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« on: August 17, 2011, 10:34:52 am »

Here are the UK ratings for this story.

Officials
Doctor Who -  9.08

Weekly Chart Placing
Doctor Who - 15th

Audience Appreciation
Doctor Who - 75

While the viewing figure was strong, the BBC were apparantly expecting between 12-14m for it and so considered it weak
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« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2011, 11:36:02 am »

Considering how low the ratings were when the show went off air, I can't see why the BBC were hoping to bring in 12-14 million viewers. The fact it got what it did was nothing short of a miracle considering how many people had stopped watching it by the time the original series ended
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« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2011, 10:56:19 am »

Considering how low the ratings were when the show went off air, I can't see why the BBC were hoping to bring in 12-14 million viewers. The fact it got what it did was nothing short of a miracle considering how many people had stopped watching it by the time the original series ended

That was my thought too. It seems a bit over eager to be hoping for those figures. I wonder if they were expecting that when Rose went to air
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« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2011, 12:07:36 pm »

It does seem like they were perhaps overreaching slightly, though it may be that they needed a reason to say it wasn't worth going ahead with. Its easier to say that the viewing figures missed expectations than to say 'this is actually pretty ****'
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« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2011, 09:33:14 pm »

It does seem like they were perhaps overreaching slightly, though it may be that they needed a reason to say it wasn't worth going ahead with. Its easier to say that the viewing figures missed expectations than to say 'this is actually pretty ****'

I think that this is probably exactly right
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« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2011, 10:52:08 am »

I think Roranicus is probably right. It does seem, even for the time, a bit of an unrealistic number to reach for and perhaps that indeed was their excuse for cutting their ties with it. I don't remember it being particularly heavily promoted so outside of fandom I don't think it would have been particularly event TV
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