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Doctor Who - A Whole Season At Once |
| View Poll Results: How would you feel about an entire season of Doctor Who being released at once? | |||
| I would LOVE that to happen |
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9 | 14.52% |
| I would like that to happen |
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5 | 8.06% |
| I am neutral |
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6 | 9.68% |
| I would not like that to happen |
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20 | 32.26% |
| I would HATE that to happen |
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22 | 35.48% |
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It is a massive problem with the generation right now, they are all so needy for a lack of a better term, they can't think for themselves, they are impatient and if the writer doesn't spoonfeed them with a resolution they complain like a child.
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I loved the cliffhanger too. The Walking Dead is littered with amazing cliffhangers episode after episode. I don't understand why this one has been singled out for a negative response.
Most shows you can get away with avoiding spoilers easily enough but the WD is big enough so that the spoilers will likely make their way onto news sites (such as DS) rather than just stay on fan/spoiler sites. If a series of DW ended on a cliffhanger with the Doctor regenerating but did not show his new face, do you think the BBC could keep it secret who the new Doctor was going to be until the next series aired? |
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I don't think it's changed that much though
Taking Doctor Who S9 for example, while the number of live viewers is clearly down, the majority of "catching up" was done within a couple of days, so even people watching on their PVR or iPlayer would be watching it on roughly a weekly cycle. A lot of the shows mentioned in this thread are minority shows in the UK, not ones on major TV channels, hence you are unlikely to be spoiled. The number of UK viewers for something like GoT is still much smaller than the headline drama series on BBC/ITV such as Happy Valley or Broadchurch, and far less likely to be commented on/spoilt in the mainstream media Right now, users of streaming services are a tiny minority and the vast majority still get TV via conventional linear broadcasting - albeit with the added facilities of DVRs and catch-up services. However, there will come a time when streaming services are the mainstream. |
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The problem most people seem to have with the WD cliffhanger is that it's outcome is almost certainly going to be spoiled before the next season airs.
Most shows you can get away with avoiding spoilers easily enough but the WD is big enough so that the spoilers will likely make their way onto news sites (such as DS) rather than just stay on fan/spoiler sites. If a series of DW ended on a cliffhanger with the Doctor regenerating but did not show his new face, do you think the BBC could keep it secret who the new Doctor was going to be until the next series aired? I don't like spoilers myself, and the fact that some are unavoidable, but sadly it's a fact of life. Imagine what Rick's attitude would be towards a tiny problem like this! ![]() "Deal with it!" Not so much "Get a life!" as "Get a knife!"
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I don't bother with stuff like Netflix. I just get the dvd boxset so i can watch when i want to.
I couldn't watch them on Netflix anyway, as I am busy nearly every day. It's after 6pm before I can sit and relax watching shows on my computer. Plus Netflix is too expensive for me. |
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Same here. Why bother paying to watch shows on Netflix that won't be there forever, when you can just purchase the DVDs that you can keep for as long as you want?
I couldn't watch them on Netflix anyway, as I am busy nearly every day. It's after 6pm before I can sit and relax watching shows on my computer. Plus Netflix is too expensive for me. Too expensive? It's about a fiver a month. And it would have cost me a lot more money and time to see all of The Shield, House, Breaking Bad, Battlestar Galactica, House of Cards, and so many other shows any other way other than illegally. So shows aren't pn there forever. Who cares? You can see them without adding any more to a monthly low outlay and if you love them so much you HAVE to own them you can buy them anyway. And if you are unlucky enough to have started watching a series near the time it is going to be taken down from netflix you can still buy them, but once you have netflix and a show goes up, it us up for AGES so even though you can binge watch it is not compulsory. Also there are plenty of shows that are enjoyable enough that maybe I wouldnt feel the need to own. Timeshift viewing has been rising for years. Streaming companies rely purely on whether their content is more attractive than other streaming companies and cant get away with needing you to believe in the idea of themselves they need you to believe in (backef up with threats to prosecute you if you don't buy what they sell) and the shiws aren't interrupted by ads. Shows funded by streaming companies even run slightly longer episodes sometimes, if a particular episode needs ten minutes longer, for example, to let what is in the episode run its course properly. Plus shows like Better Call Saul play out their material at the pace that best suits the character and stories, and trust the quality of the material to justify slower pacing because viewers tell each othervtheir patience will be rewarded. It's all good, man |
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Not just a fiver for netflixs its also the cost of your broadband and line rental. Ive got rid of all that and sky. Just down to freeview and dvds for my televisual feast and my mobile for news/forums. Certainly won't be doing online streaming anymore. Far too busy these days anyway.
