Series 6 kept back to Autumn 2011?

[Sci]

could the TV unions and unions in general in the UK be responsible for the increase in severe obesity problems??

Unlikely. Unions in the United States are a joke compared to unions in the United Kingdom, yet obesity is a problem here, too. I'd bet good money that the increase in obesity problems has more to do with a combination of an unhealthy industrial diet and a generally more sedentary lifestyle.

what is funny is it is no wonder why they go broke and have no money for budgeting the shows.. they pay the workers 30K a year in wages, and a retirement and benefits of 150K a Year..what a screwed up system indeed.. if they just pulled their welfare state asses a bit and actually worked on a Western Day schedule, we might get some top notch Whovian Shows that dwarf what we have ever seen..

Personally, I think Doctor Who does it right. If more shows went the 13-episode-season route, I think we'd see much higher quality programming. That's why shows on American premium channels like HBO, that tend to imitate the British model of 13-episodes-a-season, tend to be much better than network shows that try to fill a 22-episode slot.

Besides, art is the support mechanism for life, not the other way around. I have no problem with getting fewer episodes a season if, A) they're high-quality, and B) it allows the production crew to actually live their lives instead of being run into the ground in a state of utter exhaustion like in the U.S. I mean, have you seen how unhealthy and exhausted the actors on a U.S. show typically look by season's end? They're all being worked into an early grave.

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Oooooh. This isn't about real criticism of unions and the U.K. production schedule, this is just about you wanting to blame unions and welfare for everything, okay. Gotcha.

Hey, I stubbed my toe today. Goddamn welfare state!

 

[Timby]

The next person to continue the derail about socialism / communism / fascism / politics is getting an infraction.

 

[starsuperion]

could the TV unions and unions in general in the UK be responsible for the increase in severe obesity problems??

Unlikely. Unions in the United States are a joke compared to unions in the United Kingdom, yet obesity is a problem here, too. I'd bet good money that the increase in obesity problems has more to do with a combination of an unhealthy industrial diet and a generally more sedentary lifestyle.

what is funny is it is no wonder why they go broke and have no money for budgeting the shows.. they pay the workers 30K a year in wages, and a retirement and benefits of 150K a Year..what a screwed up system indeed.. if they just pulled their welfare state asses a bit and actually worked on a Western Day schedule, we might get some top notch Whovian Shows that dwarf what we have ever seen..

Personally, I think Doctor Who does it right. If more shows went the 13-episode-season route, I think we'd see much higher quality programming. That's why shows on American premium channels like HBO, that tend to imitate the British model of 13-episodes-a-season, tend to be much better than network shows that try to fill a 22-episode slot.

Besides, art is the support mechanism for life, not the other way around. I have no problem with getting fewer episodes a season if, A) they're high-quality, and B) it allows the production crew to actually live their lives instead of being run into the ground in a state of utter exhaustion like in the U.S. I mean, have you seen how unhealthy and exhausted the actors on a U.S. show typically look by season's end? They're all being worked into an early grave.

*reads through rest of thread*

Oooooh. This isn't about real criticism of unions and the U.K. production schedule, this is just about you wanting to blame unions and welfare for everything, okay. Gotcha.

Hey, I stubbed my toe today. Goddamn welfare state!

No, you are right SCI.. thanks for the digital slapping.. I got off on a bit of a passionate tangent..

I guess there is something to be said for the 13 episode as apposed to the 22..
I will say that I think everything since season 4 on is top notch as far as production values..I mean the sets and the shots for the 2 parter of the time of Angels was really truly fantastic! I am amazed at how much the series has developed and how the sets, the shots, and the sheer story content has really improved since the days of the Sleveen in the 1st season..

I wish that at some point the BBC would go back and remaster the 1st series and fix the Sleveen and maybe do some cgi rework to make them seem more real..and not a man in a suit..but I digress..

I mean look at how magnificent the sets and costumes were for the Big Bang, the pandorica, and that cyberman head with the skull was totally unexpected. So maybe I am a wrong, maybe I should cut the BBC a little slack and their unions.. but I still think that they would run better if not under a collective union contract..

I think HBO has it right, and they do a great programme especially their newest series True Blood, an the Sopranos..

 

[Bones2]

Aw I thought I'd finally found somewhere to talk about Paris Hilton...

I'm sure they'll let you talk bollocks about her in there too.

didn't she just get arrested again? and for cocaine?

while we are on the subject of that..

were any of the who universe similarly bad??

I mean besides Ms. Joe Grant and her naughty pics with a Dalek ??

There's plenty of rumours about plenty of Who people down the years. Some more plausible than others. It's confirmed fact that Tom Baker was a nasty old drunk who was pretty unpleasant to Matthew Waterhouse, for example.

As for anyone else, I'm not sure what forum policy is on repeating rumours about people. Some are more well known than others too.

 

[Cutter John]

As always, I'll believe it when I hear it directly from the BBC.

this is from the BBC.

LOL

Well, apart from being kinda stupid, I guess my only excuse is after reading so many fake DW rumors over the years, I've gotten to the point where I don't believe any news story unless it turns up on bbc.com.

 

[wamdue]

As always, I'll believe it when I hear it directly from the BBC.

this is from the BBC.

LOL

Well, apart from being kinda stupid, I guess my only excuse is after reading so many fake DW rumors over the years, I've gotten to the point where I don't believe any news story unless it turns up on bbc.com.

I do know what you mean, there is alot of rubbish in the press about Doctor Who, but generally the offical news, has a way of ringing true, whatever paper its printed in