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From: jca@abnji.UUCP (james armstrong)
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Subject: Re: Whoites vs Trekies
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Date: Fri, 1-Feb-85 12:35:58 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  1 12:35:58 1985
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>I went to the Dr. Who Convention in Philadelphia last year 
>around this time, and Tom Baker said that while Dr. Who has a
>fairly large following in the U.S., there aren't really any
>"whoites" in England - the show evidently isn't really all that 
>big there.

Tom Baker must have forgotten the 100,000 people who went to Longleats,
in Wiltshire, for the 20th Anniversary celebration, Easter, 1983.  Or
the fact that it is consistently one of Britains most watched shows.
(7,000,000 + per episode)

The fans are of different types, perhaps this was what TB was refering to.
I don't know, last year around this time I was watching Frontion on BBC-1!

re: Dr. Who vs Star Trek

The biggest thing going for Dr. Who is that it is new.  Every year 26 (usually)
new episodes are released.  There will be over 650 at the end of the present
season.  I used to watch Star Trek, but after 10 times, it does get a bit
boring!  (The movies have all been below my expectations)

If you get a chance, watch Dr Who!  At first, it may make no sense, you may
be caught with a bad story ("Power of Kroll!"), but give it a chance and it
will grow on you.  Admittedly, it doesn't have the special effects that 
US Sci-Fi TV shows have, but it puts something else in instead: A plot.