• OT: Amazon to take over James Bond

    From Woozy Song@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 21 08:15:19 2025
    Did they pay attention to what happened with Disney and Doctor Who?

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Woozy Song on Fri Feb 21 00:23:03 2025
    Woozy Song wrote:

    Did they pay attention to what happened with Disney and Doctor
    Who?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo


    I'd say the "give" was more likely a case of "sold"...

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Feb 21 01:21:03 2025
    In article <vp8gio$32loq$[email protected]>,
    Woozy Song <[email protected]> wrote:
    Did they pay attention to what happened with Disney and Doctor Who?

    Watch out!
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Fri Feb 21 01:21:20 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Woozy Song wrote:

    Did they pay attention to what happened with Disney and Doctor
    Who?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo


    I'd say the "give" was more likely a case of "sold"...

    Live and let die.
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  • From The True Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Fri Feb 21 04:17:26 2025
    On 21/02/2025 00:23, Blueshirt wrote:
    Woozy Song wrote:

    Did they pay attention to what happened with Disney and Doctor
    Who?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo


    I'd say the "give" was more likely a case of "sold"...

    They've not got any money to finance a new movie after they destroyed
    the entire franchise with the woke degeneracy No Time to Die. They're
    also being sued over the trademark 'James Bond' and variants to declare
    the name public domain since they've not used it to sell any products
    since the No Time to Die fiasco and if they don't begin making a movie
    right away and release it by 2027 then they will lose the trademark
    completely.

    I hope the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary has no oversight by the brain
    dead degenerate woke retard Jennifer Sulk, whatever her name is, who
    destroyed The Wheel or Time and The Lord of the Rings franchises by
    telling their predominately male audiences that they were all sexists
    and racists if they didn't enjoy her degenerate and insulting woke crap
    and agreed with everything this retard said and did to them. This is the
    very retard who fired the writers of the new Conan series Amazon was
    planing because they were too masculine, the very same writers who went
    on to write huge hit House of the Dragon for HBO.

    Let's hope Amazon/Eon lose the trademark and then in 10 years time all
    of James Bond will become public domain and anyone can make it without a political and sexual agenda aimed at grooming children. Still, they
    can't copyright a number so anyone can call James Bond 007 and make new
    movies that are faithful to Ian Fleming's original vision.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected]_SPAM on Fri Feb 21 06:54:30 2025
    In article <vp8uon$388n5$[email protected]>,
    The True Doctor <[email protected]_SPAM> wrote:
    On 21/02/2025 00:23, Blueshirt wrote:
    Woozy Song wrote:

    Did they pay attention to what happened with Disney and Doctor
    Who?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo


    I'd say the "give" was more likely a case of "sold"...

    They've not got any money to finance a new movie after they destroyed
    the entire franchise with the woke degeneracy No Time to Die. They're
    also being sued over the trademark 'James Bond' and variants to declare
    the name public domain since they've not used it to sell any products
    since the No Time to Die fiasco and if they don't begin making a movie
    right away and release it by 2027 then they will lose the trademark >completely.

    I hope the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary has no oversight by the brain
    dead degenerate woke retard Jennifer Sulk, whatever her name is, who >destroyed The Wheel or Time and The Lord of the Rings franchises by
    telling their predominately male audiences that they were all sexists
    and racists if they didn't enjoy her degenerate and insulting woke crap
    and agreed with everything this retard said and did to them. This is the
    very retard who fired the writers of the new Conan series Amazon was
    planing because they were too masculine, the very same writers who went
    on to write huge hit House of the Dragon for HBO.

    Let's hope Amazon/Eon lose the trademark and then in 10 years time all
    of James Bond will become public domain and anyone can make it without a >political and sexual agenda aimed at grooming children. Still, they
    can't copyright a number so anyone can call James Bond 007 and make new >movies that are faithful to Ian Fleming's original vision.


    Such as it is.

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  • From Woozy Song@21:1/5 to The True Doctor on Fri Feb 21 17:40:37 2025
    The True Doctor wrote:

    Let's hope Amazon/Eon lose the trademark and then in 10 years time all
    of James Bond will become public domain and anyone can make it without a political and sexual agenda aimed at grooming children. Still, they
    can't copyright a number so anyone can call James Bond 007 and make new movies that are faithful to Ian Fleming's original vision.


    What, characters called "Pussy Galore"? Did anybody over 14 years old
    think that was funny?

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  • From Hornplayer9599@21:1/5 to Woozy Song on Fri Feb 21 06:43:15 2025
    On 2/21/2025 03:40, Woozy Song wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    Let's hope Amazon/Eon lose the trademark and then in 10 years time all
    of James Bond will become public domain and anyone can make it without
    a political and sexual agenda aimed at grooming children. Still, they
    can't copyright a number so anyone can call James Bond 007 and make
    new movies that are faithful to Ian Fleming's original vision.


    What, characters called "Pussy Galore"? Did anybody over 14 years old
    think that was funny?

    And in the book "Goldfinger" (you know, Ian Fleming's original version),
    not only was the character named "Pussy Galore", she, and the other
    pilots in her crew, were lesbians.

    I guess, with Dr. Who allegedly getting axed, Aggy is just looking for
    another target to vent & deflect his repressed feelings towards.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 21 13:38:26 2025
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    On 2/21/2025 03:40, Woozy Song wrote:

    What, characters called "Pussy Galore"? Did anybody over 14
    years old think that was funny?

    And in the book "Goldfinger" (you know, Ian Fleming's original
    version), not only was the character named "Pussy Galore",
    she, and the other pilots in her crew, were lesbians.

    <shocked face> You mean, lesbians are not a modern invention
    created by the woke media?!

    Who'd have thought it.

    I guess, with Dr. Who allegedly getting axed, Aggy is just
    looking for another target to vent & deflect his repressed
    feelings towards.

    "Jane Bond" is probably only a few years away, people will want
    the franchise cancelled then...

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Woozy Song on Fri Feb 21 13:39:52 2025
    Woozy Song wrote:

    The True Doctor wrote:

    Let's hope Amazon/Eon lose the trademark and then in 10
    years time all of James Bond will become public domain and
    anyone can make it without a political and sexual agenda
    aimed at grooming children. Still, they can't copyright a
    number so anyone can call James Bond 007 and make new
    movies that are faithful to Ian Fleming's original vision.

    What, characters called "Pussy Galore"? Did anybody over 14
    years old think that was funny?

    If Ian Fleming hadn't created "Pussy Galore", the Carry On films
    would have done...

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The True Doctor on Fri Feb 21 14:03:53 2025
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 21/02/2025 00:23, Blueshirt wrote:
    Woozy Song wrote:

    Did they pay attention to what happened with Disney and
    Doctor Who?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo

    I'd say the "give" was more likely a case of "sold"...

    They've not got any money to finance a new movie after they
    destroyed the entire franchise with the woke degeneracy No
    Time to Die.

    I liked "No Time to Die"... well, except the ending. In fact, I
    think Daniel Craig is one of my favourite Bond's. They were all
    good movies.

    They're also being sued over the trademark 'James Bond'
    and variants to declare the name public domain since
    they've not used it to sell any products since the No Time to
    Die fiasco and if they don't begin making a movie right away
    and release it by 2027 then they will lose the trademark
    completely.

    If it's got to the stage that they've had to sell all of the
    furniture and a controlling stake in "James Bond" to Amazon then
    they clearly messed up somewhere.

    I hope the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary has no oversight by
    the brain dead degenerate woke retard Jennifer Sulk, whatever
    her name is, who destroyed The Wheel or Time and The Lord of
    the Rings franchises by telling their predominately male
    audiences that they were all sexists and racists if they
    didn't enjoy her degenerate and insulting woke crap and agreed
    with everything this retard said and did to them. This is the
    very retard who fired the writers of the new Conan series
    Amazon was planing because they were too masculine, the very
    same writers who went on to write huge hit House of the Dragon
    for HBO.

    Let's hope Amazon/Eon lose the trademark and then in 10 years
    time all of James Bond will become public domain and anyone
    can make it without a political and sexual agenda aimed at
    grooming children. Still, they can't copyright a number so
    anyone can call James Bond 007 and make new movies that are
    faithful to Ian Fleming's original vision.

    The thing is, making films and TV shows "faithful" to the
    original books is not the way production companies like to do
    things... more so these days. They always make changes... often
    for the worse. If the next Bond movie doesn't do well you are
    more likely to see a "Jane Bond" Amazon Prime mini-series in ten
    years time than something faithfully adapted from an Ian Fleming
    novel.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Feb 21 15:04:33 2025
    In article <vp9hml$3b78h$[email protected]>,
    Woozy Song <[email protected]> wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    Let's hope Amazon/Eon lose the trademark and then in 10 years time all
    of James Bond will become public domain and anyone can make it without a
    political and sexual agenda aimed at grooming children. Still, they
    can't copyright a number so anyone can call James Bond 007 and make new
    movies that are faithful to Ian Fleming's original vision.


    What, characters called "Pussy Galore"? Did anybody over 14 years old
    think that was funny?

    Goldfinger, eh?
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Fri Feb 21 15:06:15 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Woozy Song wrote:

    The True Doctor wrote:

    Let's hope Amazon/Eon lose the trademark and then in 10
    years time all of James Bond will become public domain and
    anyone can make it without a political and sexual agenda
    aimed at grooming children. Still, they can't copyright a
    number so anyone can call James Bond 007 and make new
    movies that are faithful to Ian Fleming's original vision.

    What, characters called "Pussy Galore"? Did anybody over 14
    years old think that was funny?

    If Ian Fleming hadn't created "Pussy Galore", the Carry On films
    would have done...

    Interesting.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Fri Feb 21 15:05:49 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    On 2/21/2025 03:40, Woozy Song wrote:

    What, characters called "Pussy Galore"? Did anybody over 14
    years old think that was funny?

    And in the book "Goldfinger" (you know, Ian Fleming's original
    version), not only was the character named "Pussy Galore",
    she, and the other pilots in her crew, were lesbians.

    <shocked face> You mean, lesbians are not a modern invention
    created by the woke media?!

    Who'd have thought it.

    I guess, with Dr. Who allegedly getting axed, Aggy is just
    looking for another target to vent & deflect his repressed
    feelings towards.

    "Jane Bond" is probably only a few years away, people will want
    the franchise cancelled then...


    Well It should have died with the last movie.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Feb 21 15:05:22 2025
    In article <Ex_tP.1622$[email protected]>,
    Hornplayer9599 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2/21/2025 03:40, Woozy Song wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    Let's hope Amazon/Eon lose the trademark and then in 10 years time all
    of James Bond will become public domain and anyone can make it without
    a political and sexual agenda aimed at grooming children. Still, they
    can't copyright a number so anyone can call James Bond 007 and make
    new movies that are faithful to Ian Fleming's original vision.


    What, characters called "Pussy Galore"? Did anybody over 14 years old
    think that was funny?

    And in the book "Goldfinger" (you know, Ian Fleming's original version),
    not only was the character named "Pussy Galore", she, and the other
    pilots in her crew, were lesbians.

    I guess, with Dr. Who allegedly getting axed, Aggy is just looking for >another target to vent & deflect his repressed feelings towards.


    Still Bond charms the woman,

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Fri Feb 21 20:34:19 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    Let's hope Amazon/Eon lose the trademark and then in 10
    years time all of James Bond will become public domain and
    anyone can make it without a political and sexual agenda
    aimed at grooming children. Still, they can't copyright a
    number so anyone can call James Bond 007 and make new
    movies that are faithful to Ian Fleming's original vision.

    The thing is, making films and TV shows "faithful" to the
    original books is not the way production companies like to do
    things... more so these days. They always make changes...
    often for the worse. If the next Bond movie doesn't do well
    you are more likely to see a "Jane Bond" Amazon Prime
    mini-series in ten years time than something faithfully
    adapted from an Ian Fleming novel.

    Let James Bond end.

    Yeah, Amazon paid all that money to take over "James Bond" just
    to let it end...

    There's a bigger issue at play here as it's things like this
    that show how rich and powerful the big streaming companies are
    these days and why most of the decent content is now on those
    services whilst regular TV is full of reality crap, quiz/game
    shows and cooking shows...

    Normal TV channels, even the BBC, cannot compete with all the
    money that the Amazon's and Netflix's are throwing at things...
    so it will be the consumer (i.e. us) that is going to suffer in
    the long run.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Fri Feb 21 20:20:23 2025
    Blueshirt wrote:

    Woozy Song wrote:

    Did they pay attention to what happened with Disney and
    Doctor Who?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo


    I'd say the "give" was more likely a case of "sold"...

    It seems $1 billion was the price...

    "Amazon paid more than $1bn to take creative control of James
    Bond"

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/21/stars-shaken-stirred-amazon-deal-james-bond

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Feb 22 10:50:34 2025
    On 2025-02-21 13:38:26 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    On 2/21/2025 03:40, Woozy Song wrote:

    What, characters called "Pussy Galore"? Did anybody over 14
    years old think that was funny?

    And in the book "Goldfinger" (you know, Ian Fleming's original
    version), not only was the character named "Pussy Galore",
    she, and the other pilots in her crew, were lesbians.

    <shocked face> You mean, lesbians are not a modern invention
    created by the woke media?!

    Who'd have thought it.

    Nothing these Politically Correct "equality" morons whine on about is
    actually new. There have been women, black people, asian people,
    disabled people, etc. on TV and in movies long long before they started spouting their ridiculous ideas and campaigns.




    I guess, with Dr. Who allegedly getting axed, Aggy is just
    looking for another target to vent & deflect his repressed
    feelings towards.

    "Jane Bond" is probably only a few years away, people will want
    the franchise cancelled then...

    A *new* character called "Jane Bond" would be fine. It's when the
    morons hijack and existing character to ethnicity and/or gender swap
    that it becomes idiotic. Two 'great' examples of such idiocy being
    Doctor Who, and Starbuck in Moore-Ron's butchered version of
    "Battlestar Galactica".

