https://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-yougov-2025-103669.htm<<March 28, 2025
Why Current Doctor Who Is Losing Public Favour, What the Data Reveals
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Feature by Joel Lewis.
This week marked 20 years since Doctor Who returned to our screens in 2005. As a statistics nerd, I was curious to see how the show is currently perceived with hard data, especially with such a milestone being reached. Conveniently, YouGov released a poll to mark the anniversary, offering some rather eye-opening insights into how the UK public feels about Doctor Who right now.
Because this is a YouGov poll, known for surveying a broad cross-section of the UK population, the results give us a reliable snapshot of more mainstream opinion. And, unfortunately, it is not all that flattering. For a series that has spanned just over six decades, the data suggests Doctor Who is now more of a niche interest than the cultural pillar it once was.
The Basics
According to the survey, 26% of UK adults said they have never seen either version of the show, not the classic run from 1963 to 1989, and not the modern revival that has been on air since 2005. Among 18 to 24-year-olds, that figure jumps to a staggering 39%, suggesting the show is, in spite of RTDs assurances, struggling to connect with younger generations.
And even among those who have watched Doctor Who, the level of enthusiasm is underwhelming. 20% said they prefer the classic series, while just 15% favoured the current version. Another 10% liked both about the same, but 20% said they do not like either. On top of that, 9% said they did not know what they thought.
So What Does this Mean?
Looking at the age breakdown, older generations, who likely grew up with or remember watching the original series, are unsurprisingly more loyal to the classic era. Among over-65s, 34% prefer the original Doctor Who, while only 4% support the current iteration. The 50 to 64 group shows a similar trend: 32% for classic, just 10% for current.
Younger viewers are more inclined to favour the revival era, particularly those who grew up with it, but even in the most supportive group, 18 to 24-year-olds, only 26% said they preferred the modern version. That number drops to 22% among 25 to 49-year-olds, which is concerning considering this age group is arguably the core audience the current series should be engaging most. In short, enthusiasm for modern Doctor Who isn’t particularly strong, even among those you’d expect to be most invested in it.
Worse still, the younger the respondent, the more likely they were to have never seen Doctor Who at all. Nearly 40% of 18 to 24s and 31% of 25 to 49s said they had never watched either version, compared to just 15% of those aged 50 to 64. That feels like a huge red flag. The show is clearly not breaking through to newer generations the way it once did.
And this is not just about generational preferences. General apathy cuts across the board. Around 20 to 22% of every age group said they do not like either version, and “don’t know” responses sit between 8 and 12%. That suggests a consistent level of disinterest among the wider public, not just in younger viewers, but across all demographics.
The Big Picture
At least from where I’m sitting: older audiences are keeping the flame of the classic series alive. The current era has some support among younger viewers, but even that is relatively soft, and among older viewers, support for the new era is virtually non-existent. Most concerning of all, the youngest adults are the most disengaged altogether. And if there’s one thing this franchise needs to stay relevant, it is a new generation of fans.
None of this is entirely shocking, especially given that Doctor Who’s most recent run with Ncuti Gatwa in the lead did not exactly light up the ratings. And even RTD acknowledged the problems. While some fans like this current iteration, the overall audience figures didn’t reflect a resurgence in cultural relevance.
With Gatwa’s second season on the way very soon, there is still hope the show might find its spark again. As someone who genuinely wants to see the show succeed, I’d love to see it reconnect with the wider public again. If current Doctor Who is going to continue, this poll makes one thing very clear: it needs to reconnect with old and new fans alike. And fast.>>
The natural audience of Doctor Who is 70% male and heterosexual, and a bunch of degenerate woke retards deliberately alienating and disenfranchising that audience in order to cater solely for women between the ages of 35 to 44 from the low intelligence and social standing demographics of C2, D, and E is obviously going to result in the observed statistics.
Only 30% of the audience are women so it's no surprise 26% of UK adults said they have never seen either version of the show. Of course they haven't. They're almost all women. 70% of 50% is 35% of the population and most of that is too dumb and stupid to understand anything beyond simplistic soap-opera, which is why advertisers love them as they don't think about what they spend their money on.
Why would you expect young people to watch the show when they're targeting a bunch of degenerate women of low intelligence and the mentally ill and trying to use the show to sexually groom children? Why would any decent parent leave their children alone with someone who behaves like Ncuti Gatwa or Russel T. Davies?
How about making the show family friendly you perverts. How about targeting it at heterosexual men and boys by depicting the hero's journey and embracing masculinity, showing men in positions of strength, authority, education and power earned through merit, after learning how to judge between wrong and right, good and evil, and reject degenerate effeminacy, and be just, protective and respectful towards women who understand that a man is there to guide them in life and shelter them from harm, because men are stronger than women are and their natural position is in leadership and command as the hunter gatherer while a woman natural evolutionary position is give birth to and bring up children until they can be handed over to their father to educate fully and not allow to fall into depravity. Why not give men positive male role models instead of in the words of Gareth Southgate through the lack of father figures driving them away from television and towards gaming, gambling and into watching porn because instead of depicting attractive feminine female women you degenerate woke perverts fill every show you make with unattractive, usually obese, women, pretending to be men or men pretending to be women. You mentally unwell degenerates! Bring back positive male role models, heroes, and father figures who have been taken away. You sick woke perverts are the reason for misogyny. You systematically encourage it with your hypocritical double standards and destain for morality. You are sick, sick, sick!
-- The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it stands for." -William Shatner 
Poll demonstrates Doctor Whoke's failure and disenfranchisement