Ha, I do feel the same way about the “nuWho” handle, and for the same reason. It’s hard not to think of Limp Bizkit 😰 We sort of needed a way to separate the revived show from the original run, though, and this unfortunate term won out.
But then, Who is often goofy. I can understand why some people are turned off by that initially. We forget sometimes that it’s a family show, or more to the point, started as a children’s show that adults should also be able to sit through. But it always had way more range then that, in part because of the silliness. Dark episodes hit harder when the Doctor was fighting farting aliens the week before. Then all of a sudden they’re punching their way through a diamond wall over the course of billions of years.
It’s an acquired taste, for sure, and not for everybody. But it has to be out there for people to watch it and at least try it on for size.
So I stand by the idea that all 60+ years of Doctor Who on one platform would be good for both the show, the streamer, and the audience (outside of the UK). Having a back catalogue like that visible and accessible to a big swathe of the public (depending on where it would land) could keep it relevant while there is now new episodes made. Certainly more so than physical media.
Ha, I do feel the same way about the “nuWho” handle, and for the same reason. It’s hard not to think of Limp Bizkit 😰 We sort of needed a way to separate the revived show from the original run, though, and this unfortunate term won out.
But then, Who is often goofy. I can understand why some people are turned off by that initially. We forget sometimes that it’s a family show, or more to the point, started as a children’s show that adults should also be able to sit through. But it always had way more range then that, in part because of the silliness. Dark episodes hit harder when the Doctor was fighting farting aliens the week before. Then all of a sudden they’re punching their way through a diamond wall over the course of billions of years.
It’s an acquired taste, for sure, and not for everybody. But it has to be out there for people to watch it and at least try it on for size.
So I stand by the idea that all 60+ years of Doctor Who on one platform would be good for both the show, the streamer, and the audience (outside of the UK). Having a back catalogue like that visible and accessible to a big swathe of the public (depending on where it would land) could keep it relevant while there is now new episodes made. Certainly more so than physical media.