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Doctor Who Comeback

Posted by michael on from the rec.arts.drwho.moderated dept.

ElGuapoGolf writes "According to the Daily Telegraph, Doctor Who is set to return to the airwaves. According to the article, it's going to be written by the same guy who created the series 'Queer As Folk'. Not sure if we'll get to see it in the US, but I guess it's a good time to start bugging your cable company to carry BBC America if they don't already."

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  1. See it in the US by QuackQuack · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't think we'll need to worry whether we will get to see it in the US, since the original series has a pretty well established following. Maybe BBC America will actually start showing something other than "Changing Rooms" or "Ground Forces" repeats, if not, there's always PBS, and SCI-FI

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  2. Reincarnations by OwnedByTwoCats · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Has it really been fourteen years since the last Dr. Who episode was made for television? Wow. I've missed the old timelord.

    I don't think I will ever be as excited as when Star Trek: The Next Generation came back on TV, but that was also, what, sixteen years ago? Time marches on. We get older, get real lives, more responsibilities. Sigh.

  3. Re:Also on BBC News by Elian · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If they're not bringing back one of the previous actors, maybe we'll get lucky and they'll get Rowan Atkinson...

  4. Cheap cheap cheap by ianscot · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Oh, God, I hope they don't go with smooth CGI effects. Five years ago Star Trek TNG was already much too glitzy for Dr. Who.

    What this show is is a quick, enjoyably-written little Sci Fi serial thing. Everything should be done low-budget. The casting always was -- when someone got too pricey the Dr. got a new incarnation, right?

    And costumes -- how could anyone ever get a cheap costume device that's as good as Tom Baker's scarf?

    Cheap and fun. Concentrate on adapting decent little Sci Fi short story ideas for scripts. This could be a Simpsons, if you get the right mix.

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