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Old 19-10-2014, 20:18
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this always happens when you put anything up against lowest common demoninator stuff like the X-Factor. Ripper Street was doing well until they put it up against X-Factor where it lost out. Dr Who and shows like Ripper Street require people to think a bit. X-Factor doesn't so it wins hands down.
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Old 19-10-2014, 21:03
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I still hold with the theory that it would do better being shown before SCD [Take a look at the overnights for Pointless] Plus this mild weather we are having atm [Here in the South at least] That imho impacts on the overnights...
We might also speculate, though, what Pointless would be getting in the post-Strictly slot? I'd fancy it would be over 5m, actually, but I doubt we'll ever find out. For what it's worth, Merlin's ratings rose quite considerably in its later series when it switched to air after Strictly, rather than before.

I think if we've found anything out this autumn, it's that slots don't really impact on Doctor Who all that much. By all reasonable expectations, this series has probably had the most favourable scheduling of almost any new Who series. A full 12 week run, in autumn time, with just about the best lead-in the BBC could offer it - yet I fancy it's just pulling the same numbers now as it would in some random 7pm slot in May or something.

It does raise the question whether the BBC will want to persist with Who in this rather priveleged slot when they know from experience it could support itself to the same level somewhere else. (In a way that previous occupants such as Merlin or Atlantis would not).

I don't get this, of course there are people who watch and then rewatch on iplayer catch up, not me, waste of bandwith so I record and watch again. I could easily manipulate the iplayer count assuming its done by ip address, just change the ip and already I got a double count if I watch twice on iplayer.

Nothing sophisticated or scientific about ratings count, all basically guesstimates based on what 5000 homes with little boxes do.
By any standards, 5,000 is a pretty large sample for any public poll. It's certainly a lot larger than most pre-election opinion polls, for example. If BARB was felt to be inadequate, you wouldn't find the UKs largest companies shelling out hundreds of millions of pounds to advertise based on the figures it provides.
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Old 19-10-2014, 21:17
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I doubt there are THAT many sados out there trying to to influence I player ratings.
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Old 19-10-2014, 23:02
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I doubt there are THAT many sados out there trying to to influence I player ratings.
That wasn't my point, I was just saying it could be done, not is.
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Old 20-10-2014, 10:01
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From what I can work out timeadjustment should add on around 134k
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Old 20-10-2014, 10:05
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From what I can work out timeadjustment should add on around 134k
Oh wow that's quite a jump.
I never really trust the over nights though. The later time slot on Saturday nights usually just means a lot of people have gone out before they've seen it. So they just watch it hungover on iPlayer the next day. Not everyone is as dedicated as us haha.
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Old 20-10-2014, 10:29
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The lowest overnight of the series gets a large Day 1 jump. Sounds about right

If these are the people I've heard to be so put off by Capaldi this week that they didn't watch on the night, I'm happy for them to watch 24 hours later in protest!
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Old 20-10-2014, 11:37
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From what I can work out timeadjustment should add on around 134k
1.2m TS already... Pretty good that. I would say a final around 6.6/7m.
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Old 20-10-2014, 12:29
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Flatline AI of 85
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Old 20-10-2014, 12:31
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Flatline AI of 85
Is that the highest so far this season?
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Old 20-10-2014, 12:31
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Is that the highest so far this season?
Joint highest with last week.
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Old 20-10-2014, 12:32
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Again the writing deserved that better AI. The last 2 eps have been significantly better than the rest of the series, showing that plot and characterisation can be deftly mixed. Such a shame the guy doesn't want to do any more! Hope they at least take into account why these two were so well received.
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Old 20-10-2014, 12:36
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Yes.


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Old 20-10-2014, 13:17
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Again the writing deserved that better AI. The last 2 eps have been significantly better than the rest of the series, showing that plot and characterisation can be deftly mixed. Such a shame the guy doesn't want to do any more! Hope they at least take into account why these two were so well received.
He doesn't? Who said?
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Old 20-10-2014, 13:43
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He doesn't? Who said?
I think some people have read this and put 2+2 together and got 5.

http://jamiemathieson.blogspot.co.uk...to-tardis.html
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Old 20-10-2014, 13:50
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There's this from his Twitter...

@Jamti: @dcd728 No idea. I'd love to come back. And I also love the 'assuming it gets renewed' part of this question.
That proves that he does really want to do more.
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Old 20-10-2014, 13:56
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I love that part of the question, too.
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Old 20-10-2014, 14:12
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And this response to the question about whether he would write another episode for the Boneless

@DoctorWhoThing IF Who ask me back and IF the public are clamouring for it and IF there is a good new angle on them....
Yep, I'd say he's very much not done with Doctor Who
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Old 21-10-2014, 12:02
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28 Day consolidation:
Deep Breath: 9.529m (7 day consolidated: 9.169m)
Into the Dalek: 7.672m (7 day consolidated: 7.286m)
Robot of Sherwood: 7.707 (7 Day consolidated: 7.277m)
Listen: 7.426m (7 Day consolidated: 7.011m)
Time Heist: 7.378m (7 Day consolidated: 6.993m)
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Old 21-10-2014, 12:07
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28 Day consolidation:
Deep Breath: 9.529m (7 day consolidated: 9.169m)
Into the Dalek: 7.672m (7 day consolidated: 7.286m)
Robot of Sherwood: 7.707 (7 Day consolidated: 7.277m)
Listen: 7.426m (7 Day consolidated: 7.011m)
Time Heist: 7.378m (7 Day consolidated: 6.993m)
Interesting. But does it justify its place on Saturday with a low 'live' audience?
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Old 21-10-2014, 12:15
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Interesting. But does it justify its place on Saturday with a low 'live' audience?
I used to worry about this a lot. But the truth is even with 5m 'live' viewers, its still one of the BBC's most watched TV shows every Saturday night and - indeed - each week.
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Old 21-10-2014, 12:18
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Interesting. But does it justify its place on Saturday with a low 'live' audience?
As opposed to what, though? Only two shows got above 5m on Saturday - SCD and TXF.
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Old 21-10-2014, 12:25
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Interesting. But does it justify its place on Saturday with a low 'live' audience?
Well i would say to that... Should the BBC just give up? It and other shows like it [Merlin Atlantis Etc] are a great alternative to people who have no interest in X-Factor Etc. It very much deserves it's Saturday night slot imho.
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Old 21-10-2014, 12:27
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28 Day consolidation:
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Into the Dalek: 7.672m (7 day consolidated: 7.286m)
Robot of Sherwood: 7.707 (7 Day consolidated: 7.277m)
Listen: 7.426m (7 Day consolidated: 7.011m)
Time Heist: 7.378m (7 Day consolidated: 6.993m)
Thanks Yog101.

1.6m added after 2 days.. Not bad, 7m still a long shot mind!
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Old 21-10-2014, 12:29
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I used to worry about this a lot. But the truth is even with 5m 'live' viewers, its still one of the BBC's most watched TV shows every Saturday night and - indeed - each week.
Maybe... but it's not getting 5m live viewers, is it? The live figures are around 3.5m – lower than nearly everything else on a Saturday night, including Casualty and Pointless. That's not good, when it's inheriting a large live audience from Strictly Come Dancing. The consolidated figures are good, but other shows would attract a better live audience at 8:30pm.
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