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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Re: net.tv.bbc?
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 08:18:08 EST
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>["Doctor!"  "You were expecting someone else?"]
["I... I... I..."  "That's three I's in one breath, makes you sound a
rather egotistical young lady!"]
>> Any discussion of this should be in net.tv or net.sf-lovers, not here, since
>> it has absolutely nothing in common with Doctor Who (except having been filmed
>> on the same large island)
>
>Nothing in common except that the current Doctor is doctor NUMBER SIX.  :-)
>
>I haven't objected to seeing postings concerning "The Prisoner" on this
>newsgroup.  At least a few of us out there watch something other than the
>Doctor.  One of my friends first introduced me to the show, and I've read
>about it in Fantasy Empire -- a magazine devoted to British SF television.
>
>Will there be enough traffic to justify the creation of net.tv.prisoner?
>(Come now, let's not have subgroups for every television program that's
>ever been on.)  net.tv.bbc is okay, but still a bit too limited.  (It would
>exclude shows produced by ITV, Thames, and other independent companies.  This
>means that discussions about The Muppet Show, Benny Hill, and Worzel Gummidge
>wouldn't be discussed on net.tv.bbc!)

Nor could we discuss "The Prisoner," an ITV show.

>                                       How about net.tv.british so we can
>discuss all these shows?  Or how about net.tv.nonus so we can discuss other 
>countries' TV programs -- such as those that come from Canada and Japan?  
>(leaving net.tv for American prime time -- yuck!)

I'd recommend both, British TV has enough interest to support its
own group, but I have yet to see a posting on Canadian/other foreign TV.

>I hope the purists don't get restless if/when we start discussing "Blake's 
>7" here.  (At least it has connections with Doctor Who, as "Hitchhikers'
>Guide ..." did!)

Grumble grumble.  Maybe.

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