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From: The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM>
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Subject: Re: OMG is it April 1?
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 21:24:27 +0100
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On 12/06/2025 15:17, Blueshirt wrote:
> The Last Doctor wrote:
> 
>> I hear a deal is almost inked with Netflix for the
>> continuation of Doctor Who with a new partner. And that kind
>> of makes sense. Netflix's viewer profile and slate of shows is
>> rather more LGBT friendly than Disney+ so for the current
>> style of the show its a better fit.
> 
> As long as that doesn't mean another re-launch for the new
> service... I mean, if "Doctor Who" continues on Netflix, or
> Prime Video (outside of the UK) do they go with S3 or S16 for
> the next run of episodes, or do they go for a soft reboot and
> return to S1?
>   
>> But wtf is this about commissioning 52 10' episodes of a
>> Doctor Who animated show for ... cBeebies? Doctor Who for the
>> under 5s? What kind of a mad idea is that?
> 
> Yeah, "Doctor Who" [the main show] is in limbo at the moment as
> the BBC touts it out to bidders for the overseas streaming
> rights... but in the meantime, let's go forward and commission
> some animated kids stories for the cBeebies channel. <rolls eyes>
> 
> Weird.

Who are they going to get to play the Doctor? Maybe they should go for 
one of the classic Doctors and retcon the entirety of the woke crap 
since 2005 out of existence. That's the only way they are going to save 
the franchise after the Timeless Child monster and turning 3 Doctors in 
a row gay.

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"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it 
stands for." --William Shatner