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   The Doctor to solar.penguin@gmail.com   
   Re: [News] Doctor Who and   
   01 Dec 25 16:17:05   
   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10gkblg$1efg5$1@dont-email.me>,   
   solar penguin   wrote:   
   >   
   >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it was originally made for Saturdays, when the BBC doesn’t follow   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.   
   >   
      
   If only RTD staye with that in 2005.   
      
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   >solar penguin   
      
      
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