Warning: maaaaaaajor geekery ahead! A closer look at Doctor Who ratings

[kilodalton]

OK so I like math. Although I'm not a statistician, I am pretty good with math (which is lucky for anyone in the USA haha bc in a few short months I will be using said math to prepare intravenous drug compounds for hospitalized patients... tl;dr if I sucked at this, it would suck WAAAY worse to be you bwahahah XD)
ANYWAY! It should not have escaped

Comments

[kilodalton]

Why thank you!! =D ... and yeah, it does seem to be missing something =(

[arabian]

As someone who's been waiting for the rest of the DW-watching public to pick up on how shallow Moffat's DW is, this is heartening to read. (And I totally wish you could do this for another show I watch, just so I could compare the ratings throughout the season, LOL!)

BTW: I SUCK SO HARD AT MATH! I could never do this.

[kilodalton]

Haha np at all! And I'd be happy to plot the other show for you - I already have this set up as a template, so all I'd need is the ratings =D

[arabian]

I'm thinking of the Vampire Diaries. I could get all the ratings together, but it would take a little time. :)

[kilodalton]

Sure, no hurry! =)

[sherrilina]

Wow, I am still a bit confused, but I like your general gist--because it means we aren't the only ones who think the last few seasons have progressively sucked! ;) (Although some of the episodes with Clara haven't been so bad...it's nice to have some fresh blood). Moffat desperately needs to leave, stat, for the survival and well-being of the show!

[kilodalton]

Yeah there is definitely something going on ... I have to agree with fogsblue here, I think the improvement may be too little too late =/ (plus Eleven isn't new and shiny anymore - although that didn't seem to hurt Ten's popularity so idk)

[betawho]

It's still possible things can go back up. Since this series still has two episodes to go, they can also swing the trend back up the way the last two episodes of most of the other series did. (Although that won't negate that it's also fallen lower than any other series so far

[kilodalton]

Oh sure it could go up! Honestly judging from the flatter lines that s5 and s6 have shown, I would be surprised - but it's possible and I'll continue to map that to see where s7 ends up relative to the others.

Re the AI - I'm actually not surprised that this remains pretty high from what I've seen. DW fans are nothing if not pathologically loyal lol - so even if perhaps more casual viewers were to be leaving (and not tuning in at all), if die-hards are still tuning in every week then the AI isn't going to budge much.

[fogsblue]

I've actually noticed a number of people on my fb for example who are losing interest, but they loved S5 and at least some of S6, so... *shrug*

I've actually found a few of the latest episodes to the best in a long time, but too little, too late comes to mind as an answer for that.

But I've seen a few reports around lately about how the numbers are dropping a fair bit... MAYBE THE BBC WILL LISTEN SOON AND LOSE MOFFAT!

[gonzo21]

Yes, I agree, the last few episodes have definitely included some improvements.

[kilodalton]

Totally agreed - too little and too late =/