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Basualdo wrote:How dare anyone mention that wretched children's show in the same paragraph as Hitchikers!

You do know one of the hitchhiker novels (the third) was originally written as a film script for a Dr Who movie? And that Douglas Adams was employed as a script editor for Dr Who? It was also thanks to Dr Who (to whom he sent the original Hitchhikers script) that he got his first writing break with the BBC.

He also wrote 14 episodes of the show.

In effect without Dr Who there may well have never been any Hitchikers.

Bad Blue 2000 wrote:Zaphod wasn't a human.

Neither is the doctor.

Not sure what the big deal is

Why can't a fictional alien character be played by a female?

Exactly, if that alien identifies as a human woman, then they are a human woman. Its 2018.

Eaststand wrote:Exactly, if that alien identifies as a human woman, then they are a human woman. Its 2018.

True, but it would be infinitely better if it identified as a decent script and storyline.

Lou Grant wrote:

Bad Blue 2000 wrote:Zaphod wasn't a human.

Neither is the doctor.

I never said the doctor was.
You said Zaphod was.

Basualdo wrote:

Eaststand wrote:Exactly, if that alien identifies as a human woman, then they are a human woman. Its 2018.

True, but it would be infinitely better if it identified as a decent script and storyline.

I dont think thats what doctor who has ever been about, to be fair.

The fume from some bedwetters when she was announced was very entertaining. People were happy to accept that a 900 year old alien with two hearts could travel through time in a box that’s bigger on the inside, but a woman? Nah, that was stretching it too far


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Dr shit more like

Dr Poo?

stemcp wrote:The fume from some bedwetters when she was announced was very entertaining. People were happy to accept that a 900 year old alien with two hearts could travel through time in a box that’s bigger on the inside, but a woman? Nah, that was stretching it too far

Spot on.

Lou Grant wrote:

Basualdo wrote:How dare anyone mention that wretched children's show in the same paragraph as Hitchikers!

You do know one of the hitchhiker novels (the third) was originally written as a film script for a Dr Who movie? And that Douglas Adams was employed as a script editor for Dr Who? It was also thanks to Dr Who (to whom he sent the original Hitchhikers script) that he got his first writing break with the BBC.

He also wrote 14 episodes of the show.

In effect without Dr Who there may well have never been any Hitchikers.

+1 Bas clearly doesn't know his history. Maybe he should review his confidence and supply agreement with his memory!

Its still shit.

Basualdo wrote:How dare anyone mention that wretched children's show in the same paragraph as Hitchikers!

Yeah bas, especially those doctor who episodes written by Douglas Adams.....

We've already been all over this.
And remember even the best have their headstaggers. Writing for a kids show is no crime.