Who set for 6:45 on Saturday

[Deckerd]

It didn't seem special enough to be a 'special'. It was more like a standard episode. I enjoyed it though.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

"Knock 4 times on the ceiling if you want me!"

Twice on the pipes if the answer is "no".

I remember the Vic Reeves version - "If da feeling is NAAAAAAAAYYYYY!"

 

[Bob The Skutter]

The first of this year's Doctor Who specials, 'Planet Of The Dead', was seen by a respectable 8.41m (39.6%) on BBC One in the hour from 6.45pm. The episode guest starred Michelle Ryan and Lee Evans and was the first episode of Who to be simulcast in HD on BBC HD, where it was seen by 184k (1%)
Despite going up against Talent, Robin Hood actually grew its audience by over 1m to average 5.26m (22.9%) for BBC One between 7.45pm and 8.30pm.


Primeval, meanwhile, shed over 1.5m in its head-to-head battle with Who. This week's episode, which saw one of the major characters killed off, averaged a disappointing 2.71m (14.3%) from 6.15pm.

Hmm wonder how those ratings were received. I mean they're pretty much Doctor Who premiere sort of ratings anwway, aren't they?

 

[wamdue]

they are decent ratings, its a shame Talent did better but there is nothing the BBC can do about that.

I think as long as Doctor Who beat Primeval by a big margin, the BBC are happy.

 

[Deckerd]

I would be more impressed if Primeval were any good. A really worthwhile show in a head-to-head with Doctor Who would have been a very interesting exercise.