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====Oceania==== {{Main|Doctor Who in Australia{{!}}''Doctor Who'' in Australia}} New Zealand was the first country outside the United Kingdom to screen ''Doctor Who'', beginning in September 1964, and continued to screen the series for many years, including the new revived series that aired on [[Prime (New Zealand TV channel)|Prime]] Television from 2005 to 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand |url=https://broadwcast.org/index.php/New_Zealand |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116040201/https://broadwcast.org/index.php/New_Zealand |archive-date=16 November 2020 |access-date=26 March 2020 |website=broadwcast}}</ref> In 2018, the series is aired on Fridays on TVNZ 2, and on TVNZ On Demand on the same episode as the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/doctor-who |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930022605/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/doctor-who |archive-date=30 September 2018 |access-date=24 November 2018 |website=TVNZ |publisher=[[Television New Zealand]]}}</ref> The series moved to [[TVNZ 1]] in 2021,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} before TVNZ lost the rights to the show altogether in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 October 2022 |title=TVNZ loses Dr Who to Disney+ as another franchise goes global |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/tvnz-loses-dr-who-to-disney-as-another-franchise-goes-global/BQA34MKN3VQXXKXBATWB7TC7TY/#google_vignette |access-date=10 September 2024 |website=[[NZ Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref> In Australia, the show has had a strong fan base since its inception, having been exclusively first run by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) since January 1965. The ABC has periodically repeated episodes; of note were the daily screenings of all available classic episodes starting in 2003 for the show's 40th anniversary and the weekly screenings of all available revived episodes in 2013 for the show's 50th anniversary. The ABC broadcast the modern series' first run on [[ABC1]] and [[ABC Me]], with repeats on [[ABC2]] and streaming available on [[ABC iview]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Doctor Who: Everything you need to know about the new season without any spoilers |agency=ABC |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-20/doctor-who-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-season/10013820 |url-status=live |access-date=12 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116040301/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-20/doctor-who-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-season/10013820 |archive-date=16 November 2020}}</ref>
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