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

[silverlunarstar]

*sighs* It's sad to see what was once such a fantastic show shoot down like that.

I LOVE YOUR GRAPHS.

[kilodalton]

WHY THANK YOU BB!!

[yumimum]

I am both impressed and depressed at the same time.

Someone send this to the Moff, please?

[kilodalton]

Haha I have no doubt that he's seen something like this (and that his bosses have as well) - the BBC has to be tracking this in depth and with much more powerful software than I have!! XD

[yumimum]

God, I hope so. Whatever he's been brainwashing them with for the past few years must be some powerful stuff!

[kilodalton]

Haha true XD

[rosaxx50]

I am sad about this, because I've enjoyed the second half of s7 so far.

Hahaha, I loved calculus in high school, but now I've forgotten almost every single thing about it.

[kilodalton]

I adore calculus. It's one of those topics that I totally thought I was going to hate but that I fell head over heels in love with!!

[gonzo21]

What a brilliant analysis. Well done. I was hoping somebody with sharper maths skills than me might be able to prove what the gut feeling was about these numbers. And this does indeed prove it.

[kilodalton]

Thank you!! Yeah there's only so many times you can chock up ratings to bank holidays or nice weather, or 2-for-1 hot dog sales at Tesco's XD No statistics are perfect but this does illustrate a powerfully convincing trend imo.

[gonzo21]

I wonder if this trend is why the BBC have finally given in and granted Who a decent time slot for the last two episodes? I mean, I can't remember the last time they not only had it on at the same time for two weeks running, but also put it in that much better 7pm slot.

[kilodalton]

... I would not be surprised if you are totally right about that!

[kelkat9]

Worships at the alter of your math wizardry!

[kilodalton]

((Blush)) glad you find it helpful!! =D