Doctor Who Extra

Doctor Who Extra
The Doctor Who Extra logo
Based onDoctor Who
Narrated byMatt Botten
Rufus Hound
Matt Lucas
Charity Wakefield
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes90 online
24 on DVD
Production
Executive producersSteven Moffat
Brian Minchin
Jo Pearce
ProducersIan Smith
Luke Baker
Ian Hay
Geoff Evans
Running time30 seconds – 15 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC iPlayer
Release23 August 2014 (2014-08-23) –
27 December 2017 (2017-12-27)
Related
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)

Doctor Who Extra is a documentary series created by the BBC as a complement to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Series 1 and "Last Christmas" were made for release on BBC iPlayer on Saturdays, immediately after the broadcast of the weekly television episode on BBC One, and were also available on the BBC Red Button service[1] and the BBC YouTube channel,[2][3] in addition to its Australian broadcast on ABC2 the following Saturday.[4]

Series 2 was initially released online as clips on the BBC YouTube channel after the broadcast of the weekly television episode on BBC One. Although carrying the Extra name, they differ in content and presentation. They continue in the same format as Series 1 on home media releases as extras.[5]

Doctor Who Extra was not continued with the tenth series of the program, and was replaced by Doctor Who: The Fan Show. Home media releases for the series also include an "Inside Look" into each of the episodes, episodic features that will include behind the scenes footage, cast interviews and the inside story.[6] However, full-length episodes of Doctor Who Extra accompanied Christmas specials "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" and "Twice Upon a Time" in their home media releases.

  1. ^ "'Doctor Who Extra' Announced". Doctor Who TV. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Doctor Who Series 8 2014 – BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Doctor Who: Series 9 2015 – BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Doctor Who Extra : ABC TV". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Doctor Who series 9 hasn't even started yet but you can already pre-order the DVD with mini-documentaries – Doctor Who News – Cult – Digital Spy". Digital Spy. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  6. ^ Foster, Chuck (5 May 2017). "Doctor Who Series 10: Blu-ray/DVD releases". Doctor Who News. Retrieved 5 May 2017.