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From: iwm@icdoc.ac.uk (Ian Moor)
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Subject: Re: Whoites or Trekies?
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Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 11:47:54 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 12 11:47:54 1985
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In article <459@topaz.ARPA> @RUTGERS.ARPA:milne@uci-icse writes:

>    I think you mean simply that "Dr. Who" is English.  I think it's actually
>    made by one of ITV's (Independent TeleVision) divisions, Lionheart.  ITV
>    is Britain's commercial network , though not nearly so commercial as the
>    North American ones.

NO NO !!
Dr. Who is made by the BBC which is definitely not commercial. There
are certainly are commercial spinoffs - any number of paperbacks, comics,
toys and videos (I doubt if there are any in NTSC format though).
You can tell its not commercial because there are no climaxes to hold
you over the break.. We get Startrek without any adverts and its easy to
tell when they should come, suddenly you realize Kirk is trapped, fade ...

>    Greater popularity in England?  I would expect so, but I don't know.  
Yes - most people I know watch regularly, there are cons regularly, and
both pro and fanzines.



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