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Since '''2005''', a number of (but certainly not all) the [[NEW SERIES|New Series]] episodes of '''Doctor Who''' have been available on the [[Wikipedia:In-flight entertainment|in-flight entertainment systems]] of various airlines flying international and domestic routes, but only a handful of '''Classic series''' stories are known to have been offered as on-demand viewing at cruising altitude.

Airlines usually acquire the rights to screen episodes for a limited period of time, usually '''one year'''. Often an airline would only have a selection of episodes from each series, rather than all the episodes - for example, in '''2011''', '''Air New Zealand''' had the Matt Smith episode '''The Impossible Astronaut''', but did ''not'' also have '''Day of the Moon'''!

==Stories In-Flight==

[[File:CanadaEnroute.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Season 12 was available on Air Canada flights in 2014]]
[[File:CathayWho.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Season 12 was available on Cathay Pacific flights in 2014]]
The Paul McGann [[TV Movie]] was the first edition of '''Doctor Who''' to be licenced for showing by airlines, with only two carriers known to have had it on their flights (presumably played throughout the aircraft on the main cabin screens (as the only feature film?) rather than as part of a wider selection of viewing options, since "back of seat" personal TV screens were not a common feature on board many aircraft in the late 1990s.

*'''[[Wikipedia:British Airways|British Airways]]'''; BA had the rights to show the movie '''99''' times between '''July and September 1996'''.
*'''[[Wikipedia:Singapore Airlines|Singapore Airlines]]'''

In '''2014''', two airlines are known to have offered all of season 12 - [[Tom Baker]]'s first year as the Doctor:

*'''[[Wikipedia:Air Canada|Air Canada]]''', on both domestic and international routes
*'''[[Wikipedia:Cathay Pacific|Cathay Pacific]]'''

It is likely that other airlines also had these episodes, especially if the BBC had sold that season as a special "package" for playing on aircraft.

*[https://www.traveller.com.au/flight-test-cathay-pacific-business-class-39wlf Doctor Who on Cathay Pacific 2014]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140803055146/http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/entertainment/?flight=intl&type=television&query=#now-playing Archived sample of a generic TV menu for Air Canada (no Doctor Who)]

In early '''2016''', some [[Sylvester McCoy]] episodes were available on at least one international carrier:
*'''[[Wikipedia:Cathay Pacific|Cathay Pacific]]'''

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 *'''[[Wikipedia:British Airways|British Airways]]'''; BA had the rights to show the movie '''99''' times between '''July and September 1996'''.
 *'''[[Wikipedia:Singapore Airlines|Singapore Airlines]]'''; we have an eye-witness account of the movie being available on a flight from London to Singapore in '''late 1996'''
-**[https://web.archive.org/web/19961215055951/http://singaporeair.com/welcome/kriswrld.htm Singapore Airlines - Krisworld Entertainment]
+**[https://web.archive.org/web/19961215055951/http://singaporeair.com/welcome/kriswrld.htm Singapore Airlines - Krisworld Entertainment Index]

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 *'''[[Wikipedia:British Airways|British Airways]]'''; BA had the rights to show the movie '''99''' times between '''July and September 1996'''.
-*'''[[Wikipedia:Singapore Airlines|Singapore Airlines]]'''
+*'''[[Wikipedia:Singapore Airlines|Singapore Airlines]]'''; we have an eye-witness account of the movie being available on a flight from London to Singapore in '''late 1996'''
 **[https://web.archive.org/web/19961215055951/http://singaporeair.com/welcome/kriswrld.htm Singapore Airlines - Krisworld Entertainment]

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 [[File:CanadaEnroute.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Season 12 was available on Air Canada flights in 2014]]
 [[File:CathayWho.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Season 12 was available on Cathay Pacific flights in 2014]]
-The Paul McGann [[TV Movie]] was the first edition of '''Doctor Who''' to be licenced for showing by airlines, with only two carriers known to have had it on their flights (presumably played throughout the aircraft on the main cabin screens (as the only feature film?) rather than as part of a wider selection of viewing options, since "back of seat" personal TV screens were not a common feature on board many aircraft in the late 1990s.
+The Paul McGann [[TV Movie]] was the first edition of '''Doctor Who''' to be licenced for showing by airlines, with only two carriers known to have had it on their flights:
 *'''[[Wikipedia:British Airways|British Airways]]'''; BA had the rights to show the movie '''99''' times between '''July and September 1996'''.
 *'''[[Wikipedia:Singapore Airlines|Singapore Airlines]]'''