and etc must be all on drugs or something. They think that they can mess with the original and make it better, and then it doesn't work. Sort of like when "New Coke" came out, they thought by changing it that it would be better. It failed and actually was awful.

Of course some conversions work like "Weakest Link" and "Fear Factor" and other shows that got Americanized.

To do a good "Doctor Who" or "Red Dwarf" spin-off you must stay true to their roots and keep the same type of characters without going off on a tangent too much.