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Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 19:50:46 +0100
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On 09/07/2024 12:11, Daniel70 wrote:
> The True Doctor wrote on 9/7/24 12:35 pm:
>> On 08/07/2024 13:00, Blueshirt wrote:
>>> Daniel70 wrote:
> 
> <Snip>
> 
>>>> And, just to be clear ATTENDED not Paid for attendance.
>>>
>>> Don't encourage him, in his part of the special hospital where he
>>> resides, nobody paid anything for cinema tickets and nobody attended 
>>> the showings. It was all a big PR stunt by the BBC.
>>
>> You are hallucinating your own fantasies and can't distinguish them
>> from reality.
>>
>> Officially not one single person needed to go to watch Doctor Who in
>> the cinemas, since the theatre rooms were booked by the BBC in
>> advance for a fixed fee. The BBC can claim that the rooms were all
>> full if it likes, and that is what it has done, even if they were all
>> empty, since they've already paid for all the seats. This is what is
>> known as a scam and a lie. Anyone can hire a venue and claim they
>> filled it even if nobody attended the event the venue was booked
>> for.
>>
>> It doesn't matter how many tickets the BBC sold, the rooms sill count
>> as full houses even if they're completely empty, just like a night
>> club counts as a full house even if it's empty because it has to pay
>> royalties to the PRS/PPL/MCPS for all music played as if it had a
>> full house. Those are the figures the BBC are declaring. Lies based
>> on numbers that they have to pay actors money for royalties and
>> residuals.
>>
>> The reality is that all but a tiny number of the seats were occupied.
>>  Let the BBC prove otherwise.
> 
> Seems to ME, Aggy, that YOU are the one making claims (not the BBC) so
> it is up to you to *PROVE* you claims!!
> 
> IMHO, of course!!

The onus is on the BBC to prove its claims not me. It is also your job 
to learn how the broadcasting and entertainment industry works. If 
someone books a venue it counts as a full house no matter how many 
people attend. You don't get refunds if no one appears at the door.


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