XPost: rec.arts.drwho, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   The True Doctor wrote:   
      
   > On 24/09/2025 14:13, Blueshirt wrote:   
   > >   
   > > There are rights issues surrounding "An Unearthly Child" so   
   > > that might be the reason it's not on Tubi... it was taken   
   > > off the BBC iPlayer a couple of years ago because the BBC   
   > > does not own the   
   >   
   > It was never on iPlayer when they put everything else up in   
   > 2023.   
      
   Yes. It was not part of the BBC iPlayer 'Whoniverse' when it   
   was launched in 2023 because Stef Coburn would not agree to "An   
   Unearthly Child" being available for streaming.   
      
   > Last year Terror of the Zygons and the Seeds of Doom   
   > both joined it.   
      
   Those two Fourth Doctor stories are still missing from the   
   iPlayer...   
      
   > > That's why having physical releases of stories is still a   
   > > good idea. Rights issues can go fuck themselves then!   
   >   
   > I've already paid for An Unearthly Child and everything   
   > else the BBC has made many times over.   
      
   > I own it and so do all Licence fee payers.   
      
   And so does Stef Coburn... apparently!   
      
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