The Story of Doctor Who from the Archives 

FIAT/IFTA Archive Achievement Awards 2024 - Shortlisted
Category: Unlocking the Value and Potential of the Archives
Title: "The Story of Doctor Who from the Archives"
Nominee: BBC
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‘The Story of Doctor Who from the Archives’ is an innovative, digital hub allowing audiences to delve deeper into Doctor Who’s history than ever before. Launched in November 2023 as the companion to the Doctor Who back-catalogue on iPlayer, it brings the BBC’s archive collections together for the first time, across television, images, documents, music and radio, to create a unique 360 perspective with contemporary resonance for today’s audience. Collectively, they tell the story of the ground-breaking series beginning with 60 archive gems for the 60th anniversary.
Much of the BBC’s Doctor Who archive has been commercially available in DVD and Blue Ray content, but the archive as a whole has never been brought together in this way before. It’s the first Doctor Who archive curation for all audiences, freely and permanently available on a public service digital platform, enabling fans and new audiences to immerse themselves in the story of Doctor Who, whilst also connecting them to the wealth of BBC content across iPlayer and BBC Sounds. It features curated journeys through the archive to bring the show’s extensive history to life using everything from interviews with cast to production memos, long unheard audio, and behind-the-scenes photos.