Sure. I'll probably skip rewatching a good bunch of episodes, just because I've seen them so often. A bit of '00s TV grade CGI fatigue does set in. But a weekly discussion of 20 years old episodes, absolutely 🙂
Well, they're public funded to a large degree. I don't have any real insight into UK public service media and how the BBC ended up here, but I wouldn't be surprised if this has to do with general public spending cuts to fund tax reductions 🤷
Not mine either, but I share your concerns. Doctor Who is clearly only a minor part of all this, in light of thousands of jobs on the line not even a significant part. Given the subject of this community, however... wanna bet this is going to affect the show's future? 😣
I'll have to read up on how Sybok fits in. He was the result of Sarek having an "indiscretion", yes? But I'm not clear on how early that was, or if he and Spock were raised together.
Oh well, time to rewatch The final frontier, I guess.
Could well be Gooding, the lights in those helmets play tricks with my ability to identify the faces inside. I guess I'm just jonesing for some more Burnham. It would make sense to have a Michael cameo since she more or less told Spock to find someone like her, and here we see Spock reaching out to Kirk.
Also, in the trailer she's lifting up a drone-ish looking gadget with red lights in it. Thought it might be the last red signal from Disco s2.
No, the wish world setting was an odd one for the Rani to be in. I guess she was somewhat a scientist in unscientific circumstances, but... nah, it doesn't make sense. All there is to say is, "Hoot, hoot! Quack, quack! Bye, bye." 🤦
Oh, that ship has sailed, hasn't it? I guess it's Kamelion from here on out.
Archie Panjabi was the perfect, modern Rani IMO. Having her gulped down by a giant skeleton Omega was a big WTF (two, really), but I'm not here to patch over all of RTD's weird choices. He left a lot of those behind!
If somebody were feeling cheeky, they could even add parts of the original "Reality war" ending in as an alternate timeline that the Reapers gobble up. The already shot Susan payoff, other bits of the scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor when they had to reshoot for Gatwa's exit... etc.
The footage exists, most of it has to have gone through post production given how late they had to reshuffle the finale. Put it to good use, even if it would be to recognise it as a timeline we won't see anymore of 😉
I guess it's not so much a theory as an unsolicited pitch, but whatever. Glad you appreciated it! I had a chuckle myself realising how well they could tie "Father's day" into the current situation.
And I genuinely think the BBC could sort a lot of it out with a relatively low cost Youtube release. Just clearing the board for the next writing and production crew.
NGL, I preferred SFA s1 over Prodigy s2. Yes it was bumpy, but it was growing into its own (beard). You can't convince me the cancellation was anything but "we're not having a show teaching kids tolerance and that other DEI stuff".
I agree LDS was top notch, haven't watched Scouts so I'll reserve judgement 🙂
"Hey, now you have one more way to watch that show we nipped in the bud for political reasons! Aren't you excited for the next (also, last) season, coming on this platform next year?!"
Ha, I do feel the same way about the "nuWho" handle, and for the same reason. It's hard not to think of Limp Bizkit 😰 We sort of needed a way to separate the revived show from the original run, though, and this unfortunate term won out.
But then, Who is often goofy. I can understand why some people are turned off by that initially. We forget sometimes that it's a family show, or more to the point, started as a children's show that adults should also be able to sit through. But it always had way more range then that, in part because of the silliness. Dark episodes hit harder when the Doctor was fighting farting aliens the week before. Then all of a sudden they're punching their way through a diamond wall over the course of billions of years.
It's an acquired taste, for sure, and not for everybody. But it has to be out there for people to watch it and at least try it on for size.
So I stand by the idea that all 60+ years of Doctor Who on one platform would be good for both the show, the streamer, and the audience (outside of the UK). Having a back catalogue like that visible and accessible to a big swathe of the public (depending on where it would land) could keep it relevant while there is now new episodes made. Certainly more so than physical media.
I think they really decide based on churn. What brings viewers in.
Could well be their MO. The last big streamers have the market pretty well divvied up between them, and they may just be fighting over the viewers that are still on the fence? Like you say, your household still subscribe.
But let's say the BBC got smart and offered up all of Doctor Who, from 1963 to now. Boom, 41 seasons plus a couple years' specials available on one platform. Especially now that the audience has to wait a few years for new material, wouldn't that be enough to attract Netflix — activating a few dormant subscriptions, pulling in the fanbase, including new viewers who need to see what the fuzz is about?
That's very much fantasy football, of course, but if the issue for the BBC is to generate interest in the show, among viewers and streaming partners, making the whole of it available in one place seems the way to go.
Let's ignore for now what a legal headache it would be clearing all those classic serial rights from writers' estates. Also, that nuWho series 1-13 is now with AMC+ in North America, and the two most recent seasons are still on Disney+.
"Let's assimilate some Ferengi ourselves instead"