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Last updated 02 February 2024
Broadcast: Saturday 9th December 2023
6:30pm-7:30pm GMT < > « » Premiere < > « »
(actually broadcast at 18:32:15)
BBC One
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Featuring: Ncuti Gatwa, David Tennant, Bonnie Langford, Catherine Tate, Neil Patrick Harris, John Mackay, Ruth Madeley, Jemma Redgrave

The giggle of a mysterious puppet is driving the human race insane. When the Doctor discovers the return of the terrifying Toymaker, he faces a fight he can never win.
Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: BBC

Ratings Information:


Initial figures: 4.620m viewers (overnight), 32.3% audience share, 3rd place day
Consolidated figures: 6.848m viewers (+7 days), 38.8% audience share, 10th place, AI 85
Additional figures: 7.915m viewers (+28 days) (6th place)

Overnight figures saw 4.62m viewers, placing the episode the third most watched programme of the evening, behind I'm a Celebrity at 5.25m and Strictly Come Dancing with 7.56m. Audience share was 32.1% TV-only, 32.3% with 4-screen.

 

The 4.62m figure is the adjusted average across the programme, an audience peak was reported as 6.2m.