    I've never read the books, but in the case of James Bond, it could also
    perhaps be argued that the "James Bond" name is not the real name of
    the characters and is instead purely a cover-name re-used (along with
    the code number "007") by various successive spy characters. This would
    mean changing the ethnicity and/or gender is more palatable.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Feb 22 10:55:34 2025
    On 2025-02-21 13:39:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    Woozy Song wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    Let's hope Amazon/Eon lose the trademark and then in 10
    years time all of James Bond will become public domain and
    anyone can make it without a political and sexual agenda
    aimed at grooming children. Still, they can't copyright a
    number so anyone can call James Bond 007 and make new
    movies that are faithful to Ian Fleming's original vision.

    What, characters called "Pussy Galore"? Did anybody over 14
    years old think that was funny?

    If Ian Fleming hadn't created "Pussy Galore", the Carry On films
    would have done...

    They probably did.

    In the UK comedy series "Are You Being Served?" (1972-1985) and it's
    sequel "Grace & Favour" (1992-1993) changed to "Are You Being Served?
    Again!" in America), the character Mrs Slocombe was often making such
    innuendos about her pet cat.

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  • From The True Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Fri Feb 21 22:24:21 2025
    On 21/02/2025 20:20, Blueshirt wrote:
    Blueshirt wrote:

    Woozy Song wrote:

    Did they pay attention to what happened with Disney and
    Doctor Who?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo


    I'd say the "give" was more likely a case of "sold"...

    It seems $1 billion was the price...

    "Amazon paid more than $1bn to take creative control of James
    Bond"

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/21/stars-shaken-stirred-amazon-deal-james-bond

    If Bezos waited a little under 10 years he would have paid nothing, just
    like everyone else who will be free to make as much James Bond as they
    like when the copyright expires on 1 January 2035, life plus 70 years
    and all that. He's only got time to make 2 or 3 movies at most but he
    has more than enough money to burn.

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  • From The True Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Fri Feb 21 22:20:52 2025
    On 21/02/2025 20:34, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    Let's hope Amazon/Eon lose the trademark and then in 10
    years time all of James Bond will become public domain and
    anyone can make it without a political and sexual agenda
    aimed at grooming children. Still, they can't copyright a
    number so anyone can call James Bond 007 and make new
    movies that are faithful to Ian Fleming's original vision.

    The thing is, making films and TV shows "faithful" to the
    original books is not the way production companies like to do
    things... more so these days. They always make changes...
    often for the worse. If the next Bond movie doesn't do well
    you are more likely to see a "Jane Bond" Amazon Prime
    mini-series in ten years time than something faithfully
    adapted from an Ian Fleming novel.

    Let James Bond end.

    Yeah, Amazon paid all that money to take over "James Bond" just
    to let it end...

    Jeff Bezos has more than enough money to burn. He's already burned $1
    billion on The Rings of Woke and burning another $1 billion on Double
    Woke Seven isn't going to make even a microscopic hole in his pockets.

    Besides which only a degenerate fool would pay $1 billion for a
    franchise whose exclusive rights expire in less than 10 years time, and
    Bezos is that degenerate fool in carinate and doesn't care for anything
    except for bragging, virtue signalling and prestige, the self centred
    stupid retard. He'd be better off spending his billions helping Elon
    Musk go to Mars and stay there with him if he doesn't respect Ian
    Fleming's legacy the way Fleming intended it.


    There's a bigger issue at play here as it's things like this
    that show how rich and powerful the big streaming companies are
    these days and why most of the decent content is now on those

    Amazon doesn't make any money from streaming, it makes it from selling
    goods with free next day shipping. That is why people subscribe to
    Amazon Prime.

    services whilst regular TV is full of reality crap, quiz/game
    shows and cooking shows...

    There's nothing stopping regular TV making decent new dramas, except for
    the woke degeneracy that has taken away their ability to do so.


    Normal TV channels, even the BBC, cannot compete with all the
    money that the Amazon's and Netflix's are throwing at things...

    Yes they can. They can compete with coming up with good stories and
    ideas and not hiring degenerate woke retards to write them for an
    audience of bigoted activists who will never be pleased by anything
    unless they've totally destroyed it so that nobody can ejoying like
    they've done to Doctor Who, Star Wars, Star Trek, The Wheel of Time, and
    The Lord of the Rings, because they can't enjoy anything and watch
    nothing since they're mentally retarded.

    so it will be the consumer (i.e. us) that is going to suffer in
    the long run.


    Far left woke retards don't care about consumers since they're Marxist
    Fascists and Commies.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Your Name on Fri Feb 21 23:50:39 2025
    Your Name wrote:


    I've never read the books, but in the case of James Bond, it
    could also perhaps be argued that the "James Bond" name is not
    the real name of the characters and is instead purely a
    cover-name re-used (along with the code number "007") by
    various successive spy characters. This would mean changing
    the ethnicity and/or gender is more palatable.

    It's highly unlikely that MI6 agents use their real names when
    on active service so a cover name would make sense. (Secret
    agents wouldn't be very secret if they used their real names!)
    Which in theory means that anybody could be "James Bond" or
    designated as "007" if the previous agent using that designation
    had been killed.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The True Doctor on Sat Feb 22 00:03:46 2025
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 21/02/2025 20:34, Blueshirt wrote:

    Normal TV channels, even the BBC, cannot compete with all the
    money that the Amazon's and Netflix's are throwing at
    things...

    Yes they can. They can compete with coming up with good
    stories and ideas and not hiring degenerate woke retards to
    write them for an audience of bigoted activists who will never
    be pleased by anything unless they've totally destroyed it so
    that nobody can ejoying like they've done to Doctor Who, Star
    Wars, Star Trek, The Wheel of Time, and The Lord of the Rings,
    because they can't enjoy anything and watch nothing since
    they're mentally retarded.

    The BBC don't have the money to compete with the likes of
    Netflix, Amazon or Disney+ (etc.) when it comes to making top
    quality drama shows... which is why they don't make a lot of the
    big dramas you see on BBC1 themselves these days. Generally they
    outsource and commission shows from independent production
    companies instead.

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the place
    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put the TV
    licence fee up!

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Feb 22 01:28:05 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.james-bond

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Blueshirt wrote:

    Woozy Song wrote:

    Did they pay attention to what happened with Disney and
    Doctor Who?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo


    I'd say the "give" was more likely a case of "sold"...

    It seems $1 billion was the price...

    "Amazon paid more than $1bn to take creative control of James
    Bond"

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/21/stars-shaken-stirred-amazon-deal-james-bond

    Well this could be a long transition
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Feb 22 01:29:03 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.james-bond

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    Let's hope Amazon/Eon lose the trademark and then in 10
    years time all of James Bond will become public domain and
    anyone can make it without a political and sexual agenda
    aimed at grooming children. Still, they can't copyright a
    number so anyone can call James Bond 007 and make new
    movies that are faithful to Ian Fleming's original vision.

    The thing is, making films and TV shows "faithful" to the
    original books is not the way production companies like to do
    things... more so these days. They always make changes...
    often for the worse. If the next Bond movie doesn't do well
    you are more likely to see a "Jane Bond" Amazon Prime
    mini-series in ten years time than something faithfully
    adapted from an Ian Fleming novel.

    Let James Bond end.

    Yeah, Amazon paid all that money to take over "James Bond" just
    to let it end...

    There's a bigger issue at play here as it's things like this
    that show how rich and powerful the big streaming companies are
    these days and why most of the decent content is now on those
    services whilst regular TV is full of reality crap, quiz/game
    shows and cooking shows...

    Normal TV channels, even the BBC, cannot compete with all the
    money that the Amazon's and Netflix's are throwing at things...
    so it will be the consumer (i.e. us) that is going to suffer in
    the long run.


    Who knows what Amazon is aiming at.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Feb 22 01:29:29 2025
    In article <vpasf9$3iuro$[email protected]>,
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-02-21 13:38:26 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    On 2/21/2025 03:40, Woozy Song wrote:

    What, characters called "Pussy Galore"? Did anybody over 14
    years old think that was funny?

    And in the book "Goldfinger" (you know, Ian Fleming's original
    version), not only was the character named "Pussy Galore",
    she, and the other pilots in her crew, were lesbians.

    <shocked face> You mean, lesbians are not a modern invention
    created by the woke media?!

    Who'd have thought it.

    Nothing these Politically Correct "equality" morons whine on about is >actually new. There have been women, black people, asian people,
    disabled people, etc. on TV and in movies long long before they started >spouting their ridiculous ideas and campaigns.




    I guess, with Dr. Who allegedly getting axed, Aggy is just
    looking for another target to vent & deflect his repressed
    feelings towards.

    "Jane Bond" is probably only a few years away, people will want
    the franchise cancelled then...

    A *new* character called "Jane Bond" would be fine. It's when the
    morons hijack and existing character to ethnicity and/or gender swap
    that it becomes idiotic. Two 'great' examples of such idiocy being
    Doctor Who, and Starbuck in Moore-Ron's butchered version of
    "Battlestar Galactica".

    I've never read the books, but in the case of James Bond, it could also >perhaps be argued that the "James Bond" name is not the real name of
    the characters and is instead purely a cover-name re-used (along with
    the code number "007") by various successive spy characters. This would
    mean changing the ethnicity and/or gender is more palatable.



    I.E. Variable agent.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected]_SPAM on Sat Feb 22 01:30:32 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.james-bond

    In article <vpau85$3j0o5$[email protected]>,
    The True Doctor <[email protected]_SPAM> wrote:
    On 21/02/2025 20:34, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    Let's hope Amazon/Eon lose the trademark and then in 10
    years time all of James Bond will become public domain and
    anyone can make it without a political and sexual agenda
    aimed at grooming children. Still, they can't copyright a
    number so anyone can call James Bond 007 and make new
    movies that are faithful to Ian Fleming's original vision.

    The thing is, making films and TV shows "faithful" to the
    original books is not the way production companies like to do
    things... more so these days. They always make changes...
    often for the worse. If the next Bond movie doesn't do well
    you are more likely to see a "Jane Bond" Amazon Prime
    mini-series in ten years time than something faithfully
    adapted from an Ian Fleming novel.

    Let James Bond end.

    Yeah, Amazon paid all that money to take over "James Bond" just
    to let it end...

    Jeff Bezos has more than enough money to burn. He's already burned $1
    billion on The Rings of Woke and burning another $1 billion on Double
    Woke Seven isn't going to make even a microscopic hole in his pockets.

    Besides which only a degenerate fool would pay $1 billion for a
    franchise whose exclusive rights expire in less than 10 years time, and
    Bezos is that degenerate fool in carinate and doesn't care for anything >except for bragging, virtue signalling and prestige, the self centred
    stupid retard. He'd be better off spending his billions helping Elon
    Musk go to Mars and stay there with him if he doesn't respect Ian
    Fleming's legacy the way Fleming intended it.


    There's a bigger issue at play here as it's things like this
    that show how rich and powerful the big streaming companies are
    these days and why most of the decent content is now on those

    Amazon doesn't make any money from streaming, it makes it from selling
    goods with free next day shipping. That is why people subscribe to
    Amazon Prime.

    services whilst regular TV is full of reality crap, quiz/game
    shows and cooking shows...

    There's nothing stopping regular TV making decent new dramas, except for
    the woke degeneracy that has taken away their ability to do so.


    Normal TV channels, even the BBC, cannot compete with all the
    money that the Amazon's and Netflix's are throwing at things...

    Yes they can. They can compete with coming up with good stories and
    ideas and not hiring degenerate woke retards to write them for an
    audience of bigoted activists who will never be pleased by anything
    unless they've totally destroyed it so that nobody can ejoying like
    they've done to Doctor Who, Star Wars, Star Trek, The Wheel of Time, and
    The Lord of the Rings, because they can't enjoy anything and watch
    nothing since they're mentally retarded.

    so it will be the consumer (i.e. us) that is going to suffer in
    the long run.


    Far left woke retards don't care about consumers since they're Marxist >Fascists and Commies.


    Bond did fight threats like MArxists.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Feb 22 01:32:48 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Your Name wrote:


    I've never read the books, but in the case of James Bond, it
    could also perhaps be argued that the "James Bond" name is not
    the real name of the characters and is instead purely a
    cover-name re-used (along with the code number "007") by
    various successive spy characters. This would mean changing
    the ethnicity and/or gender is more palatable.

    It's highly unlikely that MI6 agents use their real names when
    on active service so a cover name would make sense. (Secret
    agents wouldn't be very secret if they used their real names!)
    Which in theory means that anybody could be "James Bond" or
    designated as "007" if the previous agent using that designation
    had been killed.


    Such is espionage.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected]_SPAM on Sat Feb 22 01:32:09 2025
    In article <vpauel$3j0o5$[email protected]>,
    The True Doctor <[email protected]_SPAM> wrote:
    On 21/02/2025 20:20, Blueshirt wrote:
    Blueshirt wrote:

    Woozy Song wrote:

    Did they pay attention to what happened with Disney and
    Doctor Who?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo


    I'd say the "give" was more likely a case of "sold"...

    It seems $1 billion was the price...

    "Amazon paid more than $1bn to take creative control of James
    Bond"

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/21/stars-shaken-stirred-amazon-deal-james-bond

    If Bezos waited a little under 10 years he would have paid nothing, just
    like everyone else who will be free to make as much James Bond as they
    like when the copyright expires on 1 January 2035, life plus 70 years
    and all that. He's only got time to make 2 or 3 movies at most but he
    has more than enough money to burn.


    Bexos no longer owns Amazon.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Feb 22 01:33:17 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 21/02/2025 20:34, Blueshirt wrote:

    Normal TV channels, even the BBC, cannot compete with all the
    money that the Amazon's and Netflix's are throwing at
    things...

