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Yes, but a lot of people felt that the Doctor persona of Peter Davidson and Sylvester McCoy were deliberately created to kill off Dr who. Who was hated by the BBC, really really hated. They were embarrassed by the production values, scornful of the outside locations. But most particularly they were completely contemptuous of the people who watched it.

It was only resurrected cos the back episodes were making a fortune on DVD and they saw it as a cash cow, but there was still tremendous resistance by BBC Drama, which is why it's now the exclusive property of BBC Wales.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Jan 3rd, 2009 at 03:15:26 PM EST
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The Colin Baker persona also had some issues...

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Sat Jan 3rd, 2009 at 03:21:38 PM EST
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Of course, I should 'fess up, I had a soft spot for some of the darker musings of the Sylvester McCoy Doctor...

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Sat Jan 3rd, 2009 at 03:25:54 PM EST
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