We don't normally do ratings here at
BLOGTOR TOWERS but news is slow and this info is rather astounding. The 'final' viewing figures are in from
BARB for
THE STOLEN EARTH.
A healthy 8.87 million tuned in to see it and this places it at
No. 2 in the chart for that week. This is only the
second time in the show's history that it has scored so high. Not only that, it is the highest placing for a 'normal' episode ever (ie. not a special). So what beat it you ask? The
EURO 2008 final but only by
60,000 or so. Fact fans may note that the
BBC3 repeat got just over a million and the Saturday's
DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL got
1.27 million - the highest placed 'multi channel' programme for the week. It's worth pointing out that the penultimate
SERIES 4 episode scored an
APPRECIATION INDEX of
91 - the highest
DOCTOR WHO has ever received and well above most other TV shows.