    Yes they can. They can compete with coming up with good
    stories and ideas and not hiring degenerate woke retards to
    write them for an audience of bigoted activists who will never
    be pleased by anything unless they've totally destroyed it so
    that nobody can ejoying like they've done to Doctor Who, Star
    Wars, Star Trek, The Wheel of Time, and The Lord of the Rings,
    because they can't enjoy anything and watch nothing since
    they're mentally retarded.

    The BBC don't have the money to compete with the likes of
    Netflix, Amazon or Disney+ (etc.) when it comes to making top
    quality drama shows... which is why they don't make a lot of the
    big dramas you see on BBC1 themselves these days. Generally they
    outsource and commission shows from independent production
    companies instead.

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the place
    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put the TV
    licence fee up!

    Rebels anyone?
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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Feb 22 17:02:58 2025
    On 2025-02-22 00:03:46 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 21/02/2025 20:34, Blueshirt wrote:

    Normal TV channels, even the BBC, cannot compete with all the
    money that the Amazon's and Netflix's are throwing at
    things...

    Yes they can. They can compete with coming up with good
    stories and ideas and not hiring degenerate woke retards to
    write them for an audience of bigoted activists who will never
    be pleased by anything unless they've totally destroyed it so
    that nobody can ejoying like they've done to Doctor Who, Star
    Wars, Star Trek, The Wheel of Time, and The Lord of the Rings,
    because they can't enjoy anything and watch nothing since
    they're mentally retarded.

    The BBC don't have the money to compete with the likes of
    Netflix, Amazon or Disney+ (etc.) when it comes to making top
    quality drama shows... which is why they don't make a lot of the
    big dramas you see on BBC1 themselves these days. Generally they
    outsource and commission shows from independent production
    companies instead.

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the place
    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put the TV
    licence fee up!

    Yep. Which is exactly why they signed the Doctor Who deal with Disney.
    In the short term, an instant infux of cash looked good on paper to the
    bean counters and management morons ... in the long term though, that
    bad decision could come back to bite them in the backside and cost
    them, and the dwindling number of remaining fans, very very dearly.

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  • From The True Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Feb 22 03:54:15 2025
    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 21/02/2025 20:34, Blueshirt wrote:

    Normal TV channels, even the BBC, cannot compete with all the
    money that the Amazon's and Netflix's are throwing at
    things...

    Yes they can. They can compete with coming up with good
    stories and ideas and not hiring degenerate woke retards to
    write them for an audience of bigoted activists who will never
    be pleased by anything unless they've totally destroyed it so
    that nobody can ejoying like they've done to Doctor Who, Star
    Wars, Star Trek, The Wheel of Time, and The Lord of the Rings,
    because they can't enjoy anything and watch nothing since
    they're mentally retarded.

    The BBC don't have the money to compete with the likes of
    Netflix, Amazon or Disney+ (etc.) when it comes to making top
    quality drama shows... which is why they don't make a lot of the

    It has nothing to do with the BBC not having the money. It's got
    billions to burn from the licence fee. If they've got a good idea then
    others will buy it and it will make them a profit.

    They don't have the talent to produce anything people want to watch
    because they've turned it all away because the talent was white, male, able-bodied, straight, educated, and identified as the gender they were
    born.

    big dramas you see on BBC1 themselves these days. Generally they
    outsource and commission shows from independent production
    companies instead.

    They only reason they do that is because they a forced to do so by their charter. Instead of commissioning shows from creators who know how to
    writer and produce good popular television they commission shows from degenerate and perverted woke activists who want to use the shows to
    sexually groom children.


    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the place

    It's got billions.

    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put the TV
    licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn that making
    woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers instead of providing
    them with escapist entertainment will put them out of business because
    no one will watch it.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Feb 22 04:47:25 2025
    In article <vpbi9i$3qao9$[email protected]>,
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 00:03:46 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 21/02/2025 20:34, Blueshirt wrote:

    Normal TV channels, even the BBC, cannot compete with all the
    money that the Amazon's and Netflix's are throwing at
    things...

    Yes they can. They can compete with coming up with good
    stories and ideas and not hiring degenerate woke retards to
    write them for an audience of bigoted activists who will never
    be pleased by anything unless they've totally destroyed it so
    that nobody can ejoying like they've done to Doctor Who, Star
    Wars, Star Trek, The Wheel of Time, and The Lord of the Rings,
    because they can't enjoy anything and watch nothing since
    they're mentally retarded.

    The BBC don't have the money to compete with the likes of
    Netflix, Amazon or Disney+ (etc.) when it comes to making top
    quality drama shows... which is why they don't make a lot of the
    big dramas you see on BBC1 themselves these days. Generally they
    outsource and commission shows from independent production
    companies instead.

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the place
    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put the TV
    licence fee up!

    Yep. Which is exactly why they signed the Doctor Who deal with Disney.
    In the short term, an instant infux of cash looked good on paper to the
    bean counters and management morons ... in the long term though, that
    bad decision could come back to bite them in the backside and cost
    them, and the dwindling number of remaining fans, very very dearly.






    Who is buying Dsiney+ just for DW?
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected]_SPAM on Sat Feb 22 04:46:44 2025
    In article <vpbhp8$3mdjr$[email protected]>,
    The True Doctor <[email protected]_SPAM> wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 21/02/2025 20:34, Blueshirt wrote:

    Normal TV channels, even the BBC, cannot compete with all the
    money that the Amazon's and Netflix's are throwing at
    things...

    Yes they can. They can compete with coming up with good
    stories and ideas and not hiring degenerate woke retards to
    write them for an audience of bigoted activists who will never
    be pleased by anything unless they've totally destroyed it so
    that nobody can ejoying like they've done to Doctor Who, Star
    Wars, Star Trek, The Wheel of Time, and The Lord of the Rings,
    because they can't enjoy anything and watch nothing since
    they're mentally retarded.

    The BBC don't have the money to compete with the likes of
    Netflix, Amazon or Disney+ (etc.) when it comes to making top
    quality drama shows... which is why they don't make a lot of the

    It has nothing to do with the BBC not having the money. It's got
    billions to burn from the licence fee. If they've got a good idea then
    others will buy it and it will make them a profit.

    They don't have the talent to produce anything people want to watch
    because they've turned it all away because the talent was white, male, >able-bodied, straight, educated, and identified as the gender they were
    born.

    big dramas you see on BBC1 themselves these days. Generally they
    outsource and commission shows from independent production
    companies instead.

    They only reason they do that is because they a forced to do so by their >charter. Instead of commissioning shows from creators who know how to
    writer and produce good popular television they commission shows from >degenerate and perverted woke activists who want to use the shows to
    sexually groom children.


    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the place

    It's got billions.

    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put the TV
    licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn that making
    woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers instead of providing
    them with escapist entertainment will put them out of business because
    no one will watch it.


    And then tax accordingly?

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Sat Feb 22 14:29:03 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <vpbhp8$3mdjr$[email protected]>,
    The True Doctor <[email protected]_SPAM> wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place and for them to do so the UK government would have to
    put the TV licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn
    that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers
    instead of providing them with escapist entertainment will
    put them out of business because no one will watch it.

    And then tax accordingly?

    The choice will be; a tax of some description, adverts, or keep
    the status quo and increase the TV licence fee.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The True Doctor on Sat Feb 22 14:23:52 2025
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place

    It's got billions.

    The BBC might earn billions, most of it income from the TV
    Licence fee - but its not laying around the place to be spent
    willy-nilly... or they wouldn't have gone cap in hand to outside
    investors to help produce "Doctor Who".

    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put
    the TV licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn
    that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers
    instead of providing them with escapist entertainment will put
    them out of business because no one will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in 2027
    they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to help fund
    the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Feb 22 14:36:16 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <vpbhp8$3mdjr$[email protected]>,
    The True Doctor <[email protected]_SPAM> wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place and for them to do so the UK government would have to
    put the TV licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn
    that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers
    instead of providing them with escapist entertainment will
    put them out of business because no one will watch it.

    And then tax accordingly?

    The choice will be; a tax of some description, adverts, or keep
    the status quo and increase the TV licence fee.

    In Canada, no licence fee and using taxes to fund the CBC.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Feb 22 14:38:53 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <vpbhp8$3mdjr$[email protected]>,
    The True Doctor <[email protected]_SPAM> wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place and for them to do so the UK government would have to
    put the TV licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn
    that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers
    instead of providing them with escapist entertainment will
    put them out of business because no one will watch it.

    And then tax accordingly?

    The choice will be; a tax of some description, adverts, or keep
    the status quo and increase the TV licence fee.

    A bigger worry, Nigel Farage leading the pools in the UK.
    --
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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The True Doctor on Sat Feb 22 14:45:14 2025
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 21/02/2025 20:34, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:.

    Let James Bond end.

    Yeah, Amazon paid all that money to take over "James Bond"
    just to let it end...

    Jeff Bezos has more than enough money to burn. He's already
    burned $1 billion on The Rings of Woke and burning another $1
    billion on Double Woke Seven isn't going to make even a
    microscopic hole in his pockets.

    Besides which only a degenerate fool would pay $1 billion for
    a franchise whose exclusive rights expire in less than 10
    years time, and Bezos is that degenerate fool in carinate and
    doesn't care for anything except for bragging, virtue
    signalling and prestige, the self centred stupid retard. He'd
    be better off spending his billions helping Elon Musk go to
    Mars and stay there with him if he doesn't respect Ian
    Fleming's legacy the way Fleming intended it.

    Maybe Jeff Bezos and the other Amazon shareholders and
    executives know a bit more than you?

    I know it's highly unlikely of course, but if Amazon have paid
    all that money there is a possibility that their information
    gives them a reason to do so?

    There's a bigger issue at play here as it's things like this
    that show how rich and powerful the big streaming companies
    are these days and why most of the decent content is now on
    those

    Amazon doesn't make any money from streaming, it makes it from
    selling goods with free next day shipping. That is why people
    subscribe to Amazon Prime.

    It must make some money from its Prime Video service, some shows
    carry adverts and that means income. Also people use Prime Video
    to rent new movies without subscribing... so there would be some
    sort of income from that.

    There's obviously a business plan behind it as Amazon didn't pay
    all that money for the "James Bond" franchise just so online
    shoppers can watch Bond in action free of charge!

    Trust me, the "Jane Bond: 008" mini-series will be coming to
    Prime Video in 2028... starring Amandla Stenberg as our
    favourite British secret agent. Remember where you heard it
    first!

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Sat Feb 22 14:59:01 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <vpbi9i$3qao9$[email protected]>,
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 00:03:46 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    The BBC don't have the money to compete with the likes of
    Netflix, Amazon or Disney+ (etc.) when it comes to making
    top quality drama shows... which is why they don't make a
    lot of the big dramas you see on BBC1 themselves these
    days. Generally they outsource and commission shows from
    independent production companies instead.

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place and for them to do so the UK government would have to
    put the TV licence fee up!

    Yep. Which is exactly why they signed the Doctor Who deal
    with Disney. In the short term, an instant infux of cash
    looked good on paper to the bean counters and management
    morons ... in the long term though, that bad decision could
    come back to bite them in the backside and cost them, and
    the dwindling number of remaining fans, very very dearly.

    Who is buying Dsiney+ just for DW?

    If you mean subscribing, then I wouldn't think there would be
    too many.

    I can believe that some people in the US subscribed to Disney+
    for the Star Wars or Marvel stuff. I find it highly unlikely
    that many people subscribed to Disney+ 'just' for Doctor Who
    though. Maybe when Disney did their $1.99 a month trail offer
    some fans might have tried it out? "Doctor Who" is more niche
    than Star Wars and the MCU, so no matter how much was spent on
    promoting "Doctor Who" in the USA I doubt it was 'the' show to
    bring in many new subscribers to Disney+.

    OTOH, I do know someone who subscribed to Disney+ for a month
    just for The Beatles "Get Back" a few years ago, and then
    unsubscribed after they watched the episodes... so it does
    happen.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Feb 22 15:35:26 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.james-bond

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 21/02/2025 20:34, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:.

    Let James Bond end.

    Yeah, Amazon paid all that money to take over "James Bond"
    just to let it end...

    Jeff Bezos has more than enough money to burn. He's already
    burned $1 billion on The Rings of Woke and burning another $1
    billion on Double Woke Seven isn't going to make even a
    microscopic hole in his pockets.

    Besides which only a degenerate fool would pay $1 billion for
    a franchise whose exclusive rights expire in less than 10
    years time, and Bezos is that degenerate fool in carinate and
    doesn't care for anything except for bragging, virtue
    signalling and prestige, the self centred stupid retard. He'd
    be better off spending his billions helping Elon Musk go to
    Mars and stay there with him if he doesn't respect Ian
    Fleming's legacy the way Fleming intended it.

    Maybe Jeff Bezos and the other Amazon shareholders and
    executives know a bit more than you?

    I know it's highly unlikely of course, but if Amazon have paid
    all that money there is a possibility that their information
    gives them a reason to do so?

    There's a bigger issue at play here as it's things like this
    that show how rich and powerful the big streaming companies
    are these days and why most of the decent content is now on
    those

    Amazon doesn't make any money from streaming, it makes it from
    selling goods with free next day shipping. That is why people
    subscribe to Amazon Prime.

    It must make some money from its Prime Video service, some shows
    carry adverts and that means income. Also people use Prime Video
    to rent new movies without subscribing... so there would be some
    sort of income from that.

    There's obviously a business plan behind it as Amazon didn't pay
    all that money for the "James Bond" franchise just so online
    shoppers can watch Bond in action free of charge!

    Trust me, the "Jane Bond: 008" mini-series will be coming to
    Prime Video in 2028... starring Amandla Stenberg as our
    favourite British secret agent. Remember where you heard it
    first!

