Any Doctor Who Fans? **UK AIR-DATE SPOILERS ABOUND** — Page 27

I read the Hollywood Reporter story. The fact that Davies and Gardner are involved keeps me from saying outright it's a bad idea. I'm not crazy about Fox's involvment though -- weren't they behind the Doctor Who tv film that didn't do well? But they need to keep Capt. Jack.

I don't like the sound of it, either. I really think they should just air the original show on that channel (Fox, I guess). I never understood why shows from different countries have to be remade when brought to new ones (The Office is another example, though I haven't seen the British version). If it's so good it should do well wherever they put it.

And I like Captain Jack, but I'm not a big fan of Torchwood. Though "Children of Earth" was really good.

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Agreed. I also find it a good point that Torchwood is a Doctor Who spin-off and people don't know what Doctor Who is. Not that it would be a detriment to the show--I saw Torchwood: Children of Earth before I saw Doctor Who and it didn't confuse me, except for when Gwen started talking about the Doctor. But then again, people would want to know where Torchwood came from, and why Jack is immortal and all that...

If they really want to bring BBC stuff like Torchwood and Doctor Who to the U.S., they should just air the British versions. Clearly they've been successful in their home country. And I'm sure people in the U.S. won't mind the Britishness of everything. I know quite a few people who would like that.

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FOX kills a lot of sci-fi because it tries a lot of sci-fi. The fact is, 90% of aired pilots of all genres fail, and all networks engage in scheduling stupidity. If anything, FOX seems like the perfect network for Torchwood's YAYS SEX AND VIOLENCE attitude.

And Torchwood itself is an easy fit on a U.S. TV schedule, probably because it was trying so hard to be American in the first place. This isn't one of those cases where the show has some kind of ineffable Britishness that's sure to be ruined in the cross-Atlantic translation. A secret group fighting alien invasions? Call it a cross between 24 and The X-Files and it seems downright natural.

Sorry, I'm just not buying the cries that Torchwood is the sort of delicate BBC hothouse flower that's sure to be ruined by U.S. network TV. If FOX inserts an actual good showrunner in there it can do just fine.


ETA- As to the charges that Jack's bisexuality wouldn't be allowed to roam free on U.S. TV? That's...probably true, sadly.

Updated On: 1/20/10 at 01:48 PM

The British National Television Awards were tonight -- one guess who won for best Drama performance :

NTA Best Drama Performance Award

Updated On: 1/20/10 at 07:46 PM

This is great! I'm so happy for Tennant and I loved that Cribbins got some of the spot light. And David's speech got me quite excited for Matt Smith's run. But it's good to see that he's ending the show on a great note.

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Yeah, those girls were a bit annoying.. honestly, if you like him that much, show him some respect and LISTEN to what he's saying! LOVED that he turned the mike over to Bernard Cribbins for the Best Drama award.

Edited to add I read a "report" on the message board attached to David's website; one of the posters there was in attendence with a few friends, and she mentioned that the 'we love you David" screams were them. The poster is 33 years old... *rolleyes*

Updated On: 1/21/10 at 06:59 AM

I was actually thinking that he should when I saw the episode. (The thought was along the lines of, "Wouldn't it be funny if that actually happened?") That would be quite interesting, if the Olympics Committee actually decided to do that.

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HAHA. I love when Russell says, "eat that Supernatural. Eat me, Supernatural." Love it! Supernatural is my second favorite show

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Wow. The TARDIS on a castle. I think sometimes they must get a thrill over in the U.K. by placing the TARDIS in random locations. I know they did a funny prank with a TARDIS on the Graham Norton Show.

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Classic Who marathon on PBS now

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Nothing here as well. Which is a shame, because I'd have liked to have seen them. I haven't seen any classic Doctor Who. I also find it odd that they don't really air any 9th Doctor episodes.

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