Terror of the Zygons and Seeds of Doom Removed From BBC iPlayer

Terror of the Zygons	The Seeds of Doom

Terror Of The Zygons and The Seeds Of Doom which opened and closed season 13 (1975/76) and starred Tom Baker as The Doctor have been removed from the BBC iPlayer as the BBC “do not have the rights to make them available.” [Ed: It is not yet clear the reasons behind this move, however both stories were written by Robert Banks Stewart!]

A BBC iPlayer spokesperson added:

“Our programmes are only available for a set amount of time and after this expires, they are removed from iPlayer. How long we can make content available for comes down to the rights agreements, or there could be legal or technical issues that affects it. We aim to make programmes available for as long as we possibly can.”

Both Terror Of The Zygons and The Seeds Of Doom are both still available on BritBox and ITVX (via Premium subscription). GNR has approached the BBC Media Centre for comment and further clarification.

These two classic adventures join Doctor Who’s first ever serial An Unearthly Child in not being available on iPlayer. An Unearthly Child is subject to a rights dispute. A BBC spokesperson said at the time:

“[The Whoniverse is] the biggest ever collection of Doctor Who programming in one place but will not include the first four episodes as we do not have all the rights to those.”