Who's profits
- Publication: Financial Times
- Date: 1983-10-28
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- Page: sec. 1, p. 14
- Language: English
Chicago attorney Norman Rubenstein is a fan of the BBC's hero Dr Who. And there are lots like him in the Windy City, he says, who know very word of every episode.
"Chicago," he says, "is the Dr Who capital of America."
Which is why Rubenstein, who sees the commercial possibilities, is running a Dr Who convention there next month to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the arrival on this planet, and in this time zone, of the space ship Tardis.
Some 80 TV stations in the U.S. are to feature a 90-minute BBC special which will star the four surviving doctors -- played by Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, and Peter Davison -- together with a lookalike for the late William Hartnell.
The BBC is generously sending to Chicago the doctors and a Dalek to keep them in order.
There will be question-and-answer sessions, wall-to-wall video presentations of the doctor's adventures, and sales of Dr Who artifacts. Rubenstein's company, called Spirit of Light Enterprises, has teeshirts and jewellery, and some bumper stickers with such legends as "Who is Here" and "Travel by Tardis." Earlier this year Rubenstein bought Tom Baker's Dr Who coat for £800 while on a visit to England.
BBC Enterprises has done well out of the doctor over the years. The series has been sold to 54 countries and has a worldwide audience approach-100m.
Nothing extravagant is planned in London to mark the anniversary. But the BBC is selling some Dr Who monsters and costumes at Sotheby's Saltney saleroom, Chester.
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