The final ratings for Series 5 have been released, and its climax was watched by an official audience of 6.7million.

6.12million tuned in for The Big Bang on BBC1 on 26th June, with an additional 0.58million on the HD channel. Now that we have the finalized figures for all 13 episodes, we can see that Matt Smith’s debut series averaged around 7.76million – a fantastic result for the cast and crew which shows that, despite the hot weather and World Cup competition, Doctor Who is still as strong as ever!

With filming for Series 6 set to kick off imminently, it’s an exciting time to be a Whovian!

Don’t forget that you can still leave your finale thoughts and post any unanswered questions you may have in our discussion for the episode.

BARB have released the final ratings for The Pandorica Opens which show that an official audience of 7.57million tuned in for the first part of the series finale.

On BBC One, the penultimate episode of Series 5, written by showrunner Steven Moffat, was watched by 6.94million, with an additional 0.635million on the HD channel.

Doctor Who achieved a 37% share of the total television audience, while its Confidential was watched by 0.85million.

Unofficial ratings have revealed that Doctor Who was the 2nd most watched programme of Saturday, with an overnight audience of 5.1million tuning in for this year’s long-awaited finale.

4.6million watched The Big Bang on BBC1, with an additional 0.5 on the HD channel, and, with a 31% of the total TV audience share, it was beaten only by World Cup Live: USA vs Ghana on ITV1 (5.7million). Final ratings will be released soon.

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BARB have today released the final viewing figures for Episode 11, The Lodger, revealing that the story was watched by an official audience of 6.44million.

5.98million tuned in for the episode on BBC1, with an additional 0.464million on the BBC HD channel.

Written by Gareth Roberts, the episode saw the Doctor passing himself off as an ordinary human being in order to solve the mystery of Aickman Road.

Overnight ratings have revealed that The Pandorica Opens achieved an unofficial audience of 5.9million.

5.4million watched the first half of this year’s series finale on BBC1 last night, with an additional 0.5million tuning in on the HD channel. With a 31.4% share of the total TV audience, Doctor Who was the most watched programme of the day, managing to beat the Cameroon v Denmark World Cup match, which brought in 5.2million for ITV1.  Final ratings will be released by BARB soon.

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BARB have today revealed that the Doctor and Amy’s encounter with Vincent Van Gogh in Episode 10 was watched by an official audience of 6.76million.

6.29million tuned in for Vincent and the Doctor on BBC One, with an additional 0.47million on the HD channel, making Doctor Who the second most watched programme of the day, behind the final of Britain’s Got Talent on ITV1.

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Overnight ratings have revealed that 4.6million tuned in for The Lodger last night – a 22.3% share of the total television audience.

4.31million watched on BBC One, and an additional 0.25million on BBC HD, making Doctor Who the 4th most watched programme of the day, behind various coverages of the World Cup. Meanwhile, Doctor Who Confidential achieved a 1.0% share, being watched by 0.25million on BBC3 and 0.14million on BBC HD.

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BARB have today released the final ratings for Series 5 Episode 9, Cold Blood, revealing that the story, which aired on Saturday 29th May, was watched by an official audience of 7.49million.

7.04million tuned in for part two of the Silurians two-parter on BBC1, with an added 0.45million on the BBC’s HD channel, making Doctor Who the 8th most watched programme of the week, with Britain’s Got Talent reigning supreme with an audience of 10.86million on ITV1/HD.

Vincent and the Doctor achieved an unofficial audience of 5.0million last night.

The overnight statistics show that 4.7million tuned in for the episode on BBC One, with an additional 0.3million watching on BBC HD. A 29.4% share of the total TV audience resulted in Doctor Who being the 2nd most watched programme of the day, behind the final of Britain’s Got Talent on ITV1, which won the night with 12.3million. Finalized BARB ratings will be released later this month.

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BARB have today released the final ratings for Series 5 Episode 8, Chris Chibnall’s The Hungry Earth.

An official audience of 6.49million tuned in, with 6.01million watching on BBC One, and an additional 0.48million enjoying the episode in High-Definition. With just over 30% of the total viewing audience, Doctor Who was the 19th most watched programme on British television that week. The most watched was Britain’s Got Talent (ITV1/HD), which achieved an audience of 10.68m.