Ultra-woke 'Doctor Who' sets record for worst season finale in show's history



Iconic English series "Doctor Who" has broken another record in terms of viewership lows, this time in the form of record-low season finale viewers.

A total of 40 seasons have come and gone for "Doctor Who" when combining its original 1963-1989 run with the 2005 reboot up to 2024.

The 2024 season finale "Empire of Death" finished with 2.25 million overnight viewers, the least in the show's history. While the first run of the series featured finales that were drawn out over several episodes, neither the average viewership nor the final episode for each of the historic seasons were this low.

The BBC program has become a battleground for testing the limits of ideological injection into entertainment, with showrunner Russell T. Davies declaring he was looking to "break barriers" with his content. Davies even openly stated that he wanted to push gender-based beliefs on children.

"Homophobia and transphobia happens when it's something you've never seen before," he claimed.

Davies then stated that children can be educated on the topic easier than adults. "You can temper that reaction and change it if you introduce these images to people happily, and normally, and calmly when they're young."

'You know, they might not be the ratings we'd love. We always want higher.'

Series star Ncuti Gatwa even told fans not to watch if they didn't agree with the messaging, a suggestion that seemingly worked. After adding gay nightclub scenes, drag queens, and more, episode three of the 2024 season sank to an all-time low 2.04 million overnight viewers.

When it seemed to be the lowest the show could go, the record was broken again after episode seven sank to 2.02 million overnight viewers, according to Doctor Who TV.

While it is difficult to tell how viewership calculations for the original series were tabulated, traditional ratings systems would suggest they were tabulated through overnight ratings. This is how the new shows are tabulated as well, with digital views also added.

Radio Times suggested that the consolidated figures for the woke reboot have hovered around 4 million per episode, while Doctor Who TV has shown an average of 3.71 million total viewers per episode. But even if generously factoring in those numbers, the 2024 season finale would still not outrank any finale from the original run.

Davies recently expressed that he has been proud of the show but admitted the ratings have been a bit of a letdown.

"You know, they might not be the ratings we'd love. We always want higher," he reportedly told RadioTimes, per Screenrant.

He went on to say that the show has been wildly successful with those under 30 years old.

"Episode one, 'Space Babies,' is already up to 5.6 million and counting. So it is getting there. And actually, I was brought back to bring in a younger audience. That's been massively successful," he claimed.

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'Doctor Who' writer admits ratings are not 'the ratings we'd love' but insists young viewers love the show



Lead writer and showrunner for the "Doctor Who" series admitted in an interview that the ratings have not been what he had hoped but insisted that the series has a bounty of younger viewers.

Russell T. Davies has made it no secret that he has planned to push an LGBT-themed agenda through the 60-year-old franchise.

During an interview earlier in 2024, he explained that gender, race, and/or sexuality has played a part in the main character's role since the audition process. That ended up with actor Ncuti Gatwa playing the lead character, who implored viewers not to watch if they felt the activism in the show was too much.

This caused viewership to plummet further and further with additions of gay dance-club scenes and drag queen characters, finally culminating in the tired trope of a series-first man-on-man kiss.

After saying he is very proud of the show, Davies admitted the ratings have been a bit of a letdown.

"You know, they might not be the ratings we'd love. We always want higher," he reportedly told RadioTimes, per Screenrant.

"But they are building over the 28-day period," he continued. "Episode one, 'Space Babies,' is already up to 5.6 million and counting. So it is getting there. And actually, I was brought back to bring in a younger audience. That's been massively successful."

"The audience no one ever gets are the under-30s. They just don't watch television anymore. But those figures are astronomic for 'Doctor Who,' it's their top program in that bracket. I never thought it was possible, to be honest. But according to the people who juggle the numbers, all targets have been reached and exceeded. The BBC are running around like mad things."

'Homophobia and transphobia happens when it's something you've never seen before.'

