Children of Need 2010 to Show Christmas Special Sneak Peak

[Admiral_Young]

It seems this is becoming a tradition, I wish we would have new micro episodes but oh well, budget reasons I guess. This year's CIN will show a sneak peak of the Christmas Special!

http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/10/children-in-need-2010-christmas-preview.html

 

[Cutter John]

It seems this is becoming a tradition, I wish we would have new micro episodes but oh well, budget reasons I guess. This year's CIN will show a sneak peak of the Christmas Special!

http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/10/children-in-need-2010-christmas-preview.html

I think I preferred the older tradition of doing a few minutes long adventure in the Tardis. But I'll take it anyway.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

It seems this is becoming a tradition, I wish we would have new micro episodes but oh well, budget reasons I guess. This year's CIN will show a sneak peak of the Christmas Special!

http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/10/children-in-need-2010-christmas-preview.html

I think I preferred the older tradition of doing a few minutes long adventure in the Tardis. But I'll take it anyway.

Same here. I'm not expecting another "Time Crash," but just a few minutes of fun would be nice.

 

[Starkers]

It would be better than, in effect, a trailer!

 

[23skidoo]

Same here. I'm not expecting another "Time Crash," but just a few minutes of fun would be nice.

Well, it could be said we've actually had several of these already this year: the skit at the Proms, the mini-scenes that are included on the Season 5 DVD set, plus the whole Doctor Who Live thing which also has footage of the Doctor. Methinks the budget probably went into all of those rather than a mini-episode for CiN. Also, Moffat and Smith seem to have a bit more of a comic bent to them, so my money would actually be on seeing a mini-episode for Comic Relief first (as was done with Sarah Jane last year).

Alex

 

[Admiral_Young]

I don't know how seeing a clip from something that we're going to be watching anyway is better than a trailer but oh well.

 

[The]

TRANSLATION:
"We don't want to spend any extra money, so all you get is a brief clip of an episode airing a month later. Suck it." - BBC

 

[VDCNI]

TRANSLATION:
"We don't want to spend any extra money, so all you get is a brief clip of an episode airing a month later. Suck it." - BBC

Given they've just been forced by the British government to take on a lot of extra funding responsibilities it's no surprise they can't afford more than that.

 

[The]

Oh yeah, I'm not disagreeing there. I'm just pointing out the reality of why that's all we get.

Understand, I survived The Dark Years (1989-2004), so ANY new Who is good Who. They've treated the show so very well since its return, I certainly cannot break out any Michael-Grade-level anger towards them. If the show's F/X budget decreases more and more, so be it. Doctor Who has survived worse. At least it's still on the air...

 

[VDCNI]

Fair enough - I'm clearly still annoyed with the BBC getting screwed over!

 

[DimesDan]

Whats Children of Need?

Anyway, on last years one, all I watched was the End of Time clip.

 

[Samurai8472]

It's Christmas 2008 "The Next Doctor" all over again. It's good to finally get back into the groove of things.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

TRANSLATION:
"We don't want to spend any extra money, so all you get is a brief clip of an episode airing a month later. Suck it." - BBC

Given they've just been forced by the British government to take on a lot of extra funding responsibilities it's no surprise they can't afford more than that.

You'd think since it's for CiN, the actors & crew would do it gratis. And it's only maybe 5 minutes worth of work plus editing and whatnot.

 

[Starkers]

Yeah I doubt something like Time Crash was that expensive anyway. You'd think filming something as part of the Christmas special would be possible, a couple of extra scenes here or there.

They obviously had no problem filming specific scenes for Dr Who: Live, but I guess that generates revenue.

To be honest I'd rather have a decent trailer which gives you a feel for the story, than an out of context scene.

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ My thoughts exactly, have Matt and Amy present it or Arthur and the Moff. I think the only way that we will get a "Time Crash" or micro episode again is if it is pertinent to the following series or is a special thing like "Time Crash" was.

 

[The]

Well, to be fair, I imagine after all the pre-media blitz before Tennant left, Matt still had to film the regeneration scene, Season Five, the Proms, Doctor Who Live, and SJA. He probably just needs a vacation is all...

 

[Cutter John]

You'd think since it's for CiN, the actors & crew would do it gratis. And it's only maybe 5 minutes worth of work plus editing and whatnot.

I'm sure theres some moronic union rule that prevents the crew from doing anythign for free.

So yeah, while I'm a bit dissapointed, I'd rather see them put that time and effort into the actual show.