Apparently RTD is trying to get it so iPlayer will have all episodes of doctor who.
Currently in the UK they are on Britbox which is a subscription service. Would be amazing to have them all on iPlayer for free. Would make it much easier for fans of thr new series to explorer the classic one
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-iplayer-russell-t-davies-newsupdate/
While I’m not in the UK, I think this would be a good thing, but I doubt if Russell T would have any real say in this, while he’s independent production company is indeed making the show, for the BBC in the UK, and Disney for the rest of the world, I don’t think this translates into influence over BBC decisions over what is or isn’t available on iplayer.
shareI think Russel knows what is good for the show and what will help so I do think he'll have some sway.
If getting all the episodes onto iPlayer is a possibility I hope the BBC do look into it.
It sounds like he has a vision that could certainly help with sales overseas
It would NOT be a good thing. iPlayer is ONLY available by paying the UK's extortionate TV Licence, but that, despite what many morons would say, is NOT MANDATORY.
My and my missus watch classic doctor who. If only the BBC had stored the old episodes better, so many of them have been needlessly lost or damaged. I doubt all episodes would be put on iplayer just because of the state that some of them are in
shareYeah if only. But I suppose no one probably realised how easy it would be to watch and own shows and films, never mind streaming
share@ur4196727, it’s a bit of misnomer to blame the BBC for the lost episodes, yes they did destroy them, but remember in those days they had rights to show them once, a repeat showing within 12 months, and after than everything had to be renegotiated, so taking up huge amounts or space with materials they didn’t actually have the right to broadcast did seem at the time to be rather a waste, especially when they believed BBC enterprises help copies of everything for overseas sale etc, yes now it appears short sighted, stupid and even ‘cultural vandalism’ but at time, I wasn’t really seen as anything other than what needed to be done.
shareNewsflash REMINDER (as if I have to): THE UK TV LICENCE IS *** OPTIONAL ***, not MANDATORY.
Hey, SMARTARSE "peter_t_2k3": iPlayer is NOT FREE. You have to pay the fucking TV Licence to be able to access it, and I'm so GLAD I don't have to do that anymore, even if it means no more iPlayer!
BritBox is a positive BLESSING IN DISGUISE by comparison. At least you can cancel it whenever you want! Try doing that with the TV Licence, you'll soon be in a heap of trouble!
Did I say that the UK TV Licence was BAD, "peter_t_2k3"???
Okay then it's not free, a TV license is required, but by average I presume most households have one. No need to get hurt by this.
But yeah I do think if people pay for a TV license, BBC shows should be available on iPlayer, new or old.
You call Britbox a positive blessing in disguise. Some might call it an insult, to ask for people who already pay the BBC to then be expected to pay again.
Who knows, they may drop the free one day, but I can imagine a lot of their content would end up changing
I'd be happier, I suppose, if Doctor Who was on both. But despite cheesy SFX and monster "costumes", I still think Classic Who is better in every way than NuWho.
I do agree with that.
My dad got me into the show but before new who was a thing, 3rd doctor being our favourite.
Thing is, the stories where always interesting or entertaining.
I'm rewatching Tennant Who now, but it's true what people have said about RTD Who, that it's almost cringe in many different places, with "family" stuff and misplaced attempts at humour in all the wrong places, and whole episodes being bad, like "Fear Her" and that one with the Absorbaloff.
I mean, when I watch that sort of stuff and think to how dark Doctor Who could be, like Caves of Androzani and Resurrection / Revelation / Remembrance of the Daleks, it really is quite jarring.
EDIT: And I liked it when the Doctor was taking part in small adventures in Classic Who, but NuWho is filled with this "epic" stuff with events affecting the whole world and real news anchors being roped in to do the silly "reporting of monsters", another cringe factor.
I don't mind the occasional epic episode but often they paint themselves into a corner where they end up having to rely on a stupid way to get out of it.
Take the finale for series 3. The doctor is de-aged through people thinking his name and then seems to levitate with powers and in the end time is reversed and everyone bar those at the centre of events forgets. Might as well have said and they woke up and it was just a dream.
I get why as the earth can't stay destroyed but it's best to avoid these big things then. The problem is there's often no consequences.
I actually don't mind the rings of akhaten which seems hated by a lot, but it basically ends with the doctor destroying a religion and then leaving.
I'll also add that while classic who was a lot cheaper, at times it played to its advantages. There's been some times, certainly COVID wise, where I feel the show could have done something small scale to hide the fact they where limited.
Classic who often knew how to do this, if not always e.g. if a creature looks a bit cheap, don't show it in well lit up big spaces etc.