National TV Awards sketch
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No wins? Lame!
Though I'm still holding out hope it'll pull off another Hugo this year.
As for the ratings, I wouldn't be surprised if the ratings had dropped a bit. I'm sure a lot of Tennant fangirls bailed after the regen.
Though I'm still holding out hope it'll pull off another Hugo this year.
As for the ratings, I wouldn't be surprised if the ratings had dropped a bit. I'm sure a lot of Tennant fangirls bailed after the regen.
No, I'm pretty sure it does. It's in the Shadow Proclamation somewhere. I expect the awards voters to be arrested by the Judoon at any moment.
Closest they ever came was during the 2010 Super Bowl when Jay Leno appeared on a CBS ad for Late Show with David Letterman. Leno, Letterman, & Oprah Winfrey all sit uncomfortably together on a couch.
Letterman: "This is the worst Super Bowl party ever."
Leno: "Is that because I'm here?"
Letterman: (mocking) "'Is that because I'm here?'"
Then the NFL put together a massive ad for this year's Super Bowl digitally altering old sitcom footage from dozens of different shows from at least 5 different studios so that the various characters would be wearing football jerseys. (My 1st thought after seeing it was, "That was totally awesome!" My 2nd thought was, "That must have been a nightmare to clear all of that footage!")
I presume in those 2nd & 3rd groupings you include "A Christmas Carol" as part of Season 5?
Personally, I'm stunned that the Christmas specials have such massive spikes in ratings, particularly since I think most of them are very weak when compared with the rest of the series. "A Christmas Carol" is the 1st one that didn't strike me as just frustratingly middle of the road. I guess it just goes to show how much of a cultural institution Doctor Who is in the U.K. I can't ever imagine an American sci-fi show pulling in proportionally comparable numbers.
Interesting because these are some of the best episodes of those respective seasons. What were the lowest rated episodes of Seasons 1 & 3, pray tell?
Series 5 was okay, but I really think Moffat made a mistake making a clean break. I understand why, but I do find him ignoring the Tenth/Ninth Doctor periods a bit shitty, though he made efforts to do it with the crack and not having many episodes on current day Earth.
Series 5 was okay, but I really think Moffat made a mistake making a clean break. I understand why, but I do find him ignoring the Tenth/Ninth Doctor periods a bit shitty, though he made efforts to do it with the crack and not having many episodes on current day Earth.
To some extent, I don't think RTD gave him much choice. Normally continuity is maintained between Doctors by having companions that continue from one Doctor to the next. Tennant didn't have any regular companions during his last 4 specials, which always bummed me out anyway.
At the same time, I almost feel like some of the other changes they made--redesigning the TARDIS & the sonic screwdriver--were a wise choice because it helped to avoid some comparisons between Tennant & Smith; a daunting prospect considering Tennant's massive popularity.
BTW, what do the asterisks next to "The Lodger" & "The Pandorica Opens" indicate? Were those episodes that aired opposite the World Cup or something?
Doctor Who has a unfixed moving timeslot anywhere between 6pm and 7pm + Later parts of the season is during early summer time so people are out of the house on saturdays + Big football events like World Cups, European Championships, Champions League final + Wimbledon might enter the frame very late into the season.
This chips away at the live audience but normally you see massive gains in I Player & repeat ratings. Doctor Who series 5 (2010) broke many I player records.
I saw the sketch and thought it was awesome, and yes I too thought it was a nice touch when the Doctor adjusts his bow tie when Amanda Holden appeared on the screen. I would too 