The BBC has posted some fascinating – if a bit difficult to navigate – documents concerning the creation of Doctor Who.
BBC Archive – The Genesis of Doctor Who – The Creation of a Television Hero
Particularly fascinating are the two reports by the BBC on the feasibility of Science Fiction on the BBC, written a year or so before Doctor Who first aired.
Other BBC news: BBC One an BBC Two will be simulcast over the Internet starting November 27th.
Once again, BBC content will only be available to machines inside the UK.
Buy a clue people! There are many people, worldwide, like myself, who would gladly pay the license fee (and not even whinge about it) to get live BBC content. The system of international rights and royalties is obsolete in the 21st century. Someone’s got to be the pioneer and start to break down those walls.