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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]]. | ||