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Not just a fiver for netflixs its also the cost of your broadband and line rental. Ive got rid of all that and sky. Just down to freeview and dvds for my televisual feast and my mobile for news/forums. Certainly won't be doing online streaming anymore. Far too busy these days anyway.
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The BBC has played with Doctor Who a lot over the years from years of the show not being made at all, to the time at the start when the show was on almost every Saturday in an year.
They even broke up a new seasons twice and last time played it out a year later and tried to tell us that it was made for that year. SHAME ON BBC. As for DVD Releases the BBC put out stories from the past and new shows together and that was after videos that were released back in the 1980's onwards. The BBC has also added Blue Ray Discs to the release of many of the new seasons from 2005, even going back to season 1 and changing it to full HD, which has been released in a Blue Ray Season 1 to 7 set and also as a stand alone Blue Ray set. BBC has also closed down BBC Three ( which took 40 years to be lunched from the idea ) which gave many viewers a second change to view last Saturday show when the BBC make the show each year with so many breaks like the one we having now that BBC told us all that because a change of writer it would delay it for a year yet the BBC has had so many stories sent in over the years by writers that BBC could make a story every week for the next ten years easy ..... ( it simply that the BBC is again in contract time with the actor and like with DT which only made four shows in his last year while in talks and Matt Smith only made 2 shows in is last year while his contact was talked over ) ( saving money too in delaying broadcasting ) So now we Doctor Who fans have these channels to view shows at this time... BBC One BBC Two Horror Channel Watch now called W Drama The SyFy channel in the past has broadcasted the show too. Also Channel 4 has Broadcasted the two 1960's films in the past. I have sat down a few times to view my collection of DVD & Blue Ray of Doctor Who and have managed few times to watch a season or two but it does take planning with food, drink, loo breaks and switching off the mobile phone etc..... but it's fun to do. It you watch all DVD's that BBC has released from 1963 shows to Matt Smith story the Snowman it would take over 15 full days to view. The BBC has released the shows in one story DVD and group of stories on DVD and long with half season DVD sets along with full season DVD sets. The BBC will release Christmas 2016 show just after has stand alone DVD like the last two years ones then I feel to gain more the BBC will release after Easter start of season 10 the season in two parts then in the Autumn 2017 release full DVD set with 2016 Xmas show. I feel that one off DVD's will become rare as the BBC has now close it's online shop and will only be selling by others now as they push online viewing which to me is nothing like holding your own Video, CD, DVD, Blue ray of Doctor Who. Online systems are OK but you are depending on power for your Internet Hub and a screen to view a Doctor Who story were with a DVD & a Portable Player you could view it anytime even if mains power or internet goes...... |
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Not just a fiver for netflixs its also the cost of your broadband and line rental. Ive got rid of all that and sky. Just down to freeview and dvds for my televisual feast and my mobile for news/forums. Certainly won't be doing online streaming anymore. Far too busy these days anyway.
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Online systems are OK but you are depending on power for your Internet Hub and a screen to view a Doctor Who story were with a DVD & a Portable Player you could view it anytime even if mains power or internet goes...... Are you expecting a zombie apocalypse or something?
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Are you expecting a zombie apocalypse or something?
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After you've done the perimeter check and gutted that rabbit you want to watch some tv and take your mind of the walkers outside.
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Solar power seems to be the go to choice on the walking dead, you can build it as big as you need when is free.
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This is England. We have SERIES.
Americans have 'Seasons' of tv drama. Far too much Americanism of our Island as it is. Please don't add to it. |
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