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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6141515" data-attributes="member: 22424">Ah... I actually read the book "Doctor Who: Regeneration" a few weeks back, which is more or less a making-of the Paul McGann movie. (I don't really recommend it, btw, though the first chapter was interesting.)Anyway, the first chapter delved into the cancellation of the old series in some length. Basically, there was a perfect storm of events - the BBC were under political pressure to spend less on home-grown shows, most of the creative team were nearing the end of their contracts and wanted out, many of the fans wanted the creative team out (to the extent that they would boycott the show and see it axed rather than continue with that team). And then the BBC started getting queries about the possibility of rebooting for an American audience. So, keen to follow up that possibility, they allowed any development for the next (27th?) series slide, until eventually it was too late.In all honesty, the cancellation might well have been a good thing. A lot of the Sylvester McCoy stories really feel quite tired. And it was just before CGI changed the nature of SFX on TV. The BBC would soon have found themselves in a position where they could either spend a fortune on 'good' effects, or end up with a show that just looked awful, especially against ST:TNG and (a few years later) Babylon 5. The probably wouldn't have been able to spend the money... but probably couldn't afford not to, either.So in some ways, the break was probably a good thing - it allowed a new team of talented people to come together, it allowed a fresh new approach - and it also allowed the SFX technology to advance to a point where it could be done on a TV budget without looking really bad.</blockquote>

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