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Post by Greg H on Jul 11, 2008 12:57:52 GMT
Yes, I quite agree, F**K all of that c****ng bad language on the idiot lantern. Its quite unacceptable.
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Post by beesa on Jul 12, 2008 8:32:43 GMT
Well it is. And so it is these cheeky chappies talking about such subjects as masturbation, smoking spliffs, having sex with young pop stars, people's toilet habits and indeed countless other subjects designed to shock middle class middle Britain.
The BBC specialise in this sort of thing. ________________________________________
Imagine the meeting between a middle class respectacle bespectacled middle aged Dr Who fan and someone at the BBC
Fan - "Hello BBC man, I have uncovered a Dr Who tape from my great great uncle's attic and would like to return it to you"
BBC man - "Thank you fan. We thank you greatly and shall treasure this wonderful find. Although it will give lots of pleasure to possibly millions of Dr Who fans around the world, we at the BBC shall make huge amounts of money to put into our coffers. We need this money to keep going as an institution and this allows us to pay many £millions per year to Jonathan and Graham and Chris who shall turn the airwaves blue with their childish smut"
Fan - "Oh"
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Post by Rich Cornock on Jul 12, 2008 9:41:01 GMT
what a load of tosh, some doctor who fans actually like johnathon Ross etc. personally id rather have my license fee spent on him that programs like songs of praise or last of the summer wine. really taste in TV programs is arbitrary and its pointless making comments like that.
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Post by beesa on Jul 12, 2008 10:42:17 GMT
A la contraire.
Say "BBC" to yourself a few times and ask yourself exactly what "The BBC" is and what does it stand for?
It is no longer a respected and beneficiary to our society, the leading light throughout the World for broadcasting standards. Jonathan Ross discussing masturbation with embarrassed guests and referring wink wink to spliffs and such decadence?
Old fashioned and old fart I may be, but an admirer of the New BBC I am definitely not.
I am simply forwarding an opinion as to why the BBC cannot one minute be "pushing the envelope" as to how disgusting and offensive their employees may broadcast and yet on the other show themselves as beneficial loveable "aunitie beeb" to whom people owning something valuable (which the BBC have chucked out decades ago) should just simply return for altruistic reasons.
Why declare a found episode?
Certainly not to fund the mega rich BBC in return for a life size model of a dalek thingy.
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Post by fishman on Jul 12, 2008 11:53:38 GMT
Imagine the meeting between a middle class respectacle bespectacled middle aged Dr Who fan and someone at the BBC Fan - "Hello BBC man, I have uncovered a Dr Who tape from my great great uncle's attic and would like to return it to you" BBC man - "Thank you fan. We thank you greatly and shall treasure this wonderful find. Although it will give lots of pleasure to possibly millions of Dr Who fans around the world, we at the BBC shall make huge amounts of money to put into our coffers. We need this money to keep going as an institution and this allows us to pay many £millions per year to Jonathan and Graham and Chris who shall turn the airwaves blue with their childish smut" Fan - "Oh" You seem to think the BBC will make an absolute fortune out of a returned episode or full story; they won't - a single episode would have to be added to a DVD release of a full story, and wouldn't result in that many extra sales, and even a full story isn't going to make them that much - the classic series DVDs really don't sell that many copies (compared to say, The Office). Certainly the revenue generated would be miniscule compared to the BBC's overall budget.
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Post by beesa on Jul 12, 2008 12:39:14 GMT
That suits me ok. For the sake of argument let's say my great great uncle had a few episodes in his attic and left them to me.
I'll tell good ol' Auntie Beeb about them but as a concession I will buy the rights to the tapes as the BBC won't make an absolute fortune. Let's say £2,500 an episode.
Those episodes would then be mine to do as I wish including market them including having them properly restored and looked after. As suggested elsewhere, how about filling a cinema for Dr Who fans at £20 a head.
There you go, much more fun for all concerned too.
I refer you to the original question of this thread.
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Post by cliffchapman on Jul 12, 2008 16:39:40 GMT
'Al', your story is remarkably familiar to me, as I was in conversation with a 'friend of a friend' last year who *apparantly* had the same issue. EXACTLY the same issue. (In fact, I'm tempted to ask if your real name happens to be Chris... do PM me.) Don't confuse the fact that something desperately wanted by fans will bring enough money to retire on, it simply doesn't work that way. Also don't confuse the BBC with the general public... or Doctor Who fans Doctor Who may be making a lot of money, but that's NEW Doctor Who. While classic series stuff is doing healthily across the board, in that AFAIK it doesn't make a loss, it's not megabucks. The 'Classic' Who and New Who brands are split, with only very minor crossovers. If you know of missing Who episodes that exist, in the hands of someone who will only part with them to make a killing then this is what you do. Sell the story to one of the Nationals, eg The Sun, with proof - they love Doctor Who. Lend the film to the BBC via them. See if the BBC will negotiate a screening of it and allow you/your friend to take the profits of that screening, before it's out on DVD. But the actual film, highly desired though it is, and certainly not worthless, is not a lost Leonardo, or a missing chapter from the Bible. Plus, there's always karma. This is 2008 - by returning the film you're not just making a bunch of spods with receding hairlines and whiny voices happy. Millions of new fans and kids will be delighted to see something new, and even if they've still got the rest of the canon to work through, they will still appreciate the significance. I'd only been able to see the last couple of seasons of Doctor Who, and a handful of the (very small amount) of videos that were out, when Tomb was returned. I was 10, and I still knew how special it was to see it.
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Post by Paul Ryan on Jul 14, 2008 0:24:37 GMT
Is it just me or is there an increasingly nasty tone to this thread?
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Post by John Andersen on Jul 14, 2008 1:40:19 GMT
Is it just me or is there an increasingly nasty tone to this thread? Give it some time, Paul. We've only finished round #1. ;D
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