Whoniverse (BBC iPlayer)

On BBC iPlayer, the Whoniverse is the name under which Doctor Who and related material is made available. The service itself was announced on 31 October 2023Welcome to the Whoniverse... and Tales of the TARDIS on doctorwho.tv and the collection launched on the next day on 1 November, coinciding with the 60th anniversary month of Doctor Whos original broadcast in 1963.
Following the announcement, the BBC unveiled a Whoniverse ident on social media platforms. This ident plays for all newly-created Doctor Who related programming on BBC iPlayer, starting with Tales of the TARDIS.@bbcdoctorwho on twitter.com The ident made its televised debut on 23 November, the anniversary date, as it preceded the broadcast of both and the 2023 re-release of on BBC Four.
, the very first serial of Doctor Who, is notably absent on the Whoniverse due to an ongoing rights dispute which also resulted in scenes concerning its production being removed from the re-release of An Adventure in Space and Time. By extension, the original 2013 version of An Adventure in Space and Time also does not feature on the Whoniverse.
== Contents ==
, the Whoniverse contains the following:
=== Fiction ===
Category (and sub-category if used) 	Category (and sub-category if used) 	Stories included 	Notes
Doctor Who (2023-) 	Doctor Who (2023-) 	The Star Beast to The Giggle, and Christmas Special: The Church on Ruby Road 	A teaser trailer for the 2024 series is also included.
Doctor Who 	Series 1 	Rose to The Parting of the Ways, and The Christmas Invasion 	
Doctor Who 	Series 2 	New Earth to Doomsday, and The Runaway Bride 	
Doctor Who 	Series 3 	Smith and Jones to Last of the Time Lords, and Voyage of the Damned 	
Doctor Who 	Series 4 	Partners in Crime to Journey's End, and The Next Doctor to The End of Time - Part Two 	The End of Time is in two episodes as initially broadcast
Doctor Who 	Series 5 	The Eleventh Hour to The Big Bang, and A Christmas Carol 	
Doctor Who 	Series 6 	The Impossible Astronaut to The Wedding of River Song and The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe 	
Doctor Who 	Series 7 	Asylum of the Daleks to The Name of the Doctor, The Day of the Doctor and The Time of the Doctor 	The Snowmen is included as episode 6, between the two season halves. The Mini-episode The Night of the Doctor is also included, listed between The Name of the Doctor and The Day of the Doctor.
Doctor Who 	Series 8 	Deep Breath to Death in Heaven, and Last Christmas 	
Doctor Who 	Series 9 	The Magician's Apprentice to Hell Bent, The Husbands of River Song and The Return of Doctor Mysterio	The New Series Prologue is included before The Magician's Apprentice.
Doctor Who 	Series 10 	The Pilot to The Doctor Falls, and Twice Upon a Time 	
Doctor Who 	Series 11 	The Woman Who Fell to Earth to The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and Resolution 	
Doctor Who 	Series 12 	Spyfall, Part 1 to The Timeless Children, and Revolution of the Daleks 	Spyfall is in two episodes as initially broadcast.
Doctor Who 	Series 13 	The Halloween Apocalypse to The Vanquishers, and Eve of the Daleks to The Power of the Doctor 	The episodes making up Flux do not have the "Chapter" prefix in their listed titles.
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 1 	
* The Daleks in Colour
* The Daleks
* The Edge of Destruction
* The Keys of Marinus
* The Aztecs
* The Sensorites
* The Reign of Terror (partially animated),	Missing serials: An Unearthly Child (due to ongoing rights disputes with Anthony Coburn's son) and Marco Polo (due to being fully missing and unanimated).
