Ever since the BBC launched the Whoniverse section on BBC Iplayer we've been seeing quite alot of new Doctor Who content all within the space of just over a month. With all of this in flux of content I thought that it was only about right that I tell you what some of my personal favorite things are to be found in this glorious section of BBC Iplayer and please note things like Doctor Who: Video Commentaries won't be counted as they are just basically DVD extra's and i'm not counting any old shows either and nor will I be counting Doctor Who itself as that would make the number spot pretty obvious and so then join me as I tell you what so me of my favorite things are to come out on the whoniverse enjoy.
Doctor Who: The Daleks In Colour
This is kind of a cheat as it is just an old episode of the show that was colorized and re-edited but given that was something new that we haven't seen before now that makes it count. This was something that was done to help Doctor Who to celebrate it's sixtieth anniversary and what a better way to help to celebrate this huge anniversary by showing a brand new version of the story that first introduced the world to the The Daleks yes it's something that didn't need to be done as we already have the original episodes in their original black and white format on BBC Iplayer the very fact that this film version of the story even exists really at all is truly something as it's something that the current Doctor Who creative team really didn't have to do and yet not only did they do it they also got both Nicholas Briggs and David Graham to record new lines as the Daleks as well.
While the coloring for this filmed version of the story could have been so much better that's not really something that you can blame of the current production team. As they got fans to colorize the entire story and the fans of course won't have the technology that professional people would have had and the fact that for some reason they chose to add in some really obvious CGI in the opening when the original opening worked so well in the first place really doesn't help this filmed version of the story out at all neither does the fact that at times the editing for this version of the story seems to be really all other place that does negate the fact that they still managed to tell the exact same time in a much more tighter seventy five minuets and with that shorter running time also comes the fact that really quite alot of what bogged the original story down is now gone completely.
Tales Of The TARDIS
This little show was sadly only made available for those of us here in the UK but fear not the rest of the world as your not really missing out on much. As the show doesn't really reveal any new information nor does it really set up anything that pays in the specials with this show basically being the Doctor Who version of Mystery Science Theater 3000 in that it does feature new scenes with returning actors some of whom played The Doctor others did not all it is basically the omnibus version of Classic Doctor Who stories and nothing really mire then that but given that this show was quite literally a last minuet thing that was added late in the day for the sixtieth anniversary celebrations it's amazing that we got in the final cut of the show was really as good as it was as we very easily could have ended up with something that's really much much more worse.
As a show on it's own this wasn't that bad of a way to help to kick start not only the Whoniverse section on BBC Iplayer. It's also a great way to kick of the sixtieth anniversary celebrations as the show is all about celebrating Classic Doctor Who which is something that the previous anniversary special The Day Of The Doctor didn't do with that special focusing more on celebrating the then current era of Doctor Who which us something that did leave alot of fans of Classic Doctor Who feeling left out as there was nothing in those celebrations that was for them and that celebrated an era of the show that they loved well now we have something that does celebrate that era of the show it's something that did get alot of praise from alot of people as it brought back episodes that don't really get alot of love and attention.
Doctor Who: Unleashed
The newest show to premiere as part of the Whoniverse is also one of the most fun shows that Doctor Who has right now. Granted this show is pretty much just exactly Doctor Who: Confidential but that doesn't mean that it's not a good show as this show is a really good show that offers us a unique look into the making of the show even if we're just five episodes as yes this show did premiere after the release of the Children In Need special it has already made itself a must watch show as it does give us some unique looks into what it's like making the show on a day to day basis and while the show would be better if they had a slightly better host and if they just got rid of the segments where the host tries to do something on the crew that doesn't mean that this isn't a good show as this show is a must watch for any Doctor Who fan.
There are some issues with this show that do keep it from being a great show as the show doesn't have that long of a running time. With the other major issue being the fact that it doesn't go into that much detail about the making of the show with the show just touching all of, the surface level stuff which is still great but it would be better if the show went deeper into the making of the show like showing us the table reads for each episode or showing interviews with the writer of the episode where they discuss what they idea was behind the episode and how they came up with that idea just stuff like that which will be greatly loved by alot of Doctor Who fans as it would give us more information about the show that we love and just going back to Confidential for a minuet it would be great if this episode talked about how they did certain effects like what they used to in Doctor Who Confidential as well as those are some very interesting things to talk about as well.
Imagine... Russell T Davies: The Doctor And Me
This one is also kind of a cheat as it's an episode of another TV show but it's been uploaded to the Whoniverse page so it counts. Right now this episode is perhaps the best thing if not one of the best things on the Whoniverse page as it goes into such great detail about the life and times of writer and current Doctor Who showrunner and producer Russel T. Davis with the best thing being that it just doesn't cover Doctor Who it covers quite alot of his filmography and while the episode isn't an easy watch as it's one hour and fifteen minuets long it is still something that is worth watching as you really get to see the man behind some of the greatest modern Doctor Who stories and finding what he took from his personal life to make some of his most successful was truly enlightening and by the end it was truly heartbreaking as well.
There's not really enough kind words that could be said by anyone to describe just how good this documentary is. As it truly is something that needs to be seen to be believed as you'll laugh quite alot but by the end you'll be crying so much more and it's those kinds of things that make you remember why he is one of the best writers working in childrens television today as he doesn't talk down to his audience and while yes some of the messaging in The Star Beast was a bit heavy handed as was what he said about Davros for the Children In Need special that doesn't take away from the fact that when he's good he's great and that us something that cannot be denied by his haters as without him we wouldn't have had the show back in 2005 and back for as long as it has been back as he filled the show with so much love , humor and yes even a bit of sorrow as well.
Doctor Who At 60: A Musical Celebration
As with the previous entry this is kind of a cheat as it's just a concert but at the same time it's also an oddly important one as well. As this is the concert where the new theme song was first debuted along with a great deal of things as well and while granted this concert is juts about the music of Doctor Who and nothing more then that the music of the show is just as important and just as iconic as the person who's playing The Doctor or any of the other characters in this show with it being twice as important for the music to he right as with the wrong track playing a scene could go from being serious on the day of filming to being comedic due to an editing mistake and with the right music choice the audience is going to feel exactly what the show makers want us to feel which in the end will help the show out a great deal.
While granted this concert show is just a trimmed down version of the one that was performed live on BBC Sounds. It is still a good show and who doesn't get a goosebumps hearing your favorite track from the show being performed live it's just something that will always happen and while yes it would have better if the filmed show wasn't an edited version of the show that was first broadcast on BBC Sounds that doesn't make t a bad show as all it does is make it a show that alot more people who perhaps didn't know that was first on BBC Sounds or even really what BBC Sounds even is for that matter can now watch and really get the exact same experience that those of us who did watch the BBC Sounds version of the show got when the show was first released.
This list was kind of hard to put together as alot of the stuff on the Whoniverse page is worth watching anyway and just keeping it down to just some of the new stuff was a challenge but a fun one none the less in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about alot of the shows that are on the Whoniverse page in this post however I would gladly recommend that those of you that can view the Whoniverse to do so as there a great wealth of content all of which is related to the show that we all love and while this post mostly focuses on the new stuff there's a ton of stuff from the past all about this truly wonderful show all of which i'm sure will be worth watching as much as this new stuff is and alot of which i'm sure will give us just as much information about the show then we could all possibly know what to do with.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official Doctor Who fandom wiki age , Amazon. Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being Google Images simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.