Davies may have more specific ratings to champion by way of demographics, but the overall ratings have been a strong subject of discussion due to Davies' decision to heavily politicize the show.

The ratings so far in the season are as follows, as per Doctor Who TV:

  • Episode 1 – 2.6 million (overnight) / 4.01 million (seven day total)
  • Episode 2 – 2.4 million / 3.91 million
  • Episode 3 – 2.04 million / 3.58 million
  • Episode 4 – 2.62 million / 4.06 million
  • Episode 5 – 2.12 million / 3.38 million
  • Episode 6 – 2.11 million / (N/A)

Viewership has paled in comparison to previous seasons. In 2023 (a year that only saw special episodes), Gatwa's Christmas special had below-average viewership when compared to the other programs.

In 2021-2022, regular episodes averaged 3.83 million viewers, while 2020-2021 episodes saw an audience average of 4.11 million.

Only 2017's "The Eaters of Light" episode (2.89 million) even comes close to sinking as low as Gatwa's ratings in terms of viewership in recent history.

The aforementioned diversity and inclusion has been planned to be a major part of the latest season for some time, as has attempting to push the themes on children, which Davies seemed to believe he has accomplished.

Davies said in a 2023 interview that he thinks the "visibility thing" is important and that bigotry can be avoided "if you grow up seeing this stuff."

"Homophobia and transphobia happens when it's something you've never seen before," he claimed. He also stated that children can be influenced by the ideology more easily.

"You can temper that reaction and change it if you introduce these images to people happily, and normally, and calmly when they're young."

If Davies does indeed believe that the ratings from younger viewers is a landmark achievement, one might question why the writer has admitted that the show has still not been picked up beyond 2025.

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'Doctor Who' sheds even more viewers after gay dance club scenes and drag queen character lead to record-low ratings

'Doctor Who' sheds even more viewers after gay dance club scenes and drag queen character lead to record-low ratings



British BBC classic "Doctor Who" continued to plummet in the ratings as viewers catch wind of its ultraprogressive content.

Lead actor and Doctor Who character Ncuti Gatwa already had the second-worst premiere for a season of "Doctor Who" in December 2023's Christmas special titled, "The Church on Ruby Road." That episode had 4.7 million overnight viewers.

Then, after Gatwa told critical viewers that they shouldn't watch, the numbers dropped again.

"Don't watch. Turn off the TV. Go and touch grass, please, for God's sake," he told Variety. "As the world darkens — and I do think the world is darkening around queer rights — there is a joy and a celebration, and there’s a community," he continued.

Episode one, "Space Babies," along with episode two, "The Devil's Chord," significantly dropped off from the Christmas special, losing almost half its viewership with just 2.6 million and 2.4 million overnight viewers, respectively.

Episode three dropped another near-400,000 viewers, marking an even sharper decline in ratings than the previous episode. This created a brand-new low for the series with just 2.04 million overnight views.

As news circulates of the star, producer, and former lead actor professing their desire to push progressive sexual agendas, strange scenes from the television show have begun to emerge.

BlazeTV's Lauren Chen reviewed some of the irregular scenes from the Christmas special, an episode she said took just four minutes to introduce its first transgender character.

"Not only were we very quickly presented as viewers with a trans singer, but for some reason, the show’s writers also thought it would be appropriate and fun to portray this iteration of the Doctor as someone who, you know, likes to get down at gay dance clubs," Chen explained.

The Doctor Who character not only dances his heart out at a gay bar but also engages in a musical number, following a mention of a gay encounter with Harry Houdini.

"I spent a long, hot summer with Harry Houdini," Gatwa's character said after he's asked how he escaped being tied up so easily.

"I find the notion, 'get woke go broke' a bit cringe and boomer-esque. However it's undeniable that this is just another example of this outcome," said English commentator Lewis Brackpool.

"Without a fan base, the franchise dies. From 'Star Wars' to 'Doctor Who' and soon to be 'Romeo and Juliet,' it’s important to listen to them. It was only a few weeks back that David Tennant told fans to stop complaining, it was inevitable that this would happen."

