How To Watch Doctor Who Season 14 Online
| Release date: Saturday, May 11 at 12am BST |
| Channel: BBC One |
| Stream free: on BBC iPlayer (UK) |
| International Stream: Disney Plus (US, CA, AU) |
| Watch anywhere: Stream from anywhere with NordVPN |
Watch Doctor Who Season 14: Synopsis
Ncuti Gatwa is returning to our screens after officially taking over as the Doctor in “The Church on Ruby Road” last Christmas. Now, after much anticipation, the latest era of Doctor Who is beginning. Jump aboard the refurbed TARDIS as showrunner Russell T Davies charts an exciting new course for the show: one full of wild adventures, Whoniverse-expanding mysteries, and intergalactic beasts. Our guide below explains how to watch Doctor Who Season 14 online 100% free and from anywhere in the world.
Doctor Who has delighted sci-fi fans since 1963, and Gatwa’s historic tenure as the Doctor – he’s the first openly queer, Black actor to inhabit the role – inaugurates the show’s fortieth season. For various reasons, however, it’s being widely touted as “Season One”: an appellation that suggests something of a renaissance for the iconic sci-fi series.
"It's very new,” Davies says, back at the helm following the 60th anniversary specials. “Ncuti's new and Millie [Gibson] is new, and it was new to us with Disney and the whole new era, as it were.” Even Gatwa’s introduction as the fifteenth doctor, appearing pants-less in “The Giggle” after the novel "bi-generation" of David Tenant’s fourteenth Doctor, proved another first for the series, and ushered in a daring blast of Gen Z energy.
While there will be no Daleks and no Cybermen this season, Whovians can expect the fifteenth Doctor and his foundling companion Ruby to instigate utter bedlam in almost every quadrant of spacetime. They’ll traverse the dinosaur-ruled Mesozoic Era and crash land the TARDIS during England's 19th century Regency period, while rocking out in Abbey Road Studios during the Swinging Sixties and meeting the Fab Four.
The latter episode will introduce Drag Race legend Jinx Monsoon as Maestro, the scenery-chewing villain of what appears to be a genre-bending, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg-inspired musical extravaganza. And you can bet your sonic screwdriver that the season finale, dubbed “Empire of Death,” is going to prove heartbreakingly epic.
Despite the show’s facelift, Doctor Who continues to lean into its considerable legacy. Alongside new cast members like Indira Varma, Frozen-actor Jonathan Groff, and Lenny Rush as the enigmatic Morris, we’ll find Bonnie Langford’s erstwhile companion Mel Bush rejoin the fray, while Jemma Redgrave as UNIT director Kate Stewart, and Yasmin Finney as Donna Noble’s daughter Rose, will both reprise their roles.
Ready for a new era of Who? Then read our guide below for everything you need to know to watch Doctor Who Season 14 online, 100% free on BBC iPlayer and from anywhere.
Watch Doctor Who Season 14 online in the UK
You ready for this? Whovians can finally watch Doctor Who Season 14 from Saturday, May 11. Episodes will be added to BBC iPlayer first – just after midnight every Saturday at 12am BST – before getting their TV debut on BBC One later that day. The season debuts with a double whammy, the first episode airing at 6.20pm BST and the second at 7.05pm BST.
New episodes will then air weekly on Saturdays around a similar time in the evening.
BBC iPlayer is available on a number of devices, You can watch BBC broadcasts live or on-demand, and its content is absolutely FREE to watch. To create a BBC account, all you need is an email address and a UK postcode (e.g. B1A 1AA), in addition to a valid TV licence.
Abroad? Use a VPN using the instructions below to access BBC iPlayer like you would at home.
How to watch Doctor Who Season 14 from anywhere
If you're a UK citizen on vacation or working overseas, you can still watch Doctor Who Season 14 just as you would at home.
While BBC iPlayer blocks access from IP addresses outside of the UK, there's a handy piece of software called a VPN that can change your IP address and help you watch UK TV online while abroad, making it look like you're accessing streaming services from any country in the world.
For example, UK citizens currently in the States can subscribe to a VPN, join a UK-based server and tune into all the programmes on BBC iPlayer from anywhere in the world, just like they would back home.
