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#1 2011-05-23 10:39:44
- Kingstonian
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Doctor Who, Harris tweed and the BBC
I only ever watched the original many decades ago.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1389884/BBC-infuriates-Scots-sourcing-Doctor-Whos-Harris-Tweed-jackets-China.html
I never imagined there was a market for Dr. Who wannabes though.
#2 2011-05-23 10:52:12
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Re: Doctor Who, Harris tweed and the BBC
More crapp from the BBC. What do we expect?
#3 2011-05-23 10:58:31
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Re: Doctor Who, Harris tweed and the BBC
There is a fairly big interest in replica scarves of the kind worn by Tom Baker. I confess to thinking them cool. This makes me a less-than-respectable person I suppose. But I don't care.
http://www.doctorwhoscarf.com/
http://wittylittleknitter.com/
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- Mark Twain
#4 2011-05-23 10:59:22
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Re: Doctor Who, Harris tweed and the BBC
As usual, the Mail poached the story from another paper - http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/television-news/2011/05/22/doctor-who-swaps-harris-tweed-for-chinese-rip-off-as-bbc-sell-replicas-for-360-86908-23148531/
Anyone paying £360 must be a mad fan-boy. Even £250 is OTT. Lots of stores discount the standard range that Haggas marketed, e.g.
£185 - http://www.harristweedshop.com/sports-jacket.html.
£170 - http://www.peterchristian.co.uk/Catalogue/Mens/Jackets-Coats/Harris-Tweed-Jacket-MJ15
£169 - http://www.highlandstore.com/acatalog/Harris_Tweed_Jacket.html
It's typical of the BBC to stab a British industry in the back.
Contrary to lies of FNB and Woofboxer, I (and most of the other "Buff Bastards") have been banned from posting on this forum. There are only a few posters left so don't waste your time on here. This forum is dead and nobody cares.
#5 2011-05-23 11:09:05
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Re: Doctor Who, Harris tweed and the BBC
A spokesman said: 'The tweed changed because they needed a warmer jacket for outside filming.'
More fuel on the flames.
#6 2011-05-23 11:39:52
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Re: Doctor Who, Harris tweed and the BBC
Contrary to lies of FNB and Woofboxer, I (and most of the other "Buff Bastards") have been banned from posting on this forum. There are only a few posters left so don't waste your time on here. This forum is dead and nobody cares.
#7 2011-05-23 14:27:16
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Re: Doctor Who, Harris tweed and the BBC
"What sort of post-apocalyptic deathscape is this?"
"I don't want to look like a cock hungry sailor after all !!!"
"When it comes to infidelity, broken families, and reckless fatherhood, the underclass are amateurs."
#9 2011-05-23 15:02:09
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Re: Doctor Who, Harris tweed and the BBC
Eccentricities are fun.
And these Dr. Who fans, or Whovians or whatever they're called, outnumber men who post on clothing forums by about 50:1.
We're the eccentrics, they're mainstream fans of a long-running, popular tv show.
"It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive."
- Mark Twain
#11 2011-05-23 16:01:09
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Re: Doctor Who, Harris tweed and the BBC
"What sort of post-apocalyptic deathscape is this?"
"I don't want to look like a cock hungry sailor after all !!!"
"When it comes to infidelity, broken families, and reckless fatherhood, the underclass are amateurs."
#12 2011-05-23 16:04:55
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Re: Doctor Who, Harris tweed and the BBC
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient
#13 2012-05-01 08:28:06
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