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DW's format and timeslot changed with Davison, and that gave the show a boost. The BBC wanted something twice-weekly that could build an audience, and DW was part of that experimentation. They turned Angels from a nursing drama into a twice weekly nursing soap. There as also Nerys Hughes's series District Nurse. All of this eventually led to EastEnders.
When there's discussion about DW becoming more soapified, with more scenes in the Tardis and more bickering between companions, that was probably a deliberate move in order to fulfil the requirements of the timeslot, as with Angels/Dosctrict Nurse and EastEnders. And it worked! The DW audience increased, probably due to its scheduling as much as anything else. |
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Didn't Geoffrey Bayldon play an alternate first Doctor in a Big Finish drama?
I think John Ringham (Just Good Friends) was offered the part once, and Graham Crowden (Waiting For God) more than once. |
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Didn't Geoffrey Bayldon play an alternate first Doctor in a Big Finish drama?
I think John Ringham (Just Good Friends) was offered the part once, and Graham Crowden (Waiting For God) more than once. |
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Such as interesting thread. Must admit I didn't know who Geoffrey Blaydon was until I saw a picture and its Catweazel from when I was a kid !! and he was in Worzel Gummidge.
I cant imagine him as following up William Hartnell. Was he ever a serious actor rather than comedy ? Patrick Troughton seems much more I don't know ........ suited and thank god for him being so good. Anyway this nostalgic clip is for all those who grew up in the 1970's like me. Enjoy https://youtu.be/LmQZjKMcPcA |
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Tom's last season suffered from a significant drop in ratings. Many blamed the competition from Buck Rogers on ITV, but The Leisure Hive part one was transmitted before before Buck Rogers had even started, and The Leisure Hive already had low ratings. It's not really clear why viewers abandoned Who for that season. It can't be that they change of direction put people off, because, as I say, viewers were down right from the very start.
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Remember ITV had been shut down for a while due to strikes, by the time The Leisure Hive was being screened ITV were resuming programming as usual.
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