What would you do if you had your own Tardis, a police box that could transport you through time and space? For Doctor Who’s loyal viewers, many would go back to the show’s launch 60 years ago and have a word with the BBC about the importance of archiving its footage. As the world’s longest running sci-fi series celebrates its big birthday this month, with three special episodes soon arriving to mark the occasion, fans are thinking about the Doctor Who episodes of yore – what’s watchable, and what’s not.
Ahead of the show’s long-awaited return, which will see David Tennant back as the Time Lord before Ncuti Gatwa stars in his first full episode at Christmas, BBC iPlayer has been given a Who-themed makeover. A separate section called The Whoniverse has opened up, containing over 800 episodes of the show. These range back from William Hartnell, the First Doctor to appear in the show back in the Sixties, through Christopher Eccleston and “new Who” (the name given to the post-2005 reboot years). It’s a treasure trove of monsters and mysteries, easily accessible in one place for the first time.
