BARB have today published the final viewing figures for part two of The End of Time, which aired in the UK on New Year’s Day.

The episode - David Tennant’s last in role as the Tenth Doctor - was watched by an official audience of 11.79million on BBC One, making it the 2nd most watched programme of the day behind EastEnders!

Meanwhile, 482,000 tuned in for its simultaneous broadcast on BBC HD, the highest figure achieved by the channel that week.

Adding both of those scores together gives the historic episode a total viewership of 12.27million. It was the third most watched Doctor Who episode since its 2005 revival, after 2007’s Voyage of the Damned which was watched by 13.31million, and 2008’s The Next Doctor, watched by 13.1million. Stay tuned!

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BARB have today released the final Christmas ratings, which confirm that part one of the The End of Time was the most watched programme in the UK not only on Christmas Day itself, but also for the whole of Christmas week!

Altogether - taking into account the extra audience share on BBC HD - a whopping audience of 12.04million tuned in for the episode, which saw the Doctor’s psychotic nemesis, the Master, being reborn.

The figure also makes Doctor Who the 5th most watched programme of the whole of 2009, being beaten only by episodes of The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent.

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Overnight ratings reveal that an unofficial audience of 10.4million tuned in for David Tennant’s last ever Doctor Who outing, part two of The End of Time, last night!

The figure makes the historic episode the second most watched programme of the day with 35.5% of the total TV share, and that peaked at 36% (10.85m) for the last 25 minutes. It’s officially the most watched Doctor Who regeneration of all time!

A further 389,000 watched its simultaneous broadcast on the BBC HD channel, while 1.1million watched its accompanying edition of Doctor Who Confidential, Allons-y!, on BBC3 afterwards.

The most watched programme of the day was EastEnders, which followed Doctor Who at 7.55PM and managed 11.86m (38.3%).

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According to an article published by The Sun newspaper today, the BBC are expecting an audience of around 12million to tune in for David Tennant’s last ever Doctor Who outing tonight.

The concluding instalment of The End of Time will have its official debut at 6:40PM on BBC1/HD, and his long-awaited regeneration into the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) will undoubtedly be a ratings smash…

But we’ll have to wait until tomorrow (Saturday) morning to find out for sure, when the release of the initial overnight figures will reveal whether or not the historic feature-length episode lived up to, or maybe even exceeded, its estimate. Not long now everyone!

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Overnight figures show that an unofficial audience of 10.3million tuned in for the first part of The End of Time on BBC One last night, a 42.2% share of the total television audience.

The figure means that Doctor Who was the third most watched programme of Christmas Day, behind EastEnders, which achieved 10.86million (45.9%), and The Royle Family, which was watched by 10.23million (42.5%).

The festive special of The Catherine Tate Show, Nan’s Christmas Carol, came 7th, as it was watched by 7.13million, a 36.2% share.

Meanwhile, 576,200 (2.5%) watched the latest edition of Doctor Who Confidential, Lords and Masters, on BBC3, making it the 4th most watched multichannel programme.

Official ratings will be released by BARB in 10 days. The Tenth Doctor’s final adventure concludes on New Year’s Day at 6:40PM on BBC1/HD.

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Overnight ratings have been released for last night’s broadcast of the Doctor Who edition of Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

The initial statistics show that an unofficial audience of 2.9million tuned in for the Time Lord themed special, which was hosted by David Tennant with team guests Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbins.

With a 14% share of the total television audience, this is a much larger figure than the programme usually achieves. The episode is currently available to watch again via the BBC iPlayer service.

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The BBC Press Office has confirmed that nearly one million people watched the Doctor Who animated adventure, Dreamland, on the Red Button service last month.

The series was released daily in six parts and followed the Tenth Doctor as he embarked on a thrilling mission to rescue Rivesh Mantilax from the threat of the ruthless Viperox and the clutches of the American military.

It will be repeated in its 45-minute entirety next Thursday (Christmas Eve) at 9:30AM on BBC One!

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Sky Bet have today published their final Christmas Day ratings odds, which show that EastEnders is currently the bookies’ favourite to attract the highest audience this year.

Coming in at a close second place is part one of The End of Time, which has odds of 7/4, however Sky Bet’s spokeswoman Helen Jacob has revealed that she wouldn’t be surprised if the first instalment of the Tenth Doctor’s regeneration two-parter manages to beat its soap rival, despite its odds of 4/6.

“EastEnders looks hard to beat this year but perennial favourite Doctor Who could just sneak it,” she said. Only time will tell…

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The brand new Doctor Who animation, Dreamland, had its OFFICIAL mainstream television debut on BBC Two yesterday, where it was watched by an audience of 0.45million!

The series, which was released daily in six parts at the end of last month, was broadcast in its 45-minute entirety, and achieved a 6.5% share of the total audience.

It’s due to be repeated on Christmas Eve at 9:30AM on BBC One. Stay tuned!

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BARB have today published the finalised viewing figures for The Waters of Mars, confirming that the episode was watched by an official audience of 10.32million, making Doctor Who the 5th most watched programme of the week!

The Tenth Doctor’s penultimate story was inevitably beaten by The X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing and I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!, however, it achieved an audience of 376,000 on BBC HD - the channel’s highest ever rating to date!

Meanwhile, 0.63million tuned in for the accompanying edition of Confidential, Is There Life On Mars?, on BBC3, with a further 100,000 watching on BBC HD.

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