Post by Babu Baboon on Mar 10, 2016 18:23:04 GMT -6
Peter Capaldi: Doctor Who is “not being looked after” by the BBC.
10/3/2016
Peter Capaldi has suggested that Doctor Who is “not being looked after” by the BBC.
Over the last few years, the show has received its fair share of being pushed around the TV schedule, with some series airing in the Autumn and others being broadcast in the Spring, alternating between full-runs and two-part series. And now in 2016, no new episodes are due for release until Christmas.
These time shifts have been noticed by The Doctor himself, Peter Capaldi, who is now suggesting that the BBC should be taking much better care, to ensure a successful future for the show.
“The BBC is an incredible organisation, but... sometimes people there think, ‘That’s looking after itself’. And it’s not being looked after!”
“I think maybe their eye was taken off the ball, or the show was seen as a thing they could just push around,” he said to Newsweek. “It’s not. It’s a special thing.”
Capaldi went on to look at Doctor Who’s fluctuating ratings in recent times, insisting that the show needs to remain protected by the BBC, because it provides valuable viewing for the entire family.
“I have to pay attention to ratings. I’d rather not,” he admitted. “But it’s the way the business is. I think overnight ratings are a thing of the past.
“You can’t really measure the success of the show by its overnight ratings, which is what the papers do. But there’s still a place for families to sit down and watch the show - that’s still a great, fun thing to do. That’s what the show’s success has been based on. That has to be protected.”
Doctor Who will return to BBC One at Christmas, with a new spin-off series 'Class' planned to air on BBC Three in the Autumn.
10/3/2016
Peter Capaldi has suggested that Doctor Who is “not being looked after” by the BBC.
Over the last few years, the show has received its fair share of being pushed around the TV schedule, with some series airing in the Autumn and others being broadcast in the Spring, alternating between full-runs and two-part series. And now in 2016, no new episodes are due for release until Christmas.
These time shifts have been noticed by The Doctor himself, Peter Capaldi, who is now suggesting that the BBC should be taking much better care, to ensure a successful future for the show.
“The BBC is an incredible organisation, but... sometimes people there think, ‘That’s looking after itself’. And it’s not being looked after!”
“I think maybe their eye was taken off the ball, or the show was seen as a thing they could just push around,” he said to Newsweek. “It’s not. It’s a special thing.”
Capaldi went on to look at Doctor Who’s fluctuating ratings in recent times, insisting that the show needs to remain protected by the BBC, because it provides valuable viewing for the entire family.
“I have to pay attention to ratings. I’d rather not,” he admitted. “But it’s the way the business is. I think overnight ratings are a thing of the past.
“You can’t really measure the success of the show by its overnight ratings, which is what the papers do. But there’s still a place for families to sit down and watch the show - that’s still a great, fun thing to do. That’s what the show’s success has been based on. That has to be protected.”
Doctor Who will return to BBC One at Christmas, with a new spin-off series 'Class' planned to air on BBC Three in the Autumn.