    Depends on Amazon.
    --
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Feb 22 16:01:22 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <vpbi9i$3qao9$[email protected]>,
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 00:03:46 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    The BBC don't have the money to compete with the likes of
    Netflix, Amazon or Disney+ (etc.) when it comes to making
    top quality drama shows... which is why they don't make a
    lot of the big dramas you see on BBC1 themselves these
    days. Generally they outsource and commission shows from
    independent production companies instead.

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place and for them to do so the UK government would have to
    put the TV licence fee up!

    Yep. Which is exactly why they signed the Doctor Who deal
    with Disney. In the short term, an instant infux of cash
    looked good on paper to the bean counters and management
    morons ... in the long term though, that bad decision could
    come back to bite them in the backside and cost them, and
    the dwindling number of remaining fans, very very dearly.

    Who is buying Dsiney+ just for DW?

    If you mean subscribing, then I wouldn't think there would be
    too many.

    I can believe that some people in the US subscribed to Disney+
    for the Star Wars or Marvel stuff. I find it highly unlikely
    that many people subscribed to Disney+ 'just' for Doctor Who
    though. Maybe when Disney did their $1.99 a month trail offer
    some fans might have tried it out? "Doctor Who" is more niche
    than Star Wars and the MCU, so no matter how much was spent on
    promoting "Doctor Who" in the USA I doubt it was 'the' show to
    bring in many new subscribers to Disney+.

    OTOH, I do know someone who subscribed to Disney+ for a month
    just for The Beatles "Get Back" a few years ago, and then
    unsubscribed after they watched the episodes... so it does
    happen.

    Fingers are flyng!
    --
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  • From The True Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Feb 22 18:02:20 2025
    On 22/02/2025 14:45, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 21/02/2025 20:34, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:.

    Let James Bond end.

    Yeah, Amazon paid all that money to take over "James Bond"
    just to let it end...

    Jeff Bezos has more than enough money to burn. He's already
    burned $1 billion on The Rings of Woke and burning another $1
    billion on Double Woke Seven isn't going to make even a
    microscopic hole in his pockets.

    Besides which only a degenerate fool would pay $1 billion for
    a franchise whose exclusive rights expire in less than 10
    years time, and Bezos is that degenerate fool in carinate and
    doesn't care for anything except for bragging, virtue
    signalling and prestige, the self centred stupid retard. He'd
    be better off spending his billions helping Elon Musk go to
    Mars and stay there with him if he doesn't respect Ian
    Fleming's legacy the way Fleming intended it.

    Maybe Jeff Bezos and the other Amazon shareholders and
    executives know a bit more than you?


    The copyright expires on 1 January 2035 and that isn't going to change.

    I know it's highly unlikely of course, but if Amazon have paid
    all that money there is a possibility that their information
    gives them a reason to do so?


    They're fools. They paid a billion for the rights to The Lord of the
    Rings appendices which contain almost nothing and no one watches The
    Rings of Woke.

    There's a bigger issue at play here as it's things like this
    that show how rich and powerful the big streaming companies
    are these days and why most of the decent content is now on
    those

    Amazon doesn't make any money from streaming, it makes it from
    selling goods with free next day shipping. That is why people
    subscribe to Amazon Prime.

    It must make some money from its Prime Video service, some shows

    No it doesn't otherwise it wouldn't have put its fees up and charged me
    to watch adverts selling tampons and thrush cream for women.

    carry adverts and that means income. Also people use Prime Video
    to rent new movies without subscribing... so there would be some
    sort of income from that.


    It doesn't make them any money.

    There's obviously a business plan behind it as Amazon didn't pay
    all that money for the "James Bond" franchise just so online
    shoppers can watch Bond in action free of charge!

    Yes they did. Subscribers get free next day delivery and a free woke
    book every month and get to watch videos while they wait for their goods
    to be delivered. The goods which cost substantially more than a tenner
    are what Amazon makes its profit from.


    Trust me, the "Jane Bond: 008" mini-series will be coming to
    Prime Video in 2028... starring Amandla Stenberg as our

    And nobody will watch it just like no one watches The Rings of Power.

    favourite British secret agent. Remember where you heard it
    first!

    Wait 10 years and there will be better Bond movies being made than there
    have ever been.

    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it
    stands for." -William Shatner

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  • From The True Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Feb 22 18:41:06 2025
    On 22/02/2025 14:23, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place

    It's got billions.

    The BBC might earn billions, most of it income from the TV
    Licence fee - but its not laying around the place to be spent
    willy-nilly... or they wouldn't have gone cap in hand to outside
    investors to help produce "Doctor Who".

    They need to bring in Elon Musk and DOGE to put an end to the woke waste.


    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put
    the TV licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn
    that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers
    instead of providing them with escapist entertainment will put
    them out of business because no one will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in 2027
    they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to help fund
    the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription. If they BBC wants
    people's money than it must make programmes people want to watch, than
    that means putting an end to wokery and sexually grooming children.

    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it
    stands for." -William Shatner

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sun Feb 23 10:19:22 2025
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    The True Doctor wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place

    It's got billions.

    The BBC might earn billions, most of it income from the TV
    Licence fee - but its not laying around the place to be spent
    willy-nilly... or they wouldn't have gone cap in hand to outside
    investors to help produce "Doctor Who".

    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put
    the TV licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn
    that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers
    instead of providing them with escapist entertainment will put
    them out of business because no one will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in 2027
    they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to help fund
    the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show breaks, as
    the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New Zealand. Maybe even
    the moronic pop-up adverts in the corner *during* the show that the corporate-owned MediaWorks network here in New Zealand uses as well.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sun Feb 23 10:29:20 2025
    On 2025-02-22 14:59:01 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <vpbi9i$3qao9$[email protected]>,
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 00:03:46 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    The BBC don't have the money to compete with the likes of
    Netflix, Amazon or Disney+ (etc.) when it comes to making
    top quality drama shows... which is why they don't make a
    lot of the big dramas you see on BBC1 themselves these
    days. Generally they outsource and commission shows from
    independent production companies instead.

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place and for them to do so the UK government would have to
    put the TV licence fee up!

    Yep. Which is exactly why they signed the Doctor Who deal
    with Disney. In the short term, an instant infux of cash
    looked good on paper to the bean counters and management
    morons ... in the long term though, that bad decision could
    come back to bite them in the backside and cost them, and
    the dwindling number of remaining fans, very very dearly.

    Who is buying Dsiney+ just for DW?

    If you mean subscribing, then I wouldn't think there would be
    too many.

    I think the dimbulb "The Doctor" got the wrong end of the stick, as usual.

    I said the BBC got an instant influx of cash from Disney.



    I can believe that some people in the US subscribed to Disney+
    for the Star Wars or Marvel stuff. I find it highly unlikely
    that many people subscribed to Disney+ 'just' for Doctor Who
    though. Maybe when Disney did their $1.99 a month trail offer
    some fans might have tried it out? "Doctor Who" is more niche
    than Star Wars and the MCU, so no matter how much was spent on
    promoting "Doctor Who" in the USA I doubt it was 'the' show to
    bring in many new subscribers to Disney+.

    The US audience was likely a minor part of Disney's decision. Disney
    may have thought they would get more subscribers joining up in places
    like Australia and New Zealand, but that was a fallacy that was never
    going to happen.



    OTOH, I do know someone who subscribed to Disney+ for a month
    just for The Beatles "Get Back" a few years ago, and then
    unsubscribed after they watched the episodes... so it does
    happen.

    A few people do sign-up for short term just to watch a season of a
    show, then swap to another streaming service for another show, etc.
    There are also some people who simply have more money than sense, but
    most people are not in that category.

    There was an auction here recently that included a framed feather from
    an extinct New Zealand bird. The auction estimate was about
    NZ$2000-$3000, but some loonies pushed the winning bid out to
    NZ$45,000!!

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected]_SPAM on Sat Feb 22 23:26:29 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.james-bond

    In article <vpd3fd$2fs9$[email protected]>,
    The True Doctor <[email protected]_SPAM> wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 14:45, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 21/02/2025 20:34, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:.

    Let James Bond end.

    Yeah, Amazon paid all that money to take over "James Bond"
    just to let it end...

    Jeff Bezos has more than enough money to burn. He's already
    burned $1 billion on The Rings of Woke and burning another $1
    billion on Double Woke Seven isn't going to make even a
    microscopic hole in his pockets.

    Besides which only a degenerate fool would pay $1 billion for
    a franchise whose exclusive rights expire in less than 10
    years time, and Bezos is that degenerate fool in carinate and
    doesn't care for anything except for bragging, virtue
    signalling and prestige, the self centred stupid retard. He'd
    be better off spending his billions helping Elon Musk go to
    Mars and stay there with him if he doesn't respect Ian
    Fleming's legacy the way Fleming intended it.

    Maybe Jeff Bezos and the other Amazon shareholders and
    executives know a bit more than you?


    The copyright expires on 1 January 2035 and that isn't going to change.

    I know it's highly unlikely of course, but if Amazon have paid
    all that money there is a possibility that their information
    gives them a reason to do so?


    They're fools. They paid a billion for the rights to The Lord of the
    Rings appendices which contain almost nothing and no one watches The
    Rings of Woke.

    There's a bigger issue at play here as it's things like this
    that show how rich and powerful the big streaming companies
    are these days and why most of the decent content is now on
    those

    Amazon doesn't make any money from streaming, it makes it from
    selling goods with free next day shipping. That is why people
    subscribe to Amazon Prime.

    It must make some money from its Prime Video service, some shows

    No it doesn't otherwise it wouldn't have put its fees up and charged me
    to watch adverts selling tampons and thrush cream for women.

    carry adverts and that means income. Also people use Prime Video
    to rent new movies without subscribing... so there would be some
    sort of income from that.


    It doesn't make them any money.

    There's obviously a business plan behind it as Amazon didn't pay
    all that money for the "James Bond" franchise just so online
    shoppers can watch Bond in action free of charge!

    Yes they did. Subscribers get free next day delivery and a free woke
    book every month and get to watch videos while they wait for their goods
    to be delivered. The goods which cost substantially more than a tenner
    are what Amazon makes its profit from.


    Trust me, the "Jane Bond: 008" mini-series will be coming to
    Prime Video in 2028... starring Amandla Stenberg as our

    And nobody will watch it just like no one watches The Rings of Power.

    favourite British secret agent. Remember where you heard it
    first!

    Wait 10 years and there will be better Bond movies being made than there
    have ever been.


    We shall see.

    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." -William Shatner


    --
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected]_SPAM on Sat Feb 22 23:27:11 2025
    In article <vpd5o3$2fs9$[email protected]>,
    The True Doctor <[email protected]_SPAM> wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 14:23, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place

    It's got billions.

    The BBC might earn billions, most of it income from the TV
    Licence fee - but its not laying around the place to be spent
    willy-nilly... or they wouldn't have gone cap in hand to outside
    investors to help produce "Doctor Who".

    They need to bring in Elon Musk and DOGE to put an end to the woke waste.


    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put
    the TV licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn
    that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers
    instead of providing them with escapist entertainment will put
    them out of business because no one will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in 2027
    they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to help fund
    the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription.

    Modernisation will work.

    If they BBC wants
    people's money than it must make programmes people want to watch, than
    that means putting an end to wokery and sexually grooming children.


    UGH!

    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." -William Shatner


    --
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Feb 22 23:27:46 2025
    In article <vpdf0p$4ofh$[email protected]>,
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    The True Doctor wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place

    It's got billions.

    The BBC might earn billions, most of it income from the TV
    Licence fee - but its not laying around the place to be spent
    willy-nilly... or they wouldn't have gone cap in hand to outside
    investors to help produce "Doctor Who".

    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put
    the TV licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn
    that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers
    instead of providing them with escapist entertainment will put
    them out of business because no one will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in 2027
    they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to help fund
    the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show breaks, as
    the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New Zealand. Maybe even
    the moronic pop-up adverts in the corner *during* the show that the >corporate-owned MediaWorks network here in New Zealand uses as well.




    Adverts suck!
    --
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Feb 22 23:28:37 2025
    In article <vpdfjf$4rs6$[email protected]>,
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:59:01 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <vpbi9i$3qao9$[email protected]>,
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 00:03:46 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    The BBC don't have the money to compete with the likes of
    Netflix, Amazon or Disney+ (etc.) when it comes to making
    top quality drama shows... which is why they don't make a
    lot of the big dramas you see on BBC1 themselves these
    days. Generally they outsource and commission shows from
    independent production companies instead.

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place and for them to do so the UK government would have to
    put the TV licence fee up!

    Yep. Which is exactly why they signed the Doctor Who deal
    with Disney. In the short term, an instant infux of cash
    looked good on paper to the bean counters and management
    morons ... in the long term though, that bad decision could
    come back to bite them in the backside and cost them, and
    the dwindling number of remaining fans, very very dearly.

    Who is buying Dsiney+ just for DW?

    If you mean subscribing, then I wouldn't think there would be
    too many.

    I think the dimbulb "The Doctor" got the wrong end of the stick, as usual.

    I said the BBC got an instant influx of cash from Disney.



    I can believe that some people in the US subscribed to Disney+
    for the Star Wars or Marvel stuff. I find it highly unlikely
    that many people subscribed to Disney+ 'just' for Doctor Who
    though. Maybe when Disney did their $1.99 a month trail offer
    some fans might have tried it out? "Doctor Who" is more niche
    than Star Wars and the MCU, so no matter how much was spent on
    promoting "Doctor Who" in the USA I doubt it was 'the' show to
    bring in many new subscribers to Disney+.

    The US audience was likely a minor part of Disney's decision. Disney
    may have thought they would get more subscribers joining up in places
    like Australia and New Zealand, but that was a fallacy that was never
    going to happen.



    OTOH, I do know someone who subscribed to Disney+ for a month
    just for The Beatles "Get Back" a few years ago, and then
    unsubscribed after they watched the episodes... so it does
    happen.

    A few people do sign-up for short term just to watch a season of a
    show, then swap to another streaming service for another show, etc.
    There are also some people who simply have more money than sense, but
    most people are not in that category.

