The Zygon Invasion: Overnight Ratings

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The Zygon Invasion may have broken new ground in terms of story but the overnight ratings tell a worryingly similar story.

3.87 million viewers tuned in to watch the Doctor wrestle with the moral quandary of Zygon integration, putting it fifth overall for the day with a 19.4% share of the total TV audience.

Foxtrotting to the top of  Saturday’s figures was Strictly Come Dancing with an audience of 9.35 million watching – with a near 4 million lead over The X Factor which was placed directly opposite Doctor Who and managed 5.63 million viewers.

The Rugby Cup Final, shown on ITV in the afternoon, had 4.92 million watching, while Pointless Celebrities, for the first time this year, managed to beat the Doctor in the overnight figures, although this position is likely to be reversed when the final figures are published next week.

Overall Doctor Who currently stands as 38th for the week.

That figure places The Zygon Invasion fifth in terms of overnight ratings for Series 9 – while the AI rating (Audience Appreciation Index) and the final accumulative figure have yet to be confirmed.  The full figures are as follows:

The Magician’s Apprentice 4.58m (overnight) 6.54m (final) AI 84
The Witch’s Familiar 3.7m (overnight) 5.71m (final) AI 83
Under the Lake 3.7m (overnight) 5.63m (final) AI 84
Before the Flood 4.38m (overnight) 6.05m (final) AI 83
The Girl Who Died 4.85m (overnight) 6.56m (final) AI 82
The Woman Who Lived 4.34m (overnight) TBC (final) AI 81
The Zygon Invasion 3.87m (overnight) TBC (final) AI TBC

Scheduling Doctor Who opposite The X-Factor can’t have helped and, let’s face it, it was Halloween, where, you would imagine, a large proportion of the Doctor Who audience would be out trick or treating; so should we be worried by the decline? The figures are largely consistent, does that mean Doctor Who isn’t attracting new audience members? While that’s a concern for the BBC does the figures and the AI suggest that despite the dip in ratings fans are still relatively happy with the show? Just who is the Doctor Who fan base now?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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