entitled Torchwood: Miracle Day, aired on BBC One in Summer 2011. Episodes were shown on Thursday nights a few days after their premiere in America on Starz.

Documentaries

 * Doctor Who Confidential
 * Torchwood Declassified