Doctor Who Series 8 Opening Sequence

[syko2d4]

Yes, it's a nice trailer. Not a very original, heatbeat and explosions - let's make it ubersure so nobody will miss that it's gonna get dramatic.

I like the alien at 0:29, I hope it'll be an absurd one.

I'm looking forward to new doctor and I hope it'll be great but I'm a little sceptical because of the quality of the recent scripts.

agree about the scripts...looks like Moffat will be writing FOUR! and Gatiss only one :applause:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_%28series_8%29

but there's also a rumour (or, as we say in America, rumor lol) that Peter Jackson may direct an episode! maybe not Series 8, though, and who knows if there will even BE a Series 9 if Moff stays as showrunner...

 

[syko2d4]

Look who showed up at New Brunswick's Pride Parade!

Look who showed up at New Brunswick's Pride Parade!

(Hope he wasn't saying his usual phrase, though! lol)





and here's more YouTube video of a Who "expert" breaking down the trailer elements:

 

[syko2d4]

NEW trailer for first episode of new Doctor Who

 

[CUBBYJR1]

I have mix feelings on it

 

[syko2d4]

in case anyone is still following this thread, here's a link to the new "official" opening titles for Series 8. personally, I like NeonVisual's titles better and don't much like the new version of the theme song either



tonight is the last episode of the season in USA! first episode was so bad, never watched after that...and lots of people did the same with ratings down 44% in USA and 34% in UK!

 

[ihno]

I don't bother with ratings in the USA but who told you about a drop of 34% in the UK?

doctor who has good ratings between 6 and 8 million viewers, average is 7. The season start had 10 million viewers, which was obviously not the standard. There are only around 10 millions, when it's very special like "new doctor", "more than one doctor" etc.
Season 7 had a little more viewers, the average was near 8 million viewers then. This is still a very high rating. It was the same with season 5 btw. That too started with 10 millions and dropped down to seven millions.

I enjoy the new doctor mostly. I would wish that they get a new showrunner though. Moffat was and is brilliant as an occasional writer but as a showrunner he tends to repeat himself and rewrite his two or three award winning scripts from seaon 1 to 4 over and over again. But they have a new writer it seems who wrote two excellent episodes (episodes 8 and 9).

In Europe there are still two more episodes to come, the season finale, that shall explain about that mysterious women in black (Moffat likes that, he always has a Madame this or Madame that).
So the season will not finish in the US? There were many dramatic build ups all leading to the finale and then they don't show it? Odd.

 

[syko2d4]

I don't bother with ratings in the USA but who told you about a drop of 34% in the UK?

doctor who has good ratings between 6 and 8 million viewers, average is 7. The season start had 10 million viewers, which was obviously not the standard. There are only around 10 millions, when it's very special like "new doctor", "more than one doctor" etc.
Season 7 had a little more viewers, the average was near 8 million viewers then. This is still a very high rating. It was the same with season 5 btw. That too started with 10 millions and dropped down to seven millions.

I enjoy the new doctor mostly. I would wish that they get a new showrunner though. Moffat was and is brilliant as an occasional writer but as a showrunner he tends to repeat himself and rewrite his two or three award winning scripts from seaon 1 to 4 over and over again. But they have a new writer it seems who wrote two excellent episodes (episodes 8 and 9).

In Europe there are still two more episodes to come, the season finale, that shall explain about that mysterious women in black (Moffat likes that, he always has a Madame this or Madame that).
So the season will not finish in the US? There were many dramatic build ups all leading to the finale and then they don't show it? Odd.

here's where I got the ratings info:

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-8-ratings-accumulator-66394.htm

it went from 9.17 million for 1st episode to 5.03 million for 10th episode in overnight viewer ratings - looks like that's actually a bigger drop, but I was using the final total numbers from episode 1 to episode 8 for comparison, not the overnights from episode 1 to episode 10...don't know the numbers from past series...although I did see in that special episode about how the show started that the first ever episode got 20 million viewers - but then BBC didn't have much competition back then, I think, so it's not really fair comparison lol oh, btw, BBC America just sold 49.9% share to AMC in USA...wonder if that will have any effect on Doctor Who?

and I was wrong about the season ending last night - wishful thinking I guess, or more likely someone at BBC America showed the wrong promo! lol But, yes, there are 2 more episodes starting 1 November...maybe they'll be good, but BOTH are being written by Moffat, so it's a 50-50 chance, I guess...although I did like Pandorica Opens/Big Bang 2-parter...

 

[ihno]

here's where I got the ratings info:

Yes, I use the same source.

it went from 9.17 million for 1st episode to 5.03 million for 10th episode in overnight viewer ratings - ....

Well, I think you simply don't like Capaldi and try to prove that everybody else sees it like you.

But there is nothing unusual about this seaon, it does just as good - and partially even better - than the seasons before.

It's the finals that count, not just the overnight. The finals also include those watchers, who watch doctor who online during the next week and that could add up to 3 more million. So you won't know the ratings for the new episode 10 before November 2014.

The first episode had a substantial plus in watchers, when everybody was curious. It had always been like that.

Here are the final ratings for season 5 when Smith was the new doctor in comparison. It was the same story though with on about one or two million less watchers:
http://anonym.to/http://news.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/doctor-who-series-5-final-ratings/

Actually, Capaldi's first episode had the most watchers since 2010. Almost 11 millions watched it.

http://anonym.to/http://www.radioti...ts-biggest-series-opening-audience-since-2010

You are taking the best ratings the series had in four years and handle that as the average peak. But it is not like that. That turns a great success into a failure. You could also take the 50th year special and compare that to yesterday's episode (which was terribly bad btw, the worst I have seen in years).

The ratings are stable in the UK. doctor who did not lose 33% of it's audience and there is also no substantial complaint about the new doctor in the fanbase.

If you want to know if doctor who lost watchers you have to compare the average peaks of the seasons 8 and 7, not compare selected episodes with each other. Here is season 7:

http://anonym.to/http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-7-ratings-accumulator-2013-46939.htm

Season 8 is more sucessful than season 5, less sucessful than season 7 (didn't check for six). Not really something to worry about.

But, yes, there are 2 more episodes starting 1 November...maybe they'll be good, but BOTH are being written by Moffat, so it's a 50-50 chance, I guess...although I did like Pandorica Opens/Big Bang 2-parter...

Well, as I wrote before I think Moffat should do other stuff.
I liked his 50th year special and he has promised not to put creepy children singing in a monotone voice in his script but he's worn out. I guess I will watch those last two episodes together since there will be a cliffhanger.