Doctor Who's first-ever story will be missing from BBC iPlayer's back catalog
Oct. 18, 2023Four episodes will be absent
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BBC iPlayer may be getting ready to drophundreds of old episodes of Doctor Who, but it’s not set to be a complete back catalog. Four early episodes, which constitute the show’s first-ever story arc and the introduction of William Hartnell’s first Doctor, will be missing from the platform.
“This massive iPlayer back catalog will be home to over 800 hours of Doctor Who content, making it the biggest ever collection of Doctor Who programming in one place but will not include the first four episodes as we do not have all the rights to those,” the BBC said in a statement.
It’s not just the main series that will be hitting iPlayer, either – spin-offs including Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and Class, as well as the behind-the-scenes series Doctor Who Confidential will also be added to the platform.
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