The Series 10 finale, The Doctor Falls, was watched by an official audience of 5.3 million viewers in the UK.

Now that the consolidated figures have been released for all of the episodes, the series average has been calculated as 5.45 million, which is down on the averages for Series 9 in 2015 - 6.03 million - and Peter’s first series, Series 8, which averaged 7.4 million viewers in 2014.

As expected, this year’s highest rated episode was the series premiere, The Pilot, with 6.68 million.

3.75 million viewers tuned in for the Series 10 finale, The Doctor Falls, on BBC One last night, according to the overnight ratings.

A 25.3% share of the total television audience watched the extended climactic episode, which marked Peter Capaldi’s penultimate adventure as the Twelfth Doctor. Doctor Who was the third highest rated programme of the day, behind Casualty (4.05 million) and The Voice Kids (3.90 million).

Final ratings will be available next week.

2.89 million viewers tuned in for the latest episode of Series 10 – The Eaters of Light – on BBC One last night, according to the overnight ratings.

With 22% of the total television audience, Doctor Who was the fifth most watched programme of the day, behind BBC News (4.09 million), Casualty (3.75 million), Mrs Brown’s Boys (3.40 million) and The Voice: Kids (3.11 million).

The new series will continue next weekend in part one of the finale, World Enough and Time.

Last night’s episode of Doctor Who, Empress of Mars, was watched by 3.58 million viewers, according to the overnight ratings.

The show was the 6th most watched programme of the day, behind Football: World Cup (4.73 million), BBC News’ coverage of the election (4.32 million), The Voice: Kids (4.23 million), Casualty (3.9 million) and Mrs Brown’s Boys (3.58 million).

Series 10 continues next weekend in The Eaters of Light.

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The Pyramid at the End of the World was watched by an official audience of 5.79 million viewers in the UK, it has been confirmed.

As expected, the final BARB rating for the seventh episode of Series 10 has seen a considerable rise from its initial overnight of 4.01 million, making Doctor Who the 14th most watched programme of the week, and the 6th highest across the BBC.

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Last night’s episode of Doctor Who, The Lie of the Land, was watched by 3.01 million viewers, according to the overnight ratings.

The initial figure places Doctor Who as the 4th most watched programme of the day, with a 15% share of the total television audience, falling behind Casualty (3.21 million), The Keith and Paddy Picture Show (3.16 million) and the finale of Britain’s Got Talent (8.19 million).

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The sixth episode of Series 10, Extremis, was watched by an official audience of 5.53 million viewers, the BARB ratings have revealed.

The final figure has once again seen a considerable rise from its initial overnight of 4.16 million, as it accounts for those who recorded the episode and watched it within the first 7 days of its broadcast.

Overall, Doctor Who was the 20th most watched programme of the week, and the 8th most watched on BBC One.

The latest Series 10 episode – The Pyramid at the End of the World – was watched by an unofficial audience of 4.01 million viewers, according to the overnight ratings.

With 20.4% of the total television audience, Doctor Who was the third most watched programme of the day, behind Britain’s Got Talent (8.38 million) and the FA Cup Final (6.43 million). The final consolidated rating, including those who recorded it and watch in the next 7 days, will be released next week, and should see a considerable rise.

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Episode 4 of Series 10 - Knock Knock - was watched by an official audience of 5.73 million viewers in the UK, the final BARB ratings have confirmed.

A considerable rise from its initial overnight figure of 4.32 million, the episode aired on Saturday 6th May and was the 21st most watched programme of that week, and the 7th most watched on BBC One.

The new series continues next weekend (Saturday 27th May) in The Pyramid at the End of the World.

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4.16 million viewers tuned in for Extremis on BBC One last night, according to the initial overnight ratings.

The latest Series 10 episode – which featured the highly anticipated return of Michelle Gomez as Missy – was watched by a 22.7% of the total television audience, making Doctor Who the third most watched programme of the day, behind Pointless Celebrities (4.52 million) and Britain’s Got Talent (9.13 million). The final consolidated rating, including those who recorded it and watch in the next 7 days, will be released next week.

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