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What about Dr. Who?
I've noticed that just died right out in this generation.

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Dr Who originally died because of a series of decisions made by the director of BBC programming, Michael Grade, who professed a profound dislike for the show. This included running it in a time slot against what was at the time the UK's most popular TV show, Coronation Street. By the time he left in '88, it was too late for it to recover.

He was recently appointed as the BBC's chairman. I wondered when I heard of his appointment on the same day I heard of the new Dr Who production if he's going to cause any more problems for it...

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I think I even noticed some Dr. Who novels at a bookstore about five years ago.

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