Because it was cheap ass made. It was an original BBC program to teach kids history and science, so it was on the level as a PBS original program on our end.
Then the power of nostalgia made it a some "special" thing decades later, which led to the revival in the 00s. Which was deliberately hampered into looking cheapass as tradition and fanservice.
I find the show insufferable and awful, but its production history isn't equal to better shows like Star Trek.
Because it was cheap ass made. It was an original BBC program to teach kids history and science, so it was on the level as a PBS original program on our end.
Then the power of nostalgia made it a some "special" thing decades later, which led to the revival in the 00s. Which was deliberately hampered into looking cheapass as tradition and fanservice.
I find the show insufferable and awful, but its production history isn't equal to better shows like Star Trek.