From: solar.penguin@gmail.com   
      
   Dumas Walker wrote:   
      
      
   >   
   > For most of the 4-part serials I have watch so far, the air time has   
   >  been   
   > many more minutes than 24.  Tubi does insert commercials, which pushes   
   >  them   
   > over 30 minutes.   
   >   
   > Nearly all "30-minute" British shows I watch have episodes much closer   
   >  to   
   > 28 or 29 minutes, without commercials.   
   >   
   > 24 minutes sounds more like a US TV show that is meant for a 30-minute   
   > slot, leaving time for commercials.   
   >   
      
   But classic Doctor Who was usually 25-minutes, not 30. Remember,   
   it was originally made for Saturdays, when the BBC doesn’t follow   
   the rigid 30-minute blocks of weekday schedules.   
      
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