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This article contains spoilers for Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n The overnight ratings for The Legend of Ruby Sunday<\/a> have been revealed, with the seventh episode receiving a total of\u00a02.02\u00a0<\/strong>million viewers<\/b>.<\/p>\n According to overnight figures from Barb (via DoctorWhoTV<\/a>), this is slightly down from the 2.11 who tuned into last week\u2019s Regency-era episode Rogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, this is the lowest out of all the seven episodes so far, with episode 3 ever so slightly ahead with 2.04 million. It is, of course, important to note that these figures are only representative of BBC One\u2019s overnight audience, and doesn\u2019t include those who tuned in on BBC iPlayer earlier in the day following its midnight release.<\/p>\n In a new release strategy, Doctor Who episodes have been released first on BBC iPlayer at midnight on a Saturday, with the episode then airing later in the evening.<\/p> The Legend of Ruby Sunday is the first half of the two-part finale and answered some very important questions from fans, including all about the One Who Waits.<\/p>\n The episode revealed that the One Who Waits was in fact the pantheon\u2019s supreme commander, Sutekh<\/a> \u2013 one of a race of Osirans, beings of God-like power who are worshipped by many cultures across the universe, including on Earth in ancient Egypt.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n The episode will be followed up with Empire of Death, marking the final episode of season 14. The trailer for it was released on Saturday night, hinting at a showdown like no other between the Doctor an all-powerful foe.<\/p>\n The full synopsis for Empire of Death reads: \u201cThe Doctor has lost, his ageless enemy reigns supreme, and a shadow is falling over creation. Nothing can stop the devastation\u2026 except, perhaps, one woman.\u201d<\/p>\n Doctor Who continues on Saturday 22nd June on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.<\/strong>\u00a0Previous seasons are available to stream on\u00a0BBC iPlayer<\/a>\u00a0with episodes of the classic series also available on BritBox \u2013 you can sign up for a\u00a07-day free trial here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The episode answered many questions fans have had over the course of the season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53345,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-overnight-ratings-confirmed-for-the-legend-of-ruby-sunday-scaled.jpg",2560,1706,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-overnight-ratings-confirmed-for-the-legend-of-ruby-sunday-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-overnight-ratings-confirmed-for-the-legend-of-ruby-sunday-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-overnight-ratings-confirmed-for-the-legend-of-ruby-sunday-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-overnight-ratings-confirmed-for-the-legend-of-ruby-sunday-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-overnight-ratings-confirmed-for-the-legend-of-ruby-sunday-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-overnight-ratings-confirmed-for-the-legend-of-ruby-sunday-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The episode answered many questions fans have had over the course of the season.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/53344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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