Whoniverse (BBC iPlayer)
On BBC iPlayer, the Whoniverse is the name under which Doctor Who and related material is made available. The service itself was announced on 31 October 2023[1] and launched on the next day on 1 November, coinciding with the 60th anniversary month of Doctor Who's original broadcast in 1963.
Following the announcement, the BBC unveiled a Whoniverse ident on social media platforms. This ident plays for all newly-created Doctor Who related programming on BBC iPlayer, starting with Tales of the TARDIS.[2] The ident made its televised debut on 23 November, the anniversary date, as it preceded the broadcast of both The Daleks in Colour [+]Loading...["The Daleks in Colour (TV story)"] and the 2023 re-release of An Adventure in Space and Time [+]Loading...["An Adventure in Space and Time (TV story)"] on BBC Four.
An Unearthly Child [+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"], the very first serial of Doctor Who, is notably absent on the Whoniverse due to an ongoing rights dispute which also resulted in scenes concerning its production being removed from the re-release of An Adventure in Space and Time. By extension, the original 2013 version of An Adventure in Space and Time also does not feature on the Whoniverse.
Contents
As of 21 December 2023, the Whoniverse contains the following:
Fiction
| Category | Stories included | Notes | |
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| Doctor Who (2023-) | The Star Beast and later episodes | A trailer for the 2023 Christmas Special (The Church on Ruby Road) is also included | |
| Doctor Who (2005-2022) | Series 1 | Rose to The Parting of the Ways, and The Christmas Invasion | Series episodes are prefixed 1, 2, 3 and so on. Specials, such as The Christmas Invasion, are generally listed without any numbering. |
| Series 2 | New Earth to Doomsday, and The Runaway Bride | ||
| Series 3 | Smith and Jones to Last of the Time Lords, and Voyage of the Damned | ||
| Series 4 | Partners in Crime to Journey's End, and The Next Doctor to The End of Time - Part Two | The End of Time is in two episodes as initially broadcast | |
| Series 5 | The Eleventh Hour to The Big Bang, and A Christmas Carol | ||
| Series 6 | The Impossible Astronaut to The Wedding of River Song and The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe | ||
| Series 7 | Asylum of the Daleks to The Name of the Doctor, The Day of the Doctor and The Time of the Doctor | The Snowmen is included as episode 6, between the two season halves.Mini-episode The Night of the Doctor is also included, listed between Name and Day. | |
| Series 8 | Deep Breath to Death in Heaven, and Last Christmas | ||
| Series 9 | The Magician's Apprentice to Hell Bent, The Husbands of River Song and The Return of Doctor Mysterio | A New Series Prologue is included before The Magician's Apprentice. | |
| Series 10 | The Pilot to The Doctor Falls, and Twice Upon a Time | ||
| Series 11 | The Woman Who Fell to Earth to The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and Resolution | ||
| Series 12 | Spyfall, Part 1 to The Timeless Children, and Revolution of the Daleks | Spyfall is in two episodes as initially broadcast | |
| Series 13 | The Halloween Apocalypse to The Vanquishers, and Eve of the Daleks to The Power of the Doctor | The episodes making up Flux do not have the "Chapter" tag in their listed title. | |
| Doctor Who (1963-1996) | Season 1 | Missing serials: Marco Polo and An Unearthly Child (due to current rights disputes with Anthony Coburn's son). | |
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| Season 3 |
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Missing serials: Mission to the Unknown; The Myth Makers'; The Massacre; and The Savages. | |
| Season 4 |
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Missing serials: The Smugglers and The Highlanders | |
| Season 5 |
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| Season 6 |
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| Season 7 | Spearhead from Space to Inferno | ||
| Season 8 | Terror of the Autons to The Daemons | ||
| Season 9 | Day of the Daleks to The Time Monster | ||
| Season 10 | The Three Doctors to The Green Death | ||
