First BBC One ident during the early Noughties rebrand
From March 29, 2002.
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Branding history of the six major TV channels in the United Kingdom
The six being BBC One, ITV1, BBC Two, Sky Max, Channel 4 and 5. BBC One 1936-60: BBC Television Service 1960-64: BBC TV 1964-97: BBC1 1997-present: BBC One ITV1 1955-63: Independent Television 1963-2001: ITV 2001-13: ITV1 2013-22: ITV 2022-present: ITV1 BBC Two 1964-86: BBC2 1986-91: Two 1991-97: BBC2 1997-present: BBC Two Sky Max 1982-84: Satellite Television 1984-89: Sky Channel 1989-96: Sky One 1996-97: Sky 1 1997-2008: Sky One 2008-17: Sky 1 2017-21: Sky One 2021-present: Sky Max Channel 4 1982-present: Channel 4 5 1997-2002: Channel 5 2002-2011: Five 2011-2025: Channel 5 2025-present: 5
The eight Doctors of the classic run
As in the classic run in question from 1963 to 1996. First Doctor (William Hartnell) First regular episode: An Unearthly Child episode 1 (23 November 1963) Last regular episode: The Tenth Planet episode 4 (29 October 1966) Duration: 1963-66, 1972-73 (guest), 1983 (Richard Hurndall), 2017 (David Bradley) and 2022 (David Bradley) Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) First regular episode: The Power of the Daleks episode 1 (5 November 1966) Last regular episode: The War Games episode 10 (21 June 1969) Duration: 1966-69, 1972-73 (guest), 1983 (guest), 1985 (guest) and 1995 (Tony Garner) Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) First regular episode: Spearhead from Space episode 1 (3 January 1970) Last regular episode: Planet of the Spiders episode 6 (8 June 1974) Duration: 1970-74, 1983 (guest), 1993 (guest) and 1995 (guest) Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) First regular episode: Robot episode 1 (28 December 1974) Last regular episode: Logopolis episode 4 (21 March 1...
To dispute the designation of Doctor Who
This is to do with the current designation of the show under the return of Russell T Davies. I couldn't care less on what Disney, Davies and BBC calls it, this year's series is series 14 of the revival, not season 1 and also it's the seventh soft reboot of the overall series: 1963: Black and white era 1970: Soft reboot as a result of change to colour television 1987: Soft reboot due to the change of direction after Trial of a Time Lord 1996: Soft reboot due to the Fox TV film 2005: Soft reboot due to being a revival 2010: Soft reboot due to the Steven Moffat era 2018: Soft reboot due to the Chris Chibnall era 2024: Soft reboot due to the RTD2 era
Major six British television channels
First pic: BBC One (1936) Second pic: ITV1 (1955) Third pic: BBC Two (1964) Fourth pic: Sky Max (1982) Fifth pic: Channel 4 (1982) Sixth pic: Channel 5 (1997)