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'''''Twitch''''' | {{Infobox Company | ||
|image = Twitch logo.jpg | |||
|founding date = [[June (production)|June]] [[2011 (production)|2011]] | |||
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|time = [[2018 (releases)|2018]] | |||
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|official site = www.twitch.tv/ | |||
|twitter = twitch | |||
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'''''Twitch''''' was a live video streaming platform owned by [[Twitch Interactive]] and created in [[June (production)|June]] [[2011 (production)|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. | |||
== Doctor Who == | == Marathons == | ||
=== Doctor Who === | |||
Starting 29 May 2018, Twitch ran a marathon of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from the classic era starting with the 1963 episode ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' on the [[TwitchPresents]] channel. 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> | Starting 29 May 2018, Twitch ran a marathon of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from the classic era starting with the 1963 episode ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' on the [[TwitchPresents]] channel. 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> | ||
At one point, the marathon caused ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'' and ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'' to be the #2 and #8 trending topic on [[United Kingdom|U.K.]] [[Twitter]] respectively.<ref>https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=Classic-Doctor-Who-on-Twitch-Tweet-Reactions-The-First-and-Second-Doctor/</ref> Interestingly, the latter'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, five 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]]'', ''[[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]]''. Additionally, no animated reconstructions of missing stories were added as part of the marathon, though the tele-snap reconstruction of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' | Several episodes from the classic run were omitted due to licencing issues. In total, five 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]]'', ''[[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]]''. Additionally, no animated reconstructions of missing stories were added as part of the marathon, though the tele-snap reconstruction of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' episode three from its DVD release was included, along with the remaining five existing episodes. | ||
The start of each [[The Doctor|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]].<ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/267659624 TwitchPresents - Yogscast First Doctor Pre-Show]</ref><ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/270812822 TwitchPresents - Yogscast Second Doctor Pre-Show]</ref><ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/272028887 TwitchPresents - Yogscast Third Doctor Pre-Show]</ref><ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/275884710 TwitchPresents - Yogscast Fourth Doctor Pre-Show]</ref> | The start of each [[The Doctor|Doctor]]'s era was preceded by a twenty-minute "pre-show" interview segment hosted by Yogscast members [[Mark Turpin|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]].<ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/267659624 TwitchPresents - Yogscast First Doctor Pre-Show]</ref><ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/270812822 TwitchPresents - Yogscast Second Doctor Pre-Show]</ref><ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/272028887 TwitchPresents - Yogscast Third Doctor Pre-Show]</ref><ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/275884710 TwitchPresents - Yogscast Fourth Doctor Pre-Show]</ref> | ||
During the break at the end of each episode, a trailer for the era of the show that was currently streaming was shown. Many memes came from those trailers, most memorable was [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] saying "London, 1965!". The meme encouraged the official ''Doctor Who'' [[YouTube]] channel to change the name of the clip of Ian and Barbara leaving the Doctor to "London 1965".<ref>[[:File:Ian and Barbara leave the Doctor - Doctor Who - The Chase - BBC]]</ref> | During the break at the end of each episode, a trailer for the era of the show that was currently streaming was shown. Many memes came from those trailers, most memorable was [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] saying "London, 1965!". The meme encouraged the official ''Doctor Who'' [[YouTube]] channel to change the name of the clip of Ian and Barbara leaving the Doctor to "London 1965".<ref>[[:File:Ian and Barbara leave the Doctor - Doctor Who - The Chase - BBC]]</ref> | ||
== Torchwood == | === Torchwood === | ||
Starting on 15 July 2018, Twitch started streaming all four series of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'', with each full series streaming every Sunday at 10am PDT/6pm BST for four weeks until 12 August. Like with ''Doctor Who'', ''Torchwood'' was also streamed on the TwitchPresents channel.<ref>https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=torchwoodseries-is-coming-to-twitch</ref> | Starting on 15 July 2018, Twitch started streaming all four series of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'', with each full series streaming every Sunday at 10am PDT/6pm BST for four weeks until 12 August. Like with ''Doctor Who'', ''Torchwood'' was also streamed on the TwitchPresents channel.<ref>https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=torchwoodseries-is-coming-to-twitch</ref> | ||
== External links == | |||
{{Official website|www.twitch.tv/}} | |||
{{twitter|twitch}} | |||
{{facebook|TwitchBR}} | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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