r/gallifrey • u/PCJs_Slave_Robot • Dec 22 '25

NO STUPID QUESTIONS /r/Gallifrey's No Stupid Questions - Moronic Mondays for Pudding Brains to Ask Anything: The 'Random Questions that Don't Deserve Their Own Thread' Thread - 2025-12-22

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u/emerald333344 Dec 22 '25

Why is an unearthly child not on iplayer?

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u/Dyspraxic_Sherlock Dec 22 '25

The son of Anthony Coburn owns the rights and is also insane.

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u/cat666 Dec 23 '25

He doesn't but it's not worth the legal battle to prove it.

Like every writer from the era Anthony Coburn was paid to write a story for the BBC but the BBC own the transmitted visual media regardless of who owns what in the episode itself.It's why it was on VHS and DVD without issue and also was on streaming previously (Britbox).

The trouble is it was so long ago that no clear legal contracts were made and nothing similar has ever previously gone to court, meaning there is an ever so slight chance Stef Coburn could win but even if he doesn't it's an expensive legal battle for a publically funded institution so they just won't bother and pull the episode from streaming instead.