To fete Doctor Who ’s 60th anniversary last year , the BBC made ahuge , unprecedented move : for the first time , almost the entiretyof Doctor Who , from episodes from 1963 all the fashion up to the then - airing anniversary special , would be made uncommitted to stream in the UK in one position , on the BBC ’s own streaming platform iPlayer . And it turn out doing so has aid the BBC damp streaming records over the merry stop .
The pot has denote that Doctor Who — and most specifically Doctor Who episodes from 2005 onwards — were stream 10.01 million time over the week between Christmas Day and New Year ’s Eve , helping the platform break a old track record for streamed subject matter for the calendar week between January 2 and January 8 , 2023 , with 177 million platform being stream in total .
Dr. Who was the fifth most - streamed series for the hebdomad , with the latest instalment , Christmas special “ The Church on Ruby Road , ” also the 5th most - streamed individual sequence behind entry in the long - take to the woods soap EastEnders , Rick Astley ’s New Year ’s Eve especial , menstruum drama Call the Midwife , and law drama Vigil , with 1.79 million flow , according toTVZone . Although net broadcast ratings for the week have yet to be consolidate — which would take into account the live overnight ratings , figures from cyclosis , and figure from hoi polloi catching up on need in the first hebdomad of broadcast—“Ruby Road ” was the third most - watched show on Christmas Day in the UK , with 4.73 million people watch live . It ’s cracking to see that Doctor Who has flourished with not just the renewed interest in the60th anniversary specialsandNcuti Gatwa ’s novel MD , but with the simple fact that if you put as much of it to determine as you may in one place , well … citizenry will go and check it out .
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It ’s hard to say just how that success has panned out internationally , however . The BBC ’s new deal with Disney to stream Doctor Who onDisney+everywhere but the UK and Irelandonly covers new episodesfrom the sixtieth day of remembrance ahead — other contemporary and classical Doctor Who access is broadcast out on various platforms elsewhere , such as Britbox for classic Doctor Who and Max for post-2005 Doctor Who . The last we encounter at the metre of the release of the first 60th peculiar , “ The Star Beast , ” Doctor Who placed systematically in the top five most pop programs on Disney+ across multiple grocery store , so it’sseemingly ripe newsall around the human race so far , at least .
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