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Re: [NEWS] RTD has no idea if Billie Piper is the next Doctor

#112378
From: doctor@doctor.nl
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2025 23:35
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In article <d6KdnTDugawm3PH1nZ2dnZfqnPQAAAAA@giganews.com>,
%  <pursent100@gmail.com> wrote:
>Your Name wrote:
>> On 2025-07-07 10:43:10 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>> 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...
>>
>> It also used to be free (except for a TV license), but now they stupily
>> expect people to pay hundreds of dollars a month to sign up to numerous
>> different streaming services to watch a couple of "exclusive" shows on
>> each one. It's a ridiculous idea that has already failed for quite a few
>> services as well as constant price increases.
>>
>>
>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> TV will be around for a long time, although the method of broadcast will
>> likely change over to internet-only eventually. That in itself is rather
>> silly, since during an emergency the internet can easily go down,
>> whereas a signal broadcast from further out will still work. (The same
>> happens with stupid home phone via the internet - if the internet goes
>> down, you can't call the help desk because your phone has gone with it!)
>>
>>
>>
>my phone works if the net goes down

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