re: #9 ProTARDISLiberal

Also, talked with another Doctor Who fan today. Like so many others in the US, Matt Smith is their Doctor (mine too).

Didn’t not like the Davies era.

I have a hypothesis for the attention that has lately been given to the US by the Doctor Who team, especially Moffat and Smith.

They see writing on the wall. Cameron’s government keeps making cuts, and they know the BBC, as beloved and reliable an institution it is, will get its budget shredded by these crooked profiteers. They are looking for new sources of revenue. And the US is a big market. In the UK, Doctor Who pulls market share of about 30-40% of the country. Which is somewhere between 5-7 million televisions.

In the US, that market share is quite reachable, being in the mid-single digits.

They are looking to branch out here, because they know it is about get trouble in the UK. It is big in Australia now, able to get high ratings there.

And the season finale in the US in May was the highest rating show on cable that week. I could see Doctor Who making a jump to one of the big three now. Its premise is no less weird than “Once Upon a Time.”

It’s been gaining ground, I can agree with that. It’s toy and game lines sell quite well, at least around the Chicago area.