curious thought I might look into later, in the late 60s, did Doctor Who have a bigger budget than Star Trek? I know original Trek had a rough time and was almost cancelled several times but it feels like Doctor Who was a hit once it stopped being an educational show. I dunno though.
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i don't know if i can find a definitive source on this but i feel like star trek absolutely had a higher budget. they filmed everything in colour on actual 35mm film as opposed to doctor who's black and white videotape (which they had to wipe and re-record for budget reasons), they made around 25 45-minute episodes per season each with a standalone story while doctor who made around 40 25-minute episodes divided into around eight multi-part stories (for set reuse reasons). i think star trek probably almost got cancelled because it cost so much and doctor who kept going because it was such a hit on such a low budget.
somebody on bsky gave me some numbers, apparently Doctor Who cost "$8000 per 25 minutes in 1966 as opposed to Trek's about $200,000 per 50 minutes" you're onto something, Star Trek was insanely more expensive than Doctor Who and it still to our modern eyes looks like it had a shoestring budget that they were always running out of. on one hand it's good because it allows us to have the show in HD today and a lot of really old doctor who isn't around in full anymore right?
basically everything pre 1975 was at one point wiped. only a handful of episodes still exist on their original tapes, most survive as copies of copies made for overseas distribution, and 97 remain entirely lost. it's a really fascinating topic, here's a really good documentary video about it https://youtu.be/6sasKUUbeQM
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