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 2 	
* Planet of Giants
* The Dalek Invasion of Earth
* The Rescue
* The Romans
* The Web Planet
* The Crusade (partial)
* The Space Museum
* The Chase
* The Time Meddler	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 3 	
* Galaxy 4 (animated)
* The Daleks' Master Plan (partial)
* The Ark
* The Celestial Toymaker (partial)
* The Gunfighters
* The War Machines	Missing serials: Mission to the Unknown, The Myth Makers, The Massacre and The Savages (all due to being fully missing and unanimated).
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 4 	
* The Tenth Planet (part animated)
* The Power of the Daleks (animated)
* The Underwater Menace (part reconstructed)
* The Moonbase (part animated)
* The Macra Terror (animated)
* The Faceless Ones (animated)
* The Evil of the Daleks (animated)	Missing serials: The Smugglers and The Highlanders (both due to being fully missing and unanimated).
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 5 	
* The Tomb of the Cybermen
* The Abominable Snowmen (partial)
* The Ice Warriors (part animated)
* The Enemy of the World
* The Web of Fear (part animated)
* Fury from the Deep (animated)
* The Wheel in Space (part reconstruction)	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 6 	
* The Dominators
* The Mind Robber
* The Invasion (part animated)
* The Krotons
* The Seeds of Death
* The Space Pirates (partial)
* The War Games	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 7 	Spearhead from Space to Inferno 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 8 	Terror of the Autons to The Daemons 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 9 	Day of the Daleks to The Time Monster 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 10 	The Three Doctors to The Green Death 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 11 	The Time Warrior to Planet of the Spiders 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 12 	Robot to Revenge of the Cybermen 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 13 	Terror of the Zygons to The Seeds of Doom 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 14 	The Masque of Mandragora to The Talons of Weng-Chiang 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 15 	Horror of Fang Rock to The Invasion of Time 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 16 	The Ribos Operation to The Armageddon Factor 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 17 	
* Destiny of the Daleks
* City of Death
* The Creature from the Pit
* Nightmare of Eden
* The Horns of Nimon
* Shada (2017 animation)	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 18 	The Leisure Hive to Logopolis 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 19 	Castrovalva to Time-Flight 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 20 	Arc of Infinity to The King's Demons 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	The Five Doctors 	The Five Doctors 	This episode is just listed as "Special".
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 21 	Warriors of the Deep to The Twin Dilemma 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 22 	Attack of the Cybermen to Revelation of the Daleks 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 23 	The Mysterious Planet to The Ultimate Foe 	These episodes are all listed as Part 1, 2, etc. of The Trial of a Time Lord
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 24 	Time and the Rani to Dragonfire 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 25 	Remembrance of the Daleks to The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Season 26 	Battlefield to Survival 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	1996 TV Movie 	Doctor Who 	
Doctor Who (1963-1996) 	Extras 	
* Galaxy 4: "Air Lock"
* The Faceless Ones: Episodes 1 & 3
* The Evil of the Daleks: Episode 2 	Surviving episodes from otherwise missing serials.
Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 	Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 	 	The episode is just listed as "Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023"
Tales of the TARDIS 	Tales of the TARDIS 	
* Earthshock
* The Mind Robber
* Vengeance on Varos
* The Three Doctors
* The Time Meddler
* The Curse of Fenric	Episodes share the same name as the serial they adapt.
Torchwood 	Series 1 	Everything Changes to End of Days 	
Torchwood 	Series 2 	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang to Exit Wounds 	
Torchwood 	Children of Earth 	Day One to Day Five 	
Torchwood 	Miracle Day 	The New World to The Blood Line 	Episodes are only listed as Episode 1, Episode 2, etc rather than using their names.
The Sarah Jane Adventures 	Special 	Invasion of the Bane 	
The Sarah Jane Adventures 	Series 1 	Revenge of the Slitheen to The Lost Boy 	Stories are included in two parts as originally broadcast.
The Sarah Jane Adventures 	Series 2 	The Last Sontaran to Enemy of the Bane 	Stories are included in two parts as originally broadcast.
The Sarah Jane Adventures 	Series 3 	Prisoner of the Judoon to The Gift 	Stories are included in two parts as originally broadcast.
