Coronation Street in its place. "Coronation Street" returned to ITV screens with a regular scheduled time closer to the end of 1979. "Coronation Street" had little competition within its prime time slot, and certain critics suggested that the programme had grown complacent, moving away from socially viable storylines and again presenting a dated view of working class life. Between 1980 and 1989, "Coronation Street" underwent some of the biggest changes since its launch. By May 1984, William Roache (Ken Barlow) stood as the only original cast member, after the departures of Violet Carson (Ena Sharples) in 1980, Doris Speed (Annie Walker) in
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy and "Forest of the Dead" as Proper Dave. The last episode of the story received the highest viewing figure of Sylvester McCoy's time in Doctor Who - 6.6 million against "Coronation Street". Reviewing "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy", Tat Wood described it as "a story with so much going "right"" and a sign of how he believed the show had improved since its mid-1980s period. Noting how difficult the story had been to film, he stated "it was worth it. This is everything "Doctor Who" should be." Paul Cornell, Martin Day and Keith Topping said "The ideas in this,