Doctor Who: The Fall Of The Doctor's Ratings?

Summary

To sum up: Excluding specials, episode averages have not dropped significantly. Series 5 ad 6 still had higher average ratings than Series 2 and 3. Moffat's first 3 series have followed the same trend as RTD's first three in ratings. The Moffat Era average AI has stayed steady at 86, higher than the BBC average, and higher than the RTD Era's 84.1. Live viewings have dropped from 8.4m in the RTD Era to 7.79m in the Moffat Era. This is including special episodes which bring in larger ratings, and RTD had a higher ratio of. In episodes only written by RTD and Moffat themselves, figures have only dropped by 500,000 when including special episodes. Without special episodes, the number has only dropped by around 200,000. The AI of Moffat written episodes is slightly higher than RTD's when including special episodes and larger, with a drop in RTD's rating, when excluding special episodes. This means RTD's special episodes were on average stronger than his regular episodes and the reverse with Moffat. It is, of course, important to remember there are many different variables to consider when it comes to viewing figures. The weather, timing and events elsewhere may affect viewing figures, not to mention there may be other shows on other channels which people watch instead, deciding to catch up later - views which may not be recorded. So it is clear that, yes, viewing figures have dropped slightly during Moffat's era, likely due to his penning a smaller ratio than his predecessor. However it is certainly not as much as the vocal minority make out. The actual content is still as high a quality as it was during RTD's run and on average is both slightly better and consistent. The conclusion I come to is this: both RTD and Moffat have done a fine job at keeping viewers and keeping them entertained. No show has consistent numbers. No show has a consistent quality. But when you look at the numbers and do some number crunching we can see that Doctor Who is strong in both categories, even if one era performs better in one category than the other. That's the important thing to remember. Doctor Who is still one of the best television shows on British TV when it comes to ratings and especially when it comes to quality. I, for one, am now looking forward to seeing how the 50th Anniversary plays into the ratings and AI of Moffat's era.