XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   On 7/03/2025 11:48 am, The Doctor wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > 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.   
   >   
   Pig's Arse, Binky, Disney only worry about the Viewer Figures and,   
   therefore, how much MONEY Disney might make from more 'Doctor Who'.   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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