From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 2/12/2025 2:19 am, solar penguin wrote:   
   >   
   > Dumas Walker wrote:   
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   >   
   >>   
   >> 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 it was originally made for Saturdays, when the BBC doesn’t follow   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.   
   >   
   What did 'they' do with all those missing 5-6 minutes?? Run Show   
   promotions or something??   
      
   (No 'ads' of course!!)   
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   Daniel70   
      
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