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Does anyone know when the new Doctor Who series currently playing in the UK (and Canada) will come to the US?
Doctor Who in the US?
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I checked the BBC America website last week and it was not listed there at all. I'm hoping we will get it fairly soon. A friend sent me a DVD of the first episode and I enjoyed it.
I'd like to see the new Doctor Who too.
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I take it the BBC has the episodes available somewhere? That'll do for now, although I'd prefer not having to go through this route to watch the show.edc said:
I stopped using bittorrent when it got too much press time...
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No, but bittorrent, IRC, Newsgroups, may be of some help to you. Nine episodes of Dr. Who have aired so far and the series pretty gosh darn good. I've enjoyed every episode.pwsteele said:
I watched the early episodes on a local PBS tv station back in the 80's and have been a fan since.
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There's a Yahoo Group called "thisweekindoctorwho" where the guy sends out weekly updates on where the new series has been picked up. He also sends out email alerts when a new country picks it up.
The current list of countries where someone has bought the rights to show it (regardless of whether they have started showing it or not):
UK (obviously)
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Netherlands
Italy
Finland
South Korea
and some UK-based airline called Thomsonfly Airlines is showing the first episode on their in-flight entertainment this month.
No word on the US purchase. I thought I read some time back that both Sci-Fi and BBC America were interested. PBS may be interested but it would be on a station-by-station basis, and based on the economics of my local PBS station (KTEH-54 in San Jose, which used to have a fantastic Sunday night scifi lineup, but I was there for a pledge drive last year and they had a skeleton staff and were cutting back on essentials like cleaning) I can't imagine they will pick it up, so I'm hoping for one of the national cable networks.
The current list of countries where someone has bought the rights to show it (regardless of whether they have started showing it or not):
UK (obviously)
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Netherlands
Italy
Finland
South Korea
and some UK-based airline called Thomsonfly Airlines is showing the first episode on their in-flight entertainment this month.
No word on the US purchase. I thought I read some time back that both Sci-Fi and BBC America were interested. PBS may be interested but it would be on a station-by-station basis, and based on the economics of my local PBS station (KTEH-54 in San Jose, which used to have a fantastic Sunday night scifi lineup, but I was there for a pledge drive last year and they had a skeleton staff and were cutting back on essentials like cleaning) I can't imagine they will pick it up, so I'm hoping for one of the national cable networks.
I accidentally stumbled on the first episode on Canadian TV a few days ago. It's running on CBC there. I came in about half way through the episode. If someone has seen the first episode I'd like to be clued in on what exactly was with the disappearing and reappearing yellow car driving around the block.
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Apparently, nobody who's interested can afford what the BBC is asking, and nobody who can afford it is interested.
The PAL discs can be ordered from amazon.co.uk. The first disc (with the first three episodes) is out now, the second disc will be out mid-June. No announcement of the remainder of the discs.pwsteele said:
A box set with all the episodes and extras is due out in November.
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This Doctor is quite different than the others. He's extremely cynical and doesn't really trust anyone, not even Rose. (Tho that is changing)Sherminator said:
The Doctor seems to be feeling VERY guilty about being the last Timelord, as we've watched him deal with his grief all season, knowing that he has the ability to change what happens, but is bound by the laws of time travel not to. I think that was actually one of the primary reasons they did a story like Father's Day.
It was announced last week that Rose will be leaving the show durring the second series to pursue other acting oppurtunities (something that worked out well for David Caruso
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It was also strongly implied that the actress (actually a singer, but she's quite good in the role) hadn't realized what she was getting herself into, and wasn't up to the grind of a weekly show...Langree said:It was announced last week that Rose will be leaving the show durring the second series to pursue other acting oppurtunities (something that worked out well for David Caruso
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