Doctor Who's Whoniverse Is FINALLY Expanding - But There's A Catch

[@talonschultz5277]

The odd thing about the BBC adding full serials to KZbin is that those of us here in the USA already have a free way of watching classic who on Tubi which has all the complete stories (bar an unearthly child) and most of the animations (except ones that are only partially animated and the newest ones) so adding them to KZbin is just another way to watch them.

[@Grain979]

Thank you for telling me about tubi and it's dr. Who ability

[@glentor3]

There are a number of serials not available from the sixties on Tubi.

[@talonschultz5277]

@@glentor3 right, those are the ones that are partially missing, so if they had some recovered episodes but some were not then It’s not on there. I also know not all of the fully animated stories are on there either Such as the most recent celestial toymaker.

[@homogenized]

I'm American and I noticed these serials getting uploaded recently. I'm excited! I made a playlist of all of them to check them out.

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

Well, the Classic Doctor was introduced to the USA by PBS, carried on by BBC America on cable, and continued on Britbox, and other streaming channels (PlutoTV, etc.)...

[@andywellsglobaldomination]

A friend turned me on to it when "Logopolis" came on the local PBS station. I didn't like it.

[@andywellsglobaldomination]

Because Second Doctor joke.

[@Bored_Barbarian]

5:05 I’m glad that I can easily watch without commercials because KZbin premium

[@andywellsglobaldomination]

I agree with the notion that these are being released on KZbin as teasers. They're all stories I've enjoyed or wanted to watch and haven't yet.

[@IsiahBradley]

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, Ellie!!!! Okay, so you solved the mystery of why I now watch #ClassicDoctorWho every day!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@TheDoctorWhoDon]

now they need to revive the Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and Class KZbin channels in this same way.

[@DigiRangerScott]

@TheDoctorWhoDon Class especially. It left Tubi around the time Classic Who got added. SJA and Torchwood are still on Max with 2005-2022 Who.

[@Thexbin]

Sarah Jane Adventures wouldn't be the same without Sarah Jane. Actress sadly has passed. 😢

[@DigiRangerScott]

@@Thexbin Not the show. The KZbin channel I wasn’t aware existed

[@pthomas1967]

@@Thexbinthumbs up for the sentiment, not Mrs. Sladen’s demise.

[@Thexbin]

@@DigiRangerScott I was commenting on the parent post where they mentioned "revive" show. Revive implies new episodes.

[@conwarlock3537]

In Germany, still nothing. Also, during the Game Awards(OMG, WITCHER 4, SO HYPED) I once again thought what a shame it is to not have a proper, good Whoniverse game. The potential is huge, and the market is definitely there.

[@alexfletcher5192]

I am a bit wary about the show's past constantly coming back to haunt the present. One of the things that started to get in the way when I first got involved in fandom in the mid-1980s was a reliance on what had been. And I know it plays internationally to a much more specialized audience than at home, but that's part of the issue. Whatever the argument, it has to be relevant to the mainstream audience at home and be current. Fans will buy the umpteenth release of an old story in increasingly desirable formats no matter what. Keep it relevant.

[@Sileste17]

It would be dream come true to have all episodes of classic, and new who available in Disney +

[@PascalVanRooij-z8i]

Sadly no classics available here in the Netherlands either😢

[@Merglet]

If there isn't an 8th Doctor anything, this would be a huge tease. Get McGann back in while he's still in great shape and do a miniseries. Liv and Helen can tag along, ESP Liv, she's AWESOME.

[@alexfletcher5192]

There was a time of course when other parts of the world were being supplied with 'Classic Who' on a much more regular basis than the UK and that's fair enough really. They had to wait for the new stuff to filter through. I am a bit confused why we're not all on the same page though. I do think the BBC will have to accept, at some point, there is an upper limit on how big this show will get. They should bring back 'One Man and his Dog' in 21st century style and see what territories copy it.

[@EJDW]

Yes Tubi not only has classic episodes of Doctors 1 to 7 they also have the animated remakes of missing episodes /stories.

[@pip5879]

I'm in the UK and have all the available classic stories on DVD. However, most of them are still broken up into their stories (usually around 4 episodes per story). I'd love to watch them edited into feature length stories over here (although Patrick Troughton's final story was 10 episodes - that would make it around 4 hours long. A marathon afternoon. lol)

[@mr7aussie7]

Aussie here no doctor who classic episodes in Australia do your VPN is working the only way we can watch it down here is through Stan paid streaming platform

[@so1opiniao]

Who else loves Ellie's Christmas hat? ❤❤❤

[@wynathinorum4875]

ME!!!

[@WulfCorbett]

So, if you're in the US, you get to watch for free on KZbin, whereas if you're in the UK, legally, you must pay your BBC licence fee to watch on iPlayer... Yep, that sounds like the BBC...

