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‘Doctor Who Flux’ Ending A Disappointment As Ratings Drop Again

Sunday saw the final episode of Doctor Who Season 13 “The Flux” which turned out to be a big disappointment, no surprise there, as ratings drop again. The episode, “The Vanquishers,” saw 3.58 million people tuning in, but it was a drop of almost three hundred thousand viewers compared to the previous episode. When seven-day

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‘Doctor Who’ Ratings Return With ‘Survivors of the Flux’

The Doctor Who ratings return and look to even out with the latest episode that aired on Sunday, “Survivors of the Flux.”  Following last week’s lowest-rated episode, this Sunday saw 3.82 million viewers tune in for “Survivors of the Flux,” the penultimate episode of Season 13.  Now the 3.82 million still isn’t any good for Doctor

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‘Doctor Who’ Ratings Worst Ever: Loses Million Viewers

The Doctor Who ratings continue to plummet as now the show has the worst ratings and has lost 1 million viewers in a matter of four weeks. With Sunday’s fourth episode, “Village of the Angels,” Doctor Who saw its worst ratings with only 3.45 million people tuning in, down over 300k from the prior third

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Doctor Who: BBC Announces Jodie Whittaker Final Episode

The BBC has announced Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall’s final Doctor Who episode will air next Fall, in 2022.   The official BBC Doctor Who Twitter account tweeted Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall’s final episode will air as part of the BBC Centenary celebrations. “As part of the BBC Centenary celebrations, Jodie Whittaker’s final episode playing the Thirteenth

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‘Doctor Who’ Ratings Nosedive: Loses 200k Viewers

The Doctor Who Ratings continue to take a nosedive as the latest episode loses another 200k viewers. “Once, Upon Time” saw 3.76 million viewers tune in on Sunday, which is down from the second episode’s 3.96 million and down from the first episode’s 4.43 million. The number for the third episode is also close to

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‘Doctor Who’ Ratings Drop With ‘War of the Sontarans’

The Doctor Who ratings continue to drop for Season 13 as episode 2, “War of the Sontarans,” sees a ten percent decline from the premiere last week. Only 3.96 million viewers tuned in for “War of the Sontarans” while 4.43 million viewers tuned in for “The Halloween Apocalypse” a week ago, which was the lowest-rated premiere episode for any

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‘Doctor Who’ Ratings At All-Time Low For ‘The Halloween Apocalypse’

The Doctor Who ratings are again terrible and are at an all-time low with Season 13’s first episode “The Halloween Apocalypse.” For first series premiers, “The Halloween Apocalypse” marks the lowest rating for any of the new Doctor Who series as only 4.43 million viewers tuned in on Sunday night. For a comparison, Season 12’s

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Doctor Who: Russell T Davies Returning as Showrunner

Russell T Davies is back on Doctor Who who will take over as showrunner in 2023 following Chris Chibnall departing next year along with Jodie Whittaker. “I’m beyond excited to be back on my favorite show…” Davies told the BBC where it’s noted Davies resumes his role as Doctor Who prepares to mark its 60th

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Doctor Who Companions Quit Amid Disastrous Ratings

Amid the worst ratings in nearly its 50-plus year history, it’s reported the current series of Doctor Who is losing a majority of its companions. It’s reported that Bradley Walsh will quit Doctor Who following this year’s Holiday special and that co-star Tosin Cole will be joining him. The pair have been involved with the

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Doctor Who Ratings: Over 600K Viewers Avoid Season Finale In Droves

The Season 12 finale of Doctor Who saw a slight uptick in ratings, but the bigger picture is the fact that viewers in the UK avoided the episode in droves. Sunday’s episode of Doctor Who, “The Timeless Children,” saw 3.78 million viewers tune in, but what is especially troublesome for the BBC is the fact

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BBC Defends Doctor Who Ratings, Woke Programming

In what sounds like a direct rebuttal to my articles, the BBC defends Doctor Who and its low ratings, which are among the lowest of the entire 50-plus year history of the series, as well as the network’s “woke” programming. Deadline, of all places, notes that head of BBC drama, Piers Wenger, defended Doctor Who

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Doctor Who Ratings On Life Support; Loses 150k Viewers

The Doctor Who ratings are in for Sunday’s episode, and once again they are not good, as the show is in desperate need of defibrillation to course correct it to its once great self. For the fourth consecutive week, viewership has declined on Doctor Who as Sunday’s episode, “Ascension of the Cybermen,” only saw 3.71 million

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Doctor Who Ratings Abysmal as Chris Chibnall Returns For Third Season

Doctor Who ratings continue to be abysmal, with it also confirmed showrunner Chris Chibnall will be back for a third season. 13th Doctor Jodie Whittaker also previously confirmed she will be back for Season 13 as well. Sunday’s episode, “The Haunting Of Villa Diodati,” was only watched by 3.86 million viewers, which is right around

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Doctor Who Ratings Drop; Loses Over A Million Fans

Doctor Who ratings continue to drop as Sunday’s episode is the worst ever for Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall. The episode “Can You Hear Me?” only saw 3.81 million viewers tune in which is over a 22% decrease since the first episode of Season 12 on New Year’s Day and a loss of over a

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Doctor Who Ratings Nosedive: Worst Since 1986

Doctor Who suffers another ratings low for the current series under star Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall. Following last week’s uptick, Sunday’s episode nosedived as only 3.97 million viewers tuned in, which now marks Sunday’s episode as the least viewed episode since 1986. The loss amounts to 240K viewers that decided not to tune

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Doctor Who Ratings Low; Gets Beat By Competition

The Doctor Who ratings are still low, despite an uptick in viewership, and the series fails to beat the competition in the same timeslot in the UK. Sunday’s episode, “Fugitive of the Judoon,” saw 4.21 million viewers tune in, which was better than last week’s episode that was the worst in 31 years, though Doctor

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Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker Returning For At Least One More Season

Despite the poor ratings and reviews, Jodie Whittaker will be back for at least one more season of Doctor Who. The Thirteenth Doctor filled in EW.com that, “At some point, these shoes are going to be handed on, but it’s not yet.” When asked if she will be back for her third season, Jodie Whittaker

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Doctor Who Season 12 Rotten Tomatoes Worst Of Series

The bad news continues as the Doctor Who Season 12 Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score is the worst of the entire series. With 689 fan reviews presently accounted for, the Doctor Who Season 12 Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score comes in at a series worst 8% “Rotten.” Season 11, which saw the debut of Jodie Whittaker as

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Doctor Who Ratings Plummet: Loses Near Million Viewers

Viewers continue dropping Doctor Who in droves as the latest numbers are in which sees a drop of near one million viewers for the season. Sunday’s third episode of Doctor Who Season 12, “Orphan 55,” was only watched by an estimated 4.19 million viewers in the UK, a drop of 410K from the previous episode,