Re: Ian Levine's Doctor Who Group Poll on the Timeless Child...

On 29/11/2024 00:44, doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca wrote:

In article <viankq$mil7$6@dont-email.me>,
The True Doctor  <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:

On 28/11/2024 13:58, Blueshirt wrote:

The Doctor wrote:
 

In article <vi8df0$7rgb$1@dont-email.me>,
The True Doctor  <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:

>
There's no new Doctor Who being made. There hasn't been
since 2017. The Timeless Child monster killed the entire
franchise. If the BBC wants to start making money again then
the Timeless Child monster must be kept out of Doctor Who
and the series must be revived from where it ended in The
Doctor Falls.

>
Looks like the fanbase wants the Timeless Child retconned!

 512 people, the fanbase? !!!
 

>
That's typically the number of people survayed for an average election opinion poll so it would be deemed representative of fandom within a margin of error of about 3%.

>
Thank you!

No, that's not the way polling works. This was a poll of about 6,100 people
 (the membership of Ian's closed group) - 90% of whom didn't see it, didn't
 care, or didn't want to engage with Dave (this was Dave's poll, not one he
 just came across). In a real poll, they would continue to poll others till
 they got enough answers.
Secondly, demographic selection matters. The Ian Levine group is a tiny set
 of enormously conservative old-school fans. It is bound to lean into haters
 of all modern Who quite strongly.
So, within this hidebound community, the real  result of this poll is No response. 5,600 (91.8%)
Yes, it destroys Doctor Who. 311 (5.0%)
No, it is now part of the lore. 129 (2.1%)
I've never seen it, so I don't care. 22 (0.4%)
Don't waste screen time. Just ignore it. 48 (0.7%)
It's a self selecting group of fellow travellers, and still only 3 in 5 of
 them agree with Dave.
Run your poll in an open group, Dave, where younger fans might hang out. And
 put more nuanced options in - it's not a yes/no kind of issue.
--
There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t act a little childish
 sometimes.