"Twice Upon A Time" - Audience Appreciation Score

"Twice Upon A Time" had an Appreciation Index score of 81 - close to the previous Christmas Specials "The Return of Doctor Mysterio",  "The Husbands of River Song" and "Last Christmas" which all had a score of 82.

The Audience Appreciation Index (AI) is a score out of 100 which is used as an indicator of the public’s appreciation for a show. Over 90 is considered exceptional, 85 or over is excellent, 60 or less is poor, and less than 55 is very poor.

The AI scores for Series 10 are below:

The Pilot - 83
Smile - 83
Thin Ice - 84
Knock Knock - 83
Oxygen - 83
Extremis - 82
The Pyramid at the End of the World - 82
The Lie of the Land - 82
Empress of Mars - 83
The Eaters of Light - 81
World Enough and Time - 85
The Doctor Falls - 83

"The Husbands of River Song" - AI Score

"The Husbands of River Song" had an Audience Appreciation Index (AI) score of 82 - exactly the same as "Last Christmas".  The AI scores for Series 9 are:

"The Magician's Apprentice" - 84
"The Witch's Familiar" - 83
"Under the Lake" - 84
"Before the Flood" - 83
"The Girl Who Died" - 82
"The Woman Who Lived" - 81
"The Zygon Invasion" - 82
"The Zygon Inversion" - 84
"Sleep No More" - 78
"Face the Raven" - 84
"Heaven Sent" - 80
"Hell Bent" - 82

"The Husbands of River Song" - 82

The Audience Appreciation Index (AI) is a score out of 100 which is used as an indicator of the public’s appreciation for a show. Over 90 is considered exceptional, 85 or over is excellent, 60 or less is poor, and less than 55 is very poor.

"The Husbands of River Song" - Overnight Viewing Figures

The overnight viewing figures show that 5.77 million (29.4% share) tuned in for "The Husbands of River Song".

"Downton Abbey" was the most watched show with 6.88 million - BBC1's highest rated show was "Strictly Come Dancing" with 6.49 million.  If you combine both the BBC and ITV figures for the Queen (6.1 on BBC1 and 1.3 on ITV) then it becomes the highest rated with 7.4 million.

Ratings in general are down from last year where, for instance, "Mrs Brown's Boys" achieved 7.61 million overnight last year - and this year it dropped to 6.4 million.  "Doctor Who" seems to have held up relatively well with only a small drop from "Last Christmas" at 6.34 million.

Consolidated ratings will be released next week.

"Hell Bent" - Consolidated Ratings & Live+7 for Eps 1-7

"Hell Bent" has a consolidated 7 day rating of 6.17 million (not including repeats) - an increase of 1.37 million from the initial overnight figure of 4.80 million.

This puts the episode tenth for the week on BBC1.  The Live+7 figures for the first seven episodes of Series 9 have been released - this figure includes those who watched one repeat broadcast and those who watched on iplayer within 7 days of transmission.  Interestingly, iplayer viewings are up from 9% last year to 11.9% this year.  The Live+7 figures are in brackets below.

The consolidated ratings this series are:

"The Magician's Apprentice" - 6.54 million    (Live+7= 7.41 million)
"The Witch's Familiar" - 5.71 million     (Live+7= 6.58 million)
"Under the Lake" - 5.63 million     (Live+7= 6.51 million)
"Before the Flood" - 6.05 million     (Live+7= 6.77 million)
"The Girl Who Died" - 6.56 million    (Live+7= 7.19 million)
"The Woman Who Lived" - 6.11 million    (Live+7= 6.73 million)
"The Zygon Invasion" - 5.76 million    (Live+7 = 6.49 million)
"The Zygon Inversion" - 6.03 million
"Sleep No More" - 5.61 million
"Face the Raven" - 6.05 million
"Heaven Sent" - 6.19 million
"Hell Bent" - 6.17 million

The consolidated figure includes those who recorded and watched the show within one week of transmission - plus iplayer views through televisions.  It does not include pc/laptop, tablets or smartphones - initial figures for which will be released by BARB in their Online TV Player Report on Wednesday.


