XPost: rec.arts.drwho, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article ,   
   Your Name   wrote:   
   >On 2025-02-08 19:13:04 +0000, Blueshirt said:   
   >> The Doctor wrote:   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>> Blueshirt  wrote:   
   >>>> Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> A complete NON-surprise that the ratings are lower than the   
   >>>>> pre-Disney seasons. Disney of course bought into Doctor Who   
   >>>>> because they stupidly believed it would raise their number   
   >>>>> of subscribers, which it wasn't ever going to do and   
   >>>>> anybody with more than one braincell could have told them   
   >>>>> the 'ratings' would drop dramatically. The only legal way   
   >>>>> for international viewers to watch "Doctor Who" currently   
   >>>>> is to subscribe to Disney+, which most people simply   
   >>>>> weren't going to bother doing, especially for just one show   
   >>>>> and continual prices rises (both for Disney+ and general   
   >>>>> retail prices for everything).   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I don't think the directors of these streaming services live   
   >>>> in the real world. I would never have thought anyone around   
   >>>> the world would subscribe to Disney+ JUST for "Doctor   
   >>>> Who"... it's not that kind of essential show. Maybe when the   
   >>>> Tenth Doctor and Rose/Martha were around it might have   
   >>>> happened to some degree, as that was a popular time for the   
   >>>> show. But Disney were being delusional if they thought in   
   >>>> 2023 that "Doctor Who" would be the show to hook the masses   
   >>>> in to their shiny new streaming service.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Now, I did think "Doctor Who" post 2023 would be more popular   
   >>>> than it has been... but even as a fan, and had I needed to, I   
   >>>> still wouldn't have subscribed to Disney+ just to watch   
   >>>> "Doctor Who" at the prices they are charging.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Subscription-based streaming services themselves weren't   
   >>>>> really a good idea to begin with, let alone numerous   
   >>>>> services all with their own 'exclusive' content. The old   
   >>>>> cable and satelitte TV services have been struggling for   
   >>>>> decades to retain and grow subscriber numbers.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> There is a use for streaming services but I doubt anyone   
   >>>> subscribes to any of them for just one show. When they were a   
   >>>> bit cheaper, and during covid, they played their part in   
   >>>> entertaining us, but now with the continual price rises, and   
   >>>> adverts,  people will be more choosy in which ones they   
   >>>> subscribe to. So whenever  I see reports that subscriber   
   >>>> numbers are down on ______ service I just think, "What did   
   >>>> you expect?"   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Nobody can subscribe to everything so somebody is going to   
   >>>> suffer.   
   >>>   
   >>> DW is suffering beacuse of an antiDisney sentiment.   
   >>   
   >> "Doctor Who" was suffering before Disney came along, if that's   
   >> the word you want to use to describe fandom unhappiness and poor   
   >> ratings. Disney had nothing to do with the 13th Doctor's era,   
   >> which was over before they came along. Plus, the ratings that   
   >> the show has been getting in the UK (BBC1/iPlayer) since the   
   >> 15th Doctor arrived on the scene have nothing whatsoever to do   
   >> with Disney either, as "Doctor Who" is not on Disney+ in the UK   
   >> & Ireland. So maybe you need to start seeing the bigger picture.   
   >   
   >You can at least partly thank the blantant Politically Correctness   
   >idiocy to appease BBC quota box ticking for that. I know of quite a few   
   >people who used to be big fans of Doctor Who, but the stupidity of   
   >gender and ethnicity swapping characaters meant none of them watched   
   >when it was still on free broadcast TV, let alone when it required a   
   >Disney+ subscription.   
   >   
   >The Disney+ shift has simply added more nails in the coffin lid for   
   >international viewers. I wouldn't be surprised if international DVD   
   >sales figures have risen *slightly* since that happened, and of course   
   >DVD sales likely don't count in the almighty "ratings". (The numbers   
   >watching via the nuaghty web have likely also risen slightly, but then   
   >there's no measure of that.)   
   >   
   >   
      
   Disney seems to popular with the DEI crowd.   
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