{"id":54133,"date":"2024-06-29T20:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2063696"},"modified":"2024-06-30T17:10:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T15:10:30","slug":"doctor-whos-ratings-are-a-success-for-russell-t-davies-in-a-way-thats-crucial-to-its-future-2","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-whos-ratings-are-a-success-for-russell-t-davies-in-a-way-thats-crucial-to-its-future-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who\u2019s ratings are a success for Russell T Davies in a way that\u2019s crucial to its future\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The show needs to focus on its younger audience. <\/p>

By Melissa Parker\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 29 June 2024 at 18:00 PM<\/p>

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Doctor Who has always felt like a hand-me-down, and that feeling and Russell T Davies\u2019s approach to engaging with a younger audience are crucial to its future.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first question that often comes up in conversation with a Doctor Who<\/a> fan, whether at Comic-Con or a nail salon, is, \u201cWho is your Doctor?\u201d It so often brings warmth to the other person\u2019s eye. <\/span><\/p>\n

Each fan usually has one \u2014 the one who evokes a story, nostalgia, or a time of life.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Usually, it\u2019s their first. They narrate their first memory of their Doctor or a scene that pulled them in; years or decades later, a smile will come across their face, a \u201cDo you remember when\u2026?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s the DNA of Doctor Who \u2013 the magic of it, that indescribable something.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russell T Davies gets that as a fellow Doctor Who enthusiast who could pull apart and put back together the history of Doctor Who, who still gets that warmth in his eye when he recalls a Doctor Who memory from his own youth. <\/span><\/p>\n

He commented on his push for younger viewers, saying: \u201cThe under-16s and the 16-34 audience, as well, is massive. It\u2019s not doing that well in the ratings, but it is doing phenomenally well with the younger audience that we wanted.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n