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  • Godzilla
    Permanent Member
    • Nov 3, 2002
    • 3009

    Watching Doctor Who

    My wife and I take our kids each week to watch the new episode at a old fashioned, 1 screen theater. It's free, you get to watch the episode in a theater of fans, they serve beer, and my kids usually dress up in Doctor Who related costumes. We've literally done this for years; so long in fact that I can't remember when we started going (maybe Smith's first year?). We've become good friends with the 2 people who run the theater and they do a great job promoting a fun atmosphere. It's an old 1930s building with a great vibe to it too. We helped the managers decorate the theater in Doctor Who related stuff for the 50th anniversary and watching the special there with a packed house was incredible. Where else can you order Jammie Dodgers and watch Doctor Who!

    We learned Saturday night that their contract wasn't being renewed by the 95 year old owner and they had essentially been undercut by another local theater management group who plan to gut the place and put in a modern bar along with the movie screen. They are devastated and honestly so are we. In fact the wife of the couple really couldn't talk about it without crying. We have plenty of bar/theaters around town, and it's frustrating to see the destruction of something I felt was special and unique to make way for something that isn't.

    As this season of Who was ending, so was our special way we watch the program. Like a Time Lord, our viewing habits will regenerate and go on. But I feel my favorite viewing experience, like my favorite Doctor, is now in the past and behind me.

    And much like the Doctor, I'm mad enough (Hell Bent) about the circumstances around how this takeover went down that I'm already talking to another theater in town about showing the next season of Who. They may gut and rebuild our beloved theater, but I think I've ensured that the new managers will never be able to show Who there again.
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  • Mikey
    Verbose Member
    • Aug 9, 2001
    • 47258

    #2
    That really stinks !!!

    Perhaps you and your friends can start a new trend...

    Maybe Pop Up Who get-togethers kinda like pop up restaurants.

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    • Earth 2 Chris
      Verbose Member
      • Mar 7, 2004
      • 32979

      #3
      Man, that sounded really cool. It's a shame it's going away. "Progress" sucks.

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      • knight errant00
        8 Inch Action Figure
        • Nov 15, 2005
        • 1775

        #4
        That's frustrating. The same kind of thing happened here, in my neighborhood, with an independent bookstore, the Book House. Literally in an old farmhouse for something like 26 years, she lost the place a couple years ago when the landlord sold it out to some investor who levelled it and a bunch of other properties to put up a storage facility. But it worked out -- she moved to a new place a couple miles up the street, and although it's been expensive and there's a lot to pay off still, I'm told shes making more money in the new location than she ever did in the old.

        So, maybe it can work out for your theatre friends.

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        • emeraldknight47
          Talkative Member
          • Jun 20, 2011
          • 5212

          #5
          Man, I wish we had a place like that around here that could show not only WHO episodes, but also episodes of other shows that have developed a following (like The Flash and Gotham). It's always nice to be able to watch a program with a whole herd of like-minded folks. Good luck on your quest to find another theater!
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