Doctor who seems to be getting really bad

[Galdorf]

I have watched doctor who since Hartnell live on tv but this new Doctor Who is going off in a whole different direction from a sci-fi to either a cop or spy show seems Chibnall need to read more sci-fi lol.

The script is cringe worthy my eyes were rolling so much during listening to the horrible script of spyfall i got dizzy lol.
Where are they getting these writers i could write an much better script blindfolded the BBC got de-funded if it was not for the money they got from HBO BBC would have to cancel many shows including Doctor Who

It is really funny how things are in the UK with tv licenses i did not even know it existed till i talked to my friends father who came from England the new generation refuses to pay 100 pounds a year and they can't enforce it either.

 

[Markverhyden]

I've always thought the UK TV licensing thing to be odd. I can remember talking to UK expats when I was a kid back in the late 60's in Brazil. There were always schemes to shield the home from EMF.

Personally I was wondering how Jodie would do as a Dr. The episodes I've seen, for me, seem to indicate she's growing into the character. Is there anything recent?

 

[Moltuae]

It is really funny how things are in the UK with tv licenses i did not even know it existed till i talked to my friends father who came from England the new generation refuses to pay 100 pounds a year and they can't enforce it either.

I think the TV licence and the BBC are living on borrowed time now. It is bizarre that we're expected to pay to watch the BBC's channels when there are so many to choose from these days, not to mention all of the online streaming options.

The 'TV detector vans' were a lie of course. It was an attempt to fool those who had little technical knowledge that their TVs could somehow be detected. And, if I remember correctly, TV Licensing would even claim they knew which channel you were watching. In reality, TV Licensing rely on intimidation and self-incrimination. They rely on evidence (such as a TV clearly visible in the front room window) and people simply admitting that they own a TV and therefore require a licence.

The fictitious detector vans enabled the TV Licensing scumbags agents to knock on the doors of unlicensed houses and claim that they had detected a TV, at which point people who believed that TV detector vans were actually a thing, would likely incriminate themselves by owning up (assuming that they owned a TV). Additionally, because the TV licence is a legal requirement for watching TV in the UK, TV Licensing are able to send very threatening/intimidating sounding letters to unlicensed households in an attempt to frighten them into paying. The reality is that if you ignore all correspondence and, when TV Licensing agents turn up at your door, tell them to go away (in a manner of your choosing), there's nothing that they can do. You can even revoke their access rights too or sue them for harassment.

 

[GTP]

Australia had similar TV Licensing "laws" back when I was a kid. I remember my parents telling us not to tell anyone about having a TV, or to talk about seeing something on TV.
That was hard when Batman and The Banana Splits was all kids talked about at school.
Just the fact of buying a TV would get you a knock on the door because retailers were quick to dob on any clients for the small kickback they got.
Mum would draw heavy curtains on the living room windows before the TV went on but she would also switch on a lamp next to the window to try to obfuscate the light from the TV.
The volume would be turned down and if anyone knocked at the door, it was panic stations!

 

[Galdorf]

It is not just the BBC that will not last but almost every major movie studio is in financial hot water for example Paramount is going the way of MGM.
They are having difficulty in getting funding from investors soon they will all go the way of Blockbuster and vanish too bad i really liked Star Trek and stargate but MGM does not have the money or investors to make another stargate series.

CBC wants us to watch more Canadian content funny i go to CBC news live and all they talk about most of the time is Trump, Trump and more Trump where is my Canadian content lol.

 

[NETWizz]

I visited some relatives a few years ago and Stayed in Britain for over a month. The licensing goons showed up a couple of times for me. They are really on it. They asked me if I was watching TV, and I told them only my laptop. They explained that counts as TV, so "yeah," but I countered with "you don't know what I was watching." They told me they are from the BBC TV Licencing, and I explained that I don't care if the queen herself sent them. I explained that I don't watch the BBC except Dr. Who, which is remarkably good and they informed me I need a licence to watch Dr. Who on my laptop. I explained I came from the United States and PURCHASED the rights to watch Dr. Who as in I paid for the seasons and actually own the electronic copies of them, and that wouldn't have happened if the BBC did not allow Amazon to resell. That indirectly, I already paid the BBC under a DIFFERENT licence arrangement. They said that doesn't matter and asked for my information even threatened the police.

I laughed telling them that usually British cops are polite, so that's hardly a threat. I mean they aren't going to shoot or tazer me for a disagreement provided I don't get hands-on with anybody unlike cops in the United States, so go ahead. Then they asked for identification, so just to mess with them I provided my United States drivers license. I refused to share my passport details etc. nor did I allow them to actually look at my laptop.

When I got home in the United States, I actually got bills from TV Licensing to my mailbox in South Carolina. I never did pay, never will, and nothing is ever going to become of it.

I DO legally subscribe to a TV service, which has BBC America, and I DO lawfully purchase plenty of electronic "streaming" delivered items including stuff from the BBC, but they get paid for it. I don't torrent BBC produced shows for example.

