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First two episodes drop at midnight 11 May on iPlayer and Disney plus elsewhere. Broadcast episode at 7 pm before Eurovision song contest.

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I see fans bleating on social media about having to avoid spoilers during Saturday daytime presumably because they want to watch it as-broadcast at 7pm. Others moaning at the principle of east-coast US audiences getting the luxury of the 7pm Friday drop because this means Disney has taken over.

Who fandom is possibly the most negative community on the entire planet, never satisfied, permanently paranoid and totally unable to simply enjoy anything (or understand that Disney is the thing that has most effectively future-proofed Doctor Who as a TV series for the foreseeable future).

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My mate was moaning to me about it last night. Blaming dosney etc and shame on the BBC.

However iplayer have been getting shows and series before airing for a while now. Its a non issue really.

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Absolutely. Great strategy to get a buzz going.

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It sure is. I think they might even put the weeks estenders on iplayer at the start of the week.

I know they did it for silent Witness last series. Each part aired Monday amd Tuesday nights but at 9am every Monday both parts were put on iplayer. I preferred it as could watch anytime and not wait for 9pm.

I think they may get better viewer numbers doing it on iplayer at midnight and then aorong later in evening. I'll watch before bed or as soon as I get up on Saturday.

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Yep, iPlayer has been getting stuff before it airs for quite a while now. I think ITV do the same.
Its rather curious they are doing two episodes on the same day, when they only have eight to air.