Brackpool was referencing former "Doctor Who" lead actor David Tennant, who told critics of gender ideology to, "F*** off, and let people be!"

"It's that sense of just wanting people to be allowed to exist," the actor continued. "I think that there are now ways of expressing gender, identity, sexuality that are more nuanced than they once were. And that only seems to be positive. If that helps people to know who they are and say who they are and communicate to the world who they are ... that's just common sense, really."

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Disney’s 'Dr. Who' goes LGBTQ with cast of gender bending characters



It only took around four minutes for the first transgender character to show up in Disney’s new "Dr. Who" series — and viewers are overwhelmingly not pleased.

“Not only were we very quickly presented as viewers with a trans singer, but for some reason, the show’s writers also thought it would be appropriate and fun to portray this iteration of the Doctor as someone who, you know, likes to get down at gay dance clubs,” Lauren Chen comments.

The Doctor is also wearing a skirt in the opening scene.

“Him and the costume director have been very clear that he actually wanted to gender-bend the Doctor’s wardrobe in this series for some reason,” Chen says.

While the gayification of the series is undeniably a massive reason for the negative feedback, the show itself isn’t written well enough to make up for it.

“This shows attempt at providing fantastical yet sciency-seeming premises for these outrageous events to occur,” Chen explains is “failing awfully.”

The show predictably has a whopping 97% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes — but only a 36% audience rating.

“Because of course, it’s new, it’s gay, it’s black. That must make it wonderful,” Chen says, noting that one of the show's main villains is also a drag queen who used to be on "RuPaul’s Drag Race."

“I get that Russell T. Davies wants to be inclusive and affirming of LGBT people, but really I think it’s gotten to the point now where 'Dr. Who' just exists as a platform for him to expose the audience to diverse elements,” she adds.




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'Doctor Who' viewership plummets after woke star tells viewers, 'Don't watch. Turn off the TV.'

'Doctor Who' viewership plummets after woke star tells viewers, 'Don't watch. Turn off the TV.'



The beloved British series "Doctor Who" did not live up to ratings expectations after its star told viewers not to watch if they had a problem with the progressive messaging of the show. Its cast, former lead, and director have been promoting progressive ideologies recently, while the show's viewership has been cut nearly in half.

Lead actor and Doctor Who character Ncuti Gatwa already had the second-worst premiere for a season of "Doctor Who" in December 2023's Christmas special titled, "The Church on Ruby Road." According to the BBC, the episode had 4.7 million viewers.

As That Park Place noted, however, this only beat out the original "Doctor Who" premiere, "An Unearthly Child," that aired all the way back in 1963 to the tune of 4.4 million viewers. That same season saw a significant increase in viewership as it progressed, peaking at over 10 million viewers by episode 10.

The same upward trajectory cannot be said for Gatwa's iteration, who famously told critics not to watch if they didn't like the woke direction the series was taking.

"Don't watch. Turn off the TV. Go and touch grass, please, for God's sake," he told Variety. "As the world darkens — and I do think the world is darkening around queer rights — there is a joy and a celebration, and there’s a community," he continued.

"I am beginning to worry about where we are in society — there is a hero out there cutting his way through the universe, looking damn good in his suits and doing it with a laugh and a smile," Gatwa added.

This, coupled with writer and executive producer Russell T. Davies insisting that he attempts to curtail "homophobia and transphobia" by presenting these themes to youth, did not yield positive results.

Gatwa's episode, "Space Babies," along with episode two, "The Devil's Chord" significantly dropped off, losing almost half its viewership with just 2.6 million and 2.4 million viewers, respectively.

"F*** off, and let people be!"

The viewership pales in comparison to previous seasons, also. Ratings website Doctor Who TV showed that in 2023 (a year that only saw special episodes), Gatwa's Christmas special had below average viewership when compared to the other shows.

