prison term is n’t a straight seam . It ’s all … jolting - wumpy . There ’s lode of tiresome stuff . Like Sundays , and Tuesdays , and Thursday afternoons . But now and then there are Saturdays : swelled temporal tipping points when anything ’s potential .
Dr. Who ’s latest season institute about a bunch of change — a new Doctor , a new showrunner , a new Console room , new story to tell , and young ways to tell them . But part of all that change was also a pretty wild one for fans who ’ve been watching Who for years , whether they started in the classical era or jumped on board in 2005 : a raw nightto learn the 13th Doctor and her friends on .
For the first fourth dimension in decades , Who premiered on Sunday nights , but now as the show prepares to return forseason 12 next twelvemonth , it could shift back to its traditional Saturday eve slot .
A account from British tabloidThe Mirror — soDalek - shapedsalt shakers at the quick , although it ’s true had a nice enough raceway disc on rumors for the Chibnall era of the show so far , reporting in advance both the initial move to Sundays and themove awayfrom a Christmas particular forNew Year’s — alleges that the BBC is regard pulling physician Who back to its usual rest home on Saturday ’s next time of year . The paper cites both the traditional nature of the Saturday slot ( and that it imply syndicate are less potential going to be avert TV while tike do preparation and prepare for a novel schooltime hebdomad on Sunday nights ) and the fact that , although season 11 ’s ratings started outextremely stiff , there was asteady declineby the back half of the season , as likely reason for the move .
It makes mother wit — although in general , audience and critical reaction to the young season were decently positive , people are puppet of use . Doctor Who became a staple of Saturday nights over the last 13 years , so much so that its return in that timeslot pretty much revitalized an age of family - oriented drama airing on Saturday evenings again . Suddenly moving it a day afterwards meddles with that habit and means that the great unwashed either neglect off , or wait to catch up through other mean .
That said , if there ’s one thing that Doctor Who should keep about its timeslot in the UK if it moves back to Saturdays is some consistency . Season 11 aired pretty much at a similar regular time throughout its rivulet , something that Doctor Who had n’t really done for a while , much to thechagrin of its former star . Hopefully , if the TARDIS does take us back to Saturday nights next twelvemonth , at least that change will remain .
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