You know your cult-following television series has become mainstream when it becomes an early release in the Sony PSP’s special UMD-format disc.
Like Doctor Who. 🙂
UMDs carry a region-coding, just like DVDs, so the likelihood is that the Doctor Who UMDs wouldn’t work on PSP systems sold in the United States. Which is a shame. Americans need their Doctor Who fix, same as any other cult sci-fi junkie.
Still, there’s something telling about seeing Doctor Who on the PSP. Of all the cult sci-fi shows that could make the leap, the good Doctor had to be first. He always was a rebel. 😉
Published by Allyn
A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.
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