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The Caretaker
8:30pm-9:15pm BST (19:30 GMT) < > « »
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BBC One
Featuring: Peter Capaldi, Samuel Anderson, Jenna Coleman
6/12. When terrifying events threaten Coal Hill school, the Time Lord goes under cover, little knowing that a meeting with Danny Pink is around the corner.
Synopsis Source: Radio Times
Broadcast notes:
Intro: "Lofty, Max and Robin prove their mettle tonight in Casualty, coming up at 9:15. First on BBC1, it's back to school for the Doctor to confront a deadly mechanical menace."
Ratings Information:
Initial figures: 4.894m viewers (overnight), 21.8% audience share, 3rd place day, 24th place week
Consolidated figures: 6.820m viewers (+7 days), 26.4% audience share, 20th place - BARB Week Top 30 Chart, AI 83
Additional figures: 7.175m viewers (+28 days)
Online player figures: 0.97m requests as of 30th September 2014
Overnights: the overnight rating is almost identical to the previous two weeks, despite the later time slot for Doctor Who, with the series now directly opposite The X Factor. The new series of Strictly Come Dancing took top place for the day with 8.1 million viewers, while The X Factor itself had 7.7 million watching.
BARB Live: 3.801m; Timeshift+7: 3.019m (6.820m total); Timeshift+28: 3.374m (7.175m total)
[first week breakdown: 4.894m(Sat); 5.905m(Sun); 6.236m(Mon); 6.461m(Tue); 4: 6.563m(Wed); 6.640m(Thu)]
BARB Figures for w/e 28 Sep (no ITV HD figures available):
9.40m Strictly Come Dancing BBC1 27 Sep 7:00pm [6:59pm] 9.02m The Great British Bake-Off BBC1 24 Sep 8:00pm [8:02pm] 8.62m Downton Abbey ITV 27 Sep 9:00pm [9:02pm] 8.21m Strictly Come Dancing BBC1 26 Sep 9:00pm 8.16m The X Factor (Series 11) ITV 28 Sep 8:00pm [7:59pm] 7.25m Eastenders BBC1 22 Sep 8:00pm [8:01pm] 7.16m The X Factor (Series 11) ITV 27 Sep 8:00pm [8:03pm] 7.04m Coronation Street ITV 22 Sep 8:29pm [8:28pm] 7.03m Coronation Street ITV 22 Sep 7:30pm [7:32pm] 7.00m Eastenders BBC1 25 Sep 8:00pm [8:01pm] 6.98m Eastenders BBC1 24 Sep 7:30pm [7:29pm] 6.96m Coronation Street ITV 26 Sep 7:30pm [7:31pm] 6.91m Coronation Street ITV 24 Sep 7:30pm [7:31pm] 6.88m Coronation Street ITV 26 Sep 8:30pm [8:29pm] 6.82m Doctor Who BBC1 27 Sep 8:39pm [8:29pm] 6.70m Cilla ITV 22 Sep 9:00pm 6.26m Emmerdale ITV 25 Sep 8:00pm [8:01pm] 5.90m Emmerdale ITV 26 Sep 7:00pm [6:59pm] 5.86m Emmerdale ITV 25 Sep 7:00pm [7:02pm] 5.82m Emmerdale ITV 24 Sep 7:00pm [7:01pm] 5.77m Emmerdale ITV 26 Sep 7:00pm 5.62m Emmerdale ITV 25 Sep 7:00pm [6:59pm] 5.62m The X Factor (Series 11) ITV 25 Sep 9:00pm 5.56m Eastenders BBC1 23 Sep 7:30pm 5.37m The Driver BBC1 23 Sep 9:00pm 5.25m New Tricks BBC1 22 Sep 9:00pm [9:02m]
Taking into account ITV+1 and ITV HD figures, Doctor Who slips down a position to number 20.
10.46m Downton Abbey ITV 27 Sep 9:00pm [9:02pm] 10.10m The X Factor (Series 11) ITV 28 Sep 8:00pm [7:59pm] 9.40m Strictly Come Dancing BBC1 27 Sep 7:00pm [6:59pm] 9.02m The Great British Bake-Off BBC1 24 Sep 8:00pm [8:02pm] 9.02m The X Factor (Series 11) ITV 27 Sep 8:00pm [8:03pm] 8.31m Coronation Street ITV 22 Sep 8:29pm [8:28pm] 8.24m Coronation Street ITV 24 Sep 7:30pm [7:31pm] 8.21m Strictly Come Dancing BBC1 26 Sep 9:00pm 8.20m Cilla ITV 22 Sep 9:00pm 8.19m Coronation Street ITV 22 Sep 7:30pm [7:32pm] 8.04m Coronation Street ITV 26 Sep 7:30pm [7:31pm] 7.64m Coronation Street ITV 26 Sep 8:30pm [8:29pm] 7.46m The X Factor (Series 11) ITV 25 Sep 9:00pm 7.45m Emmerdale ITV 25 Sep 8:00pm [8:01pm] 7.25m Eastenders BBC1 22 Sep 8:00pm [8:01pm] 7.00m Eastenders BBC1 25 Sep 8:00pm [8:01pm] 6.98m Eastenders BBC1 24 Sep 7:30pm [7:29pm] 6.89m Emmerdale ITV 25 Sep 7:00pm [7:02pm] 6.86m Emmerdale ITV 24 Sep 7:00pm [7:01pm] 6.82m Doctor Who BBC1 27 Sep 