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Dr. Who on Sci-Fi Channel in March

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everyone-fake-your-accent-to-celebrate dept.

Karl J. Smith writes "Dr. Who will be airing on the Sci-Fi Channel in March The DVD release has been moved from February 14th to July 4th (although it's still Feb 14th in Canada). Be sure to check out the hilarous announcement from the BBC."

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  1. Forget Doctor Who, I want Torchwood by Em+Ellel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Doctor Who universe for adults with Captain Jack.... can't wait....

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  2. Good news by metamatic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Best SF series I've seen on TV in years.

    Now, will the Sci Fi channel show it properly, or will they chop the sides off to squeeze it onto a 4:3 screen? Perhaps it's time to write to them now, begging...

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  3. Re:What about the old stuff? by crow · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There are a bunch of missing episodes, but they have still photos and the audio tracks to all of them, so you can find reconstructions where they put up photos along with the sound tracks, using subtitles to explain actions that are missing when necessary. It's not the same as watching a real episode, but you can follow the story.

  4. Re:What about the old stuff? by jnaujok · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There's a lot of missing episodes from the Hartnell and Troughton era, although there are "reconstructions" with stills from most the lost episodes and the original soundtrack. There's actually about 3-4 full seasons that are mostly lost, so the actual total is about 22+ seasons of the old version.

    Plus one movie (Doctor Who 1996 with McCoy and Paul McGann)

    Plus one special (2-parts -- "Dimensions in Time")

    Plus one hillarious spoof (Curse of the Fatal Death)

    Plus one spin-off (K9 and Company)

    And if you bit-torrent it all (in divx), it fits (just barely) on one 250GB drive.

    Not that I'd know or anything.

    And if you send me 50 DVD's, I *won't* make a copy for you.

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  5. iTunes Download? by r_benchley · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's very cool that the BBC struck a deal to get Docto Who shown here in the States, but has anyone discussed the possibility of offering episodes as downloads from the iTunes Music Store? The SciFi Channel has made Battlestar Galactica available, and this could be a great way to help boost viewership. Granted, it's a different situation from Battlestar Galactica and all of the other shows offered for download, as Doctor Who is owned by the BBC, not the SciFi channel. Still, it would be cool if they could reach an agreement to make it available for legal download.

  6. Re:I like the new Daleks by moggie_xev · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Dalek was the episode that should how good the show was going to be.

    The empty child was scary ( I can say that as a 36 year old :)

  7. Re:I like the new Daleks by Yonder+Way · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Wait till you see that baby in action. Then laugh. In drama, really, the prop doesn't matter, it's how it's used that counts. But when you see how that thing is used, you'll agree it's a very effective bit of design.

    Yeah, the toilet plunger was used in the 2005 season. It was pretty cool to finally see it getting put to use.

    I don't care about all the crap (no pun intended) people give the toilet plunger on the pepper pots. The same people would complain even more if it were ever changed to something more practical and sci-fi looking. The Daleks are fine just the way they are. Shame we lost one of the best Doctors ever, though, at the end of the '05 season.

  8. Re:Humour and Sci-Fi by squidfood · · Score: 2, Interesting
    There's humor in Dr. Who?

    Not exactly. It's something British, and it's called wit.