Warbler said:

adywan said:

Do the BBC forget that WE pay for this program and NOT the American audiences?

we don't? could have sworn the program in on American tv as well, and that Americans buy the dvds and blu rays of the series as well other Doctor Who books, audio dramas, and various other Dr Who paraphernalia. This is not to say that they shouldn't cater to the UK Doctor Who fans, it is a UK show after all. I am just saying they do make money off of the American audience and some of that money probably goes in the production of the show.

Warb, BBC is a public service broadcast station, I'm pretty sure that means that it is at least partially supported by public funding. At least I am positive that it used to be, if it still is not. In a lot of countries people pay an annual television licensing fee, which goes to pay for their public broadcast stations.

For example, the running of our PBS station in America is payed for by tax dollars, while the programming is payed for by grants from various institutes and foundations, and from donations.

If you watch some PBS programming, at the beginning or the end of the program they'll list the names of the supporters that payed for that programming. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a major one you'll hear a lot of on PBS, as well as the George Lucas Educational Foundation.

So, Adywan is right, they are the ones paying for it. That is why it has typically been such a low budget show in the past. Though I am sure it brings in a pretty decent amount of revenue from the states, it seems you can't go anywhere without seeing Doctor Who stuff anymore.