Tory MP Nick Fletcher blames crime in young men on female Doctor Who

[Ancient Citizen]

It's because you get arrested and locked up just for saying you're English these days. Obviously.

Obviously.

 

[Ancient Citizen]

Since Tennant left the job the viewing figures have plummeted, the new format has helped it die but it was slowly fading anyway IMO.

2010	15	12 hours 10 minutes	8.30m
2011	14	10 hours 50 minutes	7.75m
2012	6	4 hours 43 minutes	8.28m
2013	10	8 hours 11 minutes	8.09m
2014	13	10 hours 49 minutes	7.34m
2015	13	10 hours 27 minutes	6.16m
2016	1	1 hour 0 minute	7.83m
2017	13	10 hours 20 minutes	5.64m
2018	10	8 hours 25 minutes	7.96m
2019	1	0 hour 59 minutes	7.13m
2020	10	8 hours 51 minutes	5.40m
2021	5	4 hours 45 minutes	5.05m

Yes, it does look that way, it probably won’t last much longer.

 

[Phil1]

The biggest problem for Dr Who is the age group who used to watch it mainly are now into other things, ie games console related. Families gathering around the tv on a Saturday evening to watch the lame offerings from BBC and ITV seems to be a thing of the past.

Oh, and obviously the fact the Dr is now female. That's sure to rile up a fair few...

 

[andyhinch]

The biggest problem for Dr Who is the age group who used to watch it mainly are now into other things, ie games console related. Families gathering around the tv on a Saturday evening to watch the lame offerings from BBC and ITV seems to be a thing of the past.

Oh, and obviously the fact the Dr is now female. That's sure to rile up a fair few...

Let’s be honest, no one’s going to believe a time traveler is female.

 

[Phil1]

Let’s be honest, no one’s going to believe a time traveler is female.

My missus is fucking forever trying to tell me my future so I have my suspicions..

 

[ZenHalfTimeCrock]

So the conclusion is, it lost half its viewers because of poor scripts.
Glad that's sorted.

If you are implying that the casting of Jodie Whittaker did not go down well with some Dr Who purists then I would imagine that this is also a contributory factor when it comes to the viewing figures.

For example, just checked the imdb reviews for the series Foundation.

I have never read Asimov's novels (his prose is too dry and stodgy for me) but the fact that two leading roles were gender-swapped has not gone down well with some of those that have.

Fortunately, good acting and scripts do tend to win out. And Lou Llobell is very good in the main role.

It's the same with Shakespeare. Helen Mirren does a pretty good job as Prospero in the movie version of The Tempest. An actress of lesser calibre may not have fared quite so well.

Once again, I would also state that dramas are usually successful when we can identify or empathise with the main characters, regardless of their/our race/gender.

Going back to Dr Who, I wasn't impressed with what little I have seen of Whittaker or the storylines.

 

[youngbob]

It's because you get arrested and locked up just for saying you're English these days. Obviously.

When did this come in?

 

[ballbag]

Titled that he blamed a female Dr Who. He said no such thing.

I do agree with him on pandering PC politics nonsense. Every advert nowadays has a black dad, white ginger mother, lesbian daughter, son that loves his pronouns and a transvestite cat (can I even use that word now without angering some chubby 20 something with blue hair and no employment history?).

All of these diversity officers and inclusion committees just make everything seem farcical and I actually instantly notice it. Meaning the family, in an advert for example, screams PC and it just seems fake.

I bet your dog shits himself when the adverts start at your gaff

 

[mexico1970]

The biggest problem for Dr Who is the age group who used to watch it mainly are now into other things, ie games console related. Families gathering around the tv on a Saturday evening to watch the lame offerings from BBC and ITV seems to be a thing of the past.

Oh, and obviously the fact the Dr is now female. That's sure to rile up a fair few...

Dr Who on ice or maybe Dr Who does strictly come dancing could be a big hit.

It's time for the time Lord to put on his dancing spats and jiggle his/her/they way into the hearts and minds of the British Saturday night generation.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

When did this come in?

Jeremy Corbyn introduced it.