9. A Fixed Transmission Time
The broadcast time for Doctor Who has chopped and changed considerably in recent years. Last year saw a much later average start time, which fans wrongly assumed meant that the series would be less suitable for younger children. The expectation this year is that the show will air a little closer to Saturday teatime, with BBC executives admitting that the move to a later time was a mistake. It's something of a myth that in the good old days weekend television schedules were more consistent. Sporting events regularly affect timings and broadcasters have always sought to get one over on the competition through clever scheduling. So if I was you I'd set the digital recorder to series link. Chances are the start times will continue to fluctuate from week to week.
Paul Driscoll
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Paul Driscoll is a freelance writer and author across a range of subjects from Cult TV to religion and social policy. He is a passionate Doctor Who fan and January 2017 will see the publication of his first extended study of the series (based on Toby Whithouse's series six episode, The God Complex) in the critically acclaimed Black Archive range by Obverse Books. He is a regular writer for the fan site Doctor Who Worldwide and has contributed several essays to Watching Books' You and Who range. Recently he has branched out into fiction writing, with two short stories in the charity Doctor Who anthology Seasons of War (Chinbeard Books). Paul's work will also feature in the forthcoming Iris Wildthyme collection (A Clockwork Iris, Obverse Books) and Chinbeard Books' collection of drabbles, A Time Lord for Change.
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