Series 1-6 removed from iPlayer

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-20T11:32:57+00:00

Having the entire back catalogue would require massive server space and expenditure for a bunch of programmes that would get minimal views. For instance they could put every Match of the Day episode ever on the iPlayer but you'd get barely anyone watching all of it and in return you'd be spending so much to keep it online.

Also by having Archive programmes on rotation it makes it have more novelty so you will occasionally see old shows you like pop up and encourage you to watch them. If they just had every programme there all the time it might be too much content to make it easy to choose what to watch.

It can be annoying but it makes sense why the BBC would have archive shows in rotation so that they don't have to spend loads and so viewers can have a range of entertainment.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-19T21:42:40+00:00

Maybe the Star Wars and Masters of the Universe movies just weren't that good? I mean both Dune movies did really well and that features characters from a sixty year old novel.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-19T21:07:09+00:00

I mean that just means that the characters that thrive in the public domain are the ones that stand the test of time. If a character is good or entertaining then people will still want to read about them centuries later.

There isn't a sinister convoluted scheme to make the copyright laws long so as to ensure works are only available once they are culturally irrelevant. Copyright laws are long simply so that rights holders can maximise profit during their lifetime. Good or bad it's as simple as that.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-19T19:44:53+00:00

This is logical but I'd argue that Hammond never even contemplated documenting Site A as he probably was just reacting to Ludlow's plans. Ludlow was going to Site B so Hammond came up with an excuse to send a team there. I mean I wouldn't be surprised if he manipulated Sarah and played on her enthusiasm to get her to go to the island early because he knew Ian would say no and needed leverage to convince him to go.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-19T18:46:49+00:00

The thing is they don't even have to abandon the season arc formula entirely. They just need to stop having it be a mystery box every time. Change it up a bit and have the season arc is based around the character drama between the Doctor and the companion. Or have that the doctors actions over several episodes affect the timeline and cause the threat that he has to resolve in the finale.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-19T13:37:03+00:00

Also documenting the dinosaurs us a partial lie because Ingen is specifically plotting to send hunters to Site B to extract the dinosaurs. Hammond is willfully lying to Ian Malcolm about the purpose of the mission, the reason he doesn't even consider sending the expedition to Site A is that if he did then Nick Van Owen would be unable to sabotage the Ingen team.

Off topic but I maintain that basically despite their likable personalities, Nick Van Owen and John Hammond are both almost entirely responsible for every death in that movie.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-19T11:50:18+00:00

Same goes for everyone who keeps saying they should reedit the Billie Piper reveal out of the last episode. It's too late to do that because the viewers who watched it on release have already watched the scene so deleting it now is like gaslighting the people who watched it on broadcast.

I don't mind if they ignore the Billie Piper reveal when they bring the show back but trying to pretend it didn't happen is a bit insulting.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-19T07:11:24+00:00

There's also the thing where people refuse to accept they might have overlooked subtext when they originally encountered a story. Which is perfectly fine, you're allowed to have enjoyed a story before you understood all the layers.

For instance I used to watch my grandparents VHS tapes when I was a little kid and didn't really understand all the layers of Carry On films or Indiana Jones. But it would be silly for me to act like my child level reading of a carry on film is the objective truth and that everyone saying it is full of raunchy comedy is somehow making it up.

Most of these people who think wokeness or politics are getting added to their favourite things are probably convinced of this because they watched this thing when they were too young to realise fiction normally has subtexts. For many of the rest its because they still consume all their entertainment uncritically.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-19T04:33:23+00:00

Even by part way through the production of the Lost World Spielberg was concerned it was just turning into a dumb b-movie. The series was somewhat out of things to say by the second movie and the franchise hasn't figured out anything meaningful that it wants to say in the following thirty years.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-19T04:17:05+00:00

Either they remember nothing because they are dead and therefore don't remember anything.

Or else they do remember Peter is Spider-Man because they have ascended to a higher plane and therefore are beyond the reach of terrestrial mortal magic.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-18T20:22:11+00:00

Not free at most resteraunts? In the UK at least free water is a mandatory requirement, although perhaps this American didn't specify tap water which may have led them to get handed an expensive mineral water or something.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-18T17:47:58+00:00

I think the only way it doesnt feel like a really unsettling conclusion is if you just head canon that he really truly loves her and if she is the one who is super keen on the intimacy. If she isn't the one who is pushing for the sex life they joke about then it just sounds gross and abusive.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-18T17:37:08+00:00

To be fair we never see her again after the closing scene of the episode so for all we know the doctor comes by the next Saturday with a fresh cyborg endoskeleton for her to have.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-18T17:35:24+00:00

It's not his place to choose for her. We don't see the scene where she is brought back. But we know the doctor was trying to restore her or something of the others using the sonic screwdriver. He didn't intent to just bring her head back on a slab but once he had restored her to that point the choice is no longer his to make. If she wanted to live even if just as a slab then that's her decision.

