CHRISTMAS DAY FIGURES

1. EastEnders part two (13.9m)

2. Dr Who (13.8m)

3. EastEnders part one (11.8m)

4= To The Manor Born (10.1m)

4= Shrek 2 (10.1m)

4= BBC News at 1800 (10.1m)

7. Strictly Come Dancing Special (9.9m)

8. Coronation Street (9.6m)

9. Finding Nemo (8.3m)

10. The Queen's Christmas Message (7.5m)

 

From Doctor Who Fansite Gallifrey One:

 

Unofficial figures show that the 2007 Christmas special Voyage of the Damned was watched by 12.2 million viewers, a 50% share of the total television audience. This is the highest rating the show has achieved since its return in 2005.

 

The programme was the second most watched of the day, being beaten by the edition of EastEnders immediately following Doctor Who.

 

The audience peaked in the last fifteen minutes of the show with a massive 13.8 million watching, nearly 55% of the audience. The five minute breakdown shows that over 15 million watched the last five minutes of the programme.

 

The day was a triumph for the BBC, with BBC One taking nine of the top ten places. Against the Doctor, Emmerdale on ITV1 could only manage 5.8 million, with the Evening News only getting 3.8 million.

 

The previous highest rated episode of the new series was Rose, which got 10.8 million viewers. If confirmed these figures will make Voyage of the Damned the highest rated episode of Doctor Who in over 28 years. It has the largest audience since the 1979 Tom Baker story City of Death, which had the advantage of being broadcast when ITV was on strike and BBC1 was one of only two channels broadcasting.

 

In the Children's Charts, Doctor Who was top of the list with 2.2 million under 16's watching, an incredible 65.3% share of the audience.

 

Final figures, including data for those who recorded the programme and watched it later, will be released by BARB in two weeks time.

 

 

From the BBC internal website:

 

Kylie works some Christmas magic for BBC One

 

BBC One ended the year on a triumphant note, with its highest Christmas Day all hours figures since 2003, and nine out of ten of the top watched programmes.

 

It seems that Kylie Minogue managed to rouse people from their mince pies and helped Doctor Who achieve its highest ratings since its revival in 2005. The Christmas Special, which featured Minogue as a waitress, was watched by 12.2m viewers (50 percent share). Last year the Doctor Who Christmas Special had an audience of 8.7m with a 37 percent share.

 

the official appreciation indexes are now in:-

 

http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php

 

Voyage of the Damned scored an Appreciation Index figure of 86 making it one of the most enjoyed programmes on British Television this Christmas. A score above 85 is considered excellent. It was the highest score on either of the main two channels for the day.

 

For a programme with such a massive audience to score so well in the Audience Appreciation figures is virtually unprecedented and is a real measure of just how well the show is performing. The only other programmes to score higher on Christmas day were "Romeo and Juliet" on BBC2 and "The African Queen" on Channel 4.

 

The Appreciation Index, or AI, is a measure of how much the audience liked the programme. It is a score out of 100, based on responses from a carefully selected panel. The average score for drama on BBC1 and ITV1 is 77. A score in excess of 85 is regarded as excellent while a score below 60 is poor

kylie got doctor who's its highest ratings ever,i did watch the show to see kylie as im not a fan of doctor who ,im delighted she pulled in such ratings for them,im a huge eastenders fan and am delighted they got number 1 on the day

I dont think it was the main reason but it def was a factor in such high ratings

it may not have been the main reason but it certainly helped it achieve its highest ratings since its comeback

That's excellent. :)