{"id":6543,"date":"2021-11-01T13:33:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T12:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1483905"},"modified":"2021-11-01T13:49:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T12:49:07","slug":"doctor-who-overnight-ratings-revealed-for-series-13s-the-halloween-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-overnight-ratings-revealed-for-series-13s-the-halloween-apocalypse\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who overnight ratings revealed for series 13\u2019s The Halloween Apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 01 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The overnight viewing figures for yesterday\u2019s episode of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-season-13-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who<\/a> are in, with the series 13 premiere drawing in almost 4.5 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>BBC News entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba shared the audience statistics on Twitter, writing that an audience of 4.43 million watched series 13\u2019s first episode \u2013 <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-series-13-episode-1-review\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the figures are higher than most of series 12\u2019s overnight statistics, they are lower than those for last season\u2019s premiere, which was watched by 4.88 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">The Doctor Who series opener was watched by an overnight audience of 4.43 million. Higher than most of S12&#8217;s overnights<br\/><br\/>It&#8217;s not as high as S12 opener Spyfall (4.88m). Interesting to see if the one story for 6 eps means figures rise rather than the usual fall over the series <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/fPBiDYS9nq&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/fPBiDYS9nq<\/a><\/p>\u2014 lizo mzimba (@lizo_mzimba) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/lizo_mzimba\/status\/1455108319480274956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">November 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Last night\u2019s episode of Doctor Who introduced new companion Dan Lewis, played by comedian John Bishop, as the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and Yas (Mandip Gill) rescue him from Karvinista, a dog-faced alien.<\/p>\n<p>Series 13 is the first season of Doctor Who since 2005 to tell one complete story over the course of its full series since 1986, with all six episodes consisting of a \u201c<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-whos-jodie-whittaker-massive-arc-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">massive arc<\/a>\u201c, according to Whittaker.<\/p>\n<p>The season, titled Doctor Who: Flux, is set to be the last starring Whittaker as the Doctor as she <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/jodie-whittaker-chris-chibnall-leaving-doctor-who-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">leaves the show<\/a> alongside showrunner Chris Chibnall.<\/p>\n<p>The pair, who previously worked together on Broadchurch, announced their departure from Doctor Who in July, revealing that they made a \u201cthree series and out pact with each other\u201d.<\/p> <p>Whittaker recently revealed her <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/jodie-whittaker-final-doctor-who-scene-reaction-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">reaction to reading her very last Doctor Who scene<\/a>, with the star explaining that it wasn\u2019t until she did that she \u201cappreciated\u201d what she was losing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to be awful. Whenever my last day is, I\u2019m going to be awful, because I just love it so much, and I love everyone, and I love being a part of it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more about Doctor Who:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-series-13-episode-1-review\/&quot;\">Doctor Who \u2013 The Halloween Apocalypse review<\/a>: Chris Chibnall turns up the heat for a fast, fun-packed opener<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-halloween-apocalypse-questions\/&quot;\">Doctor Who: The Halloween Apocalypse\u2019s 12 biggest questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-halloween-apocalypse-finale-comment\/&quot;\">Doctor Who\u2019s The Halloween Apocalypse is like a series finale, but backwards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1483619&amp;preview=true&quot;\">Doctor Who\u2019s series 13 premiere featured nods to an old Doctor and two classic companions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\" editor-content=\"\" ev-meter-content=\"\"><strong>Doctor Who: Flux continues on BBC One on Sundays. For more, check out our dedicated <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&quot;\">Sci-Fi<\/a> page or our full <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/section><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lauren Morris Published: Monday, 01 November 2021 at 12:00 am The overnight viewing figures for yesterday\u2019s episode of Doctor Who are in, with the series 13 premiere drawing in almost 4.5 million viewers. 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