So how can you watch the Dr Who special or indeed any of the UK Television sites online, when based outside the UK? \u00a0Well, there’s a few methods – some involve specialized hardware and streaming from a specific server, but most involve simply hiding your location from the BBC<\/a> web site. \u00a0This is because all these media sites determine your location in the same way – by checking where your IP address is registered. \u00a0 So, if you’re connecting from a wifi connection in an Italian cafe or a US airport, your IP address will reflect this.<\/p>\n You cannot change this, if you’re in the US then you’ll be assigned a US IP address, in Germany a German address and so on. What you can do is relay your connection through another server before you connect to the BBC site. \u00a0 These intermediate servers are called proxies or VPNs and literally hundreds of thousands of people across the world use them to access sites that would normally be blocked due to your location. \u00a0Some people use them to access US media sites like Hulu, HBO and Pandora, or the BBC or ITV<\/a> from outside the UK. \u00a0 Others use proxies to bypass restrictions instigated by governments, places like China, turkey and Thailand heavily filter internet access through state-controlled telecom companies.<\/p>\n It sounds geeky, it sounds difficult but in fact it can be extremely easy to access anything online, wherever you happen to be. \u00a0 This video<\/a> is a demonstration of just how simple it actually is to use a BBC iPlayer proxy<\/a> –<\/p>\n![\"drwhoabroad\"](\"http:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/drwhoabroad-264x300.jpg\")
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