Class series one discussion thread (spoilers)

[Steve Roby]

Well, I guess I'll stand up in defence of Class. There were two or three awful episodes, and only one or two reached a level that I'd call really good, with the rest being okay. So, overall, I guess it doesn't stand up to the high standards set by The Twin Dilemma, Timeflight, or Kill the Moon. But it introduces Miss Quill, it has a couple of really interesting alien threats (not the main antagonists, unfortunately), and the last episode introduces a number of things I'd really like to see followed up on (not what happened to April -- let that be undone very quickly and never spoken of again).

I'd like to see a second series, but one with Ness as one of a group of writers, the others preferably being TV Who writers.

Oh, and I've read two of the Class tie-in novels. They're both quite enjoyable, not least because they don't involve the Shadow Kin. They're not written by Ness but by people who've written Doctor Who and Torchwood tie-ins.

 

[The Wormhole]

That said if Ness gets commissioned to write Quill-The Series I’d watch the hell out of it.

I'd totally be glued to my TV for that! And as an aside, that's another thing about Ness, for such a proclaimed YA master, it's interesting the best written character in the show is actually the grown-up. Hell, the Quill centred episode is the one episode of the series I will unhesitatingly say is good.

So, overall, I guess it doesn't stand up to the high standards set by The Twin Dilemma, Timeflight, or Kill the Moon.

I don't know, I'm pretty certain I'll watch The Twin Dilemma and Timeflight again twice before I even think about watching the Class episode where the kids were in detention. That was truly dreadful.

 

[Steve Roby]

That Class episode has the advantage of being shorter, at least.

 

[The Wormhole]

It sure didn't feel like it!

 

[Haggis and tatties]

Why did i read this a Classic series one. lol

 

[Starkers]

Someone already has a petition up!

 

[The Nth Doctor]

So I finally decided to give the first episode a shot, but mostly because I just wanted to see The Twelfth Doctor. My impressions seem to match what others have said about the show: A bland show with vanilla characters with the only highlights being Miss Quill and The Doctor. The Shadow Kind were mildly interesting but not enough to keep following an uninteresting teen drama.

 

[Guy Gardener]

You have already watched %25 of the series.

You can't stop now, because... You've already come so far.

 

[Mr Soak]

You have already watched %25 of the series.

You can't stop now, because... You've already come so far.

1 episode = 12.5%. (8 episode series.)

 

[Guy Gardener]

I remembered the pilot being a double episode.

...Which is not a reflection of the reality everyone else experience.

 

[StCoop]

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2017/02/class-final-ratings.html

The whole sad experience is best summed up by the final line: An online petition asking for a second series has so far received 1700 signatures.

 

[Steve Roby]

It hasn't aired in the US yet, so the story isn't over. I doubt it will do much better there, really, but if it did, would that have any effect?

 

[The Wormhole]

Wow, the premiere really has taken the lead at being the highest rated and well beyond the rest of the episodes, even the second one, which aired with the premiere. So, most people only stuck with the show for Capaldi's cameo and then jumped ship, didn't they?

 

[diankra]

BBC1 showed them in pairs, with the second starting at 11.30pm. So drop-off in each pair.
After the first pair, the ratings are pretty consistent for the last six (i.e., a hard-core of regular viewers with time limits, so a drop-off for the second one, but no casuals at all).
The BBC Buffy late nighters were on Fridays. Not a day with a weekday next morning...

 

[Bob The Skutter]

They really screwed it over... Not that it was good but what was the point in running it the way that they did? They really need to work out their online/offline strategy for BBC Three shows.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

It hasn't aired in the US yet, so the story isn't over. I doubt it will do much better there, really, but if it did, would that have any effect?

That's an interesting question. If it did well on BBC America, could they commission a second season? Depends, I guess, on how much the series costs and whether or not there's any interest from the BBC itself.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

It hasn't aired in the US yet, so the story isn't over. I doubt it will do much better there, really, but if it did, would that have any effect?

It's true, BBC America has no Class.

 

[Steve Roby]

 

[Turtletrekker]

...And cancelled.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Ah well. Badly handled, badly written, had potential but never lived up to any of it.