I got drawn (slightly) into one of those pointless on-line arguments where one persons shouts and the other tries to be rational. Waste of time. A certain kind of argument has been used by fans for years: the show is failing, it’s all because of XXX, we should sack XXX and do XXXX. My position…
Amidst all the sky is falling articles on the latest viewing figures (which while they could be pulling a larger audience, are up against the Rugby World cup) is a sensible piece on Digital Spy. Written by Morgan Jeffery, it is here: Doctor Who in crisis? The big questions facing the Saturday night sci-fi.
So, two episodes in and we’ve got a ratings panic over the ‘collapse’ in viewing figures for Into the Dalek, a superb story. It falls to Doctor Who TV to report: Into the Dalek UK Ratings and avoid the analysis about how the show lost over 2 million viewers thanks to the X-factor.
