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Melissa Hollingsworth wrote:

> Verily, in article <xn0p7zfyo23jgeh001@post.eweka.nl>, did
> blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
> >
> > I would never stop others from enjoying the show. I'm sixty
> > in two weeks time, if Doctor Who in 2025+ ain't for me I can
> > live with that. I always hope for the best... but these
> > days, I expect the worst. But I always want to see "Doctor
> > Who" live on...
>
> I don't want to stop anyone either, but it sure looks like
> audiences are wandering off.

They are. As mentioned, I have seen this first hand.

There are too many alternatives now. In 1963 you watched BBC1
or listened to the radio... and the programmes were on at a set
time. Now, you can choose what you want to watch, at what time,
and on what service...

> I'd like the show to go on forever, too. Maybe it could end up
> like Saturday Night Live or The Simpsons, somehow renewed even
> when it stinks and nobody's watching, somehow recovering when
> some new people rotate in. I can dream, anyway.

I suppose every TV show has a natural life span... maybe forever
is a bit too optimistic.