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===Home media=== {{Main|List of Doctor Who home video releases{{!}}List of ''Doctor Who'' home video releases}} A wide selection of serials is available from BBC Video on DVD, on sale in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States. Every fully extant serial has been released on VHS, and BBC Worldwide continues to regularly [[List of Doctor Who DVD releases|release serials on DVD]]. The 2005 series is also available in its entirety on [[Universal Media Disc|UMD]] for the [[PlayStation Portable]]. Eight original series serials have been released on [[Laserdisc]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC classic series laserdiscs @ The TARDIS Library (Doctor Who books, DVDs, videos & audios) |url=http://www.timelash.com/tardis/list.asp?laserdisc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011081435/http://timelash.com/tardis/list.asp?laserdisc |archive-date=11 October 2011 |access-date=30 July 2011 |publisher=Timelash}}</ref> and many have also been released on [[Betamax]] tape and [[Video 2000]]. One episode of Doctor Who ([[The Infinite Quest]]) was released on [[VCD]]. Initially, only the series from 2005 onwards were also available on [[Blu-ray]], along with the 1996 TV film ''[[Doctor Who (film)|Doctor Who]]'', released in September 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Doctor Who TV Movie Lands on blurray! |work=Doctor Who |url=http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/article/the-doctor-who-tv-movie-lands-on-bluray |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918020606/http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/article/the-doctor-who-tv-movie-lands-on-bluray |archive-date=18 September 2016 |access-date=17 September 2016 |publisher=doctorwho.tv}}</ref> However in March 2021, it was announced that the classic run would be released on Blu-ray starting with seasons 12 and [[Doctor Who season 19|19]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who classic seasons get new Blu-ray release after original run sells out |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-the-collection-classic-seasons-standard-edition/ |access-date=7 December 2023 |website=Radio Times}}</ref> Over 600 episodes of the classic series (the first 8 Doctors, from 1963 to 1996) are available to stream on [[BritBox]] (launched in 2017) and [[Pluto TV]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Over 600 Doctor Who Episodes |agency=BritBox |url=https://www.britbox.co.uk/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116040205/https://www.britbox.co.uk/ |archive-date=16 November 2020}}</ref> From 2020, the revival series is available for streaming on [[HBO Max]], as well as spin-offs ''Sarah Jane Adventures'' and ''Torchwood''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Lindsay |date=1 August 2019 |title=Calling All Whovians: ''Doctor Who'' Is Streaming Exclusively on HBO Max Next Year |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/hbo-max-doctor-who-streaming-2020/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116040248/https://www.tvguide.com/news/hbo-max-doctor-who-streaming-hbo-max/ |archive-date=16 November 2020 |access-date=22 March 2020 |website=TV Guide |publisher=[[Red Ventures]]}}</ref> Ahead of the 60th anniversary of the series, BBC cleared the rights to allow almost every single non-missing episode of ''Doctor Who''{{efn|With the exception of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-an-unearthly-child-iplayer-newsupdate/|publisher=Radio Times|access-date=7 December 2023|date=17 October 2023|title=BBC confirms Doctor Who's first story won't be in iPlayer back catalogue}}</ref>}} onto [[iPlayer]]. Additionally various spin-offs were also added to iPlayer including ''[[Torchwood]]'', ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', ''[[Class (2016 TV series)|Class]]'', and ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/doctor-who-60-year-anniversary-800-episode-archive/ |title=Doctor Who celebrates 60 year anniversary by releasing 800 episodes online |last=Milici |first=Lauren |work=[[Total Film]] |date=10 October 2023 |accessdate=11 October 2023 }}</ref>
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