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Whoniverse on BBC iPlayer.
On BBC iPlayer, the Whoniverse is the name under which Doctor Who and related material is made available. The service itself was announced on 31 October 2023[1] and the collection launched on the next day on 1 November, coinciding with the 60th anniversary month of Doctor Who's original broadcast in 1963.
Following the announcement, the BBC unveiled a Whoniverse ident on social media platforms. This ident plays for all newly-created Doctor Who related programming on BBC iPlayer, starting with Tales of the TARDIS.[2] The ident made its televised debut on 23 November, the anniversary date, as it preceded the broadcast of both The Daleks in Colour [+]Terry Nation, Doctor Who season 1 (BBC Four and BBC iPlayer, 2023). and the 2023 re-release of An Adventure in Space and Time [+]Mark Gatiss, An Adventure in Space and Time (BBC Two, 2013). on BBC Four.
An Unearthly Child [+]Anthony Coburn, adapted from The Pilot Episode (Anthony Coburn), Doctor Who season 1 (BBC tv, 1963)., the very first serial of Doctor Who, is notably absent on the Whoniverse due to an ongoing rights dispute which also resulted in scenes concerning its production being removed from the re-release of An Adventure in Space and Time. By extension, the original 2013 version of An Adventure in Space and Time also does not feature on the Whoniverse.
Fear Her, a Tenth Doctor story from the revived series' second season, recently became absent in 2024 when former news reporter Huw Edwards was found guilty of possessing illegal images of children, with the episode being removed from BBC iPlayer due to Edwards having a voice role as an in universe version of himself and the BBC removing anything featuring Edwards from their archives. However, a representative of the BBC would later clarify the episode's removal was temporary and that it would be included on BBC iPlayer again at a later date once Edwards' role had been redubbed with a different actor. Fear Her is the first episode of the revived series to have been pulled from the online platform, and the first episode of Doctor Who that had to be edited due to the serious nature of Edwards' crime.
Contents[]
As of 31 August 2024[update], the Whoniverse contains the following:
Fiction[]
Non-fiction[]
| Category | Sub-category | Episodes included | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who: Unleashed |
|
The three 60th Anniversary Special episodes, and the Season 1 episodes, are titled the same as the corresponding episode of Doctor Who. | |
| Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide | |||
| Doctor Who: A New Dimension | Although produced by the Confidential team, this has its own iPlayer entry | ||
| Doctor Who Greatest Moments | The Doctor, Companions and The Enemies | ||
| Doctor Who: Top 5 Christmas Moments | Although part of Confidential Series 4, this has its own iPlayer entry | ||
| Doctor Who Confidential | Series 1 | Bringing Back the Doctor to The Last Battle | |
| Series 2 | New New Doctor to Finale, and Music and Monsters | Backstage at Christmas and One Year On are not included. | |
| Series 3 | Meet Martha Jones to The Valiant Quest, and Kylie Special | ||
| Series 4 | A Noble Return to The End of an Era, Christmas 2008 Special, and The Eleventh Doctor to Allons-y! | Children in Need Special, The Journey (So Far), Top 5 Christmas Moments and At the Proms are not included | |
| Series 5 | Call Me the Doctor to Out of Time, and Christmas Special 2010 | The Monster Files for this series and Charlie McDonnell's episodes are not included. | |
| Series 6 | Coming to America to When Time Froze | The Monster Files for this series and Charlie McDonnell's episodes are not included. | |
| Doctor Who: Video Commentaries |
|
In-vision commentary for The Giggle was previously included | |
| imagine... | imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me | imagine... is a BBC documentary series meeting the biggest names from art, film, music, literature and dance. | |
| Talking Doctor Who | |||
| Doctor Who at 60: A Musical Celebration | |||
| Doctor Who at the Proms | |||
| Whose Doctor Who | |||
| The Science of Doctor Who | |||
| Totally Doctor Who | Series 1 | Episode 1 to Episode 13 | |
| Series 2 | Episode 1 to Episode 12 | ||
Previously included media[]
As of 31 August 2024[update], media previously included in the Whoniverse collection, but not currently available on the BBC iPlayer, includes:
- Doctor Who: Video Commentaries no longer includes The Giggle
- An Adventure in Space and Time [+]Mark Gatiss, An Adventure in Space and Time (BBC Two, 2013). was unavailable for a period between January and August 2024 (or less)
History of the term[]
- Main article: Whoniverse
The term "Whoniverse" was used as early as The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book in 1982.
The Whoniverse was published by BBC Books in 2016.
Gallery[]
![Image used for the 2023 specials, prior to The Giggle [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials (BBC One and Disney+, 2023)..](/wiki/File:Whoniverse_iPlayer.jpg "Whoniverse iPlayer.jpg (481 KB)")
![Image used after the release of The Giggle [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials (BBC One and Disney+, 2023)..](/wiki/File:Whoniverse_iPlayer_2.jpg "Whoniverse iPlayer 2.jpg (92 KB)")
