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From: "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news>
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Subject: Re: Ratings Obliteration for Doctor Who
Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 22:30:30 +0100
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The True Doctor wrote:

> On 01/05/2025 16:25, Blueshirt wrote:
> > The True Doctor wrote:
> > 
> > > The final consolidated +4 ratings for Doctor Whoke S02E02
> > > have come in including streaming, and it can now be said
> > > that Lux is the lowest rating episode of all time ever
> > > since Doctor Who began in 1963.
> > 
> > Two completely different stories from two completely
> > different eras of the show, so a bit like comparing apples
> > and oranges.
> 
> This isn't comparing the episodes. It's comparing the ratings.

Still apples and oranges... as the television environment - and
Doctor Who - was so much different back then. No Internet, no
streaming services, less TV channels, different story
lengths, less budget, worse FX, etc.

Personally I don't think "Lux" deserves to be the lowest rated
episode of Doctor Who ever... but it is what it is.

> > I didn't think either episode was THAT bad actually, but they
> > are episodes form eras of "Doctor Who" where the show is
> > clearly on a downward trend among viewers.
> 
> Actually Sylvester McCoy's era was on an upward trend. The
> writing started to improve and the stories got better. 

In some ways that is true. The fact is though the general
television watching public had nothing but apathy for the show
back then... there was only four TV back channels then too,
so the show had limited competition for viewers. Doctor Who was
in decline... it could only end one way.

> This is not the case for the incel pervert Ncuti Gatwa 
> where the writing has descended into sexual harassment 
> and debauchery because it's being written by a sick 
> degenerate pervert that no man wants to sleep with.

For me, the stories this season ARE getting better. Whether this
continues for the rest of the season is another matter though...