Ratings UK

After 7 days of catch up viewing, the official figures for the opening episode of Series 13 are now available. It's an interesting figure to say the least, and leaves some questions for the remainder of the series. On top of that, we'll have a look at some of the reviews that have appeared in response to 'The Halloween Apocalypse!" Data released by BARB TV, the official UK ratings provider, shows that the opening episode of Series 13 had an overall audience of 5.79 million . This includes viewing across all platforms (phones, tablets, PC's and television sets - although how accurately it puts them is not certain since iPlayer viewings are not included). On TV alone, the episode had 5.69 million watching (meaning 100k came from the other media platforms). The final official share sat at a very healthy 31.5% meaning Doctor Who had almost a third of the available TV audience watching that night.  This figure is a rather small rise of just 1.36 million on the overnigh...

Doctor Who returned to our screens on Halloween night and speculation over the ratings was at its peak. What with the celebrations ongoing, and the early timeslot, it was an ongoing mystery as to what the final figures may have been. The unofficial overnight viewing figures have been revealed. 'The Halloween Apocalypse' had an average viewership of 4.43 million . The episode also managed to garner an audience share of 26.9% and a peak viewership of 5.41 million within the last five minutes. Doctor Who was the 2nd most-watched show of the night, behind Strictly Come Dancing which had 7.96 million watching (42.9%).  Let's look a bit further into it. On Sunday, Doctor Who's lead in was Countryfile . The relaxing nature show just lost out to The Doctor with 4.27 million watching; the share was higher however at 29.0%. Other Sunday night dramas also couldn't quite match up. Showtrial premiered on BBC One at 9PM to an audience of 3.51 million, some people keying it as Vi...