Step-by-step of using a VPN to unblock:
1. Choose your ideal VPN and install – our go-to recommendation for unblocking is NordVPN, costing from $3.99 a month with its 2-year plan
2. Connect to a server – for BBC iPlayer, for example, you'll want to connect to a server based in the UK
3. Go to the stream you wish to access - for Doctor Who Season 14, head to BBC iPlayer.
How to watch Doctor Who Season 14 online in the US
Stateside and fans of the Doctor have a slight time-traveling advantage. US viewers can watch Doctor Who Season 14 from Friday, 10 May at 7pm ET / 4pm PT.
Now co-produced by Disney, you can watch all-new Doctor Who with a subscription to Disney Plus. There are multiple Disney Plus price points to choose from with subscriptions starting from $7.99 for a Basic ad-supported plan. Or you can ditch the ads and go Premium for $13.99 a month ($139.99 when you opt for the annual plan).
There are also a variety of Disney Plus bundle options that could help you save a buck. For example, the Trio Basic plan gifts you with ad-supported Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN Plus for just $14.99 – that’s a monthly saving of 44% compared to the price of subscribing to each separately.
A Brit abroad in the States? Use a VPN to access BBC iPlayer for free from abroad.
How to watch Doctor Who Season 14 online in Canada
In the Great North, Canadian viewers can also watch Doctor Who Season 14 from Friday, 10 May at 7pm ET / 4pm PT, as part of a subscription to Disney Plus.
Not yet a member? Disney Plus plans start from CA$7.99 a month for the new ad-supported option. Alternatively, there’s the Standard ad-free plan for CA$11.99 a month/CA$119.99 a year, or the top-tier Premium plan at CA$14.99/CA$149.99 annually.
How to watch Doctor Who Season 14 online in Australia
The Doctor is in! Aussies can watch Doctor Who Season 14 online every Saturday from May 11 (9am AEST) with a subscription to Disney Plus.
There are only a few subscription options available in Australia. Go monthly for AU$13.99 or get a great saving – effectively 12 months for the price of 10 - by getting an annual plan for AU$139.99. Pay a bit more, however, and update to Disney Plus Premium.
Currently outside of the UK? Use a VPN to access BBC iPlayer for free from abroad.
Everything you need to know about Doctor Who Season 14
Doctor Who Season 14 Cast
- Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor
- Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday
- Michelle Greenidge as Carla Sunday
- Angela Wynter as Cherry Sunday
- Anita Dobson as Mrs Flood
- Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart
- Bonnie Langford as Melanie "Mel" Bush
- Yasmin Finney as Rose Noble
- Alexander Devrient as Colonel Christopher Ibrahim
- Aneurin Barnard as Roger ap Gwilliam
- Indira Varma as The Duchess
- Lenny Rush as Morris
- Jinkx Monsoon as Maestro
- Jonathan Groff as TBC
- George Caple as Paul McCartney
- James Hoyles as Ringo Starr
- Phillip Davies as George Harrison
- Chris Mason as John Lennon
- Paul Forman as Lord Barton
Doctor Who Season 14 Trailer
Doctor Who Season 14 Release Schedule
- Doctor Who Season 14 – Episode 1, “Space Babies”: Friday, May 10
- Doctor Who Season 14 – Episode 2, “The Devil’s Chord”: Friday, May 10
- Doctor Who Season 14 – Episode 3, “Boom”: Friday, May 17
- Doctor Who Season 14 – Episode 4, “73 Yards”: Friday, May 24
- Doctor Who Season 14 – Episode 5, “Dot and Bubble”: Friday, May 31
- Doctor Who Season 14 – Episode 6, “Rogue”: Friday, June 7
- Doctor Who Season 14 – Episode 7, “The Legend of Ruby Sunday”: Friday, May 10
- Doctor Who Season 14 – Episode 8, “Empire of Death”: Friday, May 10
What Is The Doctor Who Season 14 Release Date?
Season 14 episodes (aka “Season One”) of Doctor Who will receive a simultaneous, worldwide debut.
They’ll be launched internationally from Friday, May 10 in the US and Canada (at 7pm ET), and on Saturday, May 11 in Europe (1am CEST), Australia (9am AEST) and New Zealand (11am NZST) on Disney Plus.
In the UK, BBC iPlayer will have new Season 14 episodes beginning Saturday, May 11, available from 12am (BST), and which will also be aired on BBC One later the same day.
What Is Doctor Who: Unleashed And Where Can I Watch It?
Unleashed follows every new episode of Doctor Who with a 30-minute installment on BBC Three, hosted by Newsbeat presenter Steffan Powell. New episodes are added to BBC iPlayer to watch on-demand shortly after they air.
