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Topic History of: Dr Who - Russell T Davies is God!
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JK2006 |
Watched the last two again just now repeated Sunday afternoon and cried again. |
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emmapeelfanclub |
One must also remember that viewing figures these days don't mean as much as they used to in pre-internet times. Nearly 10 million viewers may had watched the transmission on Saturday night, but what about those who recorded it to watch later? Or the number of people who have downloaded it?
Like an increasing amount of people, I don't bother with TV anymore... I don't actually own a TV set because I download whatever I want to watch or see and watch it on my PC.
So it's impossible to put any kind of accurate figure on how many people actually saw that final episode. |
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Al |
Let's not forget that Tennant is an actor following a script. He delivers the lines written for him, and follows direction. I think he's done a fair job with awful material.
On the subject of ratings, here's a bit of Dr Who trivia.
'City of Death' got 14.5 million in 1979. 'The Pyramids of Mars' got 13.7 million in 1976, and 'The Web Planet' got 12.6 million in 1965. A repeat of 'The Daemons' got 10.5 million in 1971, while it's original showing earlier in the year got 8.3 million. If we use the modern method of combined ratings 'The Daemons' got 18.8 million. |
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emmapeelfanclub |
I thought it was absolutely awful. Oh yes, Davies has split DW fans right down the middle. Many love it but just as many hate it.
I cannot argue with Davies' success, but I loathe what he's done/brought to the show - it's become a soap opera with too much emphasis on "relationships".
A Genius? God? No way. An OBE? What for? For casting the lamest actor to ever take the main role? For writing many of the worst scripts in the shows long history? For being a smug, self righteous egomaniac?
I am glad he is moving on... pity Tennant isn't going with him. |
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JK2006 |
Amazing extremes of love and hate - but you cannot help but be impressed by what RTD has achieved.
I gather the ratings almost hit 10 million.
Eat your heart out Michael Grade. |
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