2021-2022 regular episodes averaged 3.83 million viewers, while 2020-2021 episodes saw an audience average of 4.11 million. Going even further back, 2018-2019 averaged 6.2 million while 2017 garnered 3.78 million viewers on average.

Only a single episode from 2017 ("The Eaters of Light" — 2.89M) even comes close to sinking as low as Gatwa's ratings in terms of viewership in the last seven to eight years.

Press for "Doctor Who" has predominantly been around gender and transgenderism, with previous lead actor David Tennant telling critics to "F*** off, and let people be!"

He described criticisms of the beliefs as "weaponization" that has been taken up by "mostly the right wing or a certain section of society trying to create friction and conflict and division where it needn't be."

He also claimed transgenderism is "just about people being themselves," and those who disagree with it "don't need to be bothered by it."

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'F*** off and let people be': 'Doctor Who' star David Tennant says transgenderism is 'just about people being themselves'

'F*** off and let people be': 'Doctor Who' star David Tennant says transgenderism is 'just about people being themselves'



Fan-favorite actor David Tennant responded to a fan question about gender identity by saying he believes people identifying as transgender has been mostly positive and simply boils down to allowing people to express themselves.

Tennant was the tenth actor to play the character Doctor Who, and he was so popular he was the first actor to play the character a second time.

Tennant appeared at a convention called Proud Nerd: Angels, Demons, and Doctors in Germany, when a fan asked a lengthy question about his feelings on "masculinity and femininity."

"I wanted to ask about your relationship with gender, and like, expression like masculinity and femininity. Because I've always noticed, even before you and Georgia became more vocal about trans rights, that you're always not afraid to show like, femininity," the fan began.

The fan went on to say it was inspiring despite being "a bit traumatized by it because I'm trans."

"I wonder how has that changed over the years, if changed at all?" the fan asked.

Tennant responded by saying that while these identities didn't exist when he was younger, he's only seen their representation as being positive.

"That community has found ways of defining itself and has provided a sort of, you know, when I was a kid, the idea of being nonbinary wasn't something that existed, it wasn't a concept," Tennant explained.

"I've seen that emerge and people able to express themselves through that, and it only ever seems positive as far as I can see."

"I think that the kind of weaponization of trans rights, gay rights, well actually, when I was a teenager, I remember gay rights being weaponized politically, and that always felt ugly and nasty. And now we look back on that 30 years later, and those people are clearly on the wrong side of history," he claimed.

"Now there's a sort of similar weaponization of these topics being taken by mostly the right wing or a certain section of society trying to create friction and conflict and division where it needn't be, where it's just about people being themselves and not, you know, you don't need to be bothered by it," he said while chuckling.

"F*** off, and let people be!" he added.

"It's that sense of just wanting people to be allowed to exist. And I think that there are now ways of expressing gender, identity, sexuality that are more nuanced than they once were. And that only seems to be positive. If that helps people to know who they are and say who they are and communicate to the world who they are ... that's just common sense, really."

"How can a TV star that lives in a gated community tell the consumer what they can or can’t complain about, whilst ideological forces from social revolutionaries forcefully put certain demographics into cultural TV shows?" asked commentator Lewis Brackpool.

"The marketplace of ideas speaks. Maybe David Tennant doesn’t need to be bothered about what the consumer wants?" he added.

The "Doctor Who" show has indeed become increasingly focused on sexuality and gender during Tennant's last run in 2023, and with his successor, actor Ncuti Gatwa.

Writer and executive producer Russell T. Davies has ensured the 60-year-old show will only become more progressive and announced that he is looking to "break barriers."

During an interview with Variety, Davies explained that gender, race, and/or sexuality played a part in the main character's role starting in the audition process.

"We auditioned men, women, Black, white, nonbinary actors and actors whose sexuality was their own private matter," he recalled. "Exactly the type of barriers I like to break," he added.

Davies said in a 2023 interview that he thinks the "visibility thing" is important and that bigotry can be avoided "if you grow up seeing this stuff."

