Re: OMG is it April 1?

On 12/06/2025 17:27, solar penguin wrote:

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Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
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The Last Doctor wrote:
 

But wtf is this about commissioning 52 10' episodes of a
Doctor Who animated show for ... cBeebies? Doctor Who for the
under 5s? What kind of a mad idea is that?

 Yeah, "Doctor Who" [the main show] is in limbo at the moment as
the BBC touts it out to bidders for the overseas streaming
rights... but in the meantime, let's go forward and commission
some animated kids stories for the cBeebies channel. <rolls eyes>
 Weird.
 

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I see how the specification insists that any messages must be
woven “seamlessly” into the plot, and “never to the detriment of
fun, action and age-appropriate humour.”
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Perhaps the BBC feels recent eras have been a bit too preachy.
Aggy won’t be able to make up his mind whether to be happy
the BBC has come round to his way of thinking, or worried at
the possibility of more children being groomed!

You're being naive. You know full well that we're in for an almost infinite
 screed of trademark delusions and insane accusations that the BBC and RTD
 are explicitly targeting pre schoolers for perversion and grooming, without
 ever seeing a single frame of animation. Personally I'm more worried that we'll see cute "Dizzy Daleks" with water
 gun exterminator weapons and "Caring Angels" who will use time travel
 teleportation to save kiddies from traffic accidents while the Doctor grins
 and cavorts in a Ronald McDonald-esque costume (shh. No I didn't mean old
 Sixie was making a cartoon comeback).
--
There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t act a little childish
 sometimes.