[@_andrewvia]

There's a name for an episode - "The Colourization of the Daleks."

[@elizabethgrosvenor153]

Didn't they try that and everyone thought it was stupid?

[@capybara85]

@@elizabethgrosvenor153 those damn Skittle Daleks

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Colourisation*; at least spell the word correctly!

[@WolfsRain99999]

@@DrWhoFanJ Colorization IS spelled correctly, ass.

[@NormalMariokarter]

You mean victory of the daleks?

[@CarlosSahajdacny]

*The videos of BBCCLASSICDOCTORWHO channel are not available for Argentina.... It shows the channel empty*

[@SimonPayne-je3hi]

Dr. Who does seem to have a very big fan base in the US. It would make sense to provide this past material. Interesting coming out on KZbin. Does this portent anything for the future of the show outside the UK.

[@JohnAlzayat]

Here is hoping the 8th Doctor gets some love finally and gets added to this soon™

[@AndrewHansford]

Started Enemy of the World last night. Does this move mean that the BBC will not be selling syndication packages to classic stories anymore? How annoyed is Brit Box or local stations that purchased a package only to have it free on KZbin. Still this allows a way for the BBC to directly reach viewers with much less fuss about what/when/how. I note that Taskmaster is also showing on KZbin in the US only 24hrs after showing on Channel 4. I assume the producers decided a small amount of money from KZbin is better than nothing if no one wants to buy a package. Also if it is sold later, it is easy to take down videos from KZbin. Enjoy while you can.

[@jasperjacobs3628]

It’s also not available in the Netherlands

[@margarethall1625]

Yeah I noticed the uploads. I was like wtf but I was excited. Now I just need to find time to revisit them.

[@Stotz42]

Tubi has the entirety of the classic series. As far as I know there are no geographical restrictions.

[@Wolf359inc]

Not in Australia, unfortunately…

[@fleonez6610]

@@Wolf359inc India too, unfortunately

[@andywellsglobaldomination]

That would place the b-generated 7th doctor stranded in 21st century San Francisco...

[@NathanJasper]

That actually would perfectly explain Tom Baker's The Curator in Day of the Doctor, who people continue to forget said, "You may revisit a few, but just the old favorites" David coming back as 14 and other Doctors returning has ALWAYS been on the table.

[@lordofthereels6790]

Does Jon Hamm look like Patrick Troughton (especially facial features wise at least similar physical features)with a stockier build to anyone else? Depending I could see Hamm playing a failed experiment by the American UNIT to make a Human Time Lord hybrid with the Second Doctor's DNA (from the War Games). That could flesh out the American side of the Whoniverse without it being overbearing (and between Toast of London, Black Mirror & Good Omens proved he's able to lend a lot to British shows without eclipsing their Britishness)

[@venomz7682]

Would actually be a fun idea, and would feel new

[@DantePD]

I'm sure there's some annoying bureaucratic reason it can't be done, but I'd happily pay a subscription for outside the UK access to iPlayer (Instead of having to pay for a garbage priced cable package for whatever the hell BBC America is supposed to be now.)

[@GothAtheist]

"in omnibus form" Immediately not worth it, they should upload them in their original serial format.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

It could be that each episode plays one after the other in full within the same video.

[@rac3502]

Could someone please send me a link to the channel. For some reason I can't find it when I search

[@angiekiot3202]

The channel is blank too here in France, +1 for the no EU theory

[@snickerboi3723]

EU regulations is stingy asf

[@blackmaidenofthenexus302]

Brazil too has not received acess

[@fleonez6610]

Aww, the channel isn't available in India, Tubi wasn't available already so I have literally no way to officially watch classic who

[@revdrjon]

@BBCClassicDoctorWho doesn't have content in Australia either, interestingly enough.

[@gerrimilner9448]

i think it may have to do with tv licensing, i don't have a license and visit people to watch the Doctor, but on you tube i would get full access, i think that is why not EU

[@mix-up9003]

Is there a in universe reason for the third doctor's tattoo in his first episode?

[@AndrewChapman]

Not sure for the universe reason, only that it was Pertwee's actual tattoo which they didn't bother trying to hide.

[@chrisbellon3739]

Yes, it's a sign of his Exile on earth

[@mix-up9003]

@@AndrewChapman Yeah, I gathered that much.

[@mix-up9003]

@@chrisbellon3739 interesting, was it ever expanded upon later?

[@TheYoungDoctor]

According to the New Adventure Christmas on a Rational Planet it's a 'convict tattoo'.

[@AndrewChapman]

I'm in the UK and can't access the videos on Doctor Who: Classic. Oh well, I'll just stick with the DVDs.

