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From: sahunt@snow.UUCP (Steve Hunt)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Whoites or Trekies?
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Date: Sun, 3-Feb-85 14:23:33 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  3 14:23:33 1985
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   >As we were watching a Dr. Who episode last night, my friend wondered
   >aloud whether there were more Trekies or more Whoites, since Dr. Who has
   >been around for a longer span of time than Star Trek.  I told him I'd
   >post the question to this digest and see what people thought of the
   >difference in numbers between the fans of each of these series.  As a
   >more specific question, since Dr. Who is a BBC produced series, can we
   >assume that it has a greater following in England than does Star Trek?
      [Sonia Schwartzberg ]

I haven't seen the TV ratings recently, but I think that Dr. Who has a much
bigger following than Trek here in England, mostly because new episodes are
being made and will continue to be for the forseeable future.  The BBC are
currently re-running Trek but I find I can remember the plots almost word
for word - my loyalty to a show wanes after I've seen all the episodes half
a dozen times!

Also an eccentric character like Dr Who is far more interesting than all the
military types in Star Trek.

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