Dr. Who Is Now Officially The Most Successful Sci-Fi Show

[Skellington]

What about Red Dwarf, true it has had long periods of being out of production. But it is almost 25years old with the same cast. (more or less)

Personally, I recognise all eight series.

On the Doctor Who subject, it's clearly the same product appealing to a similar demographic. It is also to all appearances the same legal property. So I would say different series, same show.

 

[Saul]

LOL. Yeah, a hiatus in which the entire production was shut down indefinitely and everyone involved moved on to other things and never came back.

But some fans like to pretend that the show was never cancelled. If it helps them sleep at night, just let 'em have it.

Yeah, they cancelled it alright.... just not officially for fear of the wrath of the fans! It was quietly buried, and they had no intention of bringing it back.

A bit like Star Trek. But that was cancelled. I think most BBC shows aren't cancelled due to the possibility of them returning in some way.

I'm slowly burning through the classic series of DW. How long is the total running time of the franchise minus the lost episodes?

 

[Iamnotspock]

I'm slowly burning through the classic series of DW. How long is the total running time of the franchise minus the lost episodes?

I don't know about in hours, but currently 784 individual episodes have been aired, encompassing 224 stories. Most of these are 25-minute parts of larger serials, with only 1983's 20th Anniversary special The Five Doctors, 1985's Season 22, the TV movie and everything post-2005 being 45 minutes and longer. If anyone would care to do the math...?

 

[Skellington]

Basically you would need to stay awake for a week or so in order to watch the 1963 to 1989 run continuously.

 

[Iamnotspock]

Basically you would need to stay awake for a week or so in order to watch the 1963 to 1989 run continuously.

Longer than that. Several weeks, surely?

 

[Skellington]

^ My bad. I keep thinking of 25 minutes as a quarter of an hour. So yeah, closer to two weeks than one. I reckon somewhat more than 300 hours altogether.

 

[Redfern]

I love Gregor! And his intelligent, talking dancing bear sidekick is a scene stealer if ever there was one.

Nah I hate the bear, he's so obviously the mary sue for the show's head writer Ruri Tomar Davieski

Hey! Just because there's a little romantic and sexual tension between Gregor and the bear doesn't mean you can start trashing the bear or the brilliant series writer! You may not think there's room for romance in the rocket but some fans do and the show needs to have a wider audience appeal in this day and age.

Anyone here remember the short lived anime spin-off dating around 1993? Most core Gregor fans won't acknowledge as the asian adaptation opted to change the gender of the bear, making it female with some, ahem, "curves". Was a huge hit with furry fans who otherwise didn't care about the original live-action series' continuity. But finding decent resolution images of "Ursa" is next to impossible. There are no known surviving prints. The best we've got are some snapshots taken of TV screens and fifth generation videotapes so grainy and distorted, it could be the Loch Ness monster in those clips. Of course, there is the fan art, but many anthro' toonists have taken, uh, "liberties" with her design. Sorry, but a bear, evn a cartoon sexy bear should not look like a Grayhound with beachball sized boobs! Put some meat on that gal!

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[Mr Pointy Ears]

That is amazing,wonder how much longer it will be around for?.

 

[CaptainMatt]

What year was Dr. Who listed as the longest-running program in the world?

 

[Skellington]

1970, probably.

 

[CaptainMatt]

There is nothing quite so bright as the voice of gentle sarcasm.