Doctor Who Season 8, which you can see on the BBC America network, just finished up on November 4th of last year. The DVD of season 8 is already in stores and that includes all of the regions, according to one online source. This is the first series of the show for a few years that was not split into two different parts. Many shows that you see on television today are split into two parts, lasting longer and keeping the buzz going throughout a typical month long break during the winter months.
For season 8 there seemed to be a little apprehension when it comes to the actor that was to play the twelfth doctor. The Docter, played by Peter Capaldi was the star of season 8 and he was teamed up with Jenna Coleman, as Clara and Samuel Anderson as Danny. When Capaldi was first announced as the new doctor, there were many fans that thought it could be a disaster.
The reason the fans felt that way was because Capaldi was much older when compared to the younger boyfriend types that have been played in the previous seasons. They felt that the older person playing the Doctor would hurt viewership. According to sources online, the exact opposite happened. The viewership was through the roof and Doctor Who Season 8 was actually the highest rated show for BBC America. The show has been changing since the beginning, back in the 1970’s, but there are still those fans that struggle with it.
BBC America went with Capaldi and the results have been nothing short of perfect. Capaldi has been a fan of the show his entire life and has even written fan letters to BBC Amercia hoping to one day play the role. Because of his fascination with the show, the chemistry on screen is very obvious. Part of the popularity of the show comes from how Capaldi and Coleman are as actors on the show. For season 8, the show averaged about 2 million viewers in Live+3 ratings, according to one source.
BBC America did not wait long to release a press release stating the fact that their Doctor Who: Last Christmas special caught more than 2.3 million viewers, which is about double what the Christmas special brought in last year. The Doctor Who Christmas special was also the highest rated, non-sports show to be viewed by the 25-54 age group. The numbers come from the 9pm showing, as well as the 11:45pm and 2:30am repeat shows. Doctor Who was also one of the top 10 tweeted television shows in all of cable for 2014, according to another source.