Only about 6.4 million Brits watched the first instalment of Doctor Who season six , “ The Impossible Astronaut , ” concord to overnight ratings , versus 8 million for last twelvemonth ’s “ The Eleventh Hour . ”
That number will no doubt go up when time - switch viewers and other factor are admit — the final number for “ The Eleventh Hour ” was 9.6 million . But that probably wo n’t shift the fact that “ The Impossible Astronaut ” had the bad ratings of any Doctor Who season opener since the show returned in 2005 .
Will the show be able to hang on to those 6.5 million viewers , or will some of them be scare off by an confessedly non - newbie - friendly episode that assumes a lot of knowledge of the show ’s history ? stick tuned . [ BBC News ]
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