Doctor Who: 10 Reasons The BBC Should Increase The Budget

8. It Has A Worldwide Audience

It's not just a BBC show for the UK, there are countries all over the world and millions of people who watch Doctor Who. The 50th Anniversary special was broadcast simultaneously in 94 countries and shown at cinemas in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA. 12.9 million watched in the UK with a further 2.9 million on iPlayer. In the USA 2.4 million watched live whilst in Canada it was the most watched entertainment show on the day. With so many people all over the world demanding more Doctor Who it would seem sensible to give the people what they want. As the cliché says, you have to spend money to make money. Making a high quality program with all the right levels of production values only makes it more likely that sales will increase. BBC Worldwide pulled in over £350 million last year with Doctor Who representing a large part of that total. The BBC are notoriously unwilling to release exact figures, even going to far as to write to one license payer rejecting them their freedom of information request regarding Doctor Who on journalistic grounds. But even a conservative estimate of £50 million return on a £13 million investment is a pretty sweet deal. Upping the budget and selling it to more countries can only help the bottom line.