Dr Who
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Apparently not:
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/technology--devices-and-online-top8/[^]
If you only watch catch-up services online, then you don’t need a licence. For example, you don’t need one to use BBC iPlayer, or ITV player, to catch up on programmes after they have been shown on TV.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Interesting However, And how do they judge if you're using the pc (or whatever else) to just watch "catch-up services"? Here they just bill you because you could use it not because you actually do use it. You can't really prove that you don't watch live tv or listen to live radio on the internet, therefore you pay. Don't get me wrong. I'm in no way defending this decision. I rarely use tv or radio at all. Least of all to watch those channels which are getting the money from this tax. So I'm just shoving my money down their throats for nothing :mad:
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For anyone else looking forward to the 50th, Aunty has just posted a prequel mini-episode on iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01lhhv4/Doctor_Who_Mini_Episode_The_Night_Of_The_Doctor/[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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I've never watched this show. I guess I'm going to have to watch it if I'm going to hang out around here.
Well, it's about time. :-D
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Well, it's about time. :-D
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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You'd be extremely lucky if you could - the BBC destroyed many of the early episodes back in the 60s and 70s when they were recycling tape. :((
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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You'd be extremely lucky if you could - the BBC destroyed many of the early episodes back in the 60s and 70s when they were recycling tape. :((
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Interesting However, And how do they judge if you're using the pc (or whatever else) to just watch "catch-up services"? Here they just bill you because you could use it not because you actually do use it. You can't really prove that you don't watch live tv or listen to live radio on the internet, therefore you pay. Don't get me wrong. I'm in no way defending this decision. I rarely use tv or radio at all. Least of all to watch those channels which are getting the money from this tax. So I'm just shoving my money down their throats for nothing :mad:
You have to pay the UK TV licence fee even if you don't actually switch on the TV so that is the same kind of idea. However, when I consider what I pay for cable over here in the US and get a 1,000 channels of crap with adverts every 5 minutes the licence fee for the BBC seem super cheap and totally worth it - I miss it terribly.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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If one cared too, the entire series is available on various torrents. My personal take is that the earlier stories were far better. Special effects sucked, but the stores and characters were much better. The new stories, in my opinion, are too faced paced and short, targeting the limited attention span of the current generation. The general (albeit not universal) opinion is that the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) is the best.
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And for those of us who don't live in the UK? :sigh:
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Cool, thanks! :thumbsup:
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Anonymous
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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience
Greg King
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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