    There was an auction here recently that included a framed feather from
    an extinct New Zealand bird. The auction estimate was about
    NZ$2000-$3000, but some loonies pushed the winning bid out to
    NZ$45,000!!


    Oh! Dear!
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  • From The True Doctor@21:1/5 to Your Name on Sun Feb 23 07:20:21 2025
    On 22/02/2025 21:19, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    The True Doctor wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place

    It's got billions.

    The BBC might earn billions, most of it income from the TV
    Licence fee - but its not laying around the place to be spent
    willy-nilly... or they wouldn't have gone cap in hand to outside
    investors to help produce "Doctor Who".

    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put
    the TV licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn
    that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers
    instead of providing them with escapist entertainment will put
    them out of business because no one will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in 2027
    they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to help fund
    the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show breaks, as

    I'm not paying to watch commercials. The ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5
    already have adverts. Allowing the BBC to do so will make them no
    different so they might as well close it down. The BBC has to become a voluntary subscription service and if they don't put an end to the
    degenerate woke crap and stop attacking heterosexual women and men and masculinity them people will not subscribe to it.

    the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New Zealand. Maybe even
    the moronic pop-up adverts in the corner *during* the show that the corporate-owned MediaWorks network here in New Zealand uses as well.

    The BBC morons tried it on Doctor Who once during Matt Smith's tenure
    and got savaged by people complaining.

    --
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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The True Doctor on Sun Feb 23 12:24:07 2025
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 22/02/2025 21:19, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee
    in 2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media
    tax' to help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what
    you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show
    breaks, as

    I'm not paying to watch commercials. The ITV, Channel 4, and
    Channel 5 already have adverts. Allowing the BBC to do so will
    make them no different so they might as well close it down.
    The BBC has to become a voluntary subscription service

    A voluntary subscription service? Are you for real? That's
    bonkers! It would be a voluntary subscription service that
    nobody would pay! The BBC would end up with less money than they
    have now.

    and if they don't put an end to the degenerate woke crap and
    and stop attacking heterosexual women and men and masculinity
    then people will not subscribe to it.

    Human nature is more likely to mean that people just wouldn't
    pay it anyway...

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected]_SPAM on Sun Feb 23 12:37:01 2025
    In article <vpei7m$dh5h$[email protected]>,
    The True Doctor <[email protected]_SPAM> wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 21:19, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    The True Doctor wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place

    It's got billions.

    The BBC might earn billions, most of it income from the TV
    Licence fee - but its not laying around the place to be spent
    willy-nilly... or they wouldn't have gone cap in hand to outside
    investors to help produce "Doctor Who".

    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put
    the TV licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn
    that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers
    instead of providing them with escapist entertainment will put
    them out of business because no one will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in 2027
    they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to help fund
    the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show breaks, as

    I'm not paying to watch commercials. The ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 >already have adverts. Allowing the BBC to do so will make them no
    different so they might as well close it down. The BBC has to become a >voluntary subscription service and if they don't put an end to the
    degenerate woke crap and stop attacking heterosexual women and men and >masculinity them people will not subscribe to it.

    the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New Zealand. Maybe even
    the moronic pop-up adverts in the corner *during* the show that the
    corporate-owned MediaWorks network here in New Zealand uses as well.

    The BBC morons tried it on Doctor Who once during Matt Smith's tenure
    and got savaged by people complaining.


    Good!

    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." -William Shatner


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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sun Feb 23 12:38:44 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 22/02/2025 14:23, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will
    learn that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate
    viewers instead of providing them with escapist
    entertainment will put them out of business because no one
    will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in
    2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to
    help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription.

    I have a funny feeling that come 2027 that will not be one of
    the options on the table for the UK government...




    And the biggest threat to government in the UK is Nigel Farage.
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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Your Name on Sun Feb 23 12:43:27 2025
    Your Name wrote:

    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in
    2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to
    help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show
    breaks, as the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New
    Zealand.

    We have a TV licence and adverts on our national channels.
    People in the UK might not like commercials on the BBC, as that
    has been one of the benefits of the BBC compared to ITV/C4/Ch5,
    but I'm sure that 'adverts' will be on the agenda when the BBC's
    charter expires in 2027.

    It's probably cheaper for the BBC to earn money from adverts
    than have a third-party organisation - and the administration
    that goes with it - collecting taxes and licence fees on their
    behalf.

    Maybe even the moronic pop-up adverts in the corner
    during the show that the corporate-owned MediaWorks network
    here in New Zealand uses as well.

    We have tons of adverts and they are still talking about a
    digital media tax here in Ireland to replace our licence fee.
    Knowing the Irish government they will probably just copy
    whatever the UK does as our politicians haven't got an original
    idea in their bodies.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sun Feb 23 12:56:45 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Your Name wrote:

    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in
    2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to
    help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show
    breaks, as the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New
    Zealand.

    We have a TV licence and adverts on our national channels.
    People in the UK might not like commercials on the BBC, as that
    has been one of the benefits of the BBC compared to ITV/C4/Ch5,
    but I'm sure that 'adverts' will be on the agenda when the BBC's
    charter expires in 2027.

    It's probably cheaper for the BBC to earn money from adverts
    than have a third-party organisation - and the administration
    that goes with it - collecting taxes and licence fees on their
    behalf.

    Maybe even the moronic pop-up adverts in the corner
    during the show that the corporate-owned MediaWorks network
    here in New Zealand uses as well.

    We have tons of adverts and they are still talking about a
    digital media tax here in Ireland to replace our licence fee.
    Knowing the Irish government they will probably just copy
    whatever the UK does as our politicians haven't got an original
    idea in their bodies.



    So many models.
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  • From The True Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sun Feb 23 14:03:59 2025
    On 23/02/2025 12:24, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 22/02/2025 21:19, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee
    in 2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media
    tax' to help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what
    you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show
    breaks, as

    I'm not paying to watch commercials. The ITV, Channel 4, and
    Channel 5 already have adverts. Allowing the BBC to do so will
    make them no different so they might as well close it down.
    The BBC has to become a voluntary subscription service

    A voluntary subscription service? Are you for real? That's
    bonkers! It would be a voluntary subscription service that
    nobody would pay! The BBC would end up with less money than they
    have now.

    Then so be it. The BBC has become totally irrelevant. What does anyone
    need it for? Oh, I know, so that disgusting, degenerate, woke perverts
    like Russell T Davies can use it it to sexually groom children.


    and if they don't put an end to the degenerate woke crap and
    and stop attacking heterosexual women and men and masculinity
    then people will not subscribe to it.

    Human nature is more likely to mean that people just wouldn't
    pay it anyway...

    Good. Then the BBC can die like Doctor Who. Either it makes programmes
    people want to watch and stops sexually grooming children or it goes
    bust. No one needs it when they can watch ITV or subscribe to a
    streaming service or buy DVDs or Blu-Rays.


    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it
    stands for." -William Shatner

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Sun Feb 23 13:27:22 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    I'm not paying to watch commercials. The ITV, Channel 4, and
    Channel 5 already have adverts. Allowing the BBC to do so
    will make them no different so they might as well close it
    down. The BBC has to become a voluntary subscription
    service

    A voluntary subscription service? Are you for real? That's
    bonkers! It would be a voluntary subscription service that
    nobody would pay! The BBC would end up with less money than
    they have now.

    and if they don't put an end to the degenerate woke crap
    and and stop attacking heterosexual women and men and
    masculinity then people will not subscribe to it.

    Human nature is more likely to mean that people just wouldn't
    pay it anyway...

    Are you familiar with the CBC model?

    No, why would I be? I am not Canadian!

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  • From Idlehands@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sun Feb 23 09:01:42 2025
    On 2025-02-23 5:24 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 22/02/2025 14:23, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will
    learn that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate
    viewers instead of providing them with escapist
    entertainment will put them out of business because no one
    will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in
    2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to
    help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription.

    I have a funny feeling that come 2027 that will not be one of
    the options on the table for the UK government...


    Aggy would subscribe just so he would have something to bitch about (endlessly).

    My offer of proof, his continued watching of Doctor Who.



    --
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    rational behavior."

    pt
    (Binky failed to answer this question)

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Idlehands on Sun Feb 23 16:41:28 2025
    Idlehands wrote:

    On 2025-02-23 5:24 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 14:23, Blueshirt wrote:

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee
    in 2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media
    tax' to help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what
    you wish for.

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription.

    I have a funny feeling that come 2027 that will not be one of
    the options on the table for the UK government...

    Aggy would subscribe just so he would have something to bitch
    about (endlessly).

    My offer of proof, his continued watching of Doctor Who.

    That's called quality control... he watches Doctor Who so that
    we don't have to!

    But then says Doctor Who finished in 2017... <shrugs>

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The True Doctor on Sun Feb 23 16:39:30 2025
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 23/02/2025 12:24, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    I'm not paying to watch commercials. The ITV, Channel 4,
    and Channel 5 already have adverts. Allowing the BBC to do
    so will make them no different so they might as well close
    it down. The BBC has to become a voluntary subscription
    service

    A voluntary subscription service? Are you for real? That's
    bonkers! It would be a voluntary subscription service that
    nobody would pay! The BBC would end up with less money than
    they have now.

    Then so be it. The BBC has become totally irrelevant.

    In 2025 most terrestrial TV channels have become irrelevant...
    all they seem to be full of is games shows, cookery programmes
    and reality shows with non-celebrities and has-beens.

    Most of the decent TV shows are on the streaming services.

    What does anyone need it for? Oh, I know, so that disgusting,
    degenerate, woke perverts like Russell T Davies can use it it
    to sexually groom children.

    That's the thing, the younger generation don't need the BBC or
    ITV at all.

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  • From The True Doctor@21:1/5 to Idlehands on Sun Feb 23 18:22:26 2025
    On 23/02/2025 16:01, Idlehands wrote:
    On 2025-02-23 5:24 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 22/02/2025 14:23, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will
    learn that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate
    viewers instead of providing them with escapist
    entertainment will put them out of business because no one
    will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in
    2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to
    help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription.

    I have a funny feeling that come 2027 that will not be one of
    the options on the table for the UK government...


    Aggy would subscribe just so he would have something to bitch about (endlessly).

    My offer of proof, his continued watching of Doctor Who.

    Doctor Who ended in 2017.

    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it
    stands for." -William Shatner

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  • From The True Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sun Feb 23 18:37:36 2025
    On 23/02/2025 16:39, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 23/02/2025 12:24, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    I'm not paying to watch commercials. The ITV, Channel 4,
    and Channel 5 already have adverts. Allowing the BBC to do
    so will make them no different so they might as well close
    it down. The BBC has to become a voluntary subscription
    service

    A voluntary subscription service? Are you for real? That's
    bonkers! It would be a voluntary subscription service that
    nobody would pay! The BBC would end up with less money than
    they have now.

    Then so be it. The BBC has become totally irrelevant.

    In 2025 most terrestrial TV channels have become irrelevant...
    all they seem to be full of is games shows, cookery programmes
    and reality shows with non-celebrities and has-beens.


    Because they're all being made for women with very low IQs between the
    ages of 35 and 44 from the C2, D and E demographics.

    Most of the decent TV shows are on the streaming services.


    Up until they started forcing you to pay to watch adverts for tampons
    and women's yeast infections even if you are man. There's only one point
    for Amazon Prime now and that's free next day shipping.

    What does anyone need it for? Oh, I know, so that disgusting,
    degenerate, woke perverts like Russell T Davies can use it it
    to sexually groom children.

    That's the thing, the younger generation don't need the BBC or
    ITV at all.

    The BBC isn't for the younger generation except to be used by woke
    perverts like RTD to sexually groom children. Nor is it for men. It's
    for a bunch of low IQ retarded women that are totally stupid and will
    buy anything after seeing it advertised, except the BBC is banned from
    showing commercials, but the imbecilic degenerates now running it have
    all been recruited from commercial television ever since Michael Grade
    took over in the mid 80s and think it's no different to ITV and try to
    copy everything it does to attract advertises. These degenerates don't
    have the remotest clue about Public Service Broadcasting. And then
    there's the woke child molesters they keep hiring.

    The streaming services are all going the same way ever since they
    started forcing you to watch commercials, by excluding men from almost everything they make. Disney has already become a hive for the sexual
    grooming of Children by woke perverts and Governor DeSantis of Florida
    had to take action to make it stop.

    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it
    stands for." -William Shatner

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sun Feb 23 19:50:21 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    I'm not paying to watch commercials. The ITV, Channel 4, and
    Channel 5 already have adverts. Allowing the BBC to do so
    will make them no different so they might as well close it
    down. The BBC has to become a voluntary subscription
    service

    A voluntary subscription service? Are you for real? That's
    bonkers! It would be a voluntary subscription service that
    nobody would pay! The BBC would end up with less money than
    they have now.

    and if they don't put an end to the degenerate woke crap
    and and stop attacking heterosexual women and men and
    masculinity then people will not subscribe to it.

    Human nature is more likely to mean that people just wouldn't
    pay it anyway...

    Are you familiar with the CBC model?

    No, why would I be? I am not Canadian!

    You pay with taxes and it is commercial.
    --
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected]_SPAM on Sun Feb 23 19:50:57 2025
    In article <vpf9sf$he7h$[email protected]>,
    The True Doctor <[email protected]_SPAM> wrote:
    On 23/02/2025 12:24, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 22/02/2025 21:19, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee
    in 2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media
    tax' to help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what
    you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show
    breaks, as

    I'm not paying to watch commercials. The ITV, Channel 4, and
    Channel 5 already have adverts. Allowing the BBC to do so will
    make them no different so they might as well close it down.
    The BBC has to become a voluntary subscription service

    A voluntary subscription service? Are you for real? That's
    bonkers! It would be a voluntary subscription service that
    nobody would pay! The BBC would end up with less money than they
    have now.