| Season 11 | The Time Warrior to Planet of the Spiders | ||
| Season 12 | Robot to Revenge of the Cybermen | ||
| Season 13 | Terror of the Zygons to The Seeds of Doom | ||
| Season 14 | The Masque of Mandragora to The Talons of Weng-Chiang | ||
| Season 15 | Horror of Fang Rock to The Invasion of Time | ||
| Season 16 | The Ribos Operation to The Armageddon Factor | ||
| Season 17 | |||
| Season 18 | The Leisure Hive to Logopolis | ||
| Season 19 | Castrovalva to Time-Flight | ||
| Season 20 | Arc of Infinity to The King's Demons | ||
| The Five Doctors | The Five Doctors | The episode is just listed as "Special" | |
| Season 21 | Warriors of the Deep to The Twin Dilemma | ||
| Season 22 | Attack of the Cybermen to Revelation of the Daleks | ||
| Season 23 | The Mysterious Planet to The Ultimate Foe | The episodes are all listed as Part 1, 2, etc of "The Trial of a Time Lord" | |
| Season 24 | Time and the Rani to Dragonfire | ||
| Season 25 | Remembrance of the Daleks to The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | ||
| Season 26 | Battlefield to Survival | ||
| 1996 TV Movie | Doctor Who | ||
| Extras |
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Surviving episodes from otherwise lost serials | |
| Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 | Destination: Skaro [+]Loading...["Destination: Skaro (TV story)"] | The episode is just listed as "Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023" | |
| Tales of the TARDIS | Episodes share the same name as the serial or story they adapt | ||
| Torchwood | Series 1 | Everything Changes to End of Days | |
| Series 2 | Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang to Exit Wounds | ||
| Children of Earth | Day One to Day Five | ||
| Miracle Day | The New World to The Blood Line | Episodes are only listed as Episode 1, Episode 2, etc rather than using their story names | |
| An Adventure in Space and Time [+]Loading...["An Adventure in Space and Time (TV story)"] | The 2023 rerelease is included, rather than the original 2013 release. | ||
| The Sarah Jane Adventures | Special | Invasion of the Bane | |
| Series 1 | Revenge of the Slitheen to The Lost Boy | Stories are included in two parts as originally broadcast | |
| Series 2 | The Last Sontaran to Enemy of the Bane | ||
| Series 3 | Prisoner of the Judoon to The Gift | ||
| Series 4 | The Nightmare Man to Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith | ||
| Series 5 | Sky to The Man Who Never Was | ||
| Class | Series 1 | For Tonight We Might Die to The Lost | |
| K9 & Company: A Girl's Best Friend | A Girl's Best Friend [+]Loading...["A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)"] | ||
| Doctor Who: Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"] | Presented as a single 44-minute episode | ||
| Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest [+]Loading...["The Infinite Quest (TV story)"] | Presented as a single 47-minute episode | ||
| Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes | Docudrama about the musical pioneer behind the theme tune, Delia Derbyshire | ||
| Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story (TV story)"] | CBeebies Bedtime Stories is a series where notable celebrities read bedtime stories to young children (and their parents) in the early evenings | ||
Non-fiction
History of the term
- Main article: Whoniverse
The term "Whoniverse" was used as early as The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book in 1982.
The Whoniverse was published by BBC Books in 2016.
Gallery
![Image used for the 2023 specials, prior to The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"].](/w/images/Tardis_Images/thumb/7/71/Whoniverse_iPlayer.jpg/214px-Whoniverse_iPlayer.jpg)
Image used for the 2023 specials, prior to The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"].
![Image used after the release of The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"].](/w/images/Tardis_Images/thumb/c/c5/Whoniverse_iPlayer_2.jpg/214px-Whoniverse_iPlayer_2.jpg)
Image used after the release of The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"].
![Image used for the 2023 specials, prior to The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"].](/wiki/File:Whoniverse_iPlayer.jpg)
