day of the doctor to be shared with one direction

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My daughter, a big Who fan, is also a fan of boyband One Direction and she tells me that they have announced that 23 November will be known as 1D Day. 1D will be playing live, and streaming their concert and other goodies all day, in a 7 hour day-long event. :eek:

Bugger.

I suspect that the audiences won't cross over that much but I bet Moffat and the team are a bit miffed that 1D's Big Day will certainly take a chunk of the available publicity and promotion that day. I wouldn't be surprised if Simon Cowell, :mad: a staunch ITV man, has chosen this date deliberately to take some of the gloss of The Day Of The Doctor. Doctor Who's 50th anniversary is a fixed point in time... surely 1D could have chosen any other day?

...edit... just seen Corwin's post saying much the same thing over on the spoilers thread.
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  • DiscoPDiscoP Posts: 5,920
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    One Direction day? Seriously? Oh why can't they just s*d off!
  • TEDRTEDR Posts: 3,413
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    adams66 wrote: »
    ...edit... just seen Corwin's post saying much the same thing over on the spoilers thread.

    Because One Direction go quite some way towards spoiling reality?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,229
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    If only Dr Who had some fangirls..
  • CallousCallous Posts: 11,957
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    1D aren't sharing the day...

    Stealing, usurping, infecting, infesting,smothering,..are all far more suitable words.

    It's down right anti-British of them.
  • CoalHillJanitorCoalHillJanitor Posts: 15,634
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    Callous wrote: »
    1D aren't sharing the day...

    Stealing, usurping, infecting, infesting,smothering,..are all far more suitable words.

    It's down right anti-British of them.

    It is. A day that should unite all pop culture lovers and these muppets are sowing division.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,152
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    I think Doctor Who's better off without their audience anyway...
  • Benjamin SiskoBenjamin Sisko Posts: 1,921
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    Almost all of One Direction's UK fans are fans of the X-Factor. The only victim here is the X-Factor's ratings, which will take a much larger blow than DW if it comes to a 1D fan mass exodus.
  • ShoppyShoppy Posts: 1,094
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    I think Doctor Who's better off without their audience anyway...

    Well that's okay then, They preferred the show under Russell :)
  • AbominationAbomination Posts: 6,483
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    Quite shocked at how much of a response this is getting from people to be honest.

    Yes, November 23rd is a special day for Doctor Who fans. Meanwhile the rest of the world still goes on, and there are other things that will happen that day. That will include ITV trying to find something to put up against the anniversary...if you don't like 1D then fine, you have a wonderful anniversary episode to look forward to that day. The world can't just stop for Doctor Who.

    For the record, I hate One Direction.
  • CoalHillJanitorCoalHillJanitor Posts: 15,634
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    Quite shocked at how much of a response this is getting from people to be honest.

    Yes, November 23rd is a special day for Doctor Who fans. Meanwhile the rest of the world still goes on, and there are other things that will happen that day. That will include ITV trying to find something to put up against the anniversary...if you don't like 1D then fine, you have a wonderful anniversary episode to look forward to that day. The world can't just stop for Doctor Who.

    For the record, I hate One Direction.

    Of course, some of us could be extracting the Michael. ;)
  • AbominationAbomination Posts: 6,483
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    On here, some... but not all.

    Elsewhere... the sense of entitlement is running high in fandom tonight. :p
  • JCRJCR Posts: 24,028
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    Almost all of One Direction's UK fans are fans of the X-Factor. The only victim here is the X-Factor's ratings, which will take a much larger blow than DW if it comes to a 1D fan mass exodus.

    It's been suggested before that TXF isn't running 23/11; this is presumably the replacement.
  • TalmaTalma Posts: 10,520
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    Considering it's also a day off the JFK 50th anniversary I imagine there's a few things being shown about that as well, it'll be interesting.
  • andy1231andy1231 Posts: 5,100
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    1 Direction - aren't they a bunch of school kids pretending to be musicians ? Oh they can't be musicians because all they do is prance about and sing (BADLY) to a backing track. Who (no pun) cares what they get up to, I always switch over when they appear on TV.
  • adams66adams66 Posts: 3,945
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    JCR wrote: »
    It's been suggested before that TXF isn't running 23/11; this is presumably the replacement.

    Wouldn't be surprised at this.

    I don't blame ITV for trying to find something ultra popular to run against TDOTD - that's what they do. And of course the world goes on regardless of the Who anniversary. No sense of entitlement at all from me.

    It's more that I feel that the press and publicity machine will be split rather more than usual and Who's big celebration may lose out a bit to 1D, who, like them or not, are arguably the biggest pop stars in the world right now. Certainly their rabid fans make the most loopy Doctor Who fans look almost normal!!

    And yes, I imagine that there be will a fair amount of programming / press coverage of the JFK assassination too. It'll be a busy weekend.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 672
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    Who are One Direction? Any good?
  • TheSilentFezTheSilentFez Posts: 11,103
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    I don't imagine Doctor Who would be popular amongst the sort of people who like One Direction. Obviously, there will be some who'll have to chose between watching the Golden Anniversary of a great show and a bunch of people singing songs, but on the whole I don't think Doctor Who will lose many viewers because of a boy band.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,244
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    I don't imagine Doctor Who would be popular amongst the sort of people who like One Direction.
    What - children!? Big crossover!

    The main thing, is that this is an online event. It's not going to take the TV out of commission - the kids can watch their teeny pop bollocks on the laptop while the adults watch Doctor Who. It's still a spiteful bit of cockjousting, though - a very obvious attempt at stealing Doctor Who's thunder, which hasn't done anything to remedy Simon Cowell's slappability.
  • Pink KnightPink Knight Posts: 24,773
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    If I only had two options, watching One Direction or a test card the test card would still win.
  • mossy2103mossy2103 Posts: 84,307
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    Who are One Direction?
    Some talent-limited pop boy band for kiddies.
    Any good?
    No.
  • Benjamin SiskoBenjamin Sisko Posts: 1,921
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    I severely doubt that a live stream would send ratings plunging. Even if ITV aired it directly against DW, DW would still beat it if only because of parents who can't stand the gits. :D
  • MinkytheDogMinkytheDog Posts: 5,658
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    I didn't fight in two world wars....

    No really, I didn't.
  • DICKENS99DICKENS99 Posts: 2,619
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    I didn't fight in two world wars....

    No really, I didn't.

    And 70 years later we have One Direction...

    "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing"

    I'm blaming you for this.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 400
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    Yeah good luck One Direction, we'll see who's still calling it 'One Direction Day' in 50 more years time.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 66
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    Imagine the Google Doodle for 23rd Nov being a celebration of One Direction! Lucky the reality is it will be Doctor Who who gets the honour, which will help blow them away...especially on the global scale. Cowell can only dream of a simultaneous showing in 30 odd countries at once. (only thing that I think can scupper Doctor Who Google Doodle is JFK...which is entirely possible.)
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