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Topic: Dr. Who spinoff

5th Oct 2015, 1:45 PM
	23skidoo Member since Jul 2014 4061 Points	Considering they've already done one for kids (Sarah Jane Adventures - though old school adult fans loved it for having the same tone as the classic DW), and one for adults (Torchwood), trying to score in the middle makes sense. Patrick Ness has a good reputation so I'm willing to give it a chance. Especially if the rumors hold true that this will air in 2016 in lieu of a regular Doctor Who season. I assume an upcoming episode of Series 9 will plant the seed because they're going to need a stronger connection to the parent series than just the school. And if they don't find an excuse for William Russell to at least make a cameo appearance, people will be very annoyed (the now-90-something actor played Ian Chesterton in 1963-64 and the character has been established as being the head of the school's board of directors; he's still performing as Ian for Big Finish audio dramas so he isn't retired or anything). I willing to give "Class" the benefit of the doubt until it airs. I agree with Radox that the media is too much focused on doing a death watch for this show, not realizing that many of its viewers don't watch live anymore; they stream or download. And the BBC is not advertiser supported anyway so the ratings are more for trivia interest than anything else. The BBC could (and probably has) devote an entire week to tiddlywink championships if it wanted to and it wouldn't make a lick of difference if 10 people watched. Doctor Who, meanwhile, is acknowledged in the BBC's own annual report as its top revenue generator.