Roku

A ROKU device is a set-top digital media player through which one can access Roku's own film and TV streaming site, but also Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Vudu, HBO Max and Pluto TV.

Roku's ad-supported TV channel (launched in 2017) is (currently) available only in the US, UK, Mexico and Canada. The service is planning to expand into Europe, Latin America and Australia.

Note: this profile is taken from the Canada site (on Channel 472) as that was the only one that wasn't fully region-locked to us.

• The Roku Channel (Canada)

DOCTOR WHO VIA ROKU (Canada)

Roku Canada menu screen using Big Finish "Nightshade" graphic

The New Series (all seasons 2005 to date) are available, as are both Peter Cushing Daleks films.

Classic Doctor Who became available via Roku during 2021. Access to other providers such as AppleTV, Amazon Prime and Vudu was on a $1.99 per episode basis.

Exactly how many and which stories are available through Roku is not known (none of the menu screens provides a comprehensive list), instead these only give generic headings for 23 of the 26 "Seasons" from 1963 to 1989 (there is no menu heading for Seasons 2,3 and 4).

For some odd reason, one of the Roku Canada menu screens for Doctor Who is illustrated with an image taken from the Big Finish audio adaptation of Mark Gatiss's novel "Nightshade".

• Doctor Who on Roku Canada (Nightshade graphic)
• Doctor Who on Roku menus (Seasons)
• Sample of Roku menu #1
• Sample of Roku menu #2

Stories are shown episodically; there are commercial breaks with an intermission 'countdown' graphic on screen to advise viewers that "Doctor Who We'll be right back!" - see below

Stories Available

In terms of one of the online menu displays (which links to episodes currently on iTunes), the following Classic Doctor Who stories are known to be available in Canada.

Note: although the drop-menus say "Season 30" [sic], "Season 99" [sic], "Season 144" [sic], etc, these are actually just single serials; the numbering - which doesn't take into account Shada - is simply the sequential story number - e.g. The Pirate Planet is the 99th Doctor Who story:

Menu from Roku Canada showing story numbers as "Seasons" (as at late October 2022)

Season 30	The Power of the Daleks (animated)
Season 52	The Ark in Space
Season 69	The Green Death
Season 74	Planet of the Spiders
Season 77	The Sontaran Experiment
Season 82	Pyramids of Mars
Season 87	The Hand of Fear
Season 88	The Deadly Assassin
Season 91	The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Season 95	The Sun Makers
Season 96	Underworld
Season 98	The Ribos Operation
Season 99	The Pirate Planet
Season 101	The Androids of Tara
Season 103	The Armageddon Factor
Season 117	Castrovalva
Season 136	The Caves of Androzani
Season 141	The Two Doctors
Season 144	The Trial of a Time Lord
Season 145	Time and the Rani

NOTE: These "Season" / story number links change on a regular basis, as stories are removed and others added. The above screen-grab was taken in late October 2022; one week later half the "Seasons" listed were different. Since the menus are in flux, we won't attempt to track and update the story list.

Other stories known to be available (i.e. from various Twitter comments made about Roku) include:

• Planet of the Daleks
• The Hand of Fear
• Earthshock (included in a week long run of Cybermen stories)

The fan-made drama "The Airzone Solution" is also available:

• Airzone on Roku

Commercial intermission graphic: Doctor Who- We'll Be Right Back!