[@kevin10001]

Since the 60th anniversary celebration we have had Tubi in America to watch 7 out of the 8 classic doctors cause mcgann’s tv movie wasn’t add to Tubi but I have it physically anyway and I started with Jon Pertwee cause from him to mcgann it’s all been recovered and archived so I can watch it like my parents could’ve done if it was available in America at the time also the newer animation of Hartnell and Troughton were not add to Tubi so not everything that’s available of the 60’s is available that’s why I went to Jon Pertwee first I like hartnell and Troughton but it not all available

[@hirozhen7475]

You know what I would love to see, Sean Pertwee taking over his dads role as 3. He's the spitting image of Jon and about the same age as his dad was when he played the Doctor.

[@DWboy14]

3:25 that all doctors biregenerated is so stupid

[@DrWhoFanJ]

It really isn’t.

[@reginaldwooster235]

​@@DrWhoFanJ What about 11 who regenerated because of old age? Is he just going to keep getting older?

[@philmatin]

I don't think Russell was really thinking this through properly when he said it. It's just a way of allowing former actors to return to the role. Like the Bi-generation was just a way of having both 14 and 15 on screen together. Very little thought went into it and the rest is left to our imaginations.

[@Rossmaclellan101]

@@philmatin Yeah I agree with that, sadly

[@gianmarcozampella5138]

I'm from Italy and I can confirm it's blank,so,considering it's the same in Germany,I would go ahead and say the whole Europe doesn't have content on the channel as well

[@Spectritus]

I can confirm France doesn't have it.

[@Pastor4x4]

Same in Austria

[@communisttardis]

same for sweden

[@thetasigma21]

@@Pastor4x4 neither does Spain

[@charleslord2433]

Happy Christmas Ellie from the USA. We are thankful for the classic episodes we grew up with being offered here.

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

Is "Fip Dreeding" a thing now? ;-P

[@Emmetlovesredvelvet13]

I've been watching Doctor who classic.It's a wonderful way to connect to my mother's generation of who you're meeting american and not being able to have seen the classicthere is myself it's awesome to go back and watch a bunch of em

[@conniestevens3387]

Britbox my subscription unleashed and it is very reasonable price. Again Britbox has all of the classic doctors and their stories.

[@conniestevens3387]

Sometimes I hate talk to text. My last text should have said that Brit box has all of the classic doctors and their episodes and is available by subscription And the cost is very reasonable.

[@Wolf359inc]

Not in Australia.

[@Maveric-hm8rj]

Yay more WhoCulture

[@conniestevens3387]

Britbox has all of the classic doctors and their stories

[@Wolf359inc]

Not in Australia.

[@ashlirabid9614]

I saw that pun and HAD to leave a like. 😅

[@albaortiz0573]

They are also not available in Spain

[@joshreynolds3934]

I was going to say that Pluto and Tubi have classic Who but other people have already pointed that out. So...never mind.

[@StubzTurner]

Can confirm that the channel isn't available to us up here in Canada. Still subscribed in the off chance that changes.

[@mrsandman90]

Can't view them in Malaysia 😢

[@aeltardis]

I'm in Australia and can't even find the channel, it doesn't come up on a search at all. Very disappointing, right now we have no way whatsoever of watching classic who, other than buying the very few DVD's that are available, and very very expensive.

[@Wolf359inc]

Search for “Doctor Who Classic channel”. Worked for me. And, of course, there are no videos there…

[@Maveric-hm8rj]

Also on a note as an American who loves Doctor who I have something to complain about, I just recently flew on a British Airways flight back home and I was disappointed to see that they did not have Doctor Who on the flight.

[@blacktee64]

Not available in NZ :(

[@Sika1956]

I can't access that channel in New Zealand.

[@Wolf359inc]

Try searching for “Doctor Who Classic channel”. Worked for me in Australia just now. And yes, there are no videos there…

[@michaeltortorice9876]

🎄❄️🦌☺️🎄🧑‍🎄

[@Bobbobob12647]

I'm in Canada and I get the blank page too. Please BBC, let me enjoy your show.

[@richardc5100]

They need to keep doctor who family friendly and stop pushing these woke ideas and making viewing this with your family awkward.

[@TheRagekage5000]

I can confirm that Doctor Who Classic is on KZbin in the UK and you can buy all the seasons of classic Doctor Who

[@duukm]

This is one of those moments where I am angry at youtube for removing dislikes

[@normanozwald]

You can just say "goodbye sweeties." We know it's a River Sing quote.

[@TurtleDustin]

Happiness Patrol just uploaded on the official Doctor Who channel..

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

The key word in Slyvester's quotes is, "MAY"...

