December 19, 2019
Doctor Who fans across the land - get ready to clear your schedules as the biggest Doctor Who Classic collection ever streamed in the UK launches on BritBox from Boxing Day.
Classic Doctor Who will launch on BritBox from Boxing Day this year. Britbox.com is available to sign up now
From 26th December, 627 pieces of Doctor Who Classic content will be available on the service. This tally is comprised of a mix of episodes, spin-offs, documentaries, telesnaps and more and includes many rarely-seen treasures. Subscribers will be able to access this content via web, mobile, tablet, connected TVs and Chromecast.
129 complete stories, which totals 558 episodes spanning the first eight Doctors from William Hartnell to Paul McGann, form the backbone of the collection.
The collection also includes four complete stories; The Tenth Planet, The Moonbase, The Ice Warriors and The Invasion, which feature a combination of original content and animation and total 22 episodes. An unaired story entitled Shada which was originally presented as six episodes (but has been uploaded as a 130 minute special), brings this total to 28.
A further two complete, solely animated stories - The Power of the Daleks and The Macra Terror (presented in HD) - add 10 episodes.
Five orphaned episodes - The Crusade (2 parts), Galaxy 4, The Space Pirates and The Celestial Toymaker - bring the total up to 600. Doctor Who: The Movie, An Unearthly Child: The Pilot Episode and An Adventure in Space in Time will also be available on the service, in addition to The Underwater Menace, The Wheel in Space and The Web of Fear which have been completed via telesnaps. Spin-off drama K-9 and Company, and documentaries More Than 30 Years In The TARDIS and Doctor Who: Doctors Revisited complete the collection.
If watched back-to-back without stopping to eat, drink or sleep it would take a committed viewer around 272 hours or over 11 days to watch everything… assuming no access to a TARDIS!
BritBox will also be curating special Doctor Who Classic collections, including ‘New to Who’, featuring one key episode from each of the first seven Doctors as an introduction to the uninitiated. Further collections will be devoted to the most memorable monsters, with Cybermen, Daleks, The Master and Sontarans each getting the limelight. Regeneration episodes have also been collated.
Boxing Day also marks the start of a longer-term collaboration with the BBC, with a shared vision of making BritBox the ultimate home of Doctor Who Classic content in 2020 and beyond, ensuring the widest collection of content available is presented in the best possible format and quality.
Reemah Sakaan, Group Director ITV SVOD, commented:
"BritBox becoming the first complete digital home of Doctor Who Classic creates a special opportunity for fans and streamers across the UK. We are looking forward to expanding the collection even further by working with the show creators to lovingly restore lost and previously unavailable episodes in the months to come and offering a truly exclusive experience."
Sally de St Croix, Franchise Director for Doctor Who at BBC Studios added:
“It’s thrilling to partner with BritBox and see all this amazing Doctor Who Classic content congregate in one place where subscribers can stream to their hearts’ content – some experiencing the show for the first time whilst others will simply be enjoying it all over again.”
Get ready to tune in! Classic Doctor Who will launch on BritBox from Boxing Day this year.
Full Doctor Who Classic content list
| Story | Episodes | Type of Story |
| An Unearthly Child | 4 | Complete story |
| The Daleks | 7 | Complete story |
| The Edge Of Destruction | 2 | Complete story |
| The Keys Of Marinus | 6 | Complete story |
| The Aztecs | 4 | Complete story |
| The Sensorites | 6 | Complete story |
| Planet Of Giants | 3 | Complete story |
| The Dalek Invasion Of Earth | 6 | Complete story |
| The Rescue | 2 | Complete story |
| The Romans | 4 | Complete story |
| The Web Planet | 6 | Complete story |
| The Crusade | 2 | Orphaned episodes |
| The Space Museum | 4 | Complete story |
| The Chase | 6 | Complete story |
| The Time Meddler | 4 | Complete story |
| Galaxy 4 | 1 | Orphaned episode |
| The Ark | 4 | Complete story |
| The Celestial Toymaker | 1 | Orphaned episode |
| The Gunfighters | 4 | Complete story |
| The War Machines | 4 | Complete story |
| The Tenth Planet | 4 | Complete story with animation |
| The Power Of The Daleks | 6 | Complete animation |
| The Underwater Menace | 4 | Complete story with telesnaps |
| The Moonbase | 4 | Complete story with animation |
| The Macra Terror | 4 | Complete animation |
| The Tomb Of The Cybermen | 4 | Complete story |
| The Ice Warriors | 6 | Complete animation |
| The Enemy Of The World | 6 | Complete story |
| The Web Of Fear | 6 | Complete story with telesnaps |
| The Wheel In Space | 6 | Complete story with telesnaps |
| The Dominators | 5 | Complete story |
| The Mind Robber | 5 | Complete story |
