Josh Hill wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:57:36 GMT, Amy Guskin 
> wrote:
> 
>> How is that?  Is anybody watching it?  Has Billie Piper dropped the Estuary 
>> English for the role?
>>
>> I don't get Showtime, but I'm on some of their mailing lists, and
just before 
>> this show started airing they sent me an offer to preview the first two 
>> episodes.  But the link didn't work (and yes, Mac user here, but I
did check 
>> it on my Windows PC as well).  So I haven't managed to see any of it.
> 
> Speaking of English, is anyone else bothered by the BBC's
> democratization of accents? It's very cute and all, but it doesn't
> seem convincing in the case of the Doctor, who is, after all, a lord
> of sorts and an educated man. More to the point, half the time, my
> poor American ears can't make out what the characters are saying!
> 
Just be glad that Doctor Who only uses weak regional accents.  It could
be much worse.

Andrew Swallow
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