XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
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   Blueshirt  wrote:   
   >Your Name wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-03-06 05:28:37 +0000, Theory11 said:   
   >> > On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 20:58:56 +0000, Your Name wrote:   
   >> > >   
   >> > > For those few still interested ...   
   >> >   
   >> > I'm looking forward to the new Doctor Who season. I don't   
   >> > know why  people assume there's only a few still interested.   
   >> > It's a very popular  show around here.   
   >>   
   >> It depends on which figures you want to believe, but except   
   >> for a few small bumps, viewer numbers have basically been   
   >> steadily falling, especially since the move to Disney+ (partly   
   >> thanks to international viewers simply not wanting to pay for   
   >> streaming even if they still wanted to watch the show).   
   >>   
   >> Reportesdly, the 2024 season had the lowest viewer numbers for   
   >> any season (including teh bad ol' days of Sylvester McCoy) and   
   >> the 2024 Christmas Special had the second lowest viewer   
   >> numbers for any of the specials.   
   >   
   >That's the key word, "reportedly". With the exception of the UK,   
   >where we know what the actual ratings were...and even then they   
   >are only guesstimates at the end of the day. Nobody knows how   
   >well "Doctor Who" did for Disney+ in its territories.   
   >   
   >I did read somewhere that the "Doctor Who" 2024 Christmas   
   >special did very well for Disney+ in Australia and New Zealand,   
   >but with no official streaming figures published it's all   
   >hearsay... and doing well on a streaming service that people   
   >have to pay for is relative as it wouldn't be the same as doing   
   >well on a traditional TV channel with wider audience exposure.   
   >   
   >The only way we'll know for sure if Disney were happy with   
   >"Doctor Who" is if they choose to order more episodes/seasons of   
   >the show from the BBC.   
   >   
      
   Depends on thier influence as well.   
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