On Jun 20, 12:40=A0pm, "Slitheen"  wrote:

> RE the money side of things, and in JMS' defence, I reckon the lousy BBC
> money wouldn't put him off.....I couldn't see a well versed Sci-Fi writer
> turning down the chance of penning a Who story. Creatively, it's just too
> meaty an opportunity to turn down. Kind of like when Lord of the Rings st=
ar,
> Sir Ian McKellen, wanted to appear in the UK soap opera 'Coronation Stree=
t'.
> Sometimes money takes a back seat in decisions like that.

I'm inclined to agree. I don't think JMS is financially selfish enough
that he'd be more interested in money than in the opportunity to work
on a high-quality sci-fi show like Doctor Who, as long as he had a
sufficient buffer zone of money at that time to make that shift.
Still, I imagine he might be wanting to show his work primarily to a
US audience in order to address certain real-life social problems that
have been happening in the US over the last few decades or so. So,
whilst the BBC is a high quality network, it might not suit him to
switch to it for the reasons I mention.

Matthew
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