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Doctor Who: The Cancelled Years - The Definitive Edition | Part Two: The Eighth Doctor Era

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The year is 1991, Doctor Who’s 28th year on air. The past few years had been a troublesome & chaotic time for the program. From narrowly avoiding being cancelled twice, audiences growing tired of the same old show, viewing figures declining & the BBC themselves viewing the show as an embarrassment which was long past its prime, it was no wonder that many people thought that they were finally witnessing the show's last stand. As Season 28 approached its transmission date, the pressure was on for the new Doctor Who team, composed of incoming Producer, Ian Fraser, & his new Doctor, Richard Griffiths, to make the show a success it had once been. Now, more than ever, the show needed to work & prove it had a lasting power, or else this could well & truly mark the final end of Doctor Who…   SEASON 28 - 1991 Doctor Who had narrowly avoided death with Season 27, & the promise of a new Doctor & new producer earned the show another chance to prove itself, with a ne