Source: Live+7 courtesy of doctorwhonews.net

"Hell Bent" - AI Score

"Hell Bent" had an Audience Appreciation Index (AI) score of 82.  The AI scores this series are:

"The Magician's Apprentice" - 84
"The Witch's Familiar" - 83
"Under the Lake" - 84
"Before the Flood" - 83
"The Girl Who Died" - 82
"The Woman Who Lived" - 81
"The Zygon Invasion" - 82
"The Zygon Inversion" - 84
"Sleep No More" - 78
"Face the Raven" - 84
"Heaven Sent" - 80
"Hell Bent" - 82

The Audience Appreciation Index (AI) is a score out of 100 which is used as an indicator of the public’s appreciation for a show. Over 90 is considered exceptional, 85 or over is excellent, 60 or less is poor, and less than 55 is very poor.

"Hell Bent" - Overnight Viewing Figures

The overnight viewing figures show that 4.80 million (21.5% share) tuned in for "Hell Bent" - that's an increase from last week's 4.51 million.  The figure is slightly inflated due to the fact that "Strictly" overran into the "Doctor Who" timeslot (a similar thing happened with "Heaven Sent" and "Face the Raven").

"Strictly Come Dancing" was, of course, top again with 10.50 million.

The consolidated figures will be released next week.

"Heaven Sent" - AI Score

"Heaven Sent" had an Audience Appreciation Index (AI) score of 80 - which is lower than I expected but it was a rather unusual episode.  The AI scores so far this series are:

"The Magician's Apprentice" - 84
"The Witch's Familiar" - 83
"Under the Lake" - 84
"Before the Flood" - 83
"The Girl Who Died" - 82
"The Woman Who Lived" - 81
"The Zygon Invasion" - 82
"The Zygon Inversion" - 84
"Sleep No More" - 78
"Face the Raven" - 84
"Heaven Sent" - 80

The Audience Appreciation Index (AI) is a score out of 100 which is used as an indicator of the public’s appreciation for a show. Over 90 is considered exceptional, 85 or over is excellent, 60 or less is poor, and less than 55 is very poor.

"Sleep No More" - Consolidated Ratings

"Sleep No More" has a consolidated 7 day rating of 5.61 million (not including repeats) - an increase of 1.61 million from the initial overnight figure of 4.0 million.

This puts the episode fourteenth for the week on BBC1.  The consolidated ratings so far this series are:

"The Magician's Apprentice" - 6.54 million
"The Witch's Familiar" - 5.71 million
"Under the Lake" - 5.63 million
"Before the Flood" - 6.05 million
"The Girl Who Died" - 6.56 million
"The Woman Who Lived" - 6.11 million
"The Zygon Invasion" - 5.76 million
"The Zygon Inversion" - 6.03 million
"Sleep No More" - 5.61 million

This figure includes those who recorded and watched the show within one week of transmission - plus iplayer views through televisions.  It does not include pc/laptop, tablets or smartphones - initial figures for which will be released by BARB in their Online TV Player Report on Wednesday.

"Face the Raven" - AI Score

"Face the Raven" had an Audience Appreciation Index (AI) score of 84.  The AI scores so far this series are:

"The Magician's Apprentice" - 84
"The Witch's Familiar" - 83
"Under the Lake" - 84
"Before the Flood" - 83
"The Girl Who Died" - 82
"The Woman Who Lived" - 81
"The Zygon Invasion" - 82
"The Zygon Inversion" - 84
"Sleep No More" - 78
"Face the Raven" - 84

The Audience Appreciation Index (AI) is a score out of 100 which is used as an indicator of the public’s appreciation for a show. Over 90 is considered exceptional, 85 or over is excellent, 60 or less is poor, and less than 55 is very poor.

"The Zygon Inversion" - AI Score

"The Zygon Inversion" had an Audience Appreciation Index (AI) score of 84.  The AI scores so far this series are:

"The Magician's Apprentice" - 84
"The Witch's Familiar" - 83
"Under the Lake" - 84
"Before the Flood" - 83
"The Girl Who Died" - 82
"The Woman Who Lived" - 81
"The Zygon Invasion" - 82
"The Zygon Inversion" - 84

This does mark the first time in Series 9 where the 2nd episode of a 2-parter outscored the first episode.