[@GothAtheist]

We in the US didn't get Tales of the Tardis unless we pirated it Ellie.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

And no-one did because that would be illegal.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

(And the word is TARDIS.)

[@samuxan]

if I search for that channel I only get an ad for the streaming platform that has the rights for those classic stories

[@BenOnSports]

As an American, as far as I can tell, all of the classic serials are on Tubi currently.

[@fabiocarvalho2105]

"Doctor Who: Classic" isn't available in Brazil 😢

[@CubesBR67]

Biregenaration could explain the Shalka doctor

[@GothAtheist]

Also, the Whoiverse is already widely known in the US, I'm American for example, and I've seen every single episode, for Who and for all of the spinoffs.

[@rashaun7007]

Thank you! Subscribed and they immediately after uploaded another story.

[@danielpc2013]

The videos are only available in the US

[@detectivesquirrel2621]

Full access in UK if you are willing to pay the BBC. So we still get shafted by the BBC

[@theonlymoo5e]

I've been watching Classic Who on TubiTV here in Canada. I'm almost finished with the Tom Baker era. The last time I checked, New Who (all but the current Dr.) was available here in Canada on Crave TV.

[@m0r1arty]

Eel Pie Island checking in and no luck for us accessing them either :(

[@dragonslayer2107]

I wonder if those specific videos might tie into the Christmas episode in some way or in the spin-off.

[@mndrew1]

Very funky stuff going on with that classic who channel. episodes are showing up on my smart tv app but not on my browser.

[@efinch25]

There’s a Classic Who Channel on Pluto and Roku, I wonder if content overlaps?

[@QueenieHarvey-d1d]

Ich habe dieses Video gesehen und festgestellt, dass sich meine Pläne für den Abend geändert haben. Ich werde es mir immer wieder ansehen🐱

[@Reirek]

can confirm the classic channel is not available in Japan either

[@FM4ever]

No videos in the Netherlands 😢

[@Obviouslag]

In Canada we have Classic Who for free on Tubi, that's maybe why it's not accessible on YT here

[@DigiRangerScott]

Classic Who is free on Tubi in the U.S. too

[@Donnagata1409]

@@DigiRangerScott Not available in Catalonia (Europe) through Britbox, but we have ITVX (if you pay for it)

[@tinascousin]

I swear I saw the channel icon as I was scrolling yesterday (in Australia), but now I can’t even get a search to return the channel at all???

[@Wolf359inc]

Search for “Doctor Who Classic channel” worked for me. But it is also empty, for Aussies.

[@doctortwo9125]

Italy and Greece here. We can’t access the videos in the classic channel and GOTD is not visible on the main channel. But I have all the DVDs and BRs so not an issue for me. I’m just sorry for my friends that would have loved to dip a bit in some classic era stories.

[@GothAtheist]

Nah, Russel's just nuts ngl, none of the Doctors bigenerated save for 14.

[@snickerboi3723]

Note : UK people won’t be able to use KZbin to watch doctor who due to tv licence complications If it was put on KZbin for uk, we would have to pay tv licence for KZbin

[@Donnagata1409]

Ellie, the classic series is worth it! If you have not seen most of it, you definitely should. Maybe the first seasons look too dated, and Seasons 3 and 4 are all but lost, but from Season 7 onwards (or even 6) there's plenty to see, and lots of it is very good. Enjoy! Oh, and do not miss the Aztecs and Marco Polo, the best from Season 1!

[@lylecampbell8288]

I'm in Ottawa, Canada & there are no videos available from here.

[@LeDevBreton]

EU whovians : meh...

[@daleEfriesen]

I'm in Canada, and it's blank

[@ianlister7333]

this makes me think of those Sony Dragons Den / Shark Tank channels, where they are putting up whatever series and seasons they have the streaming rights to. This I would guess is being done by BBC Worldwide, but if there is no US TV channel who can claim those streaming rights for themselves, then there is no reason BBC WW should not put up those Classic episodes.

[@Wolf359inc]

The thoughts on the Tales of the TARDIS being used to reintroduce past Doctors to new viewers is inherently flawed. TotT is only available on BBC iPlayer, so people who are watching the new show on Disney+ have no (legal) way to watch it (the former being UK exclusive, and the latter rest-of-the-world exclusive…).

[@T0K3N_P4WN]

I've got it all ❤❤❤in the US

[@astonpalmer4867]

Carnt get it in New Zealand

[@T0K3N_P4WN]

Nice Christmas garb sweetie

[@GigiC4]

Not available in Canada.

[@910luk]

No Brazil access also

[@aprildawnsunshine4326]

I've been saying they need to do something like this for years! Glad it's finally happening because of course fans are going to find a way to watch regardless of what's officially allowed 🏴‍☠️ but now we can do so in a way that actually supports DW 🥰