"Homophobia and transphobia happens when it's something you've never seen before," he claimed. He also stated that children can be influenced by the ideology more easily.

"You can temper that reaction and change it if you introduce these images to people happily, and normally, and calmly when they're young."

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New ‘Doctor Who’ features queer, black protagonist, men in skirts, and a monster-slaying twerk routine?



Lauren Chen lost interest in the "Doctor Who" franchise some time ago as the productions have been saturated in woke propaganda.

“At this point, any discussion of ‘Doctor Who’ that happens on this channel ... [is] 100% from the standpoint of ‘let us sit back and enjoy the dumpster fire that is happening in front of us,”’ she says.

That said, she dives into the latest iteration, featuring Rwandan-Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor. Gatwa is celebrated as “the first Black and first openly queer man to take on the role,” according to an Entertainment Weekly article.

“What even is sci-fi without the black queers?” mocks Lauren, pointing out Disney’s incessant woke diversity propaganda.

“It's crazy because for four years, now, the reviews and the ratings for ‘Doctor Who’ have been falling and falling,” and yet, “for the first time ever, the BBC is partnering with Disney+ to launch the show worldwide. And when the new season premieres May 10, it will air simultaneously around the globe,” says Lauren, citing the article.

The piece also reported that the show would have “a bigger budget” and “a bigger platform.”

If that wasn’t enough to turn you off, “the creative team behind ‘Doctor Who’ are just total ideologues,” says Lauren.

According to screenwriter and producer Russell T. Davies, “[He] searched the galaxy, auditioning men, women, and nonbinary actors from all sorts of diverse backgrounds” to find the perfect actor.

But Lauren is certain this isn’t true.

“They’re not looking for white men — especially not white, straight men,” she says, adding that Hollywood’s version of diversity means “anyone who is not white, straight, and male.”

To make matters worse, Gatwa reported that he and his onscreen partner, Millie Gibson, interact “like two girls in school giggling and gossiping.”

“Is that really the dynamic we want to see from our ‘Doctor Who’ sci-fi show?” asks Lauren.

But somehow, it gets even worse.

Gatwa, who’s expressed his affinity for wearing skirts, may just get to continue donning his favorite clothing item during filming.

“It seems like they are going to make skirt-wearing part of this new Doctor's identity,” says Lauren.

According to the article, “[Gatwa] quickly befriended costume designer Pam Downe, and together they dreamed up an entire TARDIS closet for the Doctor.”

“She laid out her sketches on the table, and I saw kilts and skirts and all kinds of gender-pushing, societal-pushing outfits, and I was like, ‘Yes, let’s do all of them,”’ he said in the interview.

But skirts aren’t enough for the actor.

He also said: “I need a big dance number! That’s what I’m going to put into the universe: I need the Doctor to have a big, fierce dance routine that, like, destroys a monster with twerking. Or maybe some death drops, and that’s what will drop the monster.”

“Are you excited for your black, gay, cross-dressing 'Doctor Who'?” Lauren asks sarcastically.

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'It makes perfect sense': After auditioning 'nonbinary' actors, 'Doctor Who' set to air on Disney+ with 'queer black' lead

'It makes perfect sense': After auditioning 'nonbinary' actors, 'Doctor Who' set to air on Disney+ with 'queer black' lead



"Doctor Who," the iconic British television show about an alien, will continue barreling down the path of progressivism with a new iteration set to air on the Disney+ platform. The show's producer has boasted that the lead character will be gay and non-white.

Writer and executive producer Russell T. Davies has ensured the 60-year-old show will only become more progressive and announced that he is looking to "break barriers."

During an interview with Variety, Davies explained that gender, race, and/or sexuality played a part in the main character's role right from the audition process.

"We auditioned men, women, Black, white, nonbinary actors and actors whose sexuality was their own private matter," he recalled. "Exactly the type of barriers I like to break," he added.

