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> Australia has a not undeserved reputation for the manner in which> it treats its tall poppies - a category DW is well qualified for.Bang on! My point (and I know I'm in for a rough time with this one!) is what was all the fuss about in the first place?> Seachange?Doesn't count. It's shot on location with something more than a home video camera, and isn't exactly an ensemble piece.> erm.. that would be us taxpayers, i supposeThat's right, and this is why we should jump up and down about this waste of our money!!! You're right though; when's that ever done any good before??> woah! now you are treading on sacred ground. blasphemous comments> about the golden hey-day of Dr Who? pistols at dawn if you don't retract> that oneThere is a theory called "Death By Nostalgia" first postulated by Frank Zappa, the crux of which is cultural audiences have nostalgic feelings for art (theatre, music etc) which has passed before. Look at the pop charts today and you'll see your old faves re-appearing in new guises. This cycle gets smaller every decade or so. Soon will come a time when we won't be able to take one step forward with out feeling nostalgic for the one we just took. At that point everything stops. Death by Nostalgia.This applies to fond remeniscences of Dr Who as well! God, you're as bad as trekkies. (I'll proboably cop flak for that too!) :-PEl