The conclusion to this year's series of Doctor Who, The Timeless Children, had an official rating of 4.69 million viewers, according to figures released by the Broadcasting Research Audience Board, BARB.

The figure is the lowest consolidated figure for an epiosde of Doctor Who since the series returned in 2005, a record previously held by the 2017 story, The Eaters of Light. Out of 861 episodes of Doctor Who broadcast since 1963, only 33 have achieved a lower rating.

To put the figue in perspective, it was still the 30th most-watched programme on British TV for the week, much higher that the position achieved by the majority of episodes of Doctor Who shown over the years. The episode had a 21.5% share of the total TV audience.

In detail 4.55 million watched the episode on a conventional TV set. An additional 70,000 watched on their PC, 39,000 watched on a Tablet device and 34,000 watched on a smartphone.

Top for the week was Ant and Dec's Saturday Takeaway on ITV with 7.41 million watching. The top BBC programme was the drama Death in Paradise with 6.78 million.

Doctor Who had an Appreciation Index score of 82

The average viweing figures for 2020 now stands at 5.40m as oposed to 7.96m for Series 11 in 2018. This is lower than Series 10 which averaged 5.64m. It is still higher than the lowest rated season, season 26 which averaged 4.31m .

Silva Screen Records have announced a two-volume release of Segun Akinola's score for the latest series of Doctor Who, due out on 3rd April 2020 both digitally and on CD.

The composer said:

Track Listing:

Volume 1 1. Series 12 Opening Titles 2. The Attacks 3. Hold On 4. MI6 5. Beyond Your Understanding 6. Doctor, The Doctor 7. Going Undercover 8. The Spy Master 9. Don’t Panic 10. The Incredible Shrinking Device 11. Thank You 12. The Lie 13. Tranquility Spa 14. Stay Alive 15. One Possible Future 16. Big Fat Liar 17. The American Sense of Humour 18. Official Eviction Notice 19. Superior Minds 20. The Future Is Mine 21. Judoon Warning Transmission 22. You Missed Me, Right? 23. Fugitive Identified 24. The Lighthouse 25. Something Is Coming for Me

Volume 2 1. Together and Alone 2. Praxeus 3. Three Idiots Roaming 4. Get Everyone Out 5. The Bloke Watching Your Dreams 6. His Eternal Partner 7. It’s Not Just You 8. Tales of The Dead 9. A Traveller Moving Through Time 10. Quicksilver 11. She Was the Universe 12. Brendan 13. Be Afraid 14. The Fall 15. The Ascension Shall Begin 16. Everything Is About to Change 17. Tecteun 18. Time Lords 19. The Division 20. CyberMasters 21. My Penance 22. Home Sweet Home 23. Ascension of the Cybermen End Credits

Series showrunner Chris Chibnall said:

Silva Screen Records have announced a two-volume release of Segun Akinola's score for the latest series of Doctor Who, due out on 3rd April 2020 both digitally and on CD.

The composer said:

Track Listing:

Volume 1 1. Series 12 Opening Titles 2. The Attacks 3. Hold On 4. MI6 5. Beyond Your Understanding 6. Doctor, The Doctor 7. Going Undercover 8. The Spy Master 9. Don’t Panic 10. The Incredible Shrinking Device 11. Thank You 12. The Lie 13. Tranquility Spa 14. Stay Alive 15. One Possible Future 16. Big Fat Liar 17. The American Sense of Humour 18. Official Eviction Notice 19. Superior Minds 20. The Future Is Mine 21. Judoon Warning Transmission 22. You Missed Me, Right? 23. Fugitive Identified 24. The Lighthouse 25. Something Is Coming for Me

Volume 2 1. Together and Alone 2. Praxeus 3. Three Idiots Roaming 4. Get Everyone Out 5. The Bloke Watching Your Dreams 6. His Eternal Partner 7. It’s Not Just You 8. Tales of The Dead 9. A Traveller Moving Through Time 10. Quicksilver 11. She Was the Universe 12. Brendan 13. Be Afraid 14. The Fall 15. The Ascension Shall Begin 16. Everything Is About to Change 17. Tecteun 18. Time Lords 19. The Division 20. CyberMasters 21. My Penance 22. Home Sweet Home 23. Ascension of the Cybermen End Credits

Series showrunner Chris Chibnall said:

Doctor Who, Ascension of the Cybermen, had an official rating of 4.99 million viewers, according to figures released by the Broadcasting Research Audience Board, BARB.

The ratings make the episode the 25th most watched programm across all television channels. It had a 22.6% share of the total TV audience.

In detail 4.85 million watched the episode on a conventional TV set. However the BARB 4-Screen Dashboard shows that an additional 68,000 watched on their PC, 38,000 watched on a Tablet device and 33,000 watched on a smartphone.