The producer went with actor Ncuti Gatwa and wasted no time shouting out the sexuality of the character before the season had officially began.

In the Christmas special, which aired a full five months before the season premiere, the new Doctor is seen dancing in a kilt and later states that he learned how to escape rope knots after a "long, hot summer with Harry Houdini."

Gatwa told Variety that it made "perfect sense" to him for the lead character to be black and queer.

"Do you know what? It makes perfect sense to me. ... I feel like anyone that has a problem with someone who's not a straight white man playing this character, you're not really, truly a fan of the show. You've not been watching! Because the show is about regeneration, and the Doctor is an alien — why would they only choose to be this sort of person?"

In regard to his new main character, Davies said that it is "very hard" for anyone at the network to stop his DEI injections. "You'd have to be a pretty brave executive to say, 'Don’t go there,' to me. I’m sure there are people thinking that, but I wouldn’t work with them, would I?"

"Doctor Who" has gone above and beyond what most would consider a standard level of diversity, equity, and inclusion in his series.

Davies said in a 2023 interview that he thinks the "visibility thing" is important and that bigotry can be avoided "if you grow up seeing this stuff."

"Homophobia and transphobia happens when it's something you've never seen before," he claimed. He then stated that children can be force-fed the belief system more easily.

"You can temper that reaction and change it if you introduce these images to people happily, and normally, and calmly when they're young."

Pointing to the show's many inclusions of DEI, English commentator Lewis Brackpool said that he feels some of the "cultural aspects" of England have "become areas akin to a 'South Park episode.'"

For example, a 2020 audio series called "Stranded," a spinoff of the main show, featured a transgender actor and biological male who goes by Rebecca Root.

A 2023 60th anniversary episode featured transgender actor Yasmin Finney, a 20-year-old male purporting to be a woman. This character was written as being born a male before coming out as transgender, nonbinary, and using the name Rose as a teenager.

The new season launches May 10, 2024, on Disney+.

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Is Tumblr making kids trans?



Daisy Strongin is a wife, mother, and de-transitioner who once truly believed she was a boy before finding Christ.

Strongin cites feelings of being uncomfortable with her own body and femininity, which led to her transition — as well as being chronically online at the young age of 11 years old.

It was 2009, and she had just gotten her first laptop.

Strongin spent most of her free time online, focusing on YouTube and Tumblr before stumbling on a Tumblr community with the same interests as her: "Doctor Who" and "Sherlock."

“I wasn’t at all looking for gender related stuff at first, but then the gender Tumblr stuff and the Doctor Who, Sherlock stuff — there’s some intersection,” Strongin tells Allie Beth Stuckey, adding, “I think that a lot of the girls that were in those fandoms also felt like they didn’t fit in.”

Strongin recalls stumbling on something that defined the term “gender queer” when she was in high school.

“It was basically saying gender queer is when you feel like you’re neither male nor female, or like you’re a bit of both, and I really resonated with that,” she explains, noting that the existence of the term made her feel better about herself because she wasn’t alone in her feelings.

“Then I kind of fell into a rabbit hole of all of these other different made up identities regarding gender and people,” Strongin says.

While in some cases, kids are groomed by adults into believing they’re transgender, Strongin is adamant that it wasn’t adults — but mostly other young girls online.

Then, she started watching YouTube videos of people documenting their transitions.

“As I sort of dove into the gender community,” she explains, “I started to convince myself that I’m probably trans, because there were a lot of influencers saying things like ‘If you think you’re trans you probably are.’”

Then, she started to hear people online claiming that if you believe you might be trans and don’t transition, you’re more likely to “off yourself at some point.”

Because Strongin was depressed at the time, she took the advice — or what Stuckey calls a “threat” — to heart.

“Hearing that,” Strongin says, “it went from being just like this silly little label that I felt like fit me and just kind of a personality trait really, to this is life and death.”


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‘Doctor Who’ Is Dead, But Perhaps Not For Long

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