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The BBC are treating me like a second class Doctor Who fan
(Originally published on the Limping Chicken, thanks to editor Charlie Swinbourne and writer and poet Donna Williams for kind permission to reblog).
Recently, there was a post here on Pesky People, ‘Silence has fallen at the BBC’ written by a fellow Doctor Who fan, describing their troubles with trying to get a ticket to the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Celebration Convention. It’s quite the saga, it goes on for several blog posts, with various...
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Category Blogs, Digital, Subtitles Now, Technology, Television Tags: @deaffirefly, BBC, Doctor Who, Doctor Who 50th Celebration, Donna Williams, Limping Chicken
Doctor Who Experience: A Happy Ending
Originally published Thursday, November 10, 2011, uploaded again due to server issues
Hi everyone,
Regular readers will be aware of the difficulties I had accessing the Doctor Who Experience in April of this year, and the BBC’s commitment to act on this feedback.
In September, I received an email detailing all of the improvments they’d made, and inviting me back to experience and feedback on the changes. On Halloween weekend, I returned...
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Category Arts and Culture, Blogs, Digital, Events, Media, Reviews, Television
BBC to make Dr Who Experience fully accessible
Yesterday the BBC responded fully to Samatha’s blog complaint about her visit to the Dr Who Experience in April 2011.
Their email* (cc’d to Pesky People by the BBC and printed here with their full agreement) unreservedly takes on her complaints and they will address them fully including offering Samantha a return visit as their guest and a full refund for her and her party (of 7).
It is a fantastic result for Samantha and will not only...
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