Webcast Webcasts are stories which have been formatted for " broadcast " on the Internet . One of the earliest examples of a " Doctor Who " webcast was the 1999 Comic Relief spoof " The Curse of Fatal Death " , which was broadcast on TV in the UK , but also made available online worldwide . Today such streaming of televised programming is not considered " webcasts " , but " Fatal Death " predated this format by several years . The BBC subsequently has produced four original webcasts which were " broadcast " on a weekly schedule on the BBC website . These were animated ( or partially animated ) stories featuring the voices of TV cast members . Following the broadcast all stories have been released on CD , except " Scream of the Shalka " ; plans to release a DVD edition of that story were cancelled after the announcement of a new TV series in 2004 . A novelisation was , however , published and the DVD was eventually released in 2013 . All four stories were produced " for " the BBC , however only " Death Comes to Time " was produced " by " the BBC . " Real Time " and " Shada " were produced by Big Finish Productions who produced " Doctor Who " ( and " Doctor Who " - related ) and Bernice Summerfield audio and prose stories . The BBC website also featured " Captain Jack ' s Monster Files " , a series of retrospectives on various Doctor Who monsters , featuring original footage of John Barrowman . This is to date the only original webcast to use live - action footage . In 2009 , a " spin - off " production of the " Monster Files " , " A Ghost Story for Christmas " , appeared on the website . " Attack of the Graske " , an interactive game from 2005 , is often erroneously referenced as a webcast ; it was not , however , produced for the Internet . During the second season of the revived " Doctor Who " , broadcast in 2006 , the BBC uploaded brief one - minute " Tardisode s " to the " Doctor Who " website and to mobile phone users . These mini stories tied in with the episode broadcast that week , often filling in backstory for the episode . These features were never released to DVD . The sixth series also featured prequels to three stories , broadcast in a similar manner . A different form of " webcast " is original fiction published exclusively online , with no print version made available . Since approximately 2004 a number of original short stories have been published by the BBC online , beginning with " The Feast of the Stone " featuring the so - called Shalka Doctor , and between 2007 and 2009 the BBC ' s " Doctor Who " website periodically featured original fiction featuring the Tenth Doctor , as well as a series of Web - exclusive comic strips dubbed the Writers ' Comics . The internet has for years also been a venue for fans to informally share their own original , though unofficial original works namely fan fiction . International availability . A controversial aspect of BBC Online ' s content is that much of it is " geo - fenced " or " geo - locked " ( the exact term varies ) so that only users whose computers are recognised as being in the United Kingdom can access it . In the early days of the BBC ' s Doctor Who website , content such as the webcast serials was viewable internationally . Since the show ' s return to television in 2005 ( and subsequent launch of a redesigned website ) , much of the content — in particular anything with video — has been restricted to UK users only . Reasons given for this include issues involving copyright clearance and license fees for characters and actors appearing in the clips , to the fact that BBC Online ' s content is generated using funds collected from UK - based TV licence - fee payers . Text - based material such as the short stories and e - books , as well as other material such as photos and comic strips , has generally been left available for all users . ( Despite the restrictions , all video - related content has at one point or another ended up on file - sharing and video - sharing services . ) In January 2010 many links to content on BBC Online ' s " Doctor Who " website now point to a " placeholder page " promoting the new era of " Doctor Who " which will involve a redesign and rebranding of the official website . Material from the 2005 - 2009 version of the site ( and earlier ) can still be accessed via a link . However the link includes the notation " Only available in the UK " . As of 15 January 2010 this link is still active for international users ; it is at present unknown whether content from BBC Online ' s " Doctor Who " home page will continue to be available to users outside the United Kingdom as it has been since the 1990s .