Further details are now available on the Audience reaction to Series 10 of
Doctor Who.
Once again there was a marked difference between different age groups in the reaction to each episode, with the 16-34 ages group generally enjoying each episode more than older viewers.
The most marked difference was in the reaction to Episode 11,
World Enough and Time, where 16-34 years olds gave it an AI score of 89, those between 35-54 scored 85 while those above 55 scored it as 82.
World Enough and Time was the most popular episode with the 16-34 group, while they enjoyed
The Lie Of The Land least giving it a score of 81.
The 35-54 age group had a smaller range in values scoring 85 for their top episodes (
Thin Ice, Knock Knock, Oxygen, World Enough And Time) and 82 for their least favourite ones (
The Pilot, The Pyramid At The End Of The World, The Eaters Of Light).
Meanwhile among the over 55's the range was even smaller with 6 episodes scoring the top score of 82, 3 scoring 81 and 3 scoring 80.
There was also a difference between the sexes with women generally scoring slightly higher than men. The exception was
World Enough And Time which scored 85 amongst men and 84 amongst women. This was the men's favourite episode while women scored it equal to
Smile, Thin Ice and
The Doctor Falls
The men's least favourite episode was
The Eaters Of Light while the women liked least
Extremis,
The Lie Of The Land and
The Eaters Of Light.
Over 50% found the episodes all
high quailty, and the programme also scored high as being
fresh and new. The rating for
It was memorable had a sharp peak for the final two episodes.
Doctor Who picked up two awards in the 2018 I Talk Telly Awards, an annual Twitter poll which this year saw some 266,400 votes registered. The series won the Best Returning Drama category, whilst Mandip Gill was voted Best Newcomer.
