Canadian Viewers...So Is Doctor Who on Space Now?

[Admiral_Young]

With last weekend's airing of The Next Doctor and I assume that Space will be airing Torchwood: Children of Earth as well does this mean that starting with Planet of the Dead Space will be continuing to air Doctor Who and CBC is done? Or will CBC run Series Five next year and Space simply air the specials which would be fine by me, especially if they air them relatively close to the UK air date.

 

[Worf2DS9]

Other than the DW special & Torchwood, I'm not sure what SPACE's future plans are, but I certainly wouldn't be disappointed if they picked up the Doctor Who mantle from CBC, who have arguably mistreated the series with regards to scheduling & editing.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Yeah CBC has been horrible since they first aired series one...pre-empting and what not because of various sporting committments and other reasons. Does anyone know if they're still at Co-producer of the series? Or has that agreement been expired?

 

[The Wormhole]

One can only hop Space continues with Doctor Who. I found their presentation of The Next Doctor was handled a lot better than CBC ever did with Doctor Who.

 

[DanTheGrey]

CBC really lost the plot with Doctor Who after season 1. It's weird how they can hold onto crappy shows and promote them for years, but get something with an instant built-in fanbase and watch them implode.

 

[The Wormhole]

It's weird how they can hold onto crappy shows and promote them for years,

What was that about Little Mosque on the Prairie?

 

[Roberto]

Yeah, it would be great if the Doctor Who series made its way to Space.

 

[Marc]

Yeah, it would be great if the Doctor Who series made its way to Space.

But with all those eps of stargate-SG1 & Atlantis would they actually have a time slot for it?

 

[Admiral_Young]

They would find a way to give it air time...maybe Saturdays like The Next Doctor.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I was looking at the Tardis...or Doctor Who Wiki and it had a news blurb about Space aquiring the rights to show Doctor Who and airing The Planet of the Dead on June 20! So I guess the CBC era has finally ended.

 

[Worf2DS9]

SPACE and Doctor Who -- a combination that has taken far too long to become realized! Fantastic!

 

[Dragonfly]

It's about time! I've been waiting for this.

 

[The Wormhole]

I was looking at the Tardis...or Doctor Who Wiki and it had a news blurb about Space aquiring the rights to show Doctor Who and airing The Planet of the Dead on June 20! So I guess the CBC era has finally ended.

Kick ASS! Out of curiosity, you have a link? I don't doubt you, I just want to read the article for myself.

Now I just have to hold off on Planet of the Dead spoilers until June 20.

 

[Captain Fine]

I don't get Space. So I would have preferred it airing on CBC like it did back in Series 1.

Regardless though, I'm not waiting for the Canadian airing of a show I can find some way to watch.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I guess that means CBC are no longer co-producing the show then? I notice it just says BBC Wales at the end of the credits now.

 

[Worf2DS9]

^ Yeah, it was like that for all of Series 4. I kinda miss seeing the acknowlegement to CBC at the end. It was kinda neat to know that in some way Canada was helping to bring Doctor Who to viewers everywhere.