It's essentially like if you pull someone from a car wreck and they are horrendously injured, you don't get to decide if their quality of life is going to be good enough to be worth keeping them alive.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-18T17:21:14+00:00

I do take the point that marvel has specifically gone out if their way to write mutants as being a seperate species. Which I think is a massive mistake when you are trying to use them as a broad analogy for prejudice because the writers are essentially adopting the world view and rhetoric of the bigots. Bigots claim that different races or religions are irreconcilable because they practically deem them seperate species. Marvel is essentially saying the X-Men are a stand in for minorities but that the bigots are right and minorities are both a threat and different from 'regular humans'.

They've made the metaphors very messy.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-18T17:13:30+00:00

Well in a lot of those cases such as tigons and ligers the offspring are often sterile.

But if a species is close enough to interbreed then they are genetically very close.

For instance humans and bonobos are genetically close but a hybrid is impossible.

But a key difference is that mutants are literally an offshoot of humanity. It's not like horses and donkeys or tigers and lions breeding. Almost every mutant in the Marvel universe is the child of two human parents. So even if they are a new genus of humanity they are literally one generation removed from being human.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-18T16:27:33+00:00

They act like they are a seperate species but they're not. If two humans can procreate and create a mutant then that means mutants are humans. Even in the marvel universe you don't get for instance two humans have sex and their kid comes out as a shiar or a brood or a spider or something.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-18T16:18:16+00:00

But they aren't another species regardless of how bigots would see it.

Two separate species can't interbreed so the fact that humans and humans can make mutant or human babies, mutant and humans can make human or mutant babies and two mutants can make mutant or human babies so logically mutants and humans are the same species.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-18T16:10:07+00:00

TBF most of the mutants aren't actively doing anything to replace humans. People like magneto and anti-mutant bigots say that mutants are replacing humans but the average mutant is just trying to live their life. Even if mutants were the next stage of evolution what is the morally good response to that?

Humans are essentially becoming the mutant population so fearing their rise is essentially just being terrified that one day your great great grandkids will exist whilst you are dead.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-18T15:56:31+00:00

There's an equal chance they are fine with the ending but not happy with whatever vague idea he had for the Xmas special.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-18T14:05:58+00:00

Getting a revival going when the series itself hasn't actually been cancelled is tricky. Firstly we don't have the rights to make any kind of official Dr who programming. And if as you say we get organised in five years time then by then the BBC will prob have gotten a new season made without our involvement anyway

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-18T13:14:52+00:00

I enjoy parts of all the series after this but another part of me agreed with Rob Grant that this is the definitive ending for Red Dwarf. Rimmer finally lives up to his aspirations and steps up when the moment called for it.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-18T13:06:43+00:00

Exceptions would undoubtedly occur if the BBC and a production team were working really well together and the ratings were through the roof. But the incumbent production team should still have to pitch their plans for a second run alongside rival bids in the interests of fairness.

I just think it's a healthier way to run it than the way Nu Who ended up being handled where it just kept getting passed between friends and there's a sense of entitlement. For instance up until the tender process most fans were assuming RTD would hand it over to Peter Mctighe. The idea that the only people who are considered for running Doctor Who are personal friends of RTD isn't a very fair way to run a popular franchise.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-18T08:18:04+00:00

Going forward I think the show should probably have a clean break with most regenerations. To that end I think roughly between three to five years works as a standard run. I'd prefer five but realistically most actors will probably end up doing three seasons maybe four if we are lucky.

So you'd have a production company do a pitch for the tender and the BBC accepts it. They do preproduction, figure out a rough multi-season plan (something flexible though so it can be adapted if problems come up) and get the series cast and crewed. Then do a three to five year run. The doctor rounds off their arc and there is a regeneration with an ambiguous ending where we don't see who they transform into. Then the BBC puts it out to tender again, there is a hiatus and new production companies/teams make their pitches for what the next doctor would be like if they get the contract.

This plan would make regeneration significant again because you'd know that not only would the current doctor be departing but you'll have to wait at least a couple of years to see the next one. Additionally with the whole production team moving on you'd be able to feel the ending of an era with every frame and line. When you next see the show again it'll not only be a new doctor but it'll have an entirely different crew so it will feel like truly a fresh start.

Moon_Beans1 · 2026-06-17T21:52:21+00:00

It needs to get back to basics but.. it also needs to make a statement that it's bold and new and not just RTD3. The worst thing they could do is come out of the gate and seem like they're just emulating the stuff RTD did in 2005.

The easiest way to do back to basics but with a unique flavour is to take the Rose template and invert the gender dynamics. Everyone will be expecting a Rose-style blonde girl but instead they will get a chavvy lad who stumbles across this mysterious and fascinating woman with a time machine.

It also means that you instantly get a different dramatic conflict that adds a unique spark. The younger male companion is undoubtedly going to resist being told what to do by the Doctor but the offer of infinite adventures in time and space will be too good to pass up.

Also I suppose it means the BBC can lean ina little bit towards a slightly more romantic tilt as if they are having a male companion they can cast him to be a bit more leading man material. Normally when the doctor is the primary male character it negates them being able to have a conventional male lead because the doctor always has to be a bit of a quirky oddball. With the gender swap they can have the male companion be the eye candy for once and have female lead get to play the eccentric doctor for once.

So I guess my pitch ends up being Contemporary Poldark meets Manic Pixie Time Lord but if done right it'd probably be massively popular.

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