Top for the week was Ant and Dec's Saturday Takeaway on ITV with 8.70 million watching. The top BBC programme was the drama Call the Midwife with 8.01 million.

Doctor Who had an Appreciation Index score of 81

Doctor Who The Timeless Children, was watched by 3.78 million viewers in the UK yesterday according to unofficial overnight figures.

The rating, representing 19.8% of the total viewing audience made Doctor Who the 7th most popular show on British Television yesterday. Doctor Who was beaten by its ITV opposition, Dancing on Ice, which had 4.14 million viewers.

Top for the day was the lead into Doctor Who, Countryfile, with 4.44 million viewers. Following the Doctor Antiques Roadshow had 4.41 million watching. The latest episode of Last Tango in Halifax, had 4.17 million viewers. Over on ITV McDonald and Dodds was the highest rates show with 4.38 million watching.
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The 10pm BBC News also did well with 4.38 million watching.

On overnight figures, Doctor Who was the 49th most-watched programme of the week.

The overnight figure counts those who watched the show yesterday. Final figures, released next Monday, will include those who recorded the programme and watched it later and are likely to be substantially higher.

Doctor Who reaches the dramatic conclusion of Series 12, Season 38 today with the broadcast of The Timeless Children.


The story can be seeon the the UK at the earlier than usual time of 6.50pm. It is written by series showrunner Chris Chibnall and Directed by Jamie Magnus Stone who directed last week's story Ascension of the Cybermen. North American viewers can see the story at 8pm ET on BBC America or on CTV Sci-Fi in Canada. Australians have to wait until Thursday for the episode debut's at 8.00pm, while in New Zealand, it can be seen at 9am, Monday morning, on TV2, just a couple of hours after the UK showing.

Full broadcast details can be found here, and ongoing adventures of the Doctor can be found via This Week in Doctor Who.

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Doctor Who, The Haunting Of Villa Diodati, had an official rating of 5.07 million viewers, according to figures released by the Broadcasting Research Audience Board, BARB.

The ratings make the episode the 31st most watched programm across all television channels. It had a 22.9% share of the total TV audience.

In detail 4.95 million watched the episode on a conventional TV set. However the BARB 4-Screen Dashboard shows that an additional 61,000 watched on their PC, 36,000 watched on a Tablet device and 30,000 watched on a smartphone.

Top for the week was White House Farm on ITV with 8.57 million watching. The top BBC programme was the drama Death in Paradise with 8.04 million.

Doctor Who had an Appreciation Index score of 80

Doctor Who Ascension of the Cybermen, was watched by 3.71 million viewers in the UK yesterday according to unofficial overnight figures.

The rating, representing 19.1% of the total viewing audience made Doctor Who the 8th most popular show on British Television yesterday. Doctor Who was beaten by its ITV opposition, Dancing on Ice, which had 4.39 million viewers.

Top for the day was Call the Midwife, with 6.29 million viewers. This week the lead into Doctor Who was Countryfile which had 4.84 million watching. The return of Last Tango in Halifax, had 4.89 million viewers. Endeavour on ITV1 had 3.93
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The afternoon Six Nations Rugby match on ITV1 had 4.37 million watching.
On overnight figures, Doctor Who was the 50th most-watched programme of the week.

The overnight figure counts those who watched the show yesterday. Final figures, released next Monday, will include those who recorded the programme and watched it later and are likely to be substantially higher.

Doctor Who, Can You Hear Me?, had an official rating of 4.90 million viewers, according to figures released by the Broadcasting Research Audience Board, BARB.

The episode is the first one to dip below 5 million since the Peter Capaldi story The Eaters of Light in 2017.

The ratings make the episode the 35th most watched programm across all television channels. It had a 21.6% share of the total TV audience.

Doctor Who sliped behind the opposition on ITV, Dancing On Ice, which had 5.26 million viewers.

Top for the week was Call the Midwife on ITV with 8.21 million watching.

Doctor Who had an Appreciation Index score of 78

Doctor Who The Haunting Of Villa Diodati, was watched by 3.86 million viewers in the UK yesterday according to unofficial overnight figures.

The rating, representing 19.7% of the total viewing audience made Doctor Who the seventh most popular show on British Television yesterday. Doctor Who was beaten by its ITV opposition, Dancing on Ice, which had 4.63 million viewers.

Top for the day was Call the Midwife, with 6.25 million viewers. This week the lead into Doctor Who was Countryfile which had 4.91 million watching. The Agatha Christie mystery, The Pale Horse, had 4.07 million viewers. Endeavour on ITV1 had 4.08

This week's storm was Dennis, which drew 4.95 million to the late evening News.

On overnight figures, Doctor Who was the 44th most-watched programme of the week.

The overnight figure counts those who watched the show yesterday. Final figures, released next Monday, will include those who recorded the programme and watched it later and are likely to be substantially higher.