• katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    12 days ago

    the only thing i hate about this is there’s no chance for jonathan groff/rogue to come back :(

    but anyway FUCK disney and fuck any attempts to americanise doctor who

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      12 days ago

      I mean. If it’s Disney that gets the rights, as implied by the title, it’s uh… not going to get better.

      If it’s the BBC that retains rights, then … well, better than Disney, but that’s a low bar!

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        12 days ago

        I mean. If it’s Disney that gets the rights, as implied by the title

        Not sure how you’re getting that from the title, but reading the article clarifies that’s not the case at all. Also, not sure who you expect to be producing Dr. Who other than the BBC after 60+ years of doing so.

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        12 days ago

        nah, disney are fucking off. Their chief complaint seems to be that locking down viewing of doctor who didn’t give them the membership boost they wanted.

        that’s because fuck disney we all pirated it

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          I was pirating it before it was cool. I also bought the first 9 seasons of the 2005 show. IDK why Disney decided to start their seasons from 1. There wasn’t a decade+ gap in seasons.

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    12 days ago

    If they don’t have a mouse-themed villain in the next series, I’ll be disappointed.

    (I realise there are currently no plans for a next series, but I have faith.)

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    11 days ago

    At this point, I wish BBC was willing to open up its iPlayer service to international, non-UK taxpayers who are willing to pay a monthly fee to use the service. Then they wouldn’t need to find a new network and would make more money.

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      They did. It ran in several countries but it failed when it tried to enter the US market because the BBC’s US customers such as ABC and AMC threatened to stop buying their shows if they opened a rival.

      Then years later the BBC bought out ITV’s stake in BritBox outside the UK.

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    12 days ago

    Wow, I thought they were going to wait until they saw how War did before announcing anything… someone must have had a sneak peek or something…

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    12 days ago

    Glad that lingering question was answered sooner rather than later. Hopefully this means a quicker turnaround for the next season now, though I figure it’ll still take some time.