It is with a heavy heart that I read this article this morning, saying that the recently-revived Doctor Who series is once again headed for oblivion.

As a teenager, I would stay up late one night a week to catch reruns of a full story (a variable number of episodes, totaling anywhere from 45 minutes to several hours long) on our local PBS station, the last thing it showed before shutting down for the evening. The special effects were cheesy, many of the costumes were laughable (at best), and the acting was often ridiculously overblown, but the stories were often thought-provoking and had bits of dry British humor (or “humour”) laced all through them. I was interested to hear that they were bringing it back a few years ago, and was quite impressed with the first season of it, especially as this incarnation (regeneration?) was made with a full budget and Hollywood-level writers, actors, and special-effects guys while still being true to the spirit of the original Doctor.

At least it looks like he’ll get a proper send-off, rather than being abruptly canceled. And who knows… the television industry rarely leaves a popular idea untouched for long.

UPDATE: It seems that I spoke too soon… a friend sent me information saying that the story is bogus. Russell T. Davies may be considering moving on to other projects (though the BBC is even denying that), but the show itself will still go on.