| The following article is written from an Out of Universe perspective. |
BBC Three — is an internet television service, television block, and upcoming digital television channel in the United Kingdom.
The channel launched on 9 February 2003, but its existence was in fact predicted decades earlier, in the 1971 Doctor Who story The Dæmons, which featured a fictional BBC3 network. BBC Three functioned as a replacement to the former BBC Choice.
From BBC Three's launch, as had been done with its predecessor, episodes of Doctor Who were also repeated on the BBC Three channel with an optional commentary available on some services the Sunday after their Saturday transmission.
In an effort to reduce budget costs at the broadcaster, the BBC Three channel was discontinued and relaunched as a streaming media service on 16 February 2016.
On 4 March 2019, an hour-long block dedicated to BBC Three programming was launched on BBC One, running on Monday through Wednesday nights.
On 2 March 2021, the BBC confirmed that it planned to relaunch BBC Three's linear television channel in 2022 subject to regulatory approval, which was approved in November that year. BBC Three relaunched on 1 February 2022.
Overview
- 2003 to 2016 - BBC Three repeated every new Doctor Who, Leftover and Panopticon episode after it's BBC One broadcast.
- 2023 - Doctor Who: The Time Meddlers
In the DWU
To be added.