Easter Radio Times cover

[Squeaky Gibson]

I was wondering, who do you think will get this Easter’s Radio Times cover, Doctor Who or Red Dwarf? since Doctor Who returned it has always got a cover for each new series/series finale and always manages to get a cover near xmas. when Red Dwarf returned back ’97 it got a cover and it got one more for the 50th episode in ’99.
As both shows are going out this Easter, which will get the much coveted cover?

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[NitroChrisUK]

sadly i thnk it will be doctor who or something else .. the fact that its not on bbc or itv i think takes the idea of a radio times cover out of the question .. though i could be completely wrong

[Ian Symes]

Absolutely no chance whatsoever of Dwarf getting an RT cover, especially not at Easter, and especially not in the same week as a Who special.

[Jo]

^ this

[Danny Stephenson]

I always saw Radio Times as a BBC-centric magazine anyways. So even if Who wasn’t going on, I dont think they’ve make the cover…

[John Hoare]

Yeah, no cover whatsoever.

They’ll probably get a write-up inside, though. Probably not a big one, though.

[si]

The fact that Doctor Who’s on over the same weekend (although Dwarf’ll be on on the 10th, and I can see Who being on the following day, hence the the following week’s issue), just the fact that it’s on Dave means it’s it’s chances of a cover are practically zero (though never say never, people).

Incidentally, nobody is worried that Dwarf and Who will be on at the same time, are they?

[Pete Part Three]

No, since Doctor Who is family viewing, while Red Dwarf is typically post watershed.

[JamesTC]

Plus Red Dwarf is miles better than Doctor Who and I count the classic series and BFA in that too.

[Jonathan Capps]

> Plus Red Dwarf is miles better than Doctor Who and I count the classic series and BFA in that too.

I’m sure the schedulers take this into consideration.

[JamesTC]

Oh I know, it is just if it came down to new Who or new Red Dwarf I know which I would choose, that is coming from a guy who spent stupid amounts of money on Who.

[Seb Patrick]

>Incidentally, nobody is worried that Dwarf and Who will be on at the same time, are they?

No, because it’s already known that Dwarf is on at 9pm on the 10th. Even if it’s also on on the 11th, it’ll probably be the same time slot.

Who will be on between 6.00 and 7.30pm on either the Saturday or the Sunday. There’s no chance of it clashing with Dwarf. And even if they were looking at similar time slots, Dave aren’t stupid enough to schedule their first original sci-fi commission against the biggest sci-fi programme in the country.

[Andrew]

Should make for a great night of telly – Who, Confidential, then turn over for brand-new Dwarf. S’bloody marvelous!

[Jonathan Capps]

> Should make for a great night of telly – Who, Confidential, then turn over for brand-new Dwarf. S?bloody marvelous!

Quoted for WTF. I would have never, ever dreamed that the same Easter weekend would have this kind of schedule.

[si]

Some kind of wonderful.

[Almighty_crj]

Better odds than you’d think, actually. As Radio Times is printed by BBC magazines, a subsidiary of: (drumroll)

BBC Worldwide! Who are, you know, paying for the Red Dwarf specials.

Not impossible to be both though – they did the Doomsday/World Cup hybrid cover and they’ve also done multiple covers before now.

[ChrisM]

I have my doubts they’d do that, but it’s a decent idea. A British sci-fi specials cover.

[Dave]

There is bound to be something else on BBC1 after Planet Of The Dead which from the Radio Times perspective will warrant a cover or the sharing of a cover with Doctor Who.

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