Still not "appointment-to-view" at any rate.


I hope The Mirror is reporting this stuff - bearing in mind our lowest overnight in Series 8 was 100k less (somehow, after the most acclaimed episode of the series) and that was the worst thing to ever happen to any show ever. Interested to see if anybody cares if BC's finals were to drop below 8m (10.85 -> 9.42 -> 8.72 so far - with that latest figure being the lowest of both series).

I'll expect nothing less than "Chibnall must go" protests.

( Sigh, we really do get a hard time of it )

Last Christmas Live+7: 9.62m

Shockingly low. I expect series 9 to be the last before another 'hiatus' awaiting the next RTD to come along.

Yeah blimey. It's terrible isn't it! It was only one of the most watched programs at Christmas.

And then an RTD reference as well to add a bit of extra spice.

We should turn this into a game of forum bingo. It would make it more fun and the constant regurgitation of the same stuff less embarassing.

Normally, I would take such statements like this as satire on the doommongers of the show, but knowing this fandom, you can't take anything for granted as satire or not. xD

I was so unsure. Its difficult isn't it!.ordinarily you would just assume satire and laugh but like you say...some of the things fans come out with have gone beyond parody so it's hard to tell.

Not really. Even I watched it on Catch Up the next day. Christmas Day is quite busy for those of us with lives.

One can only hope.

Is it? I thought after Christmas dinner most people watch TV. What else is there to do? OK, maybe play games. But Christmas Day is surely the top rated TV day of the year.

I'm just bitter because I had to a thousand people to visit and literally didn't have time to watch it live. And then I was forced through Mrs. Browns Boys. Christmas was traumatic for me

Christmas Day 2014 did very poorly. Seems more people WERE spending their time away from the TV The most timeshifted week of television on record!

But no, 9.62m does not herald the show being removed from our schedules because the showrunner has failed.... and as we all should know, being Ratings Thread visitors, the last series did very well.

I think it would have been an issue if all of BBC1's Christmas Night shows had scored massive overnights apart from Doctor Who. But in the end it was all much of a muchness and Doctor Who was right up there with the rest, as usual.

BARB's Project Dovetail is still coming: http://mediatel.co.uk/newsline/2015/...ject-dovetail/

This article is perfect and you are a perfect example of a reasonable human being, something the Who fandom needs more of.

New Tricks is being brought to an end to make way for new series (just like Atlantis ).

Can't say it had a bad run! Though it didn't look too healthy as of late, losing 2m year-on-year (that's edging more on "sudden ratings decline" than Doctor Who Series 8, I would say).

Out of interest did they say what the new series was that New Tricks is making way for, or is it just said in a general way of we'll use the money for something else

I find it interesting that Christmas Day TV was down noticeably, why would that be the case? perhaps games are taking the spot light away, as they can be a enjoyable way of interacting and having fun in a group of people, just a thought

I assume you're talking about "real" games like Charades, Pass the Parcel, and Musical Chairs, not the electric sort!
They were all we had when I were a lad...........

Lets talk ratings: 1987 Edition

Wow! That's quite a find. And interesting that Trial of a Timelord was better received than McCoy's first season.

Not surprising. As poor as the Trial Of A Timelord season was it was nowhere near as bad as McCoy's first season which was shocking. Easily the worst ever season of Doctor Who. But who knew that the next two series would be so good and contain two of the best ever stories in Fenric and Remembrance Of The Daleks?

The Guardian have a piece on overnight/consolidated ratings: http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...mer-tv-ratings

While BARB have a piece on how the weather affects viewing figures: http://www.barb.co.uk/

A very well considered piece. I particularly like the following line: "Consolidated audience figures, which take into account viewing on the night of transmission and people who recorded the show and watched it in the subsequent seven days, are in danger of putting overnights out of business."

Hilarious.

56% wanted Mel to be killed off in Paradise Towers. What on earth were the other 44% thinking of?

It is good to be reminded just how unpopular McCoy and Langford were.

I hated that series, I'm still amazed at how much they turned McCoy's era around in his second series. A great period for the show.