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Subject: Re: [NEWS] BBC developing CBeebies animated "Doctor Who" series
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On 2025-06-13 11:12:16 +0000, Blueshirt said:

> Your Name wrote:
> 
>> 
>> This was posted about in another more obscure topic,
> 
> I dunno, a thread asking if it is April 1st seems quite an apt
> thread for news of an under-five's version of Doctor Who being
> commissioned for the cBeebies channel...

Apt, maybe, but the topic title does hide the announcement measning 
some people would miss it.  :-)




>> but here is the "official topic".  :-)
> 
> It's just as much of a weird idea here on the official thread!
> 
> :-)
> 
> 
>> New Doctor Who Spin-Off for Younger Viewers
>> -------------------------------------------
>> The BBC is currently looking for a production partner to
>> create a new Doctor Who animated series
> 
> You'd think the BBC would be more interested in sorting out the
> issues with the main show...

Hollyweird (i.e. the entertainment industry), like almost every other 
businesses, has zero interest in their actual product and zero interest 
in the fans. All they care about is shovelling more money into their 
management pockets, and if that means dredging every concievable penny 
out of a franchise before throwing it into the trash, then that's what 
they'll do ... usually with each new show / season worse than the 
previous one as it drags on and on.

The US has been particularly bad at doing this for years. Just look 
athe numerous spin-offs of shows like "Law & Order", "CSI", etc. or 
"The Simpsons" being renewed for season 13million-and-one. Recently 
British makers have started jumping on the same bandwagon with shows 
like "Death in Paradise" currently having two spin-offs ("Beyond 
Paradise" and "Return to Paradise").