Doctor Who : should BBC America produce Doctor Who?

Since Doctor Who returned back in 2005 it has been produced by BBC Wales.
Being close to England the show retained it's Britishness by employing British writers, actors directors etc.

For the last few years BBC America has been making some fantastic shows like Orphan Black and more recently Dirk Gently.

Incoming show runner Chris Chibnall has hints that he would like to English implement an American writers room approach when he takes over.

Having the show produced by in America could give the show more scope and newer and fresher locations.

On a personal level, I love orphan black and feel that Dirk Gently was Doctor Who done right.

What do ye all think(

No, Nuff Sad!

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First of all, BBC America does co-productions as in funding, they don't have their own large production facities. They broadcast BBC's own and licence others for use. Orphan Black is made by Canadian Temple Street and then aired on financier channels BBCA and Space. Dirk Gently is being produced in Canada as well with Netflix. So maybe BBC Canada should do something. Or not.

Point is, they are not a source for in-house original programming, but a subsidiary broadcaster. The BBC Corporation would never give major in-house productions to these ones without facilities, whether it be BBC Kalkutta, BBC Moscow, BBC Mars or BBC Andromeda 117-Beta-Gamma.





Suprise! Nothing to see here

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Being close to England the show retained it's Britishness by employing British writers, actors directors etc.

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You realise Wales is in Britain, as well?

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I love orphan black and feel that Dirk Gently was Doctor Who done right.

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I guess I'd have quit watching Doctor Who half way through one episode if it was done right :-).

No. Doctor Who is British - hands off!

To you, Baldrick, the Renaissance was just something that happened to other people, wasn't it?

Except for that time when it was made by Americans after the Brits had given up on it.

ant-mac

That never happened
Ever



1 mark deducted for not being Curse of Fenric. Insert 'The' into previous if you are Ant-Mac

Of course not, it must have been a figment of our collective imagination.

ant-mac

Kudos to Paul McGann - making such an impression in a mere opinion 10 minutes of screen time.

1 mark deducted for not being Curse of Fenric. Insert 'The' into previous if you are Ant-Mac

Are you referring to the episode starring a Brit, directed by a Brit, written and produced by Brits which was filmed in Canada and co produced/financed by the BBC?

Yes, the American, British and Canadian television film that continued the science fiction television series DOCTOR WHO. The one that was developed as a co-production between BBC Worldwide, the American TV network Fox, the American film studio, Universal Studios and another American film studio, 20th Century Fox.

ant-mac

The one that was so bloody awful, that it failed miserably in its aim of launching the show again.

Yes, the one that introduced some new ideas that are now a part of the ongoing DOCTOR WHO TV series.

ant-mac

The Star Wars prequel trilogy is cannon. Doesn't make it any good. Nothing of any importance was learned from that aberration , apart from not what to do. I can't remember who played The Master or what he looked like(Was it even The Master?), who was his compainion, and what she looked like (She was American, if I remember rightly), or what the story was. The second time I watched it? Couldn't even finish it. It's all opinion, but it really does appear that history agrees with me

"The Star Wars prequel trilogy is cannon."

If you say so

"Doesn't make it any good."

It doesn't make necessarily make any of those films any good. I expect it's down to personal taste.

"Nothing of any importance was learned from that aberration , apart from not what to do."

Why should I care? I'm a DOCTOR WHO fan.

"I can't remember who played The Master or what he looked like(Was it even The Master?),"

Eric Roberts played the Master.

"who was his compainion, and what she looked like (She was American, if I remember rightly),"

Daphne Ashbrook played Doctor Grace Holloway.

"or what the story was."

The plot was as follows

"Following the Master's trial and execution at the hands of the Daleks, the Doctor, currently in his seventh incarnation, is transporting the Master's remains to Gallifrey via his TARDIS. En route, the box with the remains breaks open and an ooze leaks out, infecting the TARDIS. The Doctor is forced to make an emergency materialisation in San Francisco's Chinatown on 30 December 1999.

"As he exits and locks the TARDIS, the Doctor is shot by a gang chasing down Chang Lee, a young Chinese-American man. Lee calls for an ambulance and escorts the unconscious Doctor to a hospital, unaware the ooze from the TARDIS has gotten aboard. At the hospital, cardiologist Dr Grace Holloway attempts surgery to remove the bullet but is confused by his strange double-heart anatomy, and accidentally lodges a cardiac probe in the Doctor's body, apparently killing him. The Doctor's body is taken to the morgue, while Lee is given the Doctor's possessions including the TARDIS key. Meanwhile, the ooze takes over the body of the ambulance driver, Bruce, transforming him into a new body for the Master.

