The final BARB viewing figures are in for 7.3: A Town Called Mercy.
The episode achieved a final rating of 8.42m viewers - a shift of +1.8m , with an total audience share of 33.4%.
The figures include recordings of the episodes within 7 days of transmission, but not BBC iPlayer viewings and downloads.
Overnight Rating:
6.6m / 29.1% audience share.
AI Score:
85
Time Shift:
+1.8m
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[Source: Andy Parish]
The overnight viewing figures are in for 7.3: A Town Called Mercy.
The episode achieved a figure of 6.6m viewers, with an audience share of 29.1%, and Doctor Who was the third most-watched programme for Saturday, winning its time-slot for the evening.
Top Overnights - Saturday 15th September:
1 - 8.6m - (38.3%) - The X Factor - 20:15 - ITV1
2 - 8.0m - (40.2%) - Strictly Come Dancing - 18:30 - BBC One
3 - 6.6m - (29.1%) - Doctor Who - 19:30 - BBC One
Final BARB ratings will be available within the next 10 days.
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[Source: Andy Parish]
The BBC have released more promotional poster images for the first half of Series 7 of Doctor Who:
+ 7.1: Asylum of the Daleks airs this Saturday at 7:20pm on BBC One.
[Source: BBC Pictures]
Details of Series 7 of Doctor Who have been trickling out of last weekend's San Diego Comic Con, and with them, some more episode titles for the upcoming season.
Below is our updated guide to the episodes in Series 7 with the most recently updated marked in red:
W = Written By / D = Directed By
7.1: Asylum of the Daleks - [W: Steven Moffat / D: Nick Hurran]
7.2: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship - [W: Chris Chibnall / D: Saul Metzstein]
7.3: A Town Called Mercy - [W: Toby Whithouse / D: Saul Metzstein]
7.4: Cubed - [W: Chris Chibnall / D: Douglas Mackinnon]
7.5: Untitled - [W: Steven Moffat / D: Nick Hurran]
7.6: Untitled - [W: Steven Moffat / D: Saul Metzstein] - (2012 Doctor Who Christmas Special)
7.7: Untitled - [W: TBC / D: TBC]
7.8: Untitled - [W: Mark Gatiss / D: Douglas Mackinnon]
7.9: Untitled - [W: TBC / D: TBC]
7.10: The Crimson Horror - [W: Mark Gatiss / D: Saul Metzstein]
7.11: Phantoms of the Hex - [W: Neil Cross / D: Jamie Payne]
7.12: Untitled - [W: TBC / D: TBC]
7.13: Untitled - [W: TBC / D: TBC]
7.14: Untitled - [W: TBC / D: TBC]
Series 7 is rumoured to begin on either Saturday 25th August or Saturday 1st September 2012.
[Sources: San Diego Comic Con; Doctor Who Magazine; Aaron Richardson]
