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Originally Posted by Sticks
And so a third female steps forward in addition to the two I reference. It is privacy and related issues I can not discuss in an open forum that prevent me from identifying the two females I was quoting. (One of whom I did not expect to have such a view)
I am pointing out, it was not just certain male fans objecting to this, but female fans as well, who were most vociferous and vowed never to watch Doctor Who ever again.
With such a negative reaction has the new guy at the top made an error of judgement for the sake of what is seen as being political correctness and alienated a sizeable part of the fan base.
I have said I will look in on it, if I were part of the ranks I quote, I would not be even doing that.
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I'm very confused by this entire comment but if you're under the illusion James is the '3rd woman', I'm afraid to tell you he's a dude.
The most recent Doctor Who episode was watched by 5.7 million people in the UK - I don't know if that counts the ones who watched on Catchup or iPlayer, but it certainly doesn't count the massive fanbase in America.
Anyway, since the only statistic you've gave me are three women who vow to not watch the show again, and I have the average 5,700,000 viewers of the Christmas special (arguably a good reflection of the audience, I'd imagine, since this is the first episode since the 13th Doctor reveal), then Doctor Who is about to lose 0.00005263157685% of its viewers - which is, ironically, the cumulative percentage of ****s the Doctor Who fanbase give about the Doctor being a woman.
Until you can find a viable source that suggests a 'sizeable' amount of people have been alienated by a choice that fits canon and Newman's wishes over three decades ago, I'm led to believe that your argument is baseless.
When have people complained that they would jump ship and stop watching Doctor Who due to a change of Doctor in a similar scenario to this? The 11th Doctor's regeneration comes to mind. Did people jump ship when the Doctor was no longer the youthful, 'attractive' type (when Smith changed to Capaldi)?
Evidently, no. Excluding the specials (because if you look down the episodes, the specials ALWAYS rank a lot higher), series 8, which starred Capaldi, had a higher average ratings (7.26 million), than series 7, which starred Smith (6.94 million). These numbers of course exclude the specials as they're drastically more viewed.
This shows that, even when a lot of people seem to state they'll jump ship, they don't. What's the explanation for the increase then? No idea, maybe the people who were close minded to not accept an older doctor than usual (well, in this time of Doctor Who) tuned in to the first episode and realised Capaldi is an amazing actor and didn't affect the character of the Doctor despite being different to what they're used to, so they stuck. Who knows though.
So if history is to repeat, I imagine the viewing figures will only increase, because people will get over their stupid idea that the Doctor has to be a man by realising Jodie Whittaker is a fabulous actress who will do the Doctor justice by playing them for what they are. Plus I'd imagine Broadchurch fans will join in on the fun, and people who disliked Moffatt so much they stopped watching Doctor Who, and the five people who stopped watching because of Capaldi will no doubt give Series 11 a chance.
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