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   From: nanoflower@gNOTmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:24:28 -0000, "Charles E. Hardwidge"   
    wrote:   
      
   >"The Coca Cola Kid"  wrote in message   
   >news:k8etgm$5mf$1@speranza.aioe.org...   
   >> If the people at the BBC have any sense, they will capitalise upon the   
   >> popularity of the lizard Silurian character, Vastra, and her, ahem,   
   >> companion, Jenny Flint, by creating a spin-off series, at least in some   
   >> form, even if a television spin-off show is not feasible at this time.  I   
   >> am sure that Steven Moffat knows that he has struck a chord with these two   
   >> characters, and that it would be a colossal waste to just relegate them to   
   >> mere guest characters, that just pop up every now and then, only for guest   
   >> appearances   
   >>     They deserve six seasons, centred around them, before Vastra is killed   
   >> off, permanently.   
   >   
   >Sounds good but do the BBC have any sense? Hopefully something that works on   
   >a standalone basis and leaves all that Doctor Who shit behind.   
      
   Oh, they would certainly be willing to do it if someone is willing to   
   step up and run the production. Consider what Russel T Davies did with   
   THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES and TORCHWOOD (and now his new show WIZARDS   
   VS ALIENS.) If Moffat were willing to write and run a new show based   
   around those two characters in addition to Doctor Who I'm sure the BBC   
   would give it a chance. However Moffat seems to like doing a number of   
   different types of shows so I don't know if he wants to spend the   
   entire year in the Doctor Who universe which would be the case if he   
   was running both shows.   
      
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