Classic Doctor Who on Youtube

Over the past year, a BBC-operated YouTube channel Doctor Who: Classic has been posting full serials of numerous classic era adventures. It would seem that the BBC has decided that there's not much additional value to be mined from the classic era, since everything had long been released on physical media (VHS, DVD, etc), or on free channels like Pluto.TV, or on demand on Britbox, so for all intents and purposes they're now giving it away.

It would seem that only remaining way the BBC can generate significant revenue from the classic series now is to continue the releases of full seasons on Blu-Ray, where people still scoop them up for the updated picture quality, new bonus features, etc. (Long story short, we won't be getting a Season One Blu-Ray release any time soon.)

I will update this page as necessary, but right now, here are the currently available serials:

First Doctor (15 of 29)

• An Unearthly Child (complete but unavailable due to ongoing rights issue with the author's estate)
• The Daleks
• The Edge of Destruction
• Marco Polo (story missing)
• The Keys of Marinus
• The Sensorites
• The Aztecs
• The Reign of Terror (missing episodes restored with animation, but serial not yet posted)
• Planet of Giants
• The Dalek Invasion of Earth
• The Rescue
• The Romans
• The Web Planet
• The Crusades (episodes missing)
• The Space Museum
• The Chase (no Beatle clip, alas)
• The Time Meddler
• Galaxy Four (missing episodes restored with animation, but serial not yet posted)
• Mission to the Unknown (lone episode missing)
• The Myth Makers (all episodes missing)
• The Daleks' Master Plan (several episodes missing)
• The Massacre (all episodes missing)
• The Ark
• The Celestial Toymaker (missing episodes restored with animation, but serial not yet posted)
• The Gunfighters
• The Savages (fully animated version not yet posted)
• The War Machines (complete, but not yet posted)
• The Smugglers (all episodes missing)
• The Tenth Planet (missing episode restored with animation, but serial not yet posted)

Second Doctor (12 of 21)

• The Power of the Daleks (missing episodes restored with animation)
• The Highlanders (all episodes missing)
• The Underwater Menace (missing episodes restored with animation, but not yet posted)
• The Moonbase (missing episodes restored with animation, but not yet posted)
• The Macra Terror (missing episodes restored with animation)
• The Faceless Ones (missing episodes restored with animation)
• The Evil of the Daleks (missing episodes restored with animation)
• The Tomb of the Cybermen
• The Abominable Snowmen (missing episodes restored with animation)
• The Ice Warriors (missing episodes restored with animation, but not yet posted)
• The Enemy of the World
• The Web of Fear (missing episode restored with animation, but not yet posted)
• Fury from the Deep (missing episodes restored with animation, but not yet posted)
• The Wheel in Space (missing episodes restored with still images, but not yet posted)
  
• The Dominators
• The Mind Robber
• The Invasion (missing episodes restored with animation, but not yet posted)
• The Krotons
• The Seeds of Death
• The Space Pirates (several missing episodes)
• The War Games

Third Doctor (21 of 24)

• Spearhead From Space
• Dr Who and the Silurians
• The Ambassadors of Death
• Inferno
• Terror of the Autons
• The Mind of Evil
• The Claws of Axos
• Colony in Space
• The Daemons
• Day of the Daleks
• The Curse of Peladon
• The Sea Devils
• The Mutants
• The Time Monster
• The Three Doctors
• Carnival of Monsters
• Frontier in Space (not yet posted)
• Planet of the Daleks (not yet posted)
• The Green Death
• The Time Warrior
• Invasion of the Dinosaurs
• Death to the Daleks
• The Monster of Peladon (not yet posted)
• Planet of the Spiders

Fourth Doctor (31 of 42)