    Then so be it. The BBC has become totally irrelevant. What does anyone
    need it for? Oh, I know, so that disgusting, degenerate, woke perverts
    like Russell T Davies can use it it to sexually groom children.


    and if they don't put an end to the degenerate woke crap and
    and stop attacking heterosexual women and men and masculinity
    then people will not subscribe to it.

    Human nature is more likely to mean that people just wouldn't
    pay it anyway...

    Good. Then the BBC can die like Doctor Who. Either it makes programmes
    people want to watch and stops sexually grooming children or it goes
    bust. No one needs it when they can watch ITV or subscribe to a
    streaming service or buy DVDs or Blu-Rays.


    Sound like a hard stand.


    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." -William Shatner


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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sun Feb 23 19:51:57 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Idlehands wrote:

    On 2025-02-23 5:24 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 14:23, Blueshirt wrote:

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee
    in 2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media
    tax' to help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what
    you wish for.

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription.

    I have a funny feeling that come 2027 that will not be one of
    the options on the table for the UK government...

    Aggy would subscribe just so he would have something to bitch
    about (endlessly).

    My offer of proof, his continued watching of Doctor Who.

    That's called quality control... he watches Doctor Who so that
    we don't have to!

    But then says Doctor Who finished in 2017... <shrugs>

    Never answer flame stokers BS!
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected]_SPAM on Sun Feb 23 19:52:14 2025
    In article <vpfp12$juu3$[email protected]>,
    The True Doctor <[email protected]_SPAM> wrote:
    On 23/02/2025 16:01, Idlehands wrote:
    On 2025-02-23 5:24 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    On 22/02/2025 14:23, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will
    learn that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate
    viewers instead of providing them with escapist
    entertainment will put them out of business because no one
    will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in
    2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to
    help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription.

    I have a funny feeling that come 2027 that will not be one of
    the options on the table for the UK government...


    Aggy would subscribe just so he would have something to bitch about
    (endlessly).

    My offer of proof, his continued watching of Doctor Who.

    Doctor Who ended in 2017.


    Hijcaked by the Timeless Child.

    --
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  • From Hornplayer9599@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sun Feb 23 14:49:43 2025
    On 2/23/2025 10:41, Blueshirt wrote:


    My offer of proof, his continued watching of Doctor Who.

    That's called quality control... he watches Doctor Who so that
    we don't have to!

    More likely he watches in order to be thought of as a martyr...otherwise
    he would do blogs on his YouTube channel so that his 8 subscribers can
    pay him for his efforts.


    But then says Doctor Who finished in 2017... <shrugs>

    After all this time, you still expect logical thought patterns from Aggy?


    --

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  • From Hornplayer9599@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sun Feb 23 14:50:33 2025
    On 2/21/2025 07:38, Blueshirt wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    On 2/21/2025 03:40, Woozy Song wrote:

    What, characters called "Pussy Galore"? Did anybody over 14
    years old think that was funny?

    And in the book "Goldfinger" (you know, Ian Fleming's original
    version), not only was the character named "Pussy Galore",
    she, and the other pilots in her crew, were lesbians.

    <shocked face> You mean, lesbians are not a modern invention
    created by the woke media?!

    Who'd have thought it.

    I guess, with Dr. Who allegedly getting axed, Aggy is just
    looking for another target to vent & deflect his repressed
    feelings towards.

    "Jane Bond" is probably only a few years away, people will want
    the franchise cancelled then...


    Yeah...but, "Retcon James Bond" doesn't have the same ring to it. :)

    --

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    --Carl Sagan

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Feb 24 10:05:32 2025
    On 2025-02-23 12:43:27 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    Your Name wrote:

    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in
    2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to
    help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show
    breaks, as the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New
    Zealand.

    We have a TV licence and adverts on our national channels.
    People in the UK might not like commercials on the BBC, as that
    has been one of the benefits of the BBC compared to ITV/C4/Ch5,
    but I'm sure that 'adverts' will be on the agenda when the BBC's
    charter expires in 2027.

    It's probably cheaper for the BBC to earn money from adverts
    than have a third-party organisation - and the administration
    that goes with it - collecting taxes and licence fees on their
    behalf.

    Maybe even the moronic pop-up adverts in the corner
    during the show that the corporate-owned MediaWorks network
    here in New Zealand uses as well.

    We have tons of adverts and they are still talking about a
    digital media tax here in Ireland to replace our licence fee.
    Knowing the Irish government they will probably just copy
    whatever the UK does as our politicians haven't got an original
    idea in their bodies.

    You can count the number of politicians who have a brain on the fingers
    of one *foot* ... same with business managers (which is usually where politicians come from).

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  • From Idlehands@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sun Feb 23 13:50:55 2025
    On 2025-02-23 9:41 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    Idlehands wrote:

    On 2025-02-23 5:24 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 14:23, Blueshirt wrote:

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee
    in 2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media
    tax' to help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what
    you wish for.

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription.

    I have a funny feeling that come 2027 that will not be one of
    the options on the table for the UK government...

    Aggy would subscribe just so he would have something to bitch
    about (endlessly).

    My offer of proof, his continued watching of Doctor Who.

    That's called quality control... he watches Doctor Who so that
    we don't have to!

    But then says Doctor Who finished in 2017... <shrugs>

    It is a wee bit convoluted to say the least, I think he should get a
    pet, name it "Life" and then he would have one.

    --
    "Do you make a habit of shitting in newsgroups? This is not
    rational behavior."

    pt
    (Binky failed to answer this question)

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The True Doctor on Sun Feb 23 20:55:51 2025
    The True Doctor wrote:

    Up until they started forcing you to pay to watch adverts for
    tampons and women's yeast infections even if you are man.
    There's only one point for Amazon Prime now and that's free
    next day shipping.

    Reacher!

    You've surely watched the first episodes of S3 on Prime Video?!

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 23 21:01:28 2025
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    On 2/23/2025 10:41, Blueshirt wrote:

    That's called quality control... he watches Doctor Who so
    that we don't have to!

    More likely he watches in order to be thought of as a
    martyr...otherwise he would do blogs on his YouTube channel so
    that his 8 subscribers can pay him for his efforts.

    I reckon he should...

    If you've got strong convictions about Doctor Who and a YouTube
    channel, you should put your views out there. I reckon it'd be
    much better than all that AI shit that's taking over YouTube
    anyway!

    But then says Doctor Who finished in 2017... <shrugs>

    After all this time, you still expect logical thought patterns
    from Aggy?

    A different argument from time to time would be nice...

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 23 21:07:05 2025
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    On 2/21/2025 07:38, Blueshirt wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    I guess, with Dr. Who allegedly getting axed, Aggy is just
    looking for another target to vent & deflect his repressed
    feelings towards.

    "Jane Bond" is probably only a few years away, people will
    want the franchise cancelled then...

    Yeah...but, "Retcon James Bond" doesn't have the same ring to
    it. :)

    Wait until Amazon do to "James Bond" what Disney did to the Star
    Wars franchise... multiple mediocre movies, hated by the fans...
    multiple spin-offs... hated by the fans... a Jane Bond
    mini-series exclusive to Prime Video subscribers... (etc.)

    I could see a day when "James Bond isn't himself" and "REtcon
    James Bond" become the war cries of Bond fandom!

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  • From Hornplayer9599@21:1/5 to Idlehands on Sun Feb 23 15:49:33 2025
    On 2/23/2025 14:50, Idlehands wrote:


    But then says Doctor Who finished in 2017... <shrugs>

    It is a wee bit convoluted to say the least, I think he should get a
    pet, name it "Life" and then he would have one.


    And when he takes his "Life" for a walk, he will be able to "touch grass".

    --

    Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
    --Carl Sagan

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  • From Idlehands@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 23 16:40:47 2025
    On 2025-02-23 2:49 p.m., Hornplayer9599 wrote:
    On 2/23/2025 14:50, Idlehands wrote:


    But then says Doctor Who finished in 2017... <shrugs>

    It is a wee bit convoluted to say the least, I think he should get a
    pet, name it "Life" and then he would have one.


    And when he takes his "Life" for a walk, he will be able to "touch grass".


    Bingo!

    --
    "Do you make a habit of shitting in newsgroups? This is not
    rational behavior."

    pt
    (Binky failed to answer this question)

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Feb 24 00:51:26 2025
    In article <IRLuP.7265$[email protected]>,
    Hornplayer9599 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2/23/2025 10:41, Blueshirt wrote:


    My offer of proof, his continued watching of Doctor Who.

    That's called quality control... he watches Doctor Who so that
    we don't have to!

    More likely he watches in order to be thought of as a martyr...otherwise
    he would do blogs on his YouTube channel so that his 8 subscribers can
    pay him for his efforts.


    But then says Doctor Who finished in 2017... <shrugs>

    After all this time, you still expect logical thought patterns from Aggy?


    Be nice Horny!


    --

    Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
    --Carl Sagan


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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Feb 24 00:52:05 2025
    In article <vpg2is$lnuu$[email protected]>,
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-02-23 12:43:27 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    Your Name wrote:

    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in
    2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to
    help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show
    breaks, as the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New
    Zealand.

    We have a TV licence and adverts on our national channels.
    People in the UK might not like commercials on the BBC, as that
    has been one of the benefits of the BBC compared to ITV/C4/Ch5,
    but I'm sure that 'adverts' will be on the agenda when the BBC's
    charter expires in 2027.

    It's probably cheaper for the BBC to earn money from adverts
    than have a third-party organisation - and the administration
    that goes with it - collecting taxes and licence fees on their
    behalf.

    Maybe even the moronic pop-up adverts in the corner
    during the show that the corporate-owned MediaWorks network
    here in New Zealand uses as well.

    We have tons of adverts and they are still talking about a
    digital media tax here in Ireland to replace our licence fee.
    Knowing the Irish government they will probably just copy
    whatever the UK does as our politicians haven't got an original
    idea in their bodies.

    You can count the number of politicians who have a brain on the fingers
    of one *foot* ... same with business managers (which is usually where >politicians come from).






    IYIO
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Feb 24 00:52:27 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    Up until they started forcing you to pay to watch adverts for
    tampons and women's yeast infections even if you are man.
    There's only one point for Amazon Prime now and that's free
    next day shipping.

    Reacher!

    You've surely watched the first episodes of S3 on Prime Video?!

    How?
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Feb 24 00:53:07 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    On 2/21/2025 07:38, Blueshirt wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    I guess, with Dr. Who allegedly getting axed, Aggy is just
    looking for another target to vent & deflect his repressed
    feelings towards.

    "Jane Bond" is probably only a few years away, people will
    want the franchise cancelled then...

    Yeah...but, "Retcon James Bond" doesn't have the same ring to
    it. :)

    Wait until Amazon do to "James Bond" what Disney did to the Star
    Wars franchise... multiple mediocre movies, hated by the fans...
    multiple spin-offs... hated by the fans... a Jane Bond
    mini-series exclusive to Prime Video subscribers... (etc.)

    I could see a day when "James Bond isn't himself" and "REtcon
    James Bond" become the war cries of Bond fandom!

    Oh!
    No!!
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Feb 24 00:53:36 2025
    In article <OJMuP.129554$[email protected]>,
    Hornplayer9599 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2/23/2025 14:50, Idlehands wrote:


    But then says Doctor Who finished in 2017... <shrugs>

    It is a wee bit convoluted to say the least, I think he should get a
    pet, name it "Life" and then he would have one.


    And when he takes his "Life" for a walk, he will be able to "touch grass".


    2 trolls in a pod.

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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Feb 24 23:34:47 2025
    On 24/02/2025 8:07 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    On 2/21/2025 07:38, Blueshirt wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    I guess, with Dr. Who allegedly getting axed, Aggy is just
    looking for another target to vent & deflect his repressed
    feelings towards.

    "Jane Bond" is probably only a few years away, people will
    want the franchise cancelled then...

    Yeah...but, "Retcon James Bond" doesn't have the same ring to
    it. :)

    Wait until Amazon do to "James Bond" what Disney did to the Star
    Wars franchise... multiple mediocre movies, hated by the fans...
    multiple spin-offs... hated by the fans... a Jane Bond
    mini-series exclusive to Prime Video subscribers... (etc.)

    I could see a day when "James Bond isn't himself" and "REtcon
    James Bond" become the war cries of Bond fandom!

    .... but at least that will not be in THIS NG!!

    rec.arts.jamesbond is that-a-way ------->
    --
    Daniel70

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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Feb 24 23:40:34 2025
    On 22/02/2025 10:50 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    Your Name wrote:

    <Snip>

    In the UK comedy series "Are You Being Served?" (1972-1985)
    and it's sequel "Grace & Favour" (1992-1993) changed to "Are
    You Being Served? Again!" in America), the character Mrs
    Slocombe was often making such innuendos about her pet cat.

    You mean with lines like...

    "If my pussy isn't attended to by eight o'clock, I shall be
    stroking it for the rest of the evening"

    Or, in the case of "James Bond", should that be "by eight o'cock"??
    --
    Daniel70

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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to The True Doctor on Mon Feb 24 23:50:59 2025
    On 23/02/2025 5:41 am, The True Doctor wrote:

    <Snip>

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription. If they BBC wants people's money than it must make programmes people want to watch, than
    that means putting an end to wokery and sexually grooming children.

    So that means .... if the people want PORN 24/7 .... You Beautie!! ;-P
    --
    Daniel70

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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to Idlehands on Mon Feb 24 23:55:53 2025
    On 24/02/2025 3:01 am, Idlehands wrote:
    On 2025-02-23 5:24 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 14:23, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will
    learn that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate
    viewers instead of providing them with escapist
    entertainment will put them out of business because no one
    will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in
    2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to
    help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription.

    I have a funny feeling that come 2027 that will not be one of
    the options on the table for the UK government...

    Aggy would subscribe just so he would have something to bitch about (endlessly).

