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Old 8th March 2020, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by iank View Post
The BBC have always hated Doctor Who. They didn't want it made in the first place, they didn't want Verity Lambert doing it, they wanted to axe it in 1969, they capitulated to the loony Whitehouse brigade in the 70s, and went out of their way to sabotage the show and publicly attack it in the mid to late 80s, all while perpetually under-funding it and later under-promoting it.
That they were only willing to bring it back by slowly but surely destroying everything that made it special and unique to begin with makes perfect sense, really.
You can't have it both ways.

They either want to destroy it or they want to use as a means of lecturing an audience about whatever agenda they decide.

They can't force their agendas down our throats if it's not on air.
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