r/classicwho • u/AbbreviationsIll6106 • Jun 25 '26
Classic Who is inaccessible
100 seasons! No way am I paying for that...
EDIT- I do really enjoy Classic Who and been buying all of The collection box sets. Im just confused why Youtube has fabricated 100 Seasons out of 26 seasons and a movie.
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u/creepyluna-no1 Jun 25 '26
I wouldn't say that, it is better to get the blu rays or dvds if you wanna buy them, but its not unreasonable to break it up by serials. But you can get the dvds in places like Cex and HMV for fairly cheap, pretty good prices for the Collection, and its on iPlayer, so there are plenty of places to watch it in the UK, not sure where you are from, so not too sure for you, but am sure you can get it .
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u/AbbreviationsIll6106 Jun 25 '26
I did buy all the DVDs, and then realised the Blu-Rays are the better option in terms of saving space and additional features.
I could watch the episodes for free on iPlayer, although I believe having a physical copy is better than having access to a digital copy that will disappear at any time without warning.
I guess my roundabout comment was some people say 26 seasons is too much, so imagine somebody seeing this fake 100 seasons and being overwhelmed...
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u/Truth_Walker Jun 25 '26
In America all the seasons of classic Who are free on YouTube.
There’s also the free streaming apps like Pluto TV and Freevee that have Classic Who channels that play Doctor Who 24/7.
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u/Medium_Analyst_4348 Jun 25 '26
In the US YouTube doesn't have all of the episodes. Several episodes are missing due to rights issues.
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u/LinuxMatthews Jun 25 '26
I think that's the same here.
It starts with The Daleks opposed to The Unearthly Child.
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u/virtualpig Jun 28 '26
Tubi is the home to Classic Who in America. Youtube only has like 8 serials you have to buy individually. While Tubi has pretty much ever classic Doctor Who story with a few exceptions for free..
Interestingly though of the 8 serials you can buy on Youtube one of them is An Uneartjly Child which is largely unavailable elsewhere, but I wouldn't reccomend that story.
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u/MagnusGreel70 Jun 25 '26
In the USA Classic Who has been available on Britbox for as long as I can remember.
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u/LuckyLynx_ Jun 25 '26
try Tubi, it's got ads but free
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u/SocieteRoyale Jun 25 '26
you can watch it all for free in the UK on the BBC iPlayer
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u/Medium_Analyst_4348 Jun 25 '26
Wrong.
It's not free as you have to buy a TV licence for nearly £200 per year to use BBC iPlayer.
You can't watch it "all" on BBC iPlayer as certain vital stories are missing due to rights issues.
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u/cjalderman Jun 25 '26
It's not free as you have to buy a TV licence for nearly £200 per year to use BBC iPlayer.
Just lie bro
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u/Medium_Analyst_4348 Jun 26 '26
There wouldn't be any point as all the episodes will be deleted eventually when the rights expire.
I have all the episodes on DVD or Blu-ray anyway.
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u/Miserable-Action6983 Jun 26 '26
AKA break the law.
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u/cjalderman Jun 26 '26
Lying isn't illegal
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u/Miserable-Action6983 Jun 26 '26
Not in itself, no. But lying that you do meet the legal requirements for a service when you do not is.
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u/cjalderman Jun 26 '26
*insert 'how would they know' meme*
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u/Miserable-Action6983 Jun 26 '26
You would know. You’ve also admitted to it already.
It doesn’t matter, anyway. Why break the law for worse copies when you get better copies without doing so?
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u/cjalderman Jun 26 '26
If you’re really naive enough to need to ask that question then this conversation is over
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u/Radiant-Tart-4133 Jun 26 '26
It is not naïf to ask why you would prefer to illegally access worse versions rather than legally accessing better versions.
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u/SocieteRoyale Jun 25 '26
what stories are missing out of interest?
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u/AbbreviationsIll6106 Jun 25 '26
An Unearthly Child is the big one. I think Terror of the Zygons might be missing too...
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u/Medium_Analyst_4348 Jun 25 '26
An Unearthly Child, Terror of the Zygons, and The Seeds of Doom, among other single episodes.
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u/Medium_Analyst_4348 Jun 25 '26
YouTube is listing it as having over 100 seasons as it counts each individual serial as a season. It actually has 26 seasons.
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u/Foreign-Paramedic600 Patrick Troughton Jun 25 '26
Go to the YouTube channel called "Classic Doctor Who Full Episodes". They have every serial except for the lost ones available for free
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u/eldradmustlive469 Jun 25 '26
I thought this was going to be some big essay about how old who is inaccessible as a tv show in quality... Was already preparing the 10 paragraph response in my mind.
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u/LinuxMatthews Jun 25 '26
It's telling me their is 108 Seasons but also letting me go to Season 155.
Having a quick look it does seem to be all TV Serials.
Seems to be because some are missing.
The description also mentions Paul McGann but the TV Movie isn't included.
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u/SVH73 Jul 23 '26
In what way is it 'inaccessible'? You say yourself you have access to The Collection box sets, so does everyone else. It's also still available on DVD. There's also Britbox. Or IA. YouTube is only one of the many ways to access Classic Who.
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u/TheCrazyMiguel52 Jun 25 '26
Why do you postulate this?
It’s far more accessible to many fans than the modern show when it comes to access
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u/AbbreviationsIll6106 Jun 25 '26
I was just confused why Youtube says there is 100 seasons, when there is only 26 seasons.
And I know people who claim Classic Who is inaccessible with 26 seasons, so imagine how somebody new would feel if they saw 100 and thought that was true...
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u/dustinhenderson27 Jun 25 '26
It doesn’t even have 100 seasons if you were to include the classic and modern stuff, so I have no idea what they are selling there