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As others have said, there has never been any hype. From my experience it has mostly been an expectation, and in some sections willingness, of failure.
Though I personally have higher hopes for it than Series 10. There was a good point made on here (can't remember the FM sorry) that this could capture a number of YA's who have moved on from Who (too cool for school sort of thing) and if they like it, could return to the 'mother' show. IMO, any addition to the Who Universe is to be welcomed. If it doesn't turn out to be my cup of tea, I'd still want it to do well. |
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Why would a Who fan want a Who spin-off to fail? Strange.
If you don't like the actor playing The Doctor or the people running the show, you hope they go away until something/someone better comes along. Rather unique like that. How many posts do you honestly see along the lines of "I hate X/Y/Z... but I hope X/Y/Z is a massive success and stays for years to come." |
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If the premise doesn't interest them in the slightest, they probably hope it goes away to make way for something else.
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That's one way of looking at it, I suppose! Still, if a Who spin off crashes and burns, I think they'll be waiting quite a while for another one!
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I really don't know where many people think the money comes from for these ideas. They're often very interesting, but when it has to be realised on screen and you have to pay for a whole production team, the actors, the location hiring, the set design, the promotional material, the effects crew, and potentially work the scripts around the canon for the parent show in the event of a spin-off the imaginary bottomless pit of cash just doesn't suffice. You have your on screen time as the doctor, and then, apart from the odd multi doctor story, that's it. Quote:
That's one way of looking at it, I suppose! Still, if a Who spin off crashes and burns, I think they'll be waiting quite a while for another one!
Although, given the dwindling interest in the main show these days, it makes me wonder whether a spin off at this time will have a chance anyway, good or bad. |
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Firstly there is no hype on the show. Secondly I don't think the show will be successful, don't see it pulling off the British Buffy.
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No hype is a bit of an overstatement, on other forums such as Galifrey Base and on Youtube videos I've seen tons of comments about people anticipating Class. Aswell as people who tuned into the livestream. Im not just basing it on this forum and its general opinion on the show. No hype implies that theres none at all which isn't the case.
Still a glass half full sort of chap (well, about Who anyway!) so hope it's good quality stuff and finds it's audience. |
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Fair enough! And of course things tend to pick up a couple of weeks before broadcast of a new series, so I hope (and expect) the BBC to really get behind it. I do like the idea that it's not too long before we get some more of Capaldi onscreen, and am interested to see how things play out, who the Kelly character is and how the Doctor fits into the whole scenario.
Still a glass half full sort of chap (well, about Who anyway!) so hope it's good quality stuff and finds it's audience. |
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At the very least, it deserves a chance like Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures were given.
Right now, it's looking more promising to be honest. Capaldi in the opening episode is a nice touch and it's nice they've confirmed the character names even though we've known them for months now. Now we just need to see an actual trailer for the series. |
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That's one way of looking at it, I suppose! Still, if a Who spin off crashes and burns, I think they'll be waiting quite a while for another one!
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Yeah, look at the gap between K-9 and Company and Torchwood.
![]() According to wiki Bill Cotton's replacement as Controller of BBC, Alan Hart (never heard of him) didn't like the idea of a series and that was that. How he wasn't convinced just by watching the stylish opening title sequence is frankly beyond me.
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Curious, why are they buzzing with anticipation? There has literally been no news on the show.
Also there were filming clips on YouTube, a featurette (or an item at least, I forget how long it was) in Empire, a piece in the Mirror ... there has been news here and there. And the cast on their Twitter accounts report that they have been doing a lot of promo work in the last few days so proper promo is imminent, it sounds like. ETA: Anyway that may or may not amount to a hill of beans, but basically that's why there is cheery atmosphere over there about it (and already a dozen or more threads in the Class-dedicated section). Last edited by Starsaboveme : 24-09-2016 at 18:58. Reason: Adding something |
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Doctor who spin offs have run their course. The whole point of a spin off is when the main series ends.
We had Torchwood, Sarah Jane, K9 and now this? Seems a lazy excuse not to give us a series this year. |
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Doctor who spin offs have run their course. The whole point of a spin off is when the main series ends.
We had Torchwood, Sarah Jane, K9 and now this? Seems a lazy excuse not to give us a series this year. |
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Doctor who spin offs have run their course. The whole point of a spin off is when the main series ends.
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Although I feel like somehow Amy's Crack would be involved in how these monsters suddenly appear on earth.
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Hang on, you saying Karen Gillian's arse is booked for the show?
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What hype?
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What hype?
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No hype is a bit of an overstatement, on other forums such as Galifrey Base and on Youtube videos I've seen tons of comments about people anticipating Class. Aswell as people who tuned into the livestream. Im not just basing it on this forum and its general opinion on the show. No hype implies that theres none at all which isn't the case.
People on this thread keep saying there has been no hype, because hype to most people, means tv adverts, newspaper/magazine ad's, tv interviews with the cast, billboards and generally anything and everything that contributes to a show being one of those things you can't have failed to have heard of before it airs. With Class, I've seen none of that, and were it not for this forum, i'm not sure I'd even know it existed. Unless some trailers and serious promotion arrive soon, then the bbc could well have ruined it's chance of success just through a lack of people knowing about it, whether it actually turns out to be a good show or not. |
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The least that they could have done was instead of creating a school spin-off, they could have at least done a spin-off with either the 4,5,6,7 and/or 8 Doctor or even all of them.
Guess that is too heartbreaking for them. |
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Don't you really, deep down, think it might be because it would be a really terrible, awful idea. The youngest actor in that bunch is now in his fifties, the rest all well into their sixties and older. They've had their turns, they're done now. When the Hell will people let it go?
In truth, I don't think they themselves would want the embarassment of attempting such a thing either, a factor that those who call for such a thing never seem to care about or consider. |
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Don't you really, deep down, think it might be because it would be a really terrible, awful idea. The youngest actor in that bunch is now in his fifties, the rest all well into their sixties and older. They've had their turns, they're done now. When the Hell will people let it go?
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Still laughing at the wording of the OP in regards to Amy's Crack
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According to wiki Bill Cotton's replacement as Controller of BBC, Alan Hart (never heard of him) didn't like the idea of a series and that was that. How he wasn't convinced just by watching the stylish opening title sequence is frankly beyond me.