    My offer of proof, his continued watching of Doctor Who.

    Come on, Idlehands, surely you are aware "Doctor Who" finished in 2017.

    Since then Aggy has been watching 'Doctor Woke' or 'Doctor Whinger' or
    some such!!
    --
    Daniel70

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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to Your Name on Tue Feb 25 00:07:05 2025
    On 23/02/2025 8:19 am, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    The True Doctor wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place

    It's got billions.

    The BBC might earn billions, most of it income from the TV
    Licence fee - but its not laying around the place to be spent
    willy-nilly... or they wouldn't have gone cap in hand to outside
    investors to help produce "Doctor Who".

    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put
    the TV licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn
    that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers
    instead of providing them with escapist entertainment will put
    them out of business because no one will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in 2027
    they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to help fund
    the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show breaks, as
    the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New Zealand.

    Or they could do what Our ABC does .... when a program ends, they have a promotion (No Ads on Our ABC!) for the show NEXT up .... then go to a
    promotion (No Ads on Our ABC!) for an upcoming program .... and then go
    to the upcoming program .... you know, the program they promoted before
    they promoted another program!! ;-P

    Maybe even
    the moronic pop-up adverts in the corner *during* the show that the corporate-owned MediaWorks network here in New Zealand uses as well.

    Some of our Commercial stations do that but no yet at Our ABC!!
    --
    Daniel70

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Feb 24 15:11:55 2025
    In article <vphp14$131qf$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 24/02/2025 8:07 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    On 2/21/2025 07:38, Blueshirt wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    I guess, with Dr. Who allegedly getting axed, Aggy is just
    looking for another target to vent & deflect his repressed
    feelings towards.

    "Jane Bond" is probably only a few years away, people will
    want the franchise cancelled then...

    Yeah...but, "Retcon James Bond" doesn't have the same ring to
    it. :)

    Wait until Amazon do to "James Bond" what Disney did to the Star
    Wars franchise... multiple mediocre movies, hated by the fans...
    multiple spin-offs... hated by the fans... a Jane Bond
    mini-series exclusive to Prime Video subscribers... (etc.)

    I could see a day when "James Bond isn't himself" and "REtcon
    James Bond" become the war cries of Bond fandom!

    .... but at least that will not be in THIS NG!!

    rec.arts.jamesbond is that-a-way ------->

    No such group.

    --
    Daniel70


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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Feb 24 15:12:09 2025
    In article <vphpbv$13463$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 10:50 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    Your Name wrote:

    <Snip>

    In the UK comedy series "Are You Being Served?" (1972-1985)
    and it's sequel "Grace & Favour" (1992-1993) changed to "Are
    You Being Served? Again!" in America), the character Mrs
    Slocombe was often making such innuendos about her pet cat.

    You mean with lines like...

    "If my pussy isn't attended to by eight o'clock, I shall be
    stroking it for the rest of the evening"

    Or, in the case of "James Bond", should that be "by eight o'cock"??

    Boo!!

    --
    Daniel70


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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Feb 24 15:13:20 2025
    In article <vphqto$13fsu$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 23/02/2025 8:19 am, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    The True Doctor wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place

    It's got billions.

    The BBC might earn billions, most of it income from the TV
    Licence fee - but its not laying around the place to be spent
    willy-nilly... or they wouldn't have gone cap in hand to outside
    investors to help produce "Doctor Who".

    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put
    the TV licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn
    that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers
    instead of providing them with escapist entertainment will put
    them out of business because no one will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in 2027
    they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to help fund
    the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show breaks, as
    the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New Zealand.

    Or they could do what Our ABC does .... when a program ends, they have a >promotion (No Ads on Our ABC!) for the show NEXT up .... then go to a >promotion (No Ads on Our ABC!) for an upcoming program .... and then go
    to the upcoming program .... you know, the program they promoted before
    they promoted another program!! ;-P

    Maybe even
    the moronic pop-up adverts in the corner *during* the show that the
    corporate-owned MediaWorks network here in New Zealand uses as well.

    Some of our Commercial stations do that but no yet at Our ABC!!

    So you pay a TV Licence fee.

    --
    Daniel70


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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Feb 24 15:13:49 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    % <[email protected]> wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 24/02/2025 8:07 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    On 2/21/2025 07:38, Blueshirt wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:
    I guess, with Dr. Who allegedly getting axed, Aggy is just
    looking for another target to vent & deflect his repressed
    feelings towards.

    "Jane Bond" is probably only a few years away, people will
    want the franchise cancelled then...

    Yeah...but, "Retcon James Bond" doesn't have the same ring to
    it. :)

    Wait until Amazon do to "James Bond" what Disney did to the Star
    Wars franchise... multiple mediocre movies, hated by the fans...
    multiple spin-offs... hated by the fans... a Jane Bond
    mini-series exclusive to Prime Video subscribers... (etc.)

    I could see a day when "James Bond isn't himself" and "REtcon
    James Bond" become the war cries of Bond fandom!

    .... but at least that will not be in THIS NG!!

    rec.arts.jamesbond is that-a-way ------->

    everything will happen in this group

    There is a James Bond group!
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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 24 15:12:41 2025
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 24/02/2025 8:07 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    Yeah...but, "Retcon James Bond" doesn't have the same ring
    to it. :)

    Wait until Amazon do to "James Bond" what Disney did to the
    Star Wars franchise... multiple mediocre movies, hated by
    the fans... multiple spin-offs... hated by the fans... a
    Jane Bond mini-series exclusive to Prime Video
    subscribers... (etc.)

    I could see a day when "James Bond isn't himself" and "REtcon
    James Bond" become the war cries of Bond fandom!

    .... but at least that will not be in THIS NG!!

    If it's marked OT it's acceptable!

    rec.arts.jamesbond is that-a-way --->

    It's alt.fan.james-bond actually... ;-)

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 24 15:15:34 2025
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 23/02/2025 5:41 am, The True Doctor wrote:

    <Snip>

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription. If they
    BBC wants people's money than it must make programmes
    people want to watch, than that means putting an end to
    wokery and sexually grooming children.

    So that means .... if the people want PORN 24/7 .... You
    Beautie!! ;-P

    Why would anyone want porn 24/7? There's only so much bashing
    the Bishop anyone can do... you'd have to sleep at some stage!!!

    Plus, I think porn is available free these days.

    Well... that's what I'm told anyway...

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 24 15:17:22 2025
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 24/02/2025 3:01 am, Idlehands wrote:
    On 2025-02-23 5:24 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription.

    I have a funny feeling that come 2027 that will not be one
    of the options on the table for the UK government...

    Aggy would subscribe just so he would have something to
    bitch about (endlessly).

    My offer of proof, his continued watching of Doctor Who.

    Come on, Idlehands, surely you are aware "Doctor Who" finished
    in 2017.

    Since then Aggy has been watching 'Doctor Woke' or 'Doctor
    Whinger' or some such!!

    Agamemnon calls it "Doctor Whoke"... which is actually quite
    witty. (I wonder what YouTube channel he got that one from?!)

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 24 15:23:10 2025
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 23/02/2025 8:19 am, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee
    in 2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media
    tax' to help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what
    you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show
    breaks, as the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in
    New Zealand.

    Or they could do what Our ABC does ....

    Not show Doctor Who? !

    Some of our Commercial stations do that but no yet at Our ABC!!

    That's why your ABC couldn't afford to pay the BBC/Disney+ for
    the rights to stream Doctor Who post 2023! I mean, RTE managed
    it somehow... !!!

    :-)

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 24 15:29:27 2025
    % wrote:

    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 24/02/2025 8:07 am, Blueshirt wrote:

    I could see a day when "James Bond isn't himself" and
    "REtcon James Bond" become the war cries of Bond fandom!

    .... but at least that will not be in THIS NG!!

    rec.arts.jamesbond is that-a-way ------->

    everything will happen in this group

    And why not? Every other topic under the sun seems to get
    covered here...

    If RADW was solely for "Doctor Who" discussion and nothing else
    at all, this place would be full of cobwebs... dead like a lot
    of other newsgroups where people just gave up and left.

    So in a way the tangents help keep this place alive.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Mon Feb 24 15:37:02 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <vphpvh$13923$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 23/02/2025 5:41 am, The True Doctor wrote:

    <Snip>

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription. If
    they BBC wants people's money than it must make programmes
    people want to watch, than that means putting an end to
    wokery and sexually grooming children.

    So that means .... if the people want PORN 24/7 .... You
    Beautie!! ;-P

    Flame on!

    Or hard on even...

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Mon Feb 24 15:35:34 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <vphpbv$13463$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 10:50 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    Your Name wrote:

    In the UK comedy series "Are You Being Served?" (1972-1985)
    and it's sequel "Grace & Favour" (1992-1993) changed to
    "Are You Being Served? Again!" in America), the character
    Mrs Slocombe was often making such innuendos about her pet
    cat.

    You mean with lines like...

    "If my pussy isn't attended to by eight o'clock, I shall be
    stroking it for the rest of the evening"

    Or, in the case of "James Bond", should that be "by eight
    o'cock"??

    Boo!!

    Don't yer just hate it when people bring filth in to our cosy
    RADW safe space... <rolls eyes>

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Feb 24 16:04:06 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 24/02/2025 8:07 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    Yeah...but, "Retcon James Bond" doesn't have the same ring
    to it. :)

    Wait until Amazon do to "James Bond" what Disney did to the
    Star Wars franchise... multiple mediocre movies, hated by
    the fans... multiple spin-offs... hated by the fans... a
    Jane Bond mini-series exclusive to Prime Video
    subscribers... (etc.)

    I could see a day when "James Bond isn't himself" and "REtcon
    James Bond" become the war cries of Bond fandom!

    .... but at least that will not be in THIS NG!!

    If it's marked OT it's acceptable!

    rec.arts.jamesbond is that-a-way --->

    It's alt.fan.james-bond actually... ;-)

    You see where I do crosspost to.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Feb 24 16:30:05 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 23/02/2025 5:41 am, The True Doctor wrote:

    <Snip>

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription. If they
    BBC wants people's money than it must make programmes
    people want to watch, than that means putting an end to
    wokery and sexually grooming children.

    So that means .... if the people want PORN 24/7 .... You
    Beautie!! ;-P

    Why would anyone want porn 24/7? There's only so much bashing
    the Bishop anyone can do... you'd have to sleep at some stage!!!

    Plus, I think porn is available free these days.

    Well... that's what I'm told anyway...




    IYIO.
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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Mon Feb 24 16:34:46 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 24/02/2025 8:07 am, Blueshirt wrote:

    I could see a day when "James Bond isn't himself" and
    "REtcon James Bond" become the war cries of Bond fandom!

    .... but at least that will not be in THIS NG!!

    rec.arts.jamesbond is that-a-way --->

    It's alt.fan.james-bond actually... ;-)

    You see where I do crosspost to.

    I am not a Usenet newbie Dave! I am well aware where the cool
    "James Bond" dudes hang out...

    Please tell me you don't do bible study class over there too?

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Feb 24 16:37:17 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    % wrote:

    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 24/02/2025 8:07 am, Blueshirt wrote:

    I could see a day when "James Bond isn't himself" and
    "REtcon James Bond" become the war cries of Bond fandom!

    .... but at least that will not be in THIS NG!!

    rec.arts.jamesbond is that-a-way ------->

    everything will happen in this group

    And why not? Every other topic under the sun seems to get
    covered here...

    If RADW was solely for "Doctor Who" discussion and nothing else
    at all, this place would be full of cobwebs... dead like a lot
    of other newsgroups where people just gave up and left.

    So in a way the tangents help keep this place alive.



    Our friends from the North.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Feb 24 16:38:04 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <vphpvh$13923$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 23/02/2025 5:41 am, The True Doctor wrote:

    <Snip>

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription. If
    they BBC wants people's money than it must make programmes
    people want to watch, than that means putting an end to
    wokery and sexually grooming children.

    So that means .... if the people want PORN 24/7 .... You
    Beautie!! ;-P

    Flame on!

    Or hard on even...

    Boo!
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Feb 24 16:38:37 2025
    In article <vpi5dv$16t87$[email protected]>,
    solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:

    Daniel declared

    On 23/02/2025 8:19 am, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in 2027
    they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to help fund
    the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show breaks, as
    the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New Zealand.

    Or they could do what Our ABC does .... when a program ends, they have a
    promotion (No Ads on Our ABC!) for the show NEXT up .... then go to a
    promotion (No Ads on Our ABC!) for an upcoming program .... and then go
    to the upcoming program .... you know, the program they promoted before
    they promoted another program!! ;-P


    The BBC already does that, along with promotions for BBC
    apps, websites, etc.


    But nothing from outside its space.
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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 25 10:31:02 2025
    On 2025-02-24 13:07:05 +0000, Daniel70 said:
    On 23/02/2025 8:19 am, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    The True Doctor wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place

    It's got billions.

    The BBC might earn billions, most of it income from the TV
    Licence fee - but its not laying around the place to be spent
    willy-nilly... or they wouldn't have gone cap in hand to outside
    investors to help produce "Doctor Who".

    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put
    the TV licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn
    that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers
    instead of providing them with escapist entertainment will put
    them out of business because no one will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in 2027
    they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to help fund
    the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show breaks, as
    the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New Zealand.

    Or they could do what Our ABC does .... when a program ends, they have
    a promotion (No Ads on Our ABC!) for the show NEXT up .... then go to a promotion (No Ads on Our ABC!) for an upcoming program .... and then go
    to the upcoming program .... you know, the program they promoted before
    they promoted another program!! ;-P

    You should subscribe to Sky TV New Zealand ... a couple of their
    channels insist on playing adverts during a show's ad breaks for the
    current episode of the show that you are actually already watching! Or
    worse, playing the adverts for the previous show's episode during the
    next show!

    Not to mention all the numerous screw-ups with the Sky TV electronic guide.



