{"id":19529,"date":"2023-10-31T10:18:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T14:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/whoniverse-comes-together-bbc-iplayer\/"},"modified":"2023-10-31T11:54:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T15:54:48","slug":"the-whoniverse-comes-together-on-bbc-iplayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-whoniverse-comes-together-on-bbc-iplayer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Whoniverse Comes Together on BBC iPlayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All of the <em>Doctor Who<\/em> worlds are coming together in one place, with the branded The Whoniverse area to launch on BBC iPlayer on November 1 with over 800 episodes of content from the back catalog and new exclusive content.<\/p>\n<p>At launch, the branded area will play host to the new six-part series<em> Tales of the TARDIS,\u00a0<\/em>reuniting beloved classic <em>Doctor Who<\/em> duos as they go on nostalgic voyages through space and time. Among the duos reprising their roles are\u00a0Maureen O\u2019Brien and Peter Purves; Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury; and Katy Manning and Daniel Anthony.<\/p>\n<p>Also reprising their roles as the Doctor and companions are Peter Davison and Janet Fielding; Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant; and Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred.<\/p>\n<p>Each episode features a different duo and sees brand-new scenes woven together with classic episodes to create a feature-length episode. New scenes are written by showrunner Russell T Davies and previous <em>Doctor Who<\/em> writers Phil Ford and Pete McTighe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe word \u2018Whoniverse\u2019 was invented by fans, so it\u2019s time to give it official status,\u201d Davies said. \u201cAnd <em>Tales of the TARDIS<\/em> is one of the greatest delights of my career\u2014to see old Doctors and companions reunited, still fighting the good fight, is a perfect way to celebrate the Doctor\u2019s 60th birthday!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dan McGolpin, director of BBC iPlayer and Channels, added, \u201cI\u2019m delighted to welcome <em>Tales of the TARDIS<\/em> exclusively to BBC iPlayer, the home of <em>Doctor Who<\/em>, which is consistently one of our most popular programs every single week of the year. <em>Tales of the TARDIS<\/em> will sit within The Whoniverse and features brand-new and incredibly moving scenes with well-loved characters. It will be a fantastic starting point for a new generation to discover some of the most classic episodes and a joyous way for longstanding fans to catch up with old friends.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of the Doctor Who worlds are coming together in one place, with the branded The Whoniverse area to launch on BBC iPlayer on November 1 with over 800 episodes of content from the back catalog and new exclusive content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":19530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[237,769,7955,115,7280,7956,2525,7957,7958],"class_list":["post-19529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-iplayer","tag-dan-mcgolpin","tag-doctor-who","tag-pete-mctighe","tag-phil-ford","tag-russell-t-davies","tag-tales-of-the-tardis","tag-the-whoniverse","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Whoniverse Comes Together on BBC iPlayer - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-whoniverse-comes-together-on-bbc-iplayer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Whoniverse Comes Together on BBC iPlayer - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"All of the Doctor Who worlds are coming together in one place, with the branded The Whoniverse area to launch on BBC iPlayer on November 1 with over 800 episodes of content from the back catalog and new exclusive content.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-whoniverse-comes-together-on-bbc-iplayer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-31T14:18:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-31T15:54:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/BBC-DoctorWhoLogo-1023.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-whoniverse-comes-together-on-bbc-iplayer\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-whoniverse-comes-together-on-bbc-iplayer\/\",\"name\":\"The Whoniverse Comes Together on BBC iPlayer - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-31T14:18:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-31T15:54:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-whoniverse-comes-together-on-bbc-iplayer\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-whoniverse-comes-together-on-bbc-iplayer\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-whoniverse-comes-together-on-bbc-iplayer\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Whoniverse Comes Together on BBC iPlayer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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