2 million fewer viewers

[Starkers]

Thing is, as you yourself have said, Gatiss isn't a terrible writer, but An Adventure in space and Time might end up the best Who related thing he ever writes.

I don't know. Both Cold War and The Crimson Horror were great episodes, IMO.

Oh I agree completely, the two best episodes he's written IMO (especially The Crimson 'Orror) and the two that stop me from jumping on any kind of anti Gatiss bandwagon. I do think And Adventure in Space and Time was pretty darn near perfect that's all

 

[Mr Awe]

Thing is, as you yourself have said, Gatiss isn't a terrible writer, but An Adventure in space and Time might end up the best Who related thing he ever writes.

I don't know. Both Cold War and The Crimson Horror were great episodes, IMO.

Oh I agree completely, the two best episodes he's written IMO (especially The Crimson 'Orror) and the two that stop me from jumping on any kind of anti Gatiss bandwagon. I do think And Adventure in Space and Time was pretty darn near perfect that's all

Agreed all around! Crimson Horror and Cold War were great! And An Adventure in Space and Time was perfect!

Mr Awe

 

[Csalem]

His Sherlock scripts are quite good too. I don't know why his Who scripts don't feel the same.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Aren't all shows about more than just the writing, or just the directing, etc?

Does Moffat give the writers an outline of what he wants for an episode?

 

[matthunter]

wow it's almost like you have some kind of ulterior motive?.

If StCoop is Simon Cooper, he's bloody lucky internet anonymity protects him from a slander case for suggesting the BBC pay Blogtor Who for favourable reviews...

 

[Mr Soak]

Update.

The Magician's Apprentice 847,000 (653,000)
The Witch's Familiar 734,000 (541,000)
Under the Lake 612,000 (428,000)
Before the Flood 660,000 (511,000)
The Girl Who Died 644,000 (601,000)
The Woman Who Lived 647,000 (493,000)
The Zygon Invasion 593,000 (430,000)
The Zygon Inversion 596,000 (466,000)
Sleep No More tba (506,000)
Face the Raven tba (481,000)

 

[StCoop]

Updated with Episode 10:

The Magician's Apprentice 6.54m 8th
The Witch's Familiar 5.71m 17th
Under The Lake 5.63m 17th
Before The Flood 6.05m 14th
The Girl Who Died 6.56m 13th
The Woman Who Lived 6.11m 15th
The Zygon Invasion 5.76m 20th
The Zygon Inversion 6.03m 15th
Sleep No More 5.61 21st
Face The Raven 6.05* 21st

*So the BBC's publicity blitz got more people watching live but didn't have any noticeable effect on the final figure.

Heaven Sent got 4.51 overnights but as we just saw that increase will probably be balanced by a decrease in those watching during the week.

 

[RoJoHen]

I don't know if those numbers take America into account at all, but the live figures over here may have been raised due to this being a holiday weekend.

 

[The Wormhole]

I don't know if those numbers take America into account at all, but the live figures over here may have been raised due to this being a holiday weekend.

They don't. That's strictly Britain only.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

I don't know if those numbers take America into account at all, but the live figures over here may have been raised due to this being a holiday weekend.

They don't. These are the BBC1/iPlayer numbers, which are the only ones BBC1 cares about.

 

[DimesDan]

I don't know if those numbers take America into account at all, but the live figures over here may have been raised due to this being a holiday weekend.

They don't. These are the BBC1/iPlayer numbers, which are the only ones BBC1 cares about.

And as they should.

 

[Mr Soak]

The Magician's Apprentice 847,000 (653,000)
The Witch's Familiar 734,000 (541,000)
Under the Lake 612,000 (428,000)
Before the Flood 660,000 (511,000)
The Girl Who Died 644,000 (601,000)
The Woman Who Lived 647,000 (493,000)
The Zygon Invasion 593,000 (430,000)
The Zygon Inversion 596,000 (466,000)
Sleep No More 564,000 (506,000)
Face the Raven tba (481,000)
Heaven Sent tba (455,000)

 

[Professor Zoom]

Meh. I don't know how much I care about the declining numbers. My job isn't on the line. And it seems, maybe the tremendous popularity of a few years ago, isn't a sustainable thing--nor reasonable to assume it would be sustainable.

Audiences grow up, audiences change. Ten years by many many standards is a very good run. (Not that Doctor Who is being cancelled anytime soon.)

But, when the time comes to close up... I won't be particularly sad. A lot of great stories have been told. And there are other things on.

 

[StCoop]

So Peter Jackson's Doctor Who video has had more viewers than most Series 9 Episodes. Maybe he can be the next showrunner?

 

[Professor Zoom]

So Peter Jackson's Doctor Who video has had more viewers than most Series 9 Episodes. Maybe he can be the next showrunner?

Aren't those numbers taking into account international viewers? Something that you don't when you post viewing numbers of recent episodes...

 

[StCoop]

Aren't those numbers taking into account international viewers? Something that you don't when you post viewing numbers of recent episodes...

It's called a joke.

 

[Squiggy]

So Peter Jackson's Doctor Who video has had more viewers than most Series 9 Episodes. Maybe he can be the next showrunner?

Only if you want a three episode arc when one would have sufficed.

 

[The Wormhole]

So Peter Jackson's Doctor Who video has had more viewers than most Series 9 Episodes. Maybe he can be the next showrunner?

Only if you want a three episode arc when one would have sufficed.

As opposed to Moffat trying to cram three episodes worth of material into one? Besides, multi episode storyline that could have been serviced in one, isn't that the basic definition of classic Who? *Ducks thrown chairs.*

 

[Mr Awe]

^ Booooo!

 

[Professor Zoom]

Aren't those numbers taking into account international viewers? Something that you don't when you post viewing numbers of recent episodes...

It's called a joke.

OOOOOOOOOOOH.
I thought it was just another silly dig at Moffat.

Still, it would be interesting to see the international numbers regarding Doctor Who this season.