Dr Who

[Northy]

Not seen it since the first one with Jodie Whittaker, it went to rat shit.

[jesusmcmuffin]

Jun 27, 2024 7:12:53 GMT Northy said:

Not seen it since the first one with Jodie Whittaker, it went to rat shit.

And again the BBC were reluctant to give out the ratings yet quick to do so when David Tennant was pulling the figures in over Xmas .

2.15 million the latest apparently, lowest of all time

[dexter97]

Caught a bit of Steven Moffat on the radio yesterday. He talked about the ratings, and suggested everyone was quite happy with them as they were holding-up well among the target demographic (kids). Could've been putting-on a brave face, I suppose.

[jesusmcmuffin]

Doctor Who In Trouble As Ratings Fall To Lowest Point In 32 Years
Even leaning on the timey-wimey nature of things hasn’t been able to save the new season of Doctor Who from audience fatigue. In fact, the latest episode has opened to the show’s worst figures in 32 years.

Chris Chibnall’s tenure as executive producer of Who has had its ups and downs in the past two years, but it’s never been in such a low spot as it is now. While most of the criticism has been centered around the show’s newfound PC agenda, many fans mainly bash the new episodes for controversial decisions in the context of the narrative. Ultimately, this led to season 12’s premiere opening to some of the lowest figures in the show’s history. Yet, it didn’t stop there and the second and third episodes continued to nosedive, losing almost a million viewers.

Amid Chibnall’s somewhat strange claims that he doesn’t care about reviews,

[professorplump]

I used to love Dr Who back in the 1970's but haven't watched it much in the last couple of years. Tom Baker was my favourite but Troughton, Pertwee and Davison were all good as well. Although the sets were wobbly and the monsters were often made of polystyrene, the stories were well written. If you could combine the stories from the classic series with the modern day special effects, you would have a great show. I think the old format of having four or six 25 minute episodes per story worked better than the modern format.

[Chewbacca the Wookie]

Jun 27, 2024 17:24:27 GMT professorplump said:

I used to love Dr Who back in the 1970's but haven't watched it much in the last couple of years. Tom Baker was my favourite but Troughton, Pertwee and Davison were all good as well. Although the sets were wobbly and the monsters were often made of polystyrene, the stories were well written. If you could combine the stories from the classic series with the modern day special effects, you would have a great show. I think the old format of having four or six 25 minute episodes per story worked better than the modern format.

You can’t beat a good cliffhanger. Agree 100 percent

[lagwafis]

Never really got into Dr Who but still remember this scene scaring kids in the 80s