The Audience Appreciation Index (AI) is a score out of 100 which is used as an indicator of the public’s appreciation for a show. Over 90 is considered exceptional, 85 or over is excellent, 60 or less is poor, and less than 55 is very poor.

Source: doctorwhonews.net

"Under the Lake" - AI Score and Ratings Update

"Under the Lake" had an Audience Appreciation Index (AI) score of 84.  The AI scores so far this series are:

"The Magician's Apprentice" - 84
"The Witch's Familiar" - 83
"Under the Lake" - 84

The Audience Appreciation Index (AI) is a score out of 100 which is used as an indicator of the public’s appreciation for a show. Over 90 is considered exceptional, 85 or over is excellent, 60 or less is poor, and less than 55 is very poor.

Figures also show that over 1 million watched "Under the Lake" on catch-up on Sunday, raising the viewing figure from 3.70 million to 4.75 million.

"The Witch's Familiar" - AI Score & Ratings Update

"The Witch's Familiar" had an Audience Appreciation Index (AI) score of 83 ("The Magician's Apprentice" was 84).  Series 8 achieved an average score of 83.3.

The Audience Appreciation Index (AI) is a score out of 100 which is used as an indicator of the public’s appreciation for a show. Over 90 is considered exceptional, 85 or over is excellent, 60 or less is poor, and less than 55 is very poor.

Figures also show that over 1 million watched "The Witch's Familiar" on catch-up on Sunday, raising the viewing figure from 3.70 million to 4.80 million.

The omnibus edition of "The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar" had an audience of 0.64 million - the Scotland v USA match on ITV at the same time had 2.1 million viewers.


Source: DoctorWhoNews.Net

"Last Christmas" - Overnight Viewing Figures

The overnight ratings for Christmas Day show that "Last Christmas" came in 7th for the day with 6.34 million - a 27.5% audience share.  The day was won by, of course, "Mrs Brown's Boys" with 7.61 million.

It seems that overall the overnights for Christmas Day were down considerably this year.  Last year, "Mrs Brown's Boys" won the day with 9.40 million and "Doctor Who" had 8.29 million.  So, even the juggernaut of "Mrs Brown's Boys" is almost 2 million down on the overnights from last year.

Obviously, expect considerable movement when the consolidated figures are released next week.

"Flatline" - Consolidated Viewing Figures

The Consolidated figures for "Flatline" have been released and show another large timeshift audience of 2.11 million, increasing the overnight figure of 4.60 million to a consolidated figure of 6.71 million.

Here are the full consolidated ratings for Series 8 so far:

Deep Breath - 9.17 million
Into the Dalek - 7.29 million
Robot of Sherwood - 7.28 million
Listen - 7.01 million
Time Heist - 6.99 million
The Caretaker - 6.81 million
Kill the Moon - 6.91 million
Mummy on the Orient Express - 7.11 million
Flatline - 6.71 million

Please note that this figure includes UK viewers who watched the episode in the first 7 days after transmission - it does not include those who watched it on iplayer via computers or tablets.

"Mummy on the Orient Express" - Consolidated Viewing Figures

The Consolidated figures for "Mummy on the Orient Express" have been released and show another large timeshift audience of 2.03 million, increasing the overnight figure of 5.08 million to a consolidated figure of 7.11 million.

"Mummy on the Orient Express" is the 5th episode of Series 8 to achieve over 7 million in the consolidated figures.  As requested by a number of people, below are the full consolidated ratings for Series 8 so far:

Deep Breath - 9.17 million
Into the Dalek - 7.29 million
Robot of Sherwood - 7.28 million
Listen - 7.01 million
Time Heist - 6.99 million
The Caretaker - 6.81 million
Kill the Moon - 6.91 million
Mummy on the Orient Express - 7.11 million

Please note that this figure includes UK viewers who watched the episode in the first 7 days after transmission - it does not include those who watched it on iplayer via computers or tablets.

