But the old Who episodes are never shown on the BBC proper either. I think they're scared of what they might do to their franchise.
(The new series, on the other hand, is shown over... and over... and over... and over....)
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Fiona - Nov 18, 2009 9:46:10 am PST #10941 of 30001
Frankenbuddha - Nov 18, 2009 10:18:07 am PST #10942 of 30001
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But the old Who episodes are never shown on the BBC proper either.
Somehow that doesn't surprise me as much (and agree on the reasoning you mention). It's just there are probably a ton of fans of the current iteration who've never seen any of the old ones in the US, so you'd think it would be a market. Bad as the special effects could be, I don't think they were that much worse than Trek: TOS. That may be the distance of time (heh) talking, though.
Jessica - Nov 18, 2009 10:19:17 am PST #10943 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's just there are probably a ton of fans of the current iteration who've never seen any of the old ones in the US, so you'd think it would be a market.
They were on PBS round the clock when I was a kid.
§ ita § - Nov 18, 2009 10:21:26 am PST #10944 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Right now I think they're so high on the relative sophistication of the current Dr. Who that they might not want to remind people willy nilly of exactly how cheesy it could get--but if you're gung ho enough to look, you're definitely still the target market. It's just the casual fans that might be put off.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 18, 2009 10:22:15 am PST #10945 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
They were on PBS round the clock when I was a kid.
That was a regional thing, though. I never saw it until I got to college in MA, but I saw two full runs of The Prisoner when I was in grade school.
Typo Boy - Nov 18, 2009 10:37:01 am PST #10946 of 30001
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Local PBS station here runs old Dr. Who episodes at least two nights a week, four episodes a night.
§ ita § - Nov 18, 2009 11:39:13 am PST #10947 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They're going to try make Global Frequency again. CW, huh? Well, I want it to work, but I'm kind of attached to the original version, although it can never be continued.
Tom Scola - Nov 18, 2009 11:43:23 am PST #10948 of 30001
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§ ita § - Nov 18, 2009 11:48:49 am PST #10949 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm trying to envision her on the CW (eta: I know WB became CW, but they're very different in my head), and failing. I'm also trying to envision GF without her, and failing at that too. Maybe they'll recast the whole thing with tween-friendly hunks and babes. Misha Barton is between jobs, right?
Trudy Booth - Nov 18, 2009 12:00:01 pm PST #10950 of 30001
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