# Doctor Who paying homage to American audiences **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911 "2010-11-16T21:14:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/21 "2010-11-17T06:34:42Z")
It would be really funny if they shot in Vancouver to save money. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/22 "2010-11-17T07:08:29Z")
I watch the show because it’s British. We already have plenty of U.S. Sci Fi. Filming here is a nice gesture. Filming here will cost them more. I much rather they use the budget for special effects. I hope we get at least one shot of the Tardis at Mt Rushmore out of this. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/23 "2010-11-17T07:10:12Z")
I hope they film in Australia for the 2012 series. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/24 "2010-11-17T07:21:48Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Filming here is a nice gesture. Filming here will cost them more. I much rather they use the budget for special effects. I heard they were able to film here because green bubblewrap is cheaper in the states. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/25 "2010-11-17T08:32:11Z")
I think special effects these last few seasons have been surprisingly good; certainly as good as anything in current American SF shows. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/26 "2010-11-17T08:41:44Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I think special effects these last few seasons have been surprisingly good; certainly as good as anything in current American SF shows. Well yeah, of course the US and the UK have the same quality of special effects. We all just use CGI now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/27 "2010-11-17T12:27:46Z")
I’d like D.W, to get a bit more serious and a little less quirky/comic. The quirky/comic thing is getting boring now as are the repeated visits to the U.K. with all of the universe at their fingertips. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/28 "2010-11-17T14:48:32Z")
Awww, I like him being British-centric. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/29 "2010-11-17T15:02:26Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Some of the actors in _Daleks in Manhattan_ were American. And lets face it, they were just as good as the British or Australian accents that American actors attempt. they needed to take lessons from alan cumming. great onig, david tennant sure should have for that pilot he shot here. for an actor as talented as he is, his american accent needed serious help. the heck didn’t they let him use his natural accent? dead sexy, that. 😃 they’re both scots but if i didn’t know better, i’d have pegged cumming as american - at least to my ear. he’s doing a fabulous turn on ‘the good wife’ these days and the reason i watch the show. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/30 "2010-11-17T20:00:15Z")
> [@Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](#): > > “…this year, it’s all about America.” > > Some new info on latest series - > > ['Doctor Who' exec teases sixth series](http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s7/doctor-who/news/a288137/doctor-who-exec-teases-sixth-series.html#article_continue) > > “It’s all about taking the show out to the States and seeing what Doctor Who will feel like set in America and in some very iconographic parts of the…landscape.” > > Personally glad it’s branching out imagery wise, it was starting to feel a little calustrophobic, if you know what I mean. There are a few Doctor Who fans here, right? Ooh! Set it in Warehouse 13. Crossover! ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/31 "2010-11-17T20:03:53Z")
Are they still planning a series of Torchwood set in America (and produced with an American network)? Maybe this is setting it up… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/32 "2010-11-17T20:23:38Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > You know what I want in the next series? Fezzes. Fezzes are cool. [Yes, yes they are](http://www.meetup.com/DoctorWhoFansUnite/photos/1148484/#19578645). (That’s my 9yo daughter in the middle). ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/33 "2010-11-17T20:25:58Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > Are they still planning a series of Torchwood set in America (and produced with an American network)? Yup, Torchwood is now a co-production with Starz. Here’s the series promotional synopsis: > [@](#): > > When C.I.A. agent Rex Matheson investigates a global conspiracy, he finds himself unearthing a threat which challenges the entire human race. The answers seem to lie within an old, secret British institute, known only as Torchwood. But Torchwood was destroyed, years ago, and the keys to the institute are held by its only two survivors - former Police Officer Gwen Cooper, who has long since disappeared along with her husband and child, and the mysterious Captain Jack Harkness, a man whose history seems to stretch back centuries. > > With Rex under attack from all sides, in both the US and the UK, he soon discovers there are forces at work within every level of society, determined to stop Torchwood’s return. As a chain of events across the world links together the most disparate and unlikely individuals - including a surgeon, a killer, senators and CEOs - a new Torchwood team takes shape. But this time, the threat is much closer to home, as they realize that their greatest enemy is mankind itself ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/34 "2010-11-17T21:24:44Z")
The funny thing about this is Americans will have to wait at least a year after the initial airing to view it. You can’t even watch clips from the BBC site from America. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/35 "2010-11-17T21:34:00Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > The funny thing about this is Americans will have to wait at least a year after the initial airing to view it. You can’t even watch clips from the BBC site from America. Actually I just read today that the Christmas special is actually going to be broadcast on BBC-America [**on Christmas**!!](http://bbcamerica.com/shows/doctor-who/episodes/2010-special-a-christmas-carol.jsp)Last year they showed “The End of Time” the same week it aired in the UK so hopefully they’ll keep to the same schedule when series 6 starts next year. (Of course, what sucks is I will be at my parents for Christmas, and they have Cablevision which doesn’t carry BBC-America, so I still will have to wait to see it.) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/36 "2010-11-17T22:22:41Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > There are more than a few fans here. I’m looking forward to the new season. Especially because, according to his online [journal](http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2010/08/it-was-pretty-damn-wonderful-actually.html), Neil Gaiman wrote the third episode. > > I’m expecting coolness. No matter where it’s set. Neil Gaiman and Doctor Who. I have died and gone to nerdvana. > [@Alessan](#): > > You know what I want in the next series? Fezzes. Fezzes are cool. Fez? Nah - gimme Donna. One red-head just isn’t enough. The idea of the Doctor meeting Tommy Chong is kinda funny, though… ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/37 "2010-11-18T08:19:27Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I watch the show because it’s British. We already have plenty of U.S. Sci Fi. > > Filming here is a nice gesture. Filming here will cost them more. I much rather they use the budget for special effects. > > I hope we get at least one shot of the Tardis at Mt Rushmore out of this. 😉 It seems that the extra cost of filming in the US is being met by BBC America, so the FX budget won’t be affected. I understand that they’re filming in Utah, and that part of the story is set in Washington DC – so I’m afraid Mt Rushmore looks unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/38 "2010-11-18T08:30:54Z")
The doctor battles a Cyberman and his six Dalek wives. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/39 "2010-11-18T13:30:51Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > The funny thing about this is Americans will have to wait at least a year after the initial airing to view it. You can’t even watch clips from the BBC site from America. Last “season” BBCamerica showed each Dr Who episode roughly one week after it showed in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911/40 "2010-11-18T13:44:56Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Hey, let the man have his hobby. Yeah! As he’s said before, “Humans are among my favorite species.” I wouldn’t mind seeing him visiting Miami Beach, saying something in a monotone, then taking off his RayBans to look pensive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-paying-homage-to-american-audiences/560911.md?page=3)