"Kill the Moon" - Consolidated Viewing Figures

The Consolidated figures for "Kill the Moon" have been released and show another large timeshift audience of 2.09million, increasing the overnight figure of 4.82million to a consolidated figure of 6.91million.

Please note that this figure includes UK viewers who watched the episode in the first 7 days after transmission - it does not include those who watched it on iplayer via computers or tablets.

"The Caretaker" - Consolidated Viewing Figures

The Consolidated figures for "The Caretaker" have been released and show another large timeshift audience of 1.93million, increasing the overnight figure of 4.82million to a consolidated figure of 6.82million.

Audience figures appear to be holding steady no matter what timeslot the show has.

Please note that this figure includes UK viewers who watched the episode in the first 7 days after transmission - it does not include those who watched it on iplayer via computers or tablets.

"Kill the Moon" - Overnight Ratings

"Kill the Moon" achieved an overnight rating of 4.82million viewers - slightly less than "The Caretaker" which managed 4.89million.

As usual, "Doctor Who" was the third most watched programme of the day being "Strictly Come Dancing" and "The X Factor".

Expect the consolidateds - which will be released next week - to be around 7million.

"The Snowmen" - Iplayer figures

Well, with very little pain this time, the BBC have released some iplayer figures for the Christmas period.  The figures do not include 1 January 2013 and it needs to be noted that "The Snowmen" is STILL currently available on iplayer.

"The Snowmen" managed 1.467m viewings between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, making it the most popular iplayer programme over the Christmas period.  As per my previous post, the consolidated figures (including recordings but not including BBC3 repeats etc) were 9.87m.  The BBC3 repeats were 915,000 which, when added to the 9.87m, gives a figure of 10.79m.   Add the iplayer figures so far of 1.467m and the total jumps to 12.26m.

In reality therefore, 12.26m viewers watched "The Snowmen" in its first week following transmission.  Now, THAT is a very good figure indeed.

"The Snowmen" - BARB Ratings

"The Snowmen" had an official Xmas Day rating of 9.87m - this figure is purely those who watched it live or recorded and watched later.  It does not include online viewings such as iplayer and does not include the repeat figures from BBC3.

The BBC3 repeats gained an additional 915,000 viewers which, when added to the 9.87m, brings the total so far to 10.79m.  Iplayer viewings for "Doctor Who" tend to average around 1.6m but increase during the Christmas period to around 1.9m.  If indeed the show manages another 1.9m via iplayer then we're looking at around 12.69m (personally, I think it could well be more).

As usual with figures (and I work in accounts!), it's all a matter of perspective - you can make them show what you want.  You can manipulate them in order to support your own viewpoint - I'm sure, for instance, that there will be cries of "ohh woe...the Christmas ratings aren't as good as they used to be".  Being brutally honest, "The Snowmen" DID beat "The Christmas Invasion" but "The End of Time part 1" achieved 12.04m and "Voyage of the Damned" managed 13.31m.  The early timeslot of 5.15pm did the show no favours at all - it'll be interesting to see what the highest rating ever achieved in that timeslot is because I bet "The Snowmen" either came very close to it or overtook it.

I think the bigger picture needs to be taken into account - and this is the fact that viewing habits have changed enormously.  Iplayer viewings NEED to be included - it's now an essential way of viewing shows.  It's almost criminal that they are not included - not to mention the hoops you have to go through to access iplayer viewing figures (normally they're buried in the BBC's monthly reports and I've spent many a long hour searching through them for the iplayer figures I needed).

Our viewing habits have changed - why hasn't the way we calculate viewing figures changed as well?  I will be posting the iplayer viewing figures as soon as I have them - I feel the correct way to look at viewing figures overall is to include repeats and online viewings.  Obviously some will feel differently and therefore I've broken it down above and shown the BBC3 repeats as a separate figure.

Update - as pointed out by Tom Spilsbury (DWM Editor) 5.75m watched "The Snowmen" live - it added 4.12m viewers to it's live number and therefore it becomes THE most recorded TV programme ever, beating the previous record holder, "The Impossible Astronaut" which had 4.11m recordings.

Thanks to TVRatingsUK and CameronYardeJnr for the official ratings and BBC3 repeat ratings.