Things required to get the new DW into canon?

[Chancellor Valium]

Originally Posted by PointyHairedJedi

Dyed-in-the-wool. Gosh, that irritates me in the most irrational fashion. Not as badly as "click" or "peeked" though. :twisted:

You make an interesting point with regard to time, Scooter. It's the first Who for approching two decades, and still of course very fresh in everyone's minds. Among the fans at least that sort of situation naturally lends it self to polarisation - it will be extremely interesting to see what the die-hard fans and die-hard detractors alike think in a decade's time (when hopefully season 10/37 will be on the air ) when they've had time to reflect a little.

It'll reach season 3 and then be dropped.

[whoiam]

Whilst you say it'll be dropped after the third season, the first season of Dr Who managed best-of-day ratings for every time an episode was first shown in the UK. It takes either majorly spiralling production costs - or massive audience declines - for a show to go from that to cancelled in another 2 seasons.

Quite simply, I do not think it will decline that quickly.

As with the 'old' Dr Who, I suspect that the production crew will begin changing every few years as well - I cannot imagine RTD keeping at it forever, nor can I imagine him being allowed to keep the job if he cannot continue to deliver good ratings.

The BBC invested a lot of money in this, and so will not be willing to let it die off so soon. If the staff begin to underperform, ratings-wise, then they will be replaced. The same counts towards the actors, of course - underperform, and be written out.

[Scooter]

Originally Posted by PointyHairedJedi

Dyed-in-the-wool. Gosh, that irritates me in the most irrational fashion. Not as badly as "click" or "peeked" though. :twisted:

Wow, I did that on a thesis once too. My prof burst a gasket. I guess that error is just d----I mean, completely ingrained.

Originally Posted by PointyHairedJedi

You make an interesting point with regard to time, Scooter. It's the first Who for approching two decades, and still of course very fresh in everyone's minds. Among the fans at least that sort of situation naturally lends it self to polarisation - it will be extremely interesting to see what the die-hard fans and die-hard detractors alike think in a decade's time (when hopefully season 10/37 will be on the air ) when they've had time to reflect a little.

Right. And there was so much expectation leadiong up to it that people were preconditioned to hate it before it ever aired, so all the goofiness -- which is actually very Who -- just confirmed their preconceptions. But at the same time, even without the 15-year lacuna, this I-hate-this-Doctor stuff seems very mid-80s to me, and the 80s Doctors have undergone a considerable rehabilitation (thanks in large part to Big Finish *hats off*).

[Scooter]

Originally Posted by whoiam

Quite simply, I do not think it will decline that quickly.

Even if it is canceled, I think this process shows that that cancellation will be temporary, and that Doctor Who will recur the next time BBC needs a flashy new series. (Of course, then there's the question of the feature film supposedly being planned....)

[PointyHairedJedi]

Originally Posted by Scooter

(thanks in large part to Big Finish *hats off*).

I can definitely agree with that. I'd love to buy some of the audios, but dammit, there are just so very many novels I haven't bought yet!