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Thursday, 1 December 2005 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

According to a report today on the Sci-Fi Channel website Sci-Fi Wire, "the BBC made the unusual decision to release the DVD in the United States before the show had found a broadcast outlet there. But he added that the show will find its way onto American TV, one way or another. 'It will be going on television,' Cromer said in an interview. 'There're lots of discussions going on, and I can't really talk about that. This is a unique situation, really, because there are so many fans of Doctor Who ... already out there, and we were just finding [that] people were getting ... second-hand copies or copies from the U.K. ... We really wanted fans to get the best, most complete version in the United States as [soon as] we possibly could. So we made the decision, and it is unique, to go ahead of the TV broadcast with the DVD and to release the gift set of the DVD basically within two and a half to three months [after] the U.K. [version].'"
The article goes on to note that "U.S. fans have been clamoring for a way to see the series legally stateside. There's no downside to a U.S. DVD release, even if the show has yet to be seen on American TV, Cromer added. 'The good news for us is that we already have that loyal fan base, but then when the show does broadcast in the U.S., we'll have a whole new fan base, because it's just a new Doctor Who: very exciting, but still the great stories and as great as the old Doctor Who,' he said."
It is important to note, however, that the article does not state that there has been any progress recently about getting the series on television in America, simply that the BBC still wishes to find a broadcaster here and that they have concluded that a DVD sale would not impact this. We'll keep you posted on further developments soon.




FILTER: - USA - Blu-ray/DVD - Broadcasting