Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC830713); site snow.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!qtlon!flame!ubu!snow!sahunt From: sahunt@snow.UUCP (Steve Hunt) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Whoites or Trekies? Message-ID: <351@snow.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Feb-85 14:23:33 EST Article-I.D.: snow.351 Posted: Sun Feb 3 14:23:33 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Feb-85 01:54:27 EST References: <432@topaz.ARPA> Organization: the forefront of human endeavour Lines: 25 >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. -- ---- From the cutting edge of computer science, Steve Hunt ... mcvax!ukc!qtlon!flame!ubu!snow!sahunt