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Subject: Re: Whoites or Trekies?
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Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 23:12:27 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 12 23:12:27 1985
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From: Alastair Milne 


>    > I think you mean simply that "Dr. Who" is English.  I think it's
>    > actually made by one of ITV's (Independent TeleVision) divisions,
>    > Lionheart.  ITV is Britain's commercial network , though not
>    > nearly so commercial as the North American ones.

>    "Dr. Who" is produced and run by the British Broadcasting
>    Corporation.  I am English so I should know, I also watch it every
>    Saturday and watch Star Trek every Wednesday.

>                            Dave (Maths @ Warwick University, UK)

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   Doesn't your mail system show the headers?  One look at the "From: "
field should have told you I'm Scottish (though I don't live in the UK).

   I was afraid somebody would see that message before I got around to 
correcting it (which I already have).  I was confused temporarily because 
I had been reading an article about ITV's various successes ("The Avengers",
"Upstairs, Downstairs", etc.) and I thought Dr. Who was from one of their
companies.  Not true, of course: Dr. Who is BBC.

   I've stopped watching Star Trek.  I know the episodes too well, and I 
prefer the format from the movies.  The old Enterprise looks boxy and 
clunky to me now, and the uniforms remind me of track suits more than anything
else.

				Alastair Milne

   PS.  Is it BBC who shows Star Trek, and if so, how does it look without
	adverts?