From: john_e_russell@hotmail.com 
  
 "Ian Hastie"  wrote in message 
 news:1119211698.1562.0@nnrp-t71-03.news.uk.clara.net... 
 > On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:47:30 +0100, John Russell wrote: 
 > 
 >> Timeless? Dr Who looked dated as soon as Star Wars was released. 
 > 
 > What a utterly pointless comparison.  Star Wars was a big budget, high 
 > tech fairy story in space.  As I remember George Lucas being quoted at the 
 > time it was meant to be 2 hours during which the audience could forget 
 > their normal lives.  Very little, if any, depth to the story, but very 
 > well made. 
 > 
 > Dr Who was meant to be science fiction.  That is until it was put into 
 > decline starting some time during or shortly after the Davison years.  So, 
 > it was done on a very limited budget.  This doesn't make any difference to 
 > the quality of the stories themselves.  I'm sure it would have had much 
 > better production, both sets and effects, if they'd had a Star Wars level 
 > budget for each season. 
 > 
 > It seems to me you are confusing gloss with content. 
  
 No, I realise that Dr Who is a family program which requires the interest of 
 Todays kid's. Today's kids expect higher production standards than we did. 
 If today's kid's have enjoyed this series it dosn't matter what we oldies 
 might think about it. 
  
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