| The Invasion | 8 | Complete story with animation |
| The Krotons | 4 | Complete story |
| The Seeds Of Death | 6 | Complete story |
| The Space Pirates | 1 | Orphaned episode |
| The War Games | 10 | Complete story |
| Spearhead From Space | 4 | Complete story |
| Doctor Who And The Silurians | 7 | Complete story |
| The Ambassadors Of Death | 7 | Complete story |
| Inferno | 7 | Complete story |
| Terror Of The Autons | 4 | Complete story |
| The Mind Of Evil | 6 | Complete story |
| The Claws Of Axos | 4 | Complete story |
| Colony In Space | 6 | Complete story |
| The Daemons | 5 | Complete story |
| Day Of The Daleks | 4 | Complete story |
| The Curse Of Peladon | 4 | Complete story |
| The Sea Devils | 6 | Complete story |
| The Mutants | 6 | Complete story |
| The Time Monster | 6 | Complete story |
| The Three Doctors | 4 | Complete story |
| Carnival Of Monsters | 4 | Complete story |
| Frontier In Space | 6 | Complete story |
| Planet Of The Daleks | 6 | Complete story |
| The Green Death | 6 | Complete story |
| The Time Warrior | 4 | Complete story |
| Invasion Of The Dinosaurs | 6 | Complete story |
| Death To The Daleks | 4 | Complete story |
| The Monster Of Peladon | 6 | Complete story |
| Planet Of The Spiders | 6 | Complete story |
| Robot | 4 | Complete story |
| The Ark In Space | 4 | Complete story |
| The Sontaran Experiment | 2 | Complete story |
| Genesis Of The Daleks | 6 | Complete story |
| Revenge Of The Cybermen | 4 | Complete story |
| Terror Of The Zygons | 4 | Complete story |
| Planet Of Evil | 4 | Complete story |
| Pyramids Of Mars | 4 | Complete story |
| The Android Invasion | 4 | Complete story |
| The Brain Of Morbius | 4 | Complete story |
| The Seeds Of Doom | 6 | Complete story |
| The Masque Of Mandragora | 4 | Complete story |
| The Hand Of Fear | 4 | Complete story |
| The Deadly Assassin | 4 | Complete story |
| The Face Of Evil | 4 | Complete story |
| The Robots Of Death | 4 | Complete story |
| The Talons Of Weng-Chiang | 6 | Complete story |
| Horror Of Fang Rock | 4 | Complete story |
| The Invisible Enemy | 4 | Complete story |
| Image Of The Fendahl | 4 | Complete story |
| The Sun Makers | 4 | Complete story |
| Underworld | 4 | Complete story |
| The Invasion Of Time | 6 | Complete story |
| The Ribos Operation | 4 | Complete story |
| The Pirate Planet | 4 | Complete story |
| The Stones Of Blood | 4 | Complete story |
| The Androids Of Tara | 4 | Complete story |
| The Power Of Kroll | 4 | Complete story |
| The Armageddon Factor | 6 | Complete story |
| Destiny Of The Daleks | 4 | Complete story |
| City Of Death | 4 | Complete story |
| The Creature From The Pit | 4 | Complete story |
| Nightmare Of Eden | 4 | Complete story |
| The Horns Of Nimon | 4 | Complete story |
| Shada | 6 | Complete story with animation |
| The Leisure Hive | 4 | Complete story |
| Meglos | 4 | Complete story |
| Full Circle | 4 | Complete story |
| State Of Decay | 4 | Complete story |
| Warriors' Gate | 4 | Complete story |
| The Keeper Of Traken | 4 | Complete story |
| Logopolis | 4 | Complete story |
| Castrovalva | 4 | Complete story |
| Four To Doomsday | 4 | Complete story |
| Kinda | 4 | Complete story |
| The Visitation | 4 | Complete story |
| Black Orchid | 2 | Complete story |
| Earthshock | 4 | Complete story |
| Time-Flight | 4 | Complete story |
| Arc Of Infinity | 4 | Complete story |
| Snakedance | 4 | Complete story |
| Mawdryn Undead | 4 | Complete story |
| Terminus | 4 | Complete story |
| Enlightenment | 4 | Complete story |
| The King's Demons | 2 | Complete story |
| The Five Doctors | 1 | Complete story |
| Warriors Of The Deep | 4 | Complete story |
| The Awakening | 2 | Complete story |
| Frontios | 4 | Complete story |
| Resurrection Of The Daleks | 2 | Complete story |
| Planet Of Fire | 4 | Complete story |
| The Caves Of Androzani | 4 | Complete story |
| The Twin Dilemma | 4 | Complete story |
| Attack Of The Cybermen | 2 | Complete story |
| Vengeance On Varos | 2 | Complete story |
| The Mark Of The Rani | 2 | Complete story |
| The Two Doctors | 3 | Complete story |
| Timelash | 2 | Complete story |
| Revelation Of The Daleks | 2 | Complete story |
| The Trial Of A Time Lord | 14 | Complete story |
| Time And The Rani | 4 | Complete story |
| Paradise Towers | 4 | Complete story |
| Delta And The Bannermen | 3 | Complete story |
| Dragonfire | 3 | Complete story |
| Remembrance Of The Daleks | 4 | Complete story |
| The Happiness Patrol | 3 | Complete story |
| Silver Nemesis | 3 | Complete story |
| The Greatest Show In The Galaxy | 4 | Complete story |
| Battlefield | 4 | Complete story |
| Ghost Light | 3 | Complete story |
| The Curse Of Fenric | 4 | Complete story |
| Survival | 3 | Complete story |
| Doctor Who: The Movie | 1 | Complete story |
| An Adventure In Space And Time | 1 | Special |
| An Unearthly Child (Pilot) | 1 | Special |
| The Doctors Revisited | 7 | Special |
| K9 And Company | 1 | Special |
| More Than 30 Years In The TARDIS | 1 | Special |
