# Dr. Who finally coming to USA? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173 "2005-02-15T12:05:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/41 "2005-02-17T17:55:19Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > Owl:- Val, john and Pete; Petra Patch and Shep (and a tortoise that got put in a box once a year and was never seen again); and John Pertwee. 38? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/42 "2005-02-17T18:09:24Z")
It’s conversations like that one that make me wish for a Brit to Yank interpreter. They also make me realize that the Master’s new regeneration should be an American. Doctor “But, you can’t be the Master. Your voice . . .” Master “Yes, Doctor. I’ve regenerated as a ‘Yank’. You might prize the idiosyncracies of England. But for me, the sun has set on the British empire. I value smug superiority, and the drive to force your will on the rest of the world. What place celebrates those values more than the U S of A? Now then, which one of these Starbucks is actually my tardis?” ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/43 "2005-02-17T19:53:43Z")
I got such a kick out of the Loony Toons movie with Brandon Frazier when the Daleks started running amuk with the other SF hardware. Got me remembering. Like Pertwee the best, Baker second and probably McCoy third. I truly loved the cheesey special effects. I mean some of the concepts put forward were truly brilliant and then a cardboard rock falls on the bad guy. But that was part of its charm for me - to appeal to your intellect on one level and mandate you should suspend all powers of rational disbelief on another. It was (and hopefully is) wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/44 "2005-02-18T09:33:14Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > 38? Two years out. Your go. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/45 "2005-02-18T10:09:02Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > Two years out. Your go. John, Val, Pete: Petra, Patch, Jason, Joey, Freda: Patrick Troughton. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/46 "2005-02-18T11:48:21Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > John, Val, Pete: Petra, Patch, Jason, Joey, Freda: Patrick Troughton. 44? ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/47 "2005-02-18T12:07:32Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > 44? Two years out. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/48 "2005-02-18T12:15:45Z")
…ummm, no go on the Blue Peter guys, but I’ll play! Peter Davidson! ---
**Author:** ![grey\_ideas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@grey\_ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grey_ideas)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/49 "2005-02-18T12:30:41Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > **Grey\_Ideas** Who’s Billie Piper? [Billie Piper](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0684877/bio) How to explain this? Annoying teenage popstar who gained further repute by marrying a very annoying radio DJ? Alright I could be biased because I found her music annoying and because I harbour a dislike for Chris Evans (aforementioned DJ). Not being in the UK anymore it’s possible that they are now both the paragons of entertainment and not annoying in the slightest, but I’ll wait for someone in the UK to fill me in on that. grey\_ideas ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/50 "2005-02-18T12:46:17Z")
> [@grey\_ideas](#): > > [Billie Piper](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0684877/bio) > > How to explain this? Annoying teenage popstar who gained further repute by marrying a very annoying radio DJ? Alright I could be biased because I found her music annoying and because I harbour a dislike for Chris Evans (aforementioned DJ). Not being in the UK anymore it’s possible that they are now both the paragons of entertainment and not annoying in the slightest, but I’ll wait for someone in the UK to fill me in on that. > > grey\_ideas They’ve seperated. He’s not taking it well. She’s “romantically linked” to (ie shagging) Christopher Ecclestone. Owl - reads the News of the World but only for the sport - honest ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/51 "2005-02-18T12:47:55Z")
> [@Banquet Bear](#): > > …ummm, no go on the Blue Peter guys, but I’ll play! > > Peter Davidson! The wet vet? Hmmm… 30? ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/52 "2005-02-18T12:51:03Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > The wet vet? > > Hmmm… > > 30? …BINGO!!! Your theory seems to be correct, within two years, but you got me spot on! ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/53 "2005-02-18T15:40:21Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > They’ve seperated. He’s not taking it well. She’s “romantically linked” to (ie shagging) Christopher Ecclestone. Ewww … the Doctor’s doing his assistant? That’s not right. (And no, it wasn’t right with Tom and Lalla either.) ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/54 "2005-02-18T16:22:12Z")
Gah!! No, she is shagging the man that is playing him. Not the same thing at all. (Although if they act like lovers in the show, then I **will** be upset. On a related note, there is a lot of discussion going on that Susan can’t be his granddaughter because his is not attracted to any of the women on the show, besides perhaps, Romana. Also, that is not right for the part. Quite true, however perhaps it is simply that all of the women on the show are human, and not Galifrian, that explains the lack of attraction. After all, humans are a different species then him, as are Martians to us, and I have never been attracted to an Ice Warrior. Romana is of course the same species. Of course, the race reprduces via the matrix, but perhaps Susan was conceived before that ever took place. After all the Doctor does look pretty old in his first incarnation. Wow, I have really veared off topic, sorry, but I had to get that out of my system. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/55 "2005-02-18T16:53:53Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > Ewww … the Doctor’s doing his assistant? That’s not right. (And no, it wasn’t right with Tom and Lalla either.) Lela. Of the Sevateem! ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/56 "2005-03-03T12:32:07Z")
Damn! - Now new reports say SciFi “passed” on Dr. Who. See this [link](http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/592/592429p1.html) . I hate NBC/Universal with all my heart. They have the nerve to show crap like Sliders which was a Dr. Who ripoff but they have aproblem with the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/57 "2005-03-03T15:14:39Z")
Better news: Q Magazine reviewed the new episodes and said “the much-hyped return of rickety sci-fí classic Doctor Who lives up to all expectations: it’s every bit as good as its mid-'70s heyday. Furthermore, this time around you don’t have to be a geek to enjoy it.” A very [glowing review](http://www.gallifreyone.com/newstv.php#newsitemEEpAyFFuEkKZPqDtkK) all in all. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/58 "2005-03-03T15:55:12Z")
Well it seems from reading **Nonsuch** ’s link that the series itself is alive and well, and will begin showing in Canada in April. The fact that Sci Fi passed on it should merely be a delay. Hopefully it’ll get onto some other cable network and/or syndication. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/59 "2005-03-03T16:30:33Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > The fact that Sci Fi passed on it should merely be a delay. Hopefully it’ll get onto some other cable network and/or syndication. The DELAY is what’s intolerable. People will be forced to find unsanctioned copies on the internet to slake their thirst for Dr. Who. What little respect I had left for the Sci-Fi Channel is now gone for good. I shouldn’t have been surprised to learn that they are part of NBC. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173/60 "2005-03-03T21:57:26Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > Ewww … the Doctor’s doing his assistant? That’s not right. (And no, it wasn’t right with Tom and Lalla either.) How aboutm Jon Petwee & Jean Marsh? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-finally-coming-to-usa/290173.md?page=4)