Spoilers Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner

[Mr Awe]

True, but it's interesting to note that if you look at every season of modern Who it follows a similar pattern in almost every season.

For example Rose got nearly 11 million, by Parting of the Ways this had dropped to just under seven. The variance, ahem, varies, but it's almost always there. Just done a very quick scan and I think the only series where the last episode got more than the first was Series 4; Partners in Crime a shade over nine million, Journey's End a shade over ten.

That is a good point. By eyeball and rough memory, the variability appears greater in the Disney numbers than earlier, but I could be wrong about that. And I mean variability as a percentage, not in raw numbers. Because of the lower raw numbers, the raw variability is also lower.

There was something similar with the ST franchise from TNG to ENT where essentially each subsequent series got lower ratings than the previous series and within a series each season got lower ratings than the previous season.

Franchise fatigue.

And that might be happening to DW as well. Well, series fatigue, or for you Brits, programme fatigue.

 

[Nerys Myk]

He could sit with Christopher. That would make for an interesting panel. Christopher doesn't hold back.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

He could sit with Christopher. That would make for an interesting panel. Christopher doesn't hold back.

Oh that would be fun to watch, moreso after this.........and he may just get his wish and we may see him back as the doctor if the BBC do a clean sweep, so that is one massive positive that might come out of all this.

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[JD]

True, but it's interesting to note that if you look at every season of modern Who it follows a similar pattern in almost every season.

For example Rose got nearly 11 million, by Parting of the Ways this had dropped to just under seven. The variance, ahem, varies, but it's almost always there. Just done a very quick scan and I think the only series where the last episode got more than the first was Series 4; Partners in Crime a shade over nine million, Journey's End a shade over ten.

Journey's End was the one when Rose came back and they brought in the casts from Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood, right? That was probably why it got the bigger numbers.

 

[jaime]

Journey's End was the one when Rose came back and they brought in the casts from Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood, right? That was probably why it got the bigger numbers.

That and word of mouth that the Doctor had been shot by a Dalek probably. People may have anticipated an Early regen, even with the specials being announced.

 

[camdudetenger2018]

Oh that would be fun to watch, moreso after this.........and he may just get his wish and we may see him back as the doctor if the BBC do a clean sweep, so that is one massive positive that might come out of all this.

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rose tyler and the 9th doctor back together again but this time at conventions

 

[Nerys Myk]

rose tyler and the 9th doctor back together again but this time at conventions

Yes, that was quite obvious.

 

[Rich Watson]

Wasn't worth starting a thread over, so thought I'd dump it here, but I just realised that Jacob Dudman, best known for his scarily good 11th Doctor, is one of the new cast members in the 'Scrubs' revival.

(I also found out recently that Jessie Buckley had been in a bunch of BF audios too.)

 

[JD]

That's pretty cool about Dudman, I had no idea he did American TV too.

 

[Starkers]

(I also found out recently that Jessie Buckley had been in a bunch of BF audios too.)

Whaaaaat!

 

[Rich Watson]

Whaaaaat!

Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley (born 28 December 1989[1]) voiced several characters for Big Finish Productions. The Red House - Lina The Wreck of the World - Commander Lorne The Eye of the Storm - Sarah Dean / Spearvore Queen Jessie Buckley at the Internet Movie Database

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[The Nth Doctor]

Damn, I've listened to two of those...but I'm pretty sure that happened before I saw her in anything (the first being Taboo).

 

[Set Harth]

That's the only thing I've seen her in.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Damn, I've listened to two of those...but I'm pretty sure that happened before I saw her in anything (the first being Taboo).

War and Peace for me.

 

[Starkers]

I would have said the first thing I saw her in was either Chernobyl or Judy, but I'd completely forgotten she was in Taboo!

Then saw her in I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Men, The Lost Daughter, Fargo, Wicked Little Letters and just a few weeks ago I saw Hamnet. Looking forward to The Bride.

I am, it's fair to say, something of a fan. I think she's wonderful and will be annoyed if she doesn't win an Oscar