The Sarah Jane Adventures 	Series 4 	The Nightmare Man to Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith 	Stories are included in two parts as originally broadcast.
The Sarah Jane Adventures 	Series 5 	Sky to The Man Who Never Was 	Stories are included in two parts as originally broadcast.
Class 	Series 1 	For Tonight We Might Die to The Lost 	
K9 & Company: A Girl's Best Friend 	K9 & Company: A Girl's Best Friend 	 	
Doctor Who: 	Doctor Who: 	Doctor Who: 	Presented as a single 44-minute episode.
Doctor Who: 	Doctor Who: 	Doctor Who: 	Presented as a single 47-minute episode.
Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes	Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes	Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes 	Docudrama about the musical pioneer behind the Doctor Who theme, Delia Derbyshire.
 	 	 	CBeebies Bedtime Stories is a series where notable celebrities read bedtime stories to young children (and their parents) in the early evenings.
=== Non-fiction ===
Category 	Sub-category 	Episodes included 	Notes
Doctor Who: Unleashed 	Doctor Who: Unleashed 	
* The Church on Ruby Road
* 60th Anniversary Specials
* Children in Need Doctor Who: Unleased	The three 60th Anniversary Special episodes are titled the same as the corresponding episode of Doctor Who.
Doctor Who Confidential 	Series 1 	Bringing Back the Doctor to The Last Battle 	A New Dimension and The Ultimate Guide are not included.
Doctor Who Confidential 	Series 2 	New New Doctor to Finale, and Music and Monsters 	Backstage at Christmas and One Year On are not included.
Doctor Who Confidential 	Series 3 	Meet Martha Jones to The Valiant Quest, and Kylie Special 	
Doctor Who Confidential 	Series 4 	A Noble Return to The End of an Era, Christmas 2008 Special, and The Eleventh Doctor to	Children in Need Special, The Journey (So Far), Top 5 Christmas Moments and At the Proms are not included.
Doctor Who Confidential 	Series 5 	Call Me the Doctor to Out of Time, and Christmas Special 2010 	The Monster Files for this series and Charlie McDonnell's episodes are not included.
Doctor Who Confidential 	Series 6 	Coming to America to When Time Froze 	The Monster Files for this series and Charlie McDonnell's episodes are not included.
Doctor Who: Video Commentaries 	Doctor Who: Video Commentaries 	
* The Star Beast with commentary
* The Giggle with commentary
* Christmas Special: The Church on Ruby Road with commentary	
imagine... 	imagine... 	imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me 	imagine... is a BBC documentary series meeting the biggest names from art, film, music, literature and dance.
Talking Doctor Who 	Talking Doctor Who 	Talking Doctor Who 	
Doctor Who at 60: A Musical Celebration	Doctor Who at 60: A Musical Celebration	Doctor Who at 60: A Musical Celebration 	
Doctor Who at the Proms 	Doctor Who at the Proms 	
* 2008
* 2010
* 2013 	
Whose Doctor Who 	Whose Doctor Who 	Whose Doctor Who 	
The Science of Doctor Who 	The Science of Doctor Who 	The Science of Doctor Who 	
Totally Doctor Who 	Series 1 	Episode 1 to Episode 13 	
Totally Doctor Who 	Series 2 	Episode 1 to Episode 12 	
== Previously included media ==
Media previously included in the Whoniverse collection, but not currently available on the BBC iPlayer, includes:
* - the 2023 version was included until the end of 2023.
== History of the term ==
The term "Whoniverse" was used as early as The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book in 1982.
The Whoniverse was published by BBC Books in 2016.
== Gallery ==
Whoniverse iPlayer.jpg|Image used for the 2023 specials, prior to .
Whoniverse iPlayer 2.jpg|Image used after the release of .
== Footnotes ==
== External links ==
* Doctor Who collection on iPlayer
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