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LookingIn:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 05 Jan 2014, 23:35 ---
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 05 Jan 2014, 16:54 ---The BBC is [...] paid for by British television licences, I think, and maybe government funding?
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No government funding, except for specifically overseas services which get funding from the Foreign Office. The World Service has a government grant which will be finally withdrawn from April this year, at which time it will be funded entirely from licence fee income.
Programs are also sold to foreign broadcasters; and to the extent that the sales can be predicted, those sales may be said to contribute to the program funding - so US cable companies may be seen as contributing to the funding of Dr Who to that extent.
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New Doctor Who is only shown on BBC America, there isn't any sales involved since the BBC co-owns the network with Discovery Communications. They might be getting some money from the sales to PBS stations(the US's version of the BBC) but this is a small amount and not nationwide showings only small single station showings.
LookingIn:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 06 Jan 2014, 03:46 ---Thanks Paul! I wasn't sure about government funding. I guess it's one of those myths that it's tax-payers who foot the bill.
Even if cable viewers are contributing huge amounts (which I doubt they are - it'll be a tiny fraction of what is paid in cable fees, since it's just one show) I still don't think it's a ground for demanding more from the BBC. Doctor Who is a British show with a BBC character to it, and that's one of the things I love about it. When Torchwood teamed up with an American company, the show changed completely and just wasn't as good because they were trying to cater to two audiences at once and it didn't work.
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It could be that the person is referring to BBC America which has been showing Doctor Who, Torchwood, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Kitchen Nightmares(US and UK versions), and Top Gear over and over again...we don't get too much new stuff on that channel- Luther, Law & Order, Atlantis, Broadchurch, and Graham Norton in addition to Doctor Who. Everything else sent over here is sent to PBS and I highly doubt the blog writer watches that network and even if so probably only just for Sherlock.
edit- left out a key word that makes it sound less like an insult to the quoted poster...
BeoPuppy:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 06 Jan 2014, 03:46 ---[...]When Torchwood teamed up with an American company, the show changed completely and just wasn't as good because they were trying to cater to two audiences at once and it didn't work.
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On Torchwood: who else thought that Children of Earth was the most vile piece of TV ever?
BeoPuppy:
http://io9.com/peter-capaldi-rides-a-horse-in-his-pajamas-on-the-set-o-1500629499
Barmymoo:
Hehe awesome. Have we ever seen the Doctor on a horse before?
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