Doctor Who, also referred to as
Doctor Who: The Movie to distinguish it from the television series of the same name, is a British-American-Canadian television film continuing the British
science fiction television series
Doctor Who. Developed as a co-production between
BBC Worldwide,
Universal Studios,
20th Century Fox and the American network
Fox, the 1996 television film premiered on 12 May 1996 on
CITV in
Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada (which was owned by
WIC at the time before being acquired by
Canwest Global in 2000), 15 days before its first showing in the United Kingdom on
BBC One and two days before being broadcast in the United States on Fox. It was also shown in some countries for a limited time in cinemas.