I mentioned this in another thread and it bears repeating: I really feel sorry for Doctor Who fans in the UK who have to put up with the apparently random scheduling of the show.
The latest? It's been announced that Vampires of Venice will air at 6 PM, the earliest start time for the series since it returned in 2005, and virtually an afternoon time slot. The culprit -- that damn Over the Rainbow series that frakked up last week's episode. Apparently they don't want to be scheduled against Britain's Got Talent so they pulled a Jay Leno on Doctor Who.
http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/04/week-6-schedule-update.html
Here in Canada (and the US) our broadcasters set a time for the series and they're sticking with it -- only the end times may vary because of the length of the episodes aren't all 45 minutes.
Does anyone at the BBC have a clue how to handle Doctor Who anymore, or are things so reality-happy over there that no one cares? Honestly, I love Doctor Who to bits and I believe it deserves every accolade it gets. But the cynic in me does sometimes wonder if it's so popular because it seems to be one of only 3 shows on British TV that isn't a reality show or Corry/Eastenders.
In answer to the inevitable "You're in Canada, why should you care?" response to me, well, caring, is because I want to see this series last to see Season 7, and 8, and frankly pushing the show to ever-earlier timeslots, and shifting it from week to week, can only serve to harm the ratings for the thing, because frankly by this point if I were in the UK I would either have given up on watching it on broadcast and would have turned to either iPlayer or other methods, or I might have done what I've already done with several shows on US TV and decided to wait till the DVD/Blu-Ray comes out. If they keep bouncing the show around, they're gonna kill it. That's why I care.
Alex
The latest? It's been announced that Vampires of Venice will air at 6 PM, the earliest start time for the series since it returned in 2005, and virtually an afternoon time slot. The culprit -- that damn Over the Rainbow series that frakked up last week's episode. Apparently they don't want to be scheduled against Britain's Got Talent so they pulled a Jay Leno on Doctor Who.
http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/04/week-6-schedule-update.html
Here in Canada (and the US) our broadcasters set a time for the series and they're sticking with it -- only the end times may vary because of the length of the episodes aren't all 45 minutes.
Does anyone at the BBC have a clue how to handle Doctor Who anymore, or are things so reality-happy over there that no one cares? Honestly, I love Doctor Who to bits and I believe it deserves every accolade it gets. But the cynic in me does sometimes wonder if it's so popular because it seems to be one of only 3 shows on British TV that isn't a reality show or Corry/Eastenders.
In answer to the inevitable "You're in Canada, why should you care?" response to me, well, caring, is because I want to see this series last to see Season 7, and 8, and frankly pushing the show to ever-earlier timeslots, and shifting it from week to week, can only serve to harm the ratings for the thing, because frankly by this point if I were in the UK I would either have given up on watching it on broadcast and would have turned to either iPlayer or other methods, or I might have done what I've already done with several shows on US TV and decided to wait till the DVD/Blu-Ray comes out. If they keep bouncing the show around, they're gonna kill it. That's why I care.
Alex