Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot - Official Ratings

BARB have published the official consolidated viewing figure for "The Curse of the Black Spot", the third episode in the latest series of Doctor Who.

The episode was watched by a total of 7.85 million viewers on BBC One, with a 35.5% share of the total TV audience.

The figure is one again much higher than the initial overnight rating of 6.1 million viewers.

The official figure does not include the BBC iPlayer, where around 1 million people accessed the story within the first week of transmission.

Episode 2 was BBC One's 5th most-watched programme of the week, and the 11th most-watched overall.

Doctor Who was the highest-rated drama of the week, only beaten by Britain's Got Talent and the Soaps.

Episode 3 achieved an Appreciation Index of 86, putting it into the "excellent" category. An Appreciation Index is found by surveying a panel of around 5000 viewers to see what they thought of a particular programme. Is is a score out of 100, with the average BBC TV programme getting 80. A score of 85 or above is considered as "excellent".

In Australia, The Curse of the Black Spot was the fourth most-watched programme of the day with 837,000 viewers in the five capital cities.

(Source: The Doctor Who News Page)