• Robot
• The Ark in Space
• The Sontaran Experiment
• Genesis of the Daleks
• Revenge of the Cybermen (not yet posted)
• Terror of the Zygons
• Planet of Evil (not yet posted)
• Pyramids of Mars
• The Android Invasion
• The Brain of Morbius
• The Seeds of Doom
• The Masque of Mandragora (not yet posted)
• The Hand of Fear
• The Deadly Assassin
• The Face of Evil (not yet posted)
• The Robots of Death
• The Talons of Weng-Chiang (not yet posted)
• The Horror of Fang Rock
• The Invisible Enemy
• Image of the Fendahl
• The Sunmakers
• Underworld
• The Invasion of Time
• The Ribos Operation
• The Pirate Planet (not yet posted)
• The Stones of Blood
• The Androids of Tara (not yet posted)
• The Power of Kroll (not yet posted)
• The Armageddon Factor (not yet posted)
• Destiny of the Daleks
• City of Death
• The Creature from the Pit
• Nightmare of Eden
• The Horns of Nimon
• Shada
• The Leisure Hive
• Meglos (not yet posted)
• Full Circle
• State of Decay (not yet posted)
• Warrior's Gate
• The Keeper of Traken
• Logopolis

Fifth Doctor (19 of 20)

• Castrovalva
• Four to Doomsday
• Kinda
• The Visitation
• Black Orchid
• Earthshock
• Time-Flight
• Arc of Infinity
• Snakedance
• Mawdryn Undead
• Terminus
• Enlightenment (not yet posted)
• The King's Demons
• The Five Doctors
• Warriors of the Deep
• Frontios
• The Awakening
• Resurrection of the Daleks
• Planet of Fire
• The Caves of Androzani

Sixth Doctor (all)

• The Twin Dilemma
• Attack of the Cybermen
• Vengeance on Varos
• The Mark of the Rani
• The Two Doctors
• Timelash
• Revelation of the Daleks
• Trial of a Timelord: The Mysterious Planet
• Trial of a Timelord: Mindwarp
• Trial of a Timelord: Terror of the Vervoids
• Trial of a Timelord: The Ultimate Foe

Seventh Doctor (9 of 12)

• Time and the Rani
• Paradise Towers (not yet posted)
• Delta and the Bannermen
• Dragonfire (not yet posted)
• Remembrance of the Daleks
• The Happiness Patrol
• Silver Nemesis
• The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
• Battlefield
• Ghost Light
• The Curse of Fenric
• Survival (not yet posted)
  

Remaining stories that are complete and ready to post, or mostly complete with missing episodes recreated with animation (*). With the exception of "An Unearthly Child," (long story) I would expect most of these these to be posted in the coming months.

An Unearthly Child  •  The Reign of Terror*  •  Galaxy Four*  •  The Celestial Toymaker*  •  The Savages*  •  The War Machines  •  The Tenth Planet*  •  The Underwater Menace*  •  The Moonbase*  •  The Ice Warriors   •  The Web of Fear*  •  Fury from the Deep*  •  The Invasion*  •  Frontier in Space  •  Planet of the Daleks  •  The Monster of Peladon  •  Revenge of the Cybermen  •  Planet of Evil  •  The Masque of Mandragora  •  The Face of Evil  •  The Talons of Weng-Chiang  •  The Pirate Planet  •  The Androids of Tara  •  The Power of Kroll  •  The Armageddon Factor  •  Meglos  •  State of Decay  •  Enlightenment  •  Paradise Towers  •  Dragonfire  •  Survival

Stories that have missing episodes, but have not been re-animated (at least not officially by the BBC). Consequently don't hold your breaths for their imminent release.

Marco Polo  •  The Crusades  •  Mission to the Unknown  •  The Myth Makers  •  The Daleks' Master Plan  •  The Massacre  •  The Smugglers  •  The Highlanders  •  The Wheel In Space  •  The Space Pirates

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John Geoffrion is a semi-retired semi-professional thespian, a professional data guy, and a Dad. He usually falls asleep to the Classic Doctor Who channel on Pluto.tv

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