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 "The Doctor"  wrote in message 
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 > In article , 
 > Ian Salsbury  wrote: 
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 > >"The Doctor"  wrote in message 
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 > >> your overall impression of this new DW season. 
 > > 
 > >I think he`s made his opinions quite clear over the last 13 weeks! 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > 
 > Let us a rationale round up, eh? 
  
  
 No need. 
  
 I stated my concerns after episode 1. 
  
 The gay/unsuitable references, the commercial placements and the plagiarisms 
 were there for all to see. 
  
 First we had the outraged denials, the accusations that I was trolling. Then 
 episode after episode as the evidence built up we had the somersaulting 
 denials - then the absurd justifications. 
  
 It really was dumbed down dross. If he wasn't trying to insert his political 
 propaganda it would have just been another BBC production of dumbed down 
 dross. 
  
 As it was it was much more insidious than that and quite worrying that he 
 could get away with it so easily. 
  
 The "gay" stuff was trailed as were teh kisses and the big brotehr stuff. 
 RTD knew exactly what he was doing - exploiting the morons and he got 
 exactly the effect he wanted. Cheap publicity. 
  
 It's no surpise the gays/fanboys here lapped it up. 
  
 And in a way no surprise the BBC got good ratings ( relatively). They hyped 
 it mercilesly and the public have a lot of goodwill towards the DW 
 franchise. 
  
 The public have been starved of meaningful, involving storylines in much 
 mainstream TV so why should DW be different and why would they employ a 
 critical eye given the above? 
  
 The whole Bad Wolfe thing? WHat a load of shite. It was nothing really was 
 it! A superficial attempt at some sort of deeper storyline - but anyone 
 could have though that up on the back of a fag packet. 
  
 The BW references were not integral to the earlier storylines were they? 
 Just tacked on to give some sort of counterfeit depth and sophistication. 
 Bullshit. 
  
 Without the exploitative offal he wallowed in, I would have said the series 
 was simply par for the course average production for the under 14s which 
 reflects the here and now. It will have absolutely no staying power and will 
 become extremely dated very quickly. 
  
 Anyone over about 14 who actually got something out of it - execpt for a 
 cheap and nasty SF fix - I would suggest is either mentally retarded or 
 queer. 
  
 HTH. 
  
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