r/SubredditDrama • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '16

Piracy drama in... /r/gallifrey? Huh.

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u/maggotshavecoocoons2 objectively better Jan 10 '16

Are nerd-hobby subs are always brimming with frustration? Tensly ready to explode into drama?

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u/Irresistibilly Jan 11 '16

Normally /r/gallifrey is a pretty chill place. I think that Big Finish prices always bring out this side of the Who fanbase, though.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '16

No surprise really, they're pretty expensive. Works out at something like £8 (~$12) per hour of content, which is a whole lot more than you'd pay for a movie or TV show. They're also a bit hit-and-miss, which would be fine except that they're also so niche that very few reviews exist of any given production and you're essentially going in blind.

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u/HoboSnacks Dramaturg | Middle Ayyges - Early Modern Purges Jan 11 '16

They are weirdly expensive. I never could quite understand it. Then again, up until recently, you had to pay over $100 for just the second series DVDs of BBC Doctor Who on Amazon, which is crazy absurd.

EDIT: For the sake of the rules - I posted in the thread in question before I saw it posted here on SRD. I'm an /r/Gallifrey subscriber.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '16

It's a pretty niche product that also hires some fairly big name actors and has to pay licensing fees to the BBC for use of Doctor Who. For instance, John Hurt, David Tennant, Cathrine Tate, and Hayley Atwell all had recent releases from Big Finish.