[TheFightingSpirit]

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Originally Posted by Thessair

We aren't getting much exclusively. SDCC, despite taking place in the US, is very much an international crowd. It's also a effectively a trade show unrivaled in most of the world. It makes some sense to produce content for it, from an advertising standpoint.

It's understandable really when you think about it, but let me say this, many of us Brits, me include, weren't to happy knowing that our license fees were being paid so Moffat could give the exclusive to somewhere other than the UK. It felt ... I don't know, not like a betrayal but you get the picture.

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Edit: BBCA is a paid premium channel here, not carried in all markets.

That's interesting to know! I had no idea. I certainly expect to get a little bit of service for my subscription channels, so the advertising begins to make a little more sense. Still I refer to my feelings of "not-betrayal" on this.

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There are rumors that BBC Worldwide will get the reins to Who completely in the near future, though. Right now, despite growing popularity over here, it seems the production team is still focused on the UK above all others.

I hope my thoughts make some sense. I'm totally strung out on painkillers at the moment and I'm not sure they do.

Firstly, you're making way more sense than I would (and more sense than I do sober).

Secondly I've had an inkling of the Beeb shifting Doctor Who away from BBC Wales. Patriotism demands I get a little irrate about that, but in all honestly? As long as the show's integrety isn't compromised by "outside hands" meddling in continuity I happy. (NB: see some of the rumours floating around on what the network slated to pick up Who after the Eighth Doctor movie wanted to do with it... scary stuff)

I don't mind change, I'd just rather it not be taken out of the hands of the fans, and the people who love it. Money makes certain producers make just plain weird calls when it comes to this franchise.

EDIT: To me, the console and the trailer for AAISAT are ranked significantly lower than the actual product aka proper episodes of DW. I think that's why so many people were thrown by the SDCC exclusive, because it wasn't just about a docudrama or a prop, it was, you know, an exclusive about something we were waiting for with baited breath.