ABC to simulcast Doctor Who 50th anniversary special

Tim Burrowes

October 2, 2013 9:19

The ABC will next month simultaneously broadcast the BBC’s Doctor Who 50th anniversary special as it goes out in the UK and around the world.

The Sunday morning special The Day Of The Doctor – will come as the show, one of the ABC’s most important imported franchises – airs to Saturday night television audiences in the UK.

The step is the second time ABC television has simulcast a piece of Doctor Who programming. It did the same thing in August for the BBC’s live announcement of Peter Capaldi as the next Doctor.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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3 COMMENTS

Annoyed person 5 Oct 13

Kinda annoyed day of the doctor airs 23 November but somehow Australia has to wait one extra day……….AGAIN

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mumbrella 7 Oct 13

Hi Annoyed Person,

I’m not sure if this is a joke or not, but just in case, I’ll explain…

As a Doctor Who fan, you may be aware of time zones. We, in Australia, are generally nine to 12 hours ahead of the UK. So the 24th of November will happen to us earlier than the UK.

So that show will be broadcast at the same moment it goes out in the UK. Even if the date seems to be different.

Timey wimey stuff, it’s tricky, huh?

Cheers,

Tim – MUmbrella

JC 28 Oct 13

But at what timey wimey will the first showing actually be on the ABC?

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