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Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

LOL - just seen this vB announcement on the Dr Who Forum:

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2 JANUARY 2009
PEAK HOURS OPERATION IN EFFECT

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Due to the announcement that the new Doctor would be announced tomorrow (January 3), our Forum has been inundated with several thousand users today, and so the Doctor Who Forum at Outpost Gallifrey is under temporary "peak hours" operation status.
As we first announced last October, this happens in our Forum only at specific, pre-announced times during events of great significance in Doctor Who fandom, such as new UK episode transmissions and major announcements, during which the Forum would normally crash from the massive influx of visitors we usually receive.
During Peak Hours times, Forum operation is limited solely to Patron members who have supported the operation of the Forum. As we explained in our announcement, this was the only fair, logical and technologically feasible way to differentiate users, in order to avoid server traffic problems and the inevitable and catastrophic Forum crashes that brought down our Forum for everyone. Please note that we made this announcement several months ago regarding this process.
The Forum will reopen as soon as message traffic dies down, normally a few hours after the start of peak hours operation, depending on when our Forum management feels activity has been reduced.
As always, we appreciate your continued support of the Doctor Who Forum.

What kind of operation are they running over there? With the amount of traffic they get, they could make a fortune on Google ads, and rent server and bandwidth capacity to match, but instead they charge subscriptions and then let only people who have paid up read the forum at times when it actually gets busy, thus deliberately denting what could otherwise be very impressive usage stats.

Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

Perhaps we ought to go give them some tips :D

Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

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Originally Posted by Rob M (Post 34708254)

Perhaps we ought to go give them some tips :D

I'd try, but as I don't pay to join websites as a matter of principle, they won't let me post advice over there just now. :D

Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

Ah well, their loss :D

Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

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Originally Posted by Rob M (Post 34708257)

Ah well, their loss :D

True. Ooo, just noticed, they have had literally *thousands* of visitors today. :D :rofl:

Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

You should perform a hostile take over Chris! Cyberman style.

Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 34708256)

I'd try, but as I don't pay to join websites as a matter of principle, they won't let me post advice over there just now. :D

I can see loads of people paying between now and tomorrow evening just so they can get access to the forums.

BTW it costs $18 a year. I have never paid it, just went to look.

Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

I really would like Catherine Tate be the 11th Dr.

As she has the mind of a timelord.

Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

Well their loss.I'll get my info from:-

A)watching the show.
B)Going to the Official BBC Dr Who site.http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/
C) visit the Dr Who forum at h2g2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel...thread=5293700
D)Come here...;)

Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

From http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/F79498...p=2040&show=20

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Captain Jack will probably plug himself into the Doctor somehow to transfer a large enough dose of his eternal life to give him another regeneration cycle. The thing is, would the Doctor approve of his own life being extended in that way?

What about Jack being the next Dr?

Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

I bet Capn Jack would just love to plug himself in to the Doctor ... :erm:

Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 34708384)

I bet Capn Jack would just love to plug himself in to the Doctor ... :erm:

LMAO I agree

Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

this is much better managed than the last time thay did this ! least the prass office and who production team are singing from the same hymn sheet in 09 unlike before when the press room jumped the gun and leaked the story without bothering to ask anyone at who first

Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

Whoever it turns out to be lets hope they stay a decent amount of time, this'll be the doctors 11th and penultimate regeneration...one more then even the doctor dies.

Re: Who should be the next Doctor Who?

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Originally Posted by frogstamper (Post 34708414)

Whoever it turns out to be lets hope they stay a decent amount of time, this'll be the doctors 11th and penultimate regeneration...one more then even the doctor dies.

i'm more than sure thay will find away around that the beeb won't let this cash cow die ;)