Doctor Who on the wane

[Bob The Skutter]

Doctor Who used to be Christmas number 1, but now it's down to number 4. Surely this proves it's losing viewers thanks to Steven Moffat. He complained on twitter that this was just the BBC misrepresenting the ratings, but surely this is Moffat just being his usual complainy self when he doesn't like the truth. But if even the BBC are saying it's fourth surely it means even they know Moffat isn't doing the job of bringing in the punters like RTD user to?

 

[Deckerd]

It's obviously Mofffat who's on the wane. The BBC are sending him a not very subtle final notice. Clearly.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Clearly. No doubt he'll complain they messed up the showing of Sherlock and say they're out to ruin him next.

 

[Lonemagpie]

It's never been the most-watched programme of Xmas day.

The Christmas Invasion was second most watched of the day, The Runaway Bride was fourth, Voyage of the Damned was second, The Next Doctor was second most-watched of the day, End Of Time was third, and A Christmas Carol second.

So, sorry, it's never been top, and RTD managed as low as 4th with his second Xmas special, just as Moffat has... Which would suggest that if history repeats, next year ought to be the second most-watched....

Oh, and the raw numbers were *up* this year - there were just more people watching TV overall.

I felt 2011 has been a rubbish year for DW overall, but it hasn't scared off the viewers... Still, let's not let the facts get in the way...

 

[Lonemagpie]

He is a moany type, though, and should just have kept his trap - or twitter feed - shut...

 

[JRoss]

Used to getting everything handed to him, such as his career in the first place.

 

[Chaos Descending]

Ironically, the "Appreciation Index Score" is actually UP this year from last year too, so not only did more people watch it (in total numbers), but more or the people who watched it LIKED it compared to last year.

 

[Cutter John]

*double checks the header to make sure he hasn't wandered into GB*

Ironically, the "Appreciation Index Score" is actually UP this year from last year too, so not only did more people watch it (in total numbers), but more or the people who watched it LIKED it compared to last year.

Which totally puzzles me, as it seemed like the general consensus is that last years was far superior.

 

[davejames]

Does anybody really take that Appreciation thing seriously? Even the average episodes seem to rate very high, so I don't know how accurate it really is.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Does anybody really take that Appreciation thing seriously? Even the average episodes seem to rate very high, so I don't know how accurate it really is.

Yeah, who are people to know whether they appreciated something or not?

 

[Mike Farley]

People should realize that they'd be much better off if they let others decide what they liked and didn't like.

 

[Phily B]

Didn't even get to number one on iPlayer.

He is lucky that the ratings don't use the same system as they previously did, the system since series 6 started using (live+7). Series 5 had awful ratings, and lost over half the viewers by the end of the series.

 

[Saul]

On the wane while seemingly being the most downloaded show on US itunes?

On the wane indeed.....

 

[Phily B]

It's never been the most-watched programme of Xmas day.

The Christmas Invasion was second most watched of the day, The Runaway Bride was fourth, Voyage of the Damned was second, The Next Doctor was second most-watched of the day, End Of Time was third, and A Christmas Carol second.

So, sorry, it's never been top, and RTD managed as low as 4th with his second Xmas special, just as Moffat has... Which would suggest that if history repeats, next year ought to be the second most-watched....

Oh, and the raw numbers were *up* this year - there were just more people watching TV overall.

I felt 2011 has been a rubbish year for DW overall, but it hasn't scared off the viewers... Still, let's not let the facts get in the way...

End of Time was #1, and Voyage of the Damned got something silly like 14 million. I have no doubt these will be revised upwards though, as it uses Live+7, and it was repeated the next day. I was shocked to see it wasn't no. 1 on iPlayer either though.

 

[Lonemagpie]

End of Time #2 was number 1, IIRC - but that was on New Year's Day...

 

[Phily B]

End of Time #2 was number 1, IIRC - but that was on New Year's Day...

I think if you combined it with the HD simulcast, it was the most watched.

 

[PorthosShadow]

I really could care less about ratings or what the peanut gallery has to say about the quality of the show. If I like the show or don't like it then that's all there is. Personally, I've enjoyed Steven Moffats last two seasons more consistently than RTDs. That's not to say his were bad but SM's are much better.

 

[Winterwind]

I honestly forgot about the Christmas special this year until a noticed a few friends on FB posting about it. Other than a few good stories, and liking Matt Smith and wishing he was given better material, SM's tenure has caused my interest to wane over the last two years.

 

[davejames]

I really could care less about ratings or what the peanut gallery has to say about the quality of the show. If I like the show or don't like it then that's all there is. Personally, I've enjoyed Steven Moffats last two seasons more consistently than RTDs. That's not to say his were bad but SM's are much better.

Agreed. SM might go a bit overboard with the crazy, time-twisty storytelling at times, but I still find that a lot more fun and engaging than the pointless, frenetic action that too often passed for excitement during RTD's run.

 

[Dick_Valentine]

I'm quite convinced now that this isn't my era of Who.

My Doctor, My companion, my producers and my era seems to be over, but no biggie, its nothing that fans of the show have been going through during every era change since 1967 or whatnot.

But I'm still a fan of the show, it still gives me a buzz and its still the Doctor having adventures through time and space.

I don't get the whole terratorial attitude some fans have, particularly when it comes to the viewing figures.

It is almost like Doctor Who doesn't have a fandom at all, it just has Davidson fans, Baker fans, Smith fans etc and never the twain shall meet.

I understand it with Star Trek because each spin off is a seperate entity but Doctor Who is an ongoing serial so this whole RTD vs Moffat Vs JNT etc fragmenting just doesn't make sense...