 

[Moltuae]

I laughed telling them that usually British cops are polite, so that's hardly a threat. I mean they aren't going to shoot or tazer me for a disagreement provided I don't get hands-on with anybody unlike cops in the United States, so go ahead. Then they asked for identification, so just to mess with them I provided my United States drivers license. I refused to share my passport details etc. nor did I allow them to actually look at my laptop.

TV Licensing are a complete joke. YouTube is full of videos that depict similar experiences, including numerous examples of police intervention. They're targetting vulnerable people (because anyone else would be unlikely to fall for their intimidation tactics). And, more importantly, they're wasting police resources. There's a dire shortage of police on the streets, yet somehow it appears that they're readily available to be despatched (in pairs!) with TV Licencing goons ...

I'm a fan of many of the BBC's creations, but their business funding model is archaic and corrupt. In many ways it will be sad to see them go but go they must.

 

[NETWizz]

I actually understand that that the TV licensing pays for the BBC or Government TV; it is a tax. I even would go so far as to agree they should get paid! What I don't understand is the method of collecting it. Why not just make it a household cost amortize it into 12 payments, and add it on everybody's cable or satellite TV bill automatically. Then since the airwaves go everywhere, why not add about 5 to 10 quid per taxpayer to their income tax by making the tiniest changes to the tax tables and distribute that to the BBC?

It just makes sense to me to collect it some other way.

 

[Galdorf]

Australia had similar TV Licensing "laws" back when I was a kid. I remember my parents telling us not to tell anyone about having a TV, or to talk about seeing something on TV.
That was hard when Batman and The Banana Splits was all kids talked about at school.
Just the fact of buying a TV would get you a knock on the door because retailers were quick to dob on any clients for the small kickback they got.
Mum would draw heavy curtains on the living room windows before the TV went on but she would also switch on a lamp next to the window to try to obfuscate the light from the TV.
The volume would be turned down and if anyone knocked at the door, it was panic stations!

Speaking of laws is this real? Government says hundreds of people started all those bush fires or government coverup for climate change.

https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/...vdi5hdSUyRm1lZGlhJTJGODIyNjQuaHRtbCZhbGw9MQ==

 

[Porthos]

Are there commercials on the BBC over there? AD revenue? Why rape the county's population for a TV license.
I think if you pay for cable it should cover expenses as well. Cable companies pay the networks for the content over here.

 

[Moltuae]

Are there commercials on the BBC over there? AD revenue? Why rape the county's population for a TV license.

There are no commercials on the BBC. And that's another thing that pisses people off. The BBC receives funding no matter what, while all other broadcasters must rely on ad revenue from commercials. There are advertisements between TV programs on the BBC's channels, but only advertisements for their own shows, products or services. Quite often during shows there is what appears to be product-placement (very visible logos on the back of computer monitors, for example). So I suspect that there must be some amount of product-placement revenue.

 

[Mick]

The Beeb does have its faults, of course. You only have to look at the recent election coverage and all the associated whinging to see that. But I would need a lot of convincing that any proposed change was going to make things better, not just different or worse. Right now, it (BBC) can afford to make experimental dramas, documentaries etc because even if they bomb, they will still get their money. Would anyone else make The Blue Planet, for example? And they can run stations like Radio Three, which wouldn't get through the front door of any commercial operator (neither would much of Radio Four). So I do worry what would happen if they were reduced to just chasing the money like everyone else.

 

[NETWizz]

BBC America has commercials over here just saying... though there are not very many.

 

[Cambridge PC Support]

I used to be a massive Dr Who fan when I was a kid, both TV and the books. But as I got older I found the TV series a bit naff.

 

[Galdorf]

Ok Orphan 55 anyone watch it is it my imagination or is the editing full of glitches seems quality is really lacking in this episode like it was rushed or something.
I have seen bad episodes but his one i think tops all of them as i said very poor writers is killing this show.

 

[Markverhyden]

Since I've gotten rid of DirectTV I guess I'm going to have to find something else to get to see Dr Who.

 

[Porthos]

Since I've gotten rid of DirectTV I guess I'm going to have to find something else to get to see Dr Who.

https://www.philo.com

Although I mainly use it for A&E and Live PD it also has BBC America.

 

[Markverhyden]

https://www.philo.com

Although I mainly use it for A&E and Live PD it also has BBC America.

Many, many thanks @Porthos. I have no problem paying for quality TV. After I closed DTV I signed up for the streaming version from ATT. Having a business account, some $350/month, for other stuff it was still $75/month. Can't justify that for just a handful of shows. Not to mention their interface is a pain to navigate.

 

[Porthos]

Many, many thanks @Porthos. I have no problem paying for quality TV. After I closed DTV I signed up for the streaming version from ATT. Having a business account, some $350/month, for other stuff it was still $75/month. Can't justify that for just a handful of shows. Not to mention their interface is a pain to navigate.

I am actually catching up with Friday and Saturdays Live PD as I type.
When it is DVR'd I can skip the commercials.

 

[Porthos]

I am actually catching up with Friday and Saturdays Live PD as I type.

You can actually have a drinking game watching. Take a shot each time they pull over someone with no license, registration or insurance.
Bonus, take 2 shots when they find drugs or run when pulled over.
Guarantee you will be wasted by the mid of the 2nd hour.