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Old 15-04-2007, 10:07
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From the News of the World

Telly bosses are trying to tempt Billie Piper to return as Doctor Who's sidekick-in a multi-million-pound US version of the show.

Billie, 25, won two awards playing Rose Tyler in the BBS hit. She left last year with the opportunity for a comeback-standed on an alternate planet Earth. But tackling america will be her most exciting mission with the doctor yet.

A US TV indsider said " We've been following the relaunched Doctor Who and we love it. Billie will become a superstar here". X-men actor hugh jackman may play the doctor becauses brit david teannant is doing a fourth series here.
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Old 15-04-2007, 10:09
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Oh dear then again it is from news of the world
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Old 15-04-2007, 10:14
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Why not just put the english versions on over there?

I doubt it will happen.
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Old 15-04-2007, 10:16
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Copying, Man-United supporting, American gits

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Old 15-04-2007, 10:30
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They do show Doctor Who over there.

Hugh Jackman, oh yes I can see that one happening!!! NOT!!!!
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Old 15-04-2007, 10:36
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How gullible are you people? "BBS" hit? Billie Piper a star in America? She's no Hugh Laurie. She's barely an actress.
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Old 15-04-2007, 10:41
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I think Billie is a good actress, I have seen her act in more than Doctor Who, you most probably haven't, comng from Trailer Park Boys country.
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Old 15-04-2007, 10:43
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Originally Posted by dtr TV expert
Why not just put the english versions on over there?

I doubt it will happen.
The Sci-Fi channel shows it in the US. Delayed though. The UK version is probably a bit too quirky for the Americans.

I think a good US team would be Jim Carrey or Mike Myers as the Doctor and Scarlett Johansson as his beautiful assistant. I think the Canadian actors would probably get more of the British spirit in it. In fact Mike Myers is half British anyway.
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Old 15-04-2007, 10:48
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Is it April 1st again?
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Old 15-04-2007, 10:48
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Originally Posted by MoreTears
How gullible are you people? .
?? Not very, as no-one is actually falling for it. How unobservant are you?
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Old 15-04-2007, 10:52
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I love the way we import their shows and it works most of the time, Then They take our shows and make it quaint and rubbish, commercialised shell of itself.
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Old 15-04-2007, 11:30
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Originally Posted by CAMERA OBSCURA
?? Not very, as no-one is actually falling for it. How unobservant are you?
Pretty observant, actually.

The OP, Wayne814, created a thread about the story and quoted the report, expressing no skepticism at all.

ben93 said "Oh dear" before recalling that the report is in a paper little better than fish wrap.

Eaglestriker made a joking LOM reference but still decried "American copying," when someone who didn't believe the report would more likely be decrying the idiotic "journalism" that passed off nonsense as a real story.

Only donna255 seemed to call the report outright rubbish. dtr TV expert only expressed "doubt," which is a rather mild response to the dumbest thing I have heard reported in a newspaper in a while.
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Old 15-04-2007, 11:37
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I don't believe in it, the same way I didn't believe in a so-called announcement of a US re-making of Life on Mars. Then that proved to be true, so the credibility in this sort of increases a little.

Still don't think it'd happen though.
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Old 15-04-2007, 11:50
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Originally Posted by Mandark
The Sci-Fi channel shows it in the US. Delayed though.
It also airs on BBC America but not everyone gets that channel here.


Originally Posted by Mandark
The UK version is probably a bit too quirky for the Americans.
Not true at all. There are tons of quirky U.S. made programs on American TV. I think we can handle a bit of Brit quirkiness as well.

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Old 15-04-2007, 11:53
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Originally Posted by Inky Binky
Not true at all. There are tons of quirky U.S. made programs on American TV. I think we can handle a bit of Brit quirkiness as well.
Hi, I did mean Brit quirkiness. But glad you like it.
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Old 15-04-2007, 11:53
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Originally Posted by Eaglestriker
I don't believe in it, the same way I didn't believe in a so-called announcement of a US re-making of Life on Mars. Then that proved to be true, so the credibility in this sort of increases a little.

Still don't think it'd happen though.
A fishwrap paper didn't announce the US LOM project. The initial LOM story specified the American network doing the project, ABC, and the producer, David E. Kelley. And the report certainly didn't include some "anonymous," but no doubt non-existent, "TV insider" gushing about a marginally-talented British actress becoming a "superstar" in America. And then there is the whole Hugh Jackman thing. I mean, why not just say Hugh Grant? And maybe Liz Hurley could join Billie Piper as a second companion.

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Old 15-04-2007, 12:15
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I can't see it happening but I'd like to see a full blown series featuring "the missing years" and starring Paul McGann. It would need a lot better script than the 1996 TVM though. Not sure how Billie Piper could feature for continuity reasons though.
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Old 15-04-2007, 12:16
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Hugh Jackman is a busy actor, he will begin filming Australia, a new film with Nicole Kidman, this month and a few more films are in the pipeline, none of which are Doctor Who related, so even if this was true, Hugh Jackman wouldn't be in it.
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Old 15-04-2007, 12:18
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The American’s could not do this without the agreement of the BBC.
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Old 15-04-2007, 12:26
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Originally Posted by scone
Hugh Jackman is a busy actor, he will begin filming Australia, a new film with Nicole Kidman, this month and a few more films are in the pipeline, none of which are Doctor Who related, so even if this was true, Hugh Jackman wouldn't be in it.
I quite agree, he's also a movie star now and would probably see TV as a step down. The money would have to match film star wages.
I wonder if the US would consider a series of TVM's, perhaps featuring DT and BP. They could be based on some of the novels that take place outside of the series we've seen so far. I always thought The Stone Rose, for example, would make a good episode or TVM. Here's some dreaming for you, if they were made with USTV money and were a success, perhaps we'd see major financial backing for a Time War movie/mini series.
I think I need to wake up.
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Old 15-04-2007, 12:46
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I wouldnt be surprised if there was an American version in the near future...but I think this story with Billie is bullshit!
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Old 15-04-2007, 13:34
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Originally Posted by burzacott
I wouldnt be surprised if there was an American version in the near future...but I think this story with Billie is bullshit!

I would. The 1996 movie was aimed at US tv and it went down like a lead balloon there.
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Old 15-04-2007, 14:02
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Originally Posted by JCR
I would. The 1996 movie was aimed at US tv and it went down like a lead balloon there.
To be fair, the TV Movie was a garbled mess. The scene where the Doctor regains his memory and starts gabbling about Daleks and the Master sums up the whole film nicely.

Just compare the TVM's tacky explanation of the TARDIS's appearance and dimensions with the one given in Rose. Then compare its long-winded explanation of regeneration with the couple of lines used in Parting of the Ways.

It's hardly surprising that Americans didn't want a weekly dose of convoluted continuity, borrowed from a defunct British series shown on PBS.

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Old 15-04-2007, 14:29
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I could see this working, she searches out for the Doctor there, and instead of choosing to travel to Britain a lot, in this universe he chosen the states and why he will have an American accent.
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Old 15-04-2007, 15:15
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Originally Posted by MoreTears
How gullible are you people? "BBS" hit? Billie Piper a star in America? She's no Hugh Laurie. She's barely an actress.
That's a bit of an exaggeration. Have you seen Ruby in the Smoke? Have you seen her West End show?
No? Oh, what a surprise.
Just because you don't like her as an actress, doesnt mean her acting credentials aren't becoming quite impressive.
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