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'''''Twitch''''' | '''''Twitch''''' was a live video streaming platform owned by Twitch Interactive and created in June 2011. The website was primarily known as a site where people could share video clips and live streams of themselves playing video games. However, the platform had a wide variety of users, from [[vlogger]]s to chefs. | ||
Starting 29 May, Twitch ran a marathon of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from the classic era starting with the 1963 episode ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''. The marathon began at 7pm UK Time/11am Pacific Time and ran for a seven week period from Monday to Friday. While watching, people could speak to fans all over the world who were also watching.<ref>https://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/article/classic-doctor-who-comes-to-twitch-for-seven-week-marathon</ref> | |||
This | This led to new evaluations of many stories with previously bad reputations. It also at one point caused ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'' to be the #2 trending topic on [[United Kingdom|U.K.]] [[Twitter]].{{fact}} Interestingly, the serial's original airing of episode 1 had 13.5 million viewers, the highest rated [[1960s]] ''Doctor Who'' episode. | ||
Several episodes from the classic run were omitted due to licencing issues. In total, six stories were left out of the run, including [[Day of the Daleks (TV story)]], [[The Five Doctors (TV story)]], [[Planet of Fire (TV story)]], [[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)]], [[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)]] and [[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story) | Several episodes from the classic run were omitted due to licencing issues. In total, six stories were left out of the run, including ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'', ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''. | ||
The start of each Doctor's era was preceded by a twenty-minute "pre-show" interview segment hosted by Yogscast members Mark "Turps" Turpin and Matthew Toffolo. Each episode featured a panel of guests introducing each new Doctor with stories and anecdotes. Guests included [[Katy Manning]], [[Paul Cornell]], [[Tom Spilsbury]], [[Bob Baker]], [[Beth Axford]] and [[Billy Garratt-John]]. | The start of each Doctor's era was preceded by a twenty-minute "pre-show" interview segment hosted by Yogscast members Mark "Turps" Turpin and Matthew Toffolo. Each episode featured a panel of guests introducing each new Doctor with stories and anecdotes. Guests included [[Katy Manning]], [[Paul Cornell]], [[Tom Spilsbury]], [[Bob Baker]], [[Beth Axford]] and [[Billy Garratt-John]]. | ||
Revision as of 23:55, 19 June 2018
Twitch was a live video streaming platform owned by Twitch Interactive and created in June 2011. The website was primarily known as a site where people could share video clips and live streams of themselves playing video games. However, the platform had a wide variety of users, from vloggers to chefs.
Starting 29 May, Twitch ran a marathon of Doctor Who from the classic era starting with the 1963 episode An Unearthly Child. The marathon began at 7pm UK Time/11am Pacific Time and ran for a seven week period from Monday to Friday. While watching, people could speak to fans all over the world who were also watching.[1]
This led to new evaluations of many stories with previously bad reputations. It also at one point caused The Web Planet to be the #2 trending topic on U.K. Twitter.[source needed] Interestingly, the serial's original airing of episode 1 had 13.5 million viewers, the highest rated 1960s Doctor Who episode.
Several episodes from the classic run were omitted due to licencing issues. In total, six stories were left out of the run, including Day of the Daleks, The Five Doctors, Planet of Fire, Resurrection of the Daleks, Revelation of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks.
The start of each Doctor's era was preceded by a twenty-minute "pre-show" interview segment hosted by Yogscast members Mark "Turps" Turpin and Matthew Toffolo. Each episode featured a panel of guests introducing each new Doctor with stories and anecdotes. Guests included Katy Manning, Paul Cornell, Tom Spilsbury, Bob Baker, Beth Axford and Billy Garratt-John.