    Maybe even the moronic pop-up adverts in the corner *during* the show
    that the corporate-owned MediaWorks network here in New Zealand uses as
    well.

    Some of our Commercial stations do that but no yet at Our ABC!!

    New Zealand's TV3 is particularly bad at pop-up adverts during the
    show, and they are not just little things in the corner either. Luckily
    TV3 is mostly American rubbish so we rarely watch anything on that
    channel anyway.

    I often wonder if pop-up adverts, squashed closing credits,
    badly-placed advert breaks, and cutting out small parts of episodes to
    fit more adverts into the "one hour" timeslot should be reported to the
    show's makers. The makers are unlikely to be happy at the way some
    networks butcher their hard work.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to solar penguin on Tue Feb 25 10:35:34 2025
    On 2025-02-24 16:06:23 +0000, solar penguin said:
    Daniel declared
    On 23/02/2025 8:19 am, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in 2027
    they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to help fund
    the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show breaks, as
    the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New Zealand.

    Or they could do what Our ABC does .... when a program ends, they have a
    promotion (No Ads on Our ABC!) for the show NEXT up .... then go to a
    promotion (No Ads on Our ABC!) for an upcoming program .... and then go
    to the upcoming program .... you know, the program they promoted before
    they promoted another program!! ;-P

    The BBC already does that, along with promotions for BBC
    apps, websites, etc.

    Most supposed "no adverts" networks usually still have promo adverts
    for their shows and themselves, and sometimes show sponsors. The term
    "no adverts" really means "no commercial adverts selling third-party
    commerical products".

    The BBC could always go 'whole hog'and turn into something like the
    shopping channel and be nothing but adverts / "infomercials". ;-)

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Feb 25 00:47:42 2025
    In article <vpioem$1f6ja$[email protected]>,
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-02-24 13:07:05 +0000, Daniel70 said:
    On 23/02/2025 8:19 am, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    The True Doctor wrote:
    On 22/02/2025 00:03, Blueshirt wrote:

    The BBC do not have a lot of spare cash lying around the
    place

    It's got billions.

    The BBC might earn billions, most of it income from the TV
    Licence fee - but its not laying around the place to be spent
    willy-nilly... or they wouldn't have gone cap in hand to outside
    investors to help produce "Doctor Who".

    and for them to do so the UK government would have to put
    the TV licence fee up!

    The should scrap the licence fee and then the BBC will learn
    that making woke garbage to lecture and indoctrinate viewers
    instead of providing them with escapist entertainment will put
    them out of business because no one will watch it.

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in 2027
    they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to help fund
    the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show breaks, as
    the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New Zealand.

    Or they could do what Our ABC does .... when a program ends, they have
    a promotion (No Ads on Our ABC!) for the show NEXT up .... then go to a
    promotion (No Ads on Our ABC!) for an upcoming program .... and then go
    to the upcoming program .... you know, the program they promoted before
    they promoted another program!! ;-P

    You should subscribe to Sky TV New Zealand ... a couple of their
    channels insist on playing adverts during a show's ad breaks for the
    current episode of the show that you are actually already watching! Or
    worse, playing the adverts for the previous show's episode during the
    next show!

    Not to mention all the numerous screw-ups with the Sky TV electronic guide.



    Maybe even the moronic pop-up adverts in the corner *during* the show
    that the corporate-owned MediaWorks network here in New Zealand uses as
    well.

    Some of our Commercial stations do that but no yet at Our ABC!!

    New Zealand's TV3 is particularly bad at pop-up adverts during the
    show, and they are not just little things in the corner either. Luckily
    TV3 is mostly American rubbish so we rarely watch anything on that
    channel anyway.

    I often wonder if pop-up adverts, squashed closing credits,
    badly-placed advert breaks, and cutting out small parts of episodes to
    fit more adverts into the "one hour" timeslot should be reported to the >show's makers. The makers are unlikely to be happy at the way some
    networks butcher their hard work.




    Exterminate!
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  • From Hornplayer9599@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Feb 24 19:00:59 2025
    On 2/24/2025 09:17, Blueshirt wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 24/02/2025 3:01 am, Idlehands wrote:
    On 2025-02-23 5:24 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription.

    I have a funny feeling that come 2027 that will not be one
    of the options on the table for the UK government...

    Aggy would subscribe just so he would have something to
    bitch about (endlessly).

    My offer of proof, his continued watching of Doctor Who.

    Come on, Idlehands, surely you are aware "Doctor Who" finished
    in 2017.

    Since then Aggy has been watching 'Doctor Woke' or 'Doctor
    Whinger' or some such!!

    Agamemnon calls it "Doctor Whoke"... which is actually quite
    witty. (I wonder what YouTube channel he got that one from?!)

    Doomcock

    --

    Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
    --Carl Sagan

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  • From Hornplayer9599@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Mon Feb 24 19:01:52 2025
    On 2/24/2025 10:30, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 24/02/2025 3:01 am, Idlehands wrote:
    On 2025-02-23 5:24 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription.

    I have a funny feeling that come 2027 that will not be one
    of the options on the table for the UK government...

    Aggy would subscribe just so he would have something to
    bitch about (endlessly).

    My offer of proof, his continued watching of Doctor Who.

    Come on, Idlehands, surely you are aware "Doctor Who" finished
    in 2017.

    Since then Aggy has been watching 'Doctor Woke' or 'Doctor
    Whinger' or some such!!

    Agamemnon calls it "Doctor Whoke"... which is actually quite
    witty. (I wonder what YouTube channel he got that one from?!)

    Maybe himself.

    No, Aggy's not witty or sharp enough to come up with anything by himself.

    --

    Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
    --Carl Sagan

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  • From Hornplayer9599@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Feb 24 19:04:21 2025
    On 2/24/2025 09:37, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <vphpvh$13923$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 23/02/2025 5:41 am, The True Doctor wrote:

    <Snip>

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription. If
    they BBC wants people's money than it must make programmes
    people want to watch, than that means putting an end to
    wokery and sexually grooming children.

    So that means .... if the people want PORN 24/7 .... You
    Beautie!! ;-P

    Flame on!

    Or hard on even...

    DUDE!! You just made me spray out my Coke all over the desk!! (No
    double entendre intended)

    --

    Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
    --Carl Sagan

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Feb 25 02:42:17 2025
    In article <gD8vP.98771$[email protected]>,
    Hornplayer9599 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2/24/2025 09:17, Blueshirt wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 24/02/2025 3:01 am, Idlehands wrote:
    On 2025-02-23 5:24 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Doctor wrote:

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription.

    I have a funny feeling that come 2027 that will not be one
    of the options on the table for the UK government...

    Aggy would subscribe just so he would have something to
    bitch about (endlessly).

    My offer of proof, his continued watching of Doctor Who.

    Come on, Idlehands, surely you are aware "Doctor Who" finished
    in 2017.

    Since then Aggy has been watching 'Doctor Woke' or 'Doctor
    Whinger' or some such!!

    Agamemnon calls it "Doctor Whoke"... which is actually quite
    witty. (I wonder what YouTube channel he got that one from?!)

    Doomcock


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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Feb 25 02:43:02 2025
    In article <qG8vP.99896$[email protected]>,
    Hornplayer9599 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2/24/2025 09:37, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <vphpvh$13923$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 23/02/2025 5:41 am, The True Doctor wrote:

    <Snip>

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription. If
    they BBC wants people's money than it must make programmes
    people want to watch, than that means putting an end to
    wokery and sexually grooming children.

    So that means .... if the people want PORN 24/7 .... You
    Beautie!! ;-P

    Flame on!

    Or hard on even...

    DUDE!! You just made me spray out my Coke all over the desk!! (No
    double entendre intended)


    Sick indeed.

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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Tue Feb 25 23:04:19 2025
    On 24/02/2025 11:52 am, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <vpg2is$lnuu$[email protected]>,
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-02-23 12:43:27 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    <Snip>

    We have tons of adverts and they are still talking about a
    digital media tax here in Ireland to replace our licence fee.
    Knowing the Irish government they will probably just copy
    whatever the UK does as our politicians haven't got an original
    idea in their bodies.

    You can count the number of politicians who have a brain on the fingers
    of one *foot* ... same with business managers (which is usually where
    politicians come from).

    IYIO

    Who's opinion would YOU, Binky, expect Your Name to be spouting, Binky??
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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Tue Feb 25 22:37:12 2025
    On 25/02/2025 2:15 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 23/02/2025 5:41 am, The True Doctor wrote:

    <Snip>

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription. If they
    BBC wants people's money than it must make programmes
    people want to watch, than that means putting an end to
    wokery and sexually grooming children.

    So that means .... if the people want PORN 24/7 .... You
    Beautie!! ;-P

    Why would anyone want porn 24/7? There's only so much bashing
    the Bishop anyone can do... you'd have to sleep at some stage!!!

    Yes, but your 'downtime' would be different to my 'downtime'!!

    Plus, I think porn is available free these days.

    Well... that's what I'm told anyway...

    Oh!! O.K., then.
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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Tue Feb 25 23:06:41 2025
    On 25/02/2025 2:23 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 23/02/2025 8:19 am, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee
    in 2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media
    tax' to help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what
    you wish for.

    Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show
    breaks, as the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in
    New Zealand.

    Or they could do what Our ABC does ....

    Not show Doctor Who? !

    Boooo, Hisss, on you!! ;-P

    Some of our Commercial stations do that but no yet at Our ABC!!

    That's why your ABC couldn't afford to pay the BBC/Disney+ for
    the rights to stream Doctor Who post 2023! I mean, RTE managed
    it somehow... !!!

    :-)
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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to Your Name on Tue Feb 25 23:09:26 2025
    On 25/02/2025 8:35 am, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-24 16:06:23 +0000, solar penguin said:

    <Snip>

    The BBC already does that, along with promotions for BBC apps,
    websites, etc.

    Most supposed "no adverts" networks usually still have promo adverts
    for their shows and themselves, and sometimes show sponsors. The term
    "no adverts" really means "no commercial adverts selling third-party
    commerical products".

    The BBC could always go 'whole hog'and turn into something like the
    shopping channel and be nothing but adverts / "infomercials". ;-)

    If that were the case, at least people wouldn't be complaining about the 'shows'. ;-)
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Feb 25 14:25:36 2025
    In article <vpkbjv$1ur0p$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 24/02/2025 11:52 am, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <vpg2is$lnuu$[email protected]>,
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-02-23 12:43:27 +0000, Blueshirt said:

    <Snip>

    We have tons of adverts and they are still talking about a
    digital media tax here in Ireland to replace our licence fee.
    Knowing the Irish government they will probably just copy
    whatever the UK does as our politicians haven't got an original
    idea in their bodies.

    You can count the number of politicians who have a brain on the fingers
    of one *foot* ... same with business managers (which is usually where
    politicians come from).

    IYIO

    Who's opinion would YOU, Binky, expect Your Name to be spouting, Binky??
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Feb 25 14:24:59 2025
    In article <vpka14$1ub02$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 25/02/2025 2:15 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 23/02/2025 5:41 am, The True Doctor wrote:

    <Snip>

    The should replace it with a voluntary subscription. If they
    BBC wants people's money than it must make programmes
    people want to watch, than that means putting an end to
    wokery and sexually grooming children.

    So that means .... if the people want PORN 24/7 .... You
    Beautie!! ;-P

    Why would anyone want porn 24/7? There's only so much bashing
    the Bishop anyone can do... you'd have to sleep at some stage!!!

    Yes, but your 'downtime' would be different to my 'downtime'!!

    Plus, I think porn is available free these days.

    Well... that's what I'm told anyway...

    Oh!! O.K., then.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Feb 25 14:26:24 2025
    In article <vpkbth$1ur0p$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 25/02/2025 8:35 am, Your Name wrote:
    On 2025-02-24 16:06:23 +0000, solar penguin said:

    <Snip>

    The BBC already does that, along with promotions for BBC apps,
    websites, etc.

    Most supposed "no adverts" networks usually still have promo adverts
    for their shows and themselves, and sometimes show sponsors. The term
    "no adverts" really means "no commercial adverts selling third-party
    commerical products".

    The BBC could always go 'whole hog'and turn into something like the
    shopping channel and be nothing but adverts / "infomercials". ;-)

    If that were the case, at least people wouldn't be complaining about the >'shows'. ;-)

    Like we have with the CBC.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Tue Feb 25 21:10:21 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    Like we have with the CBC.

    The only thing I know about CBC is they have HNIC on a Saturday
    night...

    (Bring back Don Cherry!)

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Tue Feb 25 23:42:32 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    Like we have with the CBC.

    The only thing I know about CBC is they have HNIC on a Saturday
    night...

    (Bring back Don Cherry!)

    Commercial State TV in action.
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  • From Idlehands@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Tue Feb 25 21:59:58 2025
    On 2025-02-25 2:10 p.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    Like we have with the CBC.

    The only thing I know about CBC is they have HNIC on a Saturday
    night...

    (Bring back Don Cherry!)


    Please, Don Cherry went way past his expiry date and his swan song was
    really pathetic.

    CBC lost control of the hockey broadcast but that actually worked out
    for the best because of the diversity it brought to the broadcaster booth.

    However now we have "Prime Hockey" which is really quite sad to watch.


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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Wed Feb 26 17:01:56 2025
    On 26/02/2025 8:10 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    Like we have with the CBC.

    The only thing I know about CBC is they have HNIC on a Saturday
    night...

    (Bring back Don Cherry!)

    "HNIC"?? 'Hard Nights In Canada', maybe!!
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Feb 26 07:05:25 2025
    In article <vpmaof$2el8r$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 26/02/2025 8:10 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    Like we have with the CBC.

    The only thing I know about CBC is they have HNIC on a Saturday
    night...

    (Bring back Don Cherry!)

    "HNIC"?? 'Hard Nights In Canada', maybe!!

    Hockey night in Canada!!

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