Ratings
Church On Ruby Road - Official Ratings
Doctor Who: The Church On Ruby Road.had an official 7-day rating of 7.49 million viewers.
The episode was the third most-watched programme on British television for the week ending 31st December 2023.
The only programmes to beat Doctor Who was the New Year's Eve Fireworks and the Christmas Day edition of the drama Call the Midwife.
ITV's highest-rated programme was the drama Vera with 5.71 million watching. The BBC had all 10 places in the weekly Top Ten.
Doctor Who was watched by 41.4% of the total viewing public. It had an Audience appreciation figure of 82.
Odds on Who / Ratings competition
After some six years Doctor Who has returned to Christmas Day, which of course makes it a candidate for being the most watched show on the day!
Though it is unlikely to make the top slot tomorrow - the King's Speech is almost certainly going to have that honour owing to its simultaneous showing across the major broadcasters - the bookies seem to generally agree that The Church On Ruby Road<\/a> might well be the second-most watched programme of the day at 6-1! This is followed up by Call The Midwife at 8-1, and both Eastenders and Strictly Come Dancing at 9-1. ITV1 shows include Coronation Street at 16-1 and Emmerdale at 25-1.
Of course with six years between Christmas Specials, it's been six years since our ratings competition for Christmas Day, and this year you can win a copy of The Church On Ruby Road<\/a> on Blu-ray or DVD. To enter, simply email us at comp-ratings@doctorwhonews.net<\/a> with your name and the consolidated one week figure you expect the episode to achieve, as reported by BARB early next year.
Please specify the number in millions to 3 decimal places, for example 6.848m as achieved by The Giggle<\/a> at the start of the month. For guidance, the highest rated non-King's speech programme last year was 7.814m achieved by Call The Midwife, who also took the 'silver crown' in 2021 with 7.831m.
The competition is open to UK residents, the closing date is Tuesday 26 December at 8:00am.
The Giggle - Ratings Update
Doctor Who: The Giggle had an official 7-day rating of 6.85 million viewers according to the research board BARB.
The official rating includes those who recorded the programme and watched it within a week.
The rating made the episode the 10th most-watched programme on British television for the week. All three of the 60th Anniversary specials appeared in the Top Ten for the week.
The top-rated show was the Saturday broadcast of Strictly Come Dancing with the Sunday results show taking second position.
I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here occupied positions 3-9 in the top ten.
The Appreciation Index, a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the episode, was 85.
Wild Blue Yonder - 7 Day Rating
Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder has a 7-day official rating of 7.14 million viewers according to the research board BARB.
The official rating includes those who recorded the programme and watched it within a week.
The rating made the episode the 9th most-watched programme on British television for the week,
The top-rated show was the Saturday broadcast of Strictly Come Dancing, however unlike last week Doctor Who had more viewers than the Sunday results show, possibly because there was no eviction this week.
I'm a Celebrity occupied positions 2-8 in the top ten.
The Appreciation Index, a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the episode, was 83.
The final episode or the Fourteenth Doctor trilogy, The Giggle, had an overnight rating of 4.62 million. Its Appreciation Index was 85.
Ratings Update
The first special starring David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor, The Star Beast, had an official 7-day rating of 7.61 million viewers in the UK.
The rating is the highest figure for Doctor Who since The Tsuranga Conundrum in 2018.
Doctor Who was the 10th most-watched programme on British Television for the week, behind seven episodes of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here and two of Strictly Come Dancing.
The official rating includes those who recorded the programme and watched it within a week.
Globally the episode is the 61st watched movie on Disney+. It has been most successful in Australia, New Zealand and Turkey.
The Appreciation Index, a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the episode, was 84.
The second episode, Wild Blue Yonder, had an overnight rating of 4.83 million, third for Saturday behind the dancing and grub-eating reality shows. 7-day figures will be released next week. Its Appreciation Index was 83.