Predict the Ratings for Hell Bent

Wednesday, 2 December 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Doctor Who: The Ten Christmas Specials (Credit: BBC Worldwide)The series finale is almost upon us, and Doctor Who News is offering one lucky reader the chance to win a copy of The 10 Christmas Specials, a limited edition DVD boxed set featuring the ten previous Christmas Day specials of the modern series (sadly The Feast of Steven is not included!).

All you need to do is to guess the final consolidated viewing figure for Hell Bent, as reported by BARB to the nearest 10,000 viewers (i.e. two decimal places). This figure includes all those watching the episode within a week of broadcast.

Hell Bent is being broadcast in the UK on BBC One on Saturday at 8:00pm. As with most episodes this year, it will follow Strictly Come Dancing, and will be followed by Casualty. In opposition, ITV have The X Factor, whilst BBC Two is showing Snooker, Channel 4 is showing The World's Weirdest Weather, and Channel 5 has Can't Pay, We'll Take It Away.

To help place in perspective, the average consolidated rating this series so far has been 5.84 million viewers - all the the known consolidated figures can be found in the Related Articles below. At the time of writing the figure for last week's Heaven Sent has yet to be confirmed, but its overnight was reported as 4.51m, up 90,000 from the previous episode's overnight.

Entering The Competition


The Doctor counts how many are watching ... (Photo credit: BBC/Simon Ridgway)The prize is number 20 in the limited edition run of The 10 Christmas Specials.

To enter the competition, please send the following details to comp-ratings@doctorwhonews.net:

  • Your name and email address
  • Your country (full address will only be requested if you are a winner)
  • Your guess for the final consolidated viewing figure

The BARB figure is expected to be announced on Monday 14th December; the winner will be informed once the figure has been confirmed, and the prize dispatched to arrive before Christmas Day* so you can binge-watch all previous specials in anticipation of The Husbands of River Song!

[* in the UK, postage to other countries cannot be guaranteed to arrive beforehand]


  • The competition closes at 7.59pm (GMT), 5th December 2015
  • Only one entry will be accepted per person.
  • The competition is open worldwide but PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A REGION TWO DVD only






FILTER: - Competitions - Ratings

Face the Raven - Official Rating

Monday, 30 November 2015 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who: Face the Raven had an official consolidated rating of 6.05 million viewers.

The rating issued by the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, or BARB, includes all those who watched the programme within one week of transmission. It does not include those watching online via iPlayer

Doctor Who was the 11th most watched programme on BBC Television, and 4th overall on Saturday. The episode finished at 30th in the chart.

Strictly Come Dancing topped the ratings for the week with 11.77 million viewers. The top ten was dominated by the latest series of I'm a Celebrity, Get me Out of Here taking six of the top ten places.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 9/35 - UK

Heaven Sent - AI:80

Monday, 30 November 2015 - Reported by Marcus
Heaven Sent: The Doctor, as played by Peter Capaldi (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgway)Doctor Who: Heaven Sent had an Audience Appreciation or AI score of 80.

The score is lower than average for the series, reflecting the unusual nature of the story, which saw Peter Capaldi alone for most of the story.

The Appreciation Index or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The score, out of a hundred, is compiled by a specially selected panel of around 5,000 people who go online and rate and comment on programmes.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 9/35 - UK

Australian overnight ratings for Heaven Sent & final ratings for Sleep No More

Monday, 30 November 2015 - Reported by Adam Kirk
Heaven Sent has debuted in Australia, averaging 455,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. The story was the second highest rating ABC drama of the day and the twelfth highest rating program of the day overallThese ratings do not include iview, regional or time-shifted viewers.

Meanwhile, including time-shifted viewers, Sleep No More averaged 564,000 consolidated viewers in the five major capital cities. With 148,000 extra viewers it was the second highest time-shifted program of the day and the twelfth highest rating program of the day overallThese ratings do not include iview or regional viewers.




FILTER: - Australia - Broadcasting - Ratings - Series 9/35

Heaven Sent - Overnight Viewing Figures

Sunday, 29 November 2015 - Reported by Marcus
4.51 million viewers watched Doctor Who: Heaven Sent, according to unofficial overni ght viewing figures.

The episode had a 20.7% share of the total Television audience.

Strictly Come Dancing was top for the day with 10.23 million watching. ITV managed 7.59 million for I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! which was ahead of The X Factor which had 6.6 million viewers.

On the overnight figures, Doctor Who was 6th for the day, behind Pointless Celebrities and BBC News, but this will be reversed when final figures are released next week.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 9/35 - UK

Sleep No More - Official Rating

Monday, 23 November 2015 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who: Sleep No More had an official consolidated rating of 5.61 million viewers.

The rating issued by the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, or BARB, includes all those who watched the programme within one week of transmission. It does not include those watching online via iPlayer

Doctor Who was the 14th most watched programme on BBC Television, and 4th overall on Saturday. The episode finished at 28th in the chart.

Strictly Come Dancing topped the ratings for the week with 11.71 million viewers. Events in Paris resulted in many News programmes entering the Top 30 for the week.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 9/35 - UK

Australian overnight ratings for Face the Raven & final ratings for The Zygon In

Monday, 23 November 2015 - Reported by Adam Kirk
Face the Raven has debuted in Australia, averaging 481,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. The story, written by Australian screenwriter Sarah Dollard, was the highest rating ABC drama of the day and the eleventh highest rating program of the day overallThese ratings do not include iview, regional or time-shifted viewers.

Meanwhile, including time-shifted viewers, The Zygon Inversion averaged 596,000 consolidated viewers in the five major capital cities. With 130,000 extra viewers it was the third highest time-shifted program of the day and the thirteenth highest rating program of the day overallThese ratings do not include iview or regional viewers.




FILTER: - Australia - Broadcasting - Ratings - Series 9/35

Face the Raven - AI:84

Monday, 23 November 2015 - Reported by Marcus
Publicity: Face The Raven (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgway)Doctor Who: Face the Raven had an Audience Appreciation or AI score of 84.

The score is a return to form for Doctor Who, following last week's episode, Sleep No More, which scored an unusually low 78.

The Appreciation Index or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The score, out of a hundred, is compiled by a specially selected panel of around 5,000 people who go online and rate and comment on programmes.

The highest score for Saturday, on the five main channels, was for Field of Dreams on ITV, which scored 87.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 9/35

Face the Raven - Overnight Viewing Figures

Sunday, 22 November 2015 - Reported by Marcus
 4.42 million viewers watched Doctor Who: Face the Raven, according to unofficial overnight viewing figures.

The programme had an overnight share of 19.6% of the total Television audience. 

Top for the day was Strictly Come Dancing with an average of 10.3 million watching and peaking at 11.1 million. On ITV The X Factor had an average of 6.8 million viewers, ITV's biggest audience was for I'm a Celebrity, Get me out of here, which had an average of 7.4 million.

Pointless Celebrities also scored high with 5.1 million watching, making Doctor Who the 5th highest programme for the day.

Final figures will be released next week.







FILTER: - Ratings - Series 9/35 - UK

The Zygon Inversion - Official Rating

Monday, 16 November 2015 - Reported by Marcus
Series 9 - The Zygon Inversion
Doctor Who: The Zygon Inversion had an official consolidated rating of 6.03 million viewers.

The rating issued by the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, or BARB, includes all those who watched the programme within one week of transmission. It does not include those watching online via iPlayer

Doctor Who was the 9th most watched programme on BBC Television, and third overall on Saturday. The episode finished at 24th in the chart.

The final episode of the ITV drama Downton Abbey topped the ratings for the week with 10.90 million viewers.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 9/35 - UK