{"id":37581,"date":"2023-01-31T00:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=37581"},"modified":"2023-01-30T17:44:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T17:44:25","slug":"russell-t-davies-hints-that-every-classic-doctor-who-story-could-be-coming-to-iplayer-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2023\/01\/31\/russell-t-davies-hints-that-every-classic-doctor-who-story-could-be-coming-to-iplayer-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell T Davies Hints That Every Classic Doctor Who Story Could be Coming to iPlayer Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Might every 20th Century Doctor Who<\/em> story be coming to BBC iPlayer? It’s looking likely…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent interview, Russell T Davies has addressed how he intends to usher in a new era of Doctor Who<\/em> — by instilling a love of Classic Who<\/em> in youngsters. We 100% approve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davies said<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You make all of the back catalogue available, first, on iPlayer. I can\u2019t swear that will happen, but there are contracts. It\u2019s our heritage, it deserves to be there so kids can fall in love with Doctor Who like they love Friends.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The fact that contracts are being drawn out is especially exciting; this doesn’t sound like a pipedream — it could happen in the near future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s wonderful to hear that Davies still utterly loves Classic Who<\/em> and that he knows its magnetism. We often hear nonsense about people potentially being put off by wobbly sets or Nimon, but a lot of fans who came to the show since 2005 (myself included) went back and watched the first eight Doctors and fell in love with the programme as a whole entity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right now, you can watch 20th Century Doctor Who<\/em> through BritBox, which is now owned by ITV. We can see them being pulled off the streaming service soon and finding a new, free home on BBC iPlayer. Let’s just keep our fingers crossed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It looks to be a really exciting time to be a fan…<\/p>\n

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Will we soon be able to watch 20th Century Doctor Who for free…?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"Russell T Davies Hints That Every Classic #DoctorWho Story Could be Coming to iPlayer Soon","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[205],"tags":[125,45,91,128,32,59,137,46,96,711,12,141,13,142,15,70,41,123],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Classic-Doctor-Who-Big-Finish-8-Doctors.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39893,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2023\/11\/07\/talking-doctor-who-and-a-musical-celebration-60th-anniversary-doctor-who-specials-hit-bbc-iplayer\/","url_meta":{"origin":37581,"position":0},"title":"Talking Doctor Who and A Musical Celebration: 60th Anniversary Doctor Who Specials Hit BBC iPlayer","author":"Frank Danes","date":"7 November 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Plus: Who Are We? 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