5. It Will Not Make The Piles Of Cash The BBC Is Hoping For
This special episode is going to be broadcast in both cinemas and on our television screenswhich is typically seen as a major cop out by the distributor. When this is with any other movie, its because the producers are scrambling to make money on an inferior quality product. With the BBC, its because anything with a Doctor Who label tends to make money. But how is this going to translate to profit? The marketing and licensing will do well on its own, rest assured. The actual intended product is a whole other story. In the UK, die-hard fans and beleaguered parents are going to make up the dividends for this one. In America and possibly Australia, the film reels will have limited release in big cities where they will make less than a thousand each if they are lucky. A few fans will pay for the inflated 3D tickets, but no one else will. The rest of the world? Good luck finding an online torrent.