Doctor Who A Christmas Carol Viewing Figures

It has been reported that the final viewing figures for ‘A Christmas Carol’ show that the programme was watched by 12.11 million viewers, with a 41.8% share of the total TV Audience. This figure puts Doctor Who as the third most watched programme of Christmas Day.

'A Christmas Carol' is the fourth highest rating for the series since it returned in 2005, behind 'Voyage of the Damned', 'The Next Doctor' and 'The End of Time', and is also the most watched story during Matt Smith’s tenure as the Eleventh Doctor.

Doctor Who 'A Christmas Carol' Poll Results

The poll for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, ‘A Christmas Carol’, showed that the average rating out of five stars was 4.7 stars, meaning that this story was thought of as ‘Excellent’.

The results of the polls for Series 5 are shown below in order to compare the results with this Christmas episode.

Series 5 Poll Results:

The Eleventh Hour – 4.6
The Beast Below – 4.1
Victory of the Daleks – 4.0
The Time of Angels – 4.3
Flesh and Stone – 4.7
The Vampires of Venice – 4.8
Amy’s Choice – 4.5
The Hungry Earth – 4.4
Cold Blood – 4.7
Vincent and the Doctor – 4.6
The Lodger – 4.8
The Pandorica Opens – 5.0
The Big Bang – 4.2
A Christmas Carol – 4.7

Doctor Who ‘A Christmas Carol’ Viewing Figures

The overnight viewing figures for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, ‘A Christmas Carol’, showed that the programme was watched by 10.3 million viewers, the highest overnight result for an episode during Matt Smith’s tenure as the Eleventh Doctor.

The share of the audience was 39.8%, and it was the second highest rated programme of the day. The final viewing figures will be released in January 2011, and will also show the amount of viewers who watched the episode on BBC iPlayer.

Doctor Who 'A Christmas Carol' Poll Open

A brand new poll is now available on Blink, where you can give a rating out of five stars for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, ‘A Christmas Carol’. The story was written by Steven Moffat and starred Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor.

The results of this poll will be revealed next Saturday morning.

Doctor Who A Christmas Carol - Matt Smith and Karen Gillan on Breakfast

Doctor Who Confidential - Charlie in the TARDIS

Doctor Who A Christmas Carol Introduction by Matt Smith

Doctor Who Adventure Calendar Matt Smith

Christel Films – How the Doctor Stole Christmas

Captin Franko has released his exclusive Christmas Special story on his blog, which is titled ‘How the Doctor Stole Christmas’, and features his own incarnation of the Doctor travelling with his companion Tabitha. This story is very festive and a perfect way to celebrate the Christmas season whilst enjoying a brand new episode of Doctor Who, complete with incredible animation and a great storyline.

‘How the Doctor Stole Christmas’ was created by Captin Franko, and is now available to watch on Christel Films.

A Christmas Carol Doctor Who Confidential Clips

Doctor Who Adventure Calendar Matt Smith

Doctor Who Adventures 197 Cover and News

This week’s edition of Doctor Who Adventures comes with loads of top secrets about ‘A Christmas Carol’, and features an exclusive chat with the Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith. There’s also a section about what Matt, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill would get each other for Christmas, as well as plenty of puzzles, jokes and an especially festive comic strip!

The magazine includes 12 amazing gifts, with stickers, bookmarks, gift tags, Christmas cards and an incredible 2011 Doctor Who calendar.

Doctor Who Adventures 197 is now available in shops across the UK, at the regular price of £2.20.

Doctor Who A Christmas Carol 10 Teasers

Digital Spy has released ten teasers about this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, ‘A Christmas Carol’. The story is written by Steven Moffat and stars Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, with guest appearances from Michael Gambon as Kazran Sardick and Katherine Jenkins as Abigail Pettigrew.


1.The Doctor finally tells a lie too big for the psychic paper.

2. "The other half is ****** the *****."

3. We learn exactly why bow-ties are cool.

4. Abigail breaks into song twice, but there's an interesting reason why.

5. The Doctor once spent a revealing evening with Frank Sinatra, Einstein and Father Christmas.

6. "Why are they singing?" "For ***** *****."

7. Turns out The Doctor is rubbish at card tricks.

8. "Marilyn, get your coat!"

9. Kazran gets a glimpse at his past, present and future - but not in the way you might expect.

10. "No chance. Completely impossible. Except at Christmas."

Doctor Who 'A Christmas Carol' Interview with Matt Smith and New Clip

Thanks to Combom for originally posting these videos.

Doctor Who A Christmas Carol New Clips

BBC Christmas 2010 Doctor Who Promo

The BBC has released official promotional photos with actors from their top shows to appear over the Christmas season, including one of Matt Smith as the Doctor.

The promotional photos show a background of an airport, which appears in the new sitcom by Matt Lucas and David Walliams, ‘Come Fly With Me’, another top show for BBC One over Christmas. A trailer for the new programme with a guest appearance from a Dalek was released earlier in the week.

Doctor Who ‘A Christmas Carol’ Clip on Breakfast

Blogtor Who has uploaded a video from this morning’s edition of Breakfast, which shows an exclusive clip from this year’s Christmas Special episode ‘A Christmas Carol’. Unfortunately there is talking over the entire clip, but we do learn that the ship carrying Amy and Rory is caught in a dangerous cloud.

Doctor Who Magazine 429 Cover and News

The cover for Doctor Who Magazine 429 has now been revealed via their Facebook page, and tells us more about what we can expect from the issue. The main feature of the new issue is an exclusive preview of the Doctor Who Christmas Special. Matt Smith tells DWM about guest star Michael Gambon: “Michael is a naughty man, a naughty actor,” Matt laughs. “He’s hugely interesting, everyone on set could have listened to his stories all day!”

The other features include all the latest news about Matt Smith’s second series as the Doctor, a brand new comic strip for the Eleventh Doctor, and three art cards.

DWM 429 goes on sale on 16th December 2010.

Doctor Who Adventures 196 Cover and News

This week’s edition of Doctor Who Adventures features everything you need to know about the Weeping Angels, and is packed with lots of frights. The magazine comes with a Nightmare Man mask, as well as lots of secrets about this year’s Christmas Special revealed by Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill.

There are also the regular features including posters, competitions and a comic strip.

Doctor Who Adventures 196 is now available in shops across the UK, at the regular price of £2.20.

Doctor Who A Christmas Carol Katherine Jenkins Interview on Breakfast