"Later, the Doctor's body regenerates, and the new Doctor, suffering amnesia, gathers clothes from remnants of a recent party. He recognises Holloway, who has resigned from the hospital after the failed operation, and follows her to her car, proving to her he is the same man by pulling out the cardiac probe. Holloway takes him home to recover. Lee returns to the TARDIS where the Master arrives and puts him under his mind control by claiming the Doctor had stolen his body. The Master convinces Lee to open the TARDIS and then to open the Eye of Harmony within it, which requires a human retinal scan. When the Eye opens, the Doctor is flooded with memories and realises the Master is searching for him, and tries to block the scan. He warns Holloway that while the Eye is opened, the fabric of reality will weaken, and potentially destroy the Earth by midnight on New Year's Eve if they cannot close it. However, he needs an atomic clock to do so, and Holloway finds one on display at the San Francisco Institute of Technological Advancement and Research.

"Outside, they find the ambulance with the Master and Lee waiting for them, offering them a ride. The Doctor does not immediately recognise the Master, but discovers his true identity en route, and he and Holloway escape, but not before the Master can spit an ooze-like substance on Holloway's wrist. The two continue to the Institute and obtain the clock, returning to the TARDIS. The Doctor installs the clock and successfully closes the Eye, but finds the damage to reality too great and that he must revert time before the Eye was opened to prevent the destruction of Earth. As he connects the proper TARDIS circuits to do this, the Master remotely takes control of Holloway's body, causing her eyes to become inhuman, and she strikes the Doctor unconscious.

"The Doctor wakes to find himself chained above the Eye, the Master poised to take his remaining regenerations while Lee and Holloway watch. The Doctor is able to break the Master's control on Lee, and Lee refuses to open the Eye for the Master. The Master kills him, and then releases his control on Holloway to return her eyes to normal. He forces her to open the Eye and then begins drawing the Doctor's lifeforce. Holloway, under her own control, is able to complete the final circuits to put the TARDIS into a time-holding pattern, preventing Earth's destruction, and then goes to free the Doctor. The Master kills her, but this has given enough time for the Doctor to free himself and attack the Master. The Doctor gains the upper hand and pushes the Master into the Eye. The Eye closes and time reverts a few minutes, undoing Lee and Holloway's deaths.

"With no further risk to Earth, the Doctor prepares to leave. Lee returns his possessions, and the Doctor warns him not to be in San Francisco on the next New Year's Eve. The Doctor offers Holloway the opportunity to travel with him, but she politely refuses, and instead kisses him goodbye. The Doctor departs alone in his TARDIS."

Don't thank me. I simply copied and pasted the plot from Wikipedia

Next time, try making an effort on your own behalf.

"The second time I watched it? Couldn't even finish it."

Why? Short attention span?

That's too bad.

"It's all opinion, but it really does appear that history agrees with me"

History agrees with you about what?

And how do you know that it doesn't also agree with other people too?

Even with me?

As I said before, reading and comprehension isn't really your strong point, is it? Particularly the comprehension part.

Or do you just spend your time jumping to the wrong conclusions because you enjoy looking like a fool?

ant-mac

Orphan Black is a crap show for hipster douchbags and stars an ugly chick.

HELL NO!!!!!!

Americans tend to know more about what entertains than Brits do So yeah.

BBC America thought Tatiana Maslany could do a reasonable English accent when they heard her Dick Van Dyke impersonation. So that'll be a no from me.

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Yes, the American, British and Canadian television film that continued the science fiction television series DOCTOR WHO. The one that was developed as a co-production between BBC Worldwide, the American TV network Fox, the American film studio, Universal Studios and another American film studio, 20th Century Fox.

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It sure is still confusing to work out. Surprised the BBC managed to get distribution rights to the TV movie with all those companies involved.

"It sure is still confusing to work out."

It seems that after years of failure by the Brits, the Americans finally managed to put the mystery back into DOCTOR WHO.

ant-mac

Yeah, that's right, it was the Americans who made Doctor Who popular again Dear God, according to films, it was the Americans who won every war, single handedly, and now, you want to say it's The Americans who are making Doctor Who good again????

"Yeah, that's right, it was the Americans who made Doctor Who popular again"

Really? When did this happen?

"Dear God,"

Who?

"according to films, it was the Americans who won every war, single handedly,"

If so, they were probably American films.

"and now, you want to say it's The Americans who are making Doctor Who good again????"

I've never said anything of the sort.

Reading and comprehension isn't really your strong point, is it?

ant-mac

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It sure is still confusing to work out.

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Not near as confusing as why you would quote and reply to one person in a reply to someone else's post.

As an American that LOVES Orphan Black, and Doctor Who, let me say absolutely NO NO NO NO NO, These shows are not comparable in any way shape or form, I totally hope the Doctor stays "British", Wales or whatever.

Only if they give us Star Trek in exchange.

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Not near as confusing as why you would quote and reply to one person in a reply to someone else's post.

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I do it all the time, it's called joining in a conversation. I can show you how to do it properly if you want?