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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2023 6:57:36 GMT
20th December is notable for the fact that not a single episode of Doctor Who ever had it's UK debut on this day.
Quite a common occurrence in July and August, but unusual for December, with only today and the following Saturday, the 27th, experiencing this phenomenon.
Seasons 14 and 18 were both on a mid-season break after stories concluded and in other possible years, the series did not start until the following January (Season 7)or ended earlier in December (Season 26).
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Post by number13 on Dec 20, 2023 11:48:56 GMT
20th December is notable for the fact that not a single episode of Doctor Who ever had it's UK debut on this day. Quite a common occurrence in July and August, but unusual for December, with only today and the following Saturday, the 27th, experiencing this phenomenon. Seasons 14 and 18 were both on a mid-season break after stories concluded and in other possible years, the series did not start until the following January (Season 7)or ended earlier in December (Season 26). I do enjoy these random facts or lack of facts!
'Absolutely nothing happened today. There's no need for alarm, everything is fully under control. I repeat, nothing at all happened today in Sector 39. Please, stay calm.'
(How to tell the precise truth to maximum effect - B5 )
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2023 11:59:04 GMT
Well, Season 17 came out on Bluray 2 years ago today, so there's that!
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Post by mark687 on Dec 20, 2023 14:09:20 GMT
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Post by mark687 on Dec 20, 2023 14:15:57 GMT
Last Year it was busy few days for Torchwood Recordings
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2023 6:49:09 GMT
Big day today. 6.9 million people watched the TARDIS land on The Dead Planet, with an AI of 59.
Five years later, the final episode of The Invasion was watched by 7.0 million, with an AI of 53.
And more prosaically, in 1988, 5.3m watched episode 2 of the Greatest Show in the Galaxy. With an AI of 66, who would have guessed this was the audiences preferred episode of the three!
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Dec 21, 2023 7:00:33 GMT
4 Years ago... "Stranded" was announced ...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2023 8:45:57 GMT
Big day today. 6.9 million people watched the TARDIS land on The Dead Planet, with an AI of 59. Five years later, the final episode of The Invasion was watched by 7.0 million, with an AI of 53. And more prosaically, in 1988, 5.3m watched episode 2 of the Greatest Show in the Galaxy. With an AI of 66, who would have guessed this was the audiences preferred episode of the three! I can't decide - does a cameraman waving a sink plunger at Barbara make this the 60th anniversary of the Daleks, or does that have to wait till next week?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2023 14:36:44 GMT
Of course it's the 60th! Happy Birthday to our....favourite...space facists. Seems weird celebrating Daleks!
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Post by number13 on Dec 21, 2023 15:27:48 GMT
Of course it's the 60th! Happy Birthday to our....favourite...space facists. Seems weird celebrating Daleks!You're in so much trouble when @stevo passes this way...
'CEL-E-BRATE!'
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Post by mark687 on Dec 21, 2023 17:18:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2023 6:44:53 GMT
A less exciting day today.
7.0m watched episode 2 of The Time Warrior in 1973. No AI is recorded but I'm sure they loved it.
6 years later a mere 6.0m watched episode 1 of The Horns of Nimon. A weird drop in viewers from 9.4m the week before. Viewer numbers would bounce back strongly the following week, so the poor showing for this episode is baffling.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2023 7:28:28 GMT
6 years later a mere 6.0m watched episode 1 of The Horns of Nimon. A weird drop in viewers from 9.4m the week before. Viewer numbers would bounce back strongly the following week, so the poor showing for this episode is baffling. Stuff like that always annoys stats nerds like me, and you too I imagine. WHAT CAUSED IT? Musta been a big outage, a major news story or ITV had a one-off that did well...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2023 7:39:06 GMT
6 years later a mere 6.0m watched episode 1 of The Horns of Nimon. A weird drop in viewers from 9.4m the week before. Viewer numbers would bounce back strongly the following week, so the poor showing for this episode is baffling. Stuff like that always annoys stats nerds like me, and you too I imagine. WHAT CAUSED IT? Musta been a big outage, a major news story or ITV had a one-off that did well... I'm guessing some sort of Christmas special on ITV, but the online availability of archive ITV schedules is not great and I can't find listings for that day. As you say, frustrating.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2023 8:21:51 GMT
Stuff like that always annoys stats nerds like me, and you too I imagine. WHAT CAUSED IT? Musta been a big outage, a major news story or ITV had a one-off that did well... I'm guessing some sort of Christmas special on ITV, but the online availability of archive ITV schedules is not great and I can't find listings for that day. As you say, frustrating. Bit of sleuthing shows it was just a Disney short and the news (before the big movie....Digby) - BUT look at World Of Sport, looks like that overran? tvrdb.com/listings/1979-12-22#lwt
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Dec 22, 2023 10:50:09 GMT
This story is 5 years old.
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Post by mark687 on Dec 22, 2023 12:43:28 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2023 7:37:42 GMT
A day of episode 1's today.
23rd December 1967 saw episode 1 of The Enemy of the World air, with 6.8 million viewers and an AI of 50.
11 years later 6.5 million watched episode 1 of The Power of Kroll. No AI is recorded. Again, this viewer total is a massive drop from the previous week, and figures rebounded hugely the following week (more on that next week). The Saturday before Christmas had clearly become a poor day for watching Doctor Who, making sense of the mid-season break we had on many other years.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2023 6:59:39 GMT
24th December. Christmas Eve. A day when traditionally, TV schedules get radically revamped.
In 1966 however, it seemed to just be Saturday, and 6.8 million people tuned in to episode 2 of The Highlanders. No sign of a Christmas drop off in viewers this year, these viewer numbers were solidly consistent with the previous week.
Sadly they weren't too impressed, with an AI of 46. It would be easy to right this off as public dislike of "historical", but all of season 4 had been getting similar scores, even the mighty Tenth Planet. Doctor Who was clearly doomed.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Dec 24, 2023 9:10:55 GMT
Happy 82nd Birthday to John Levene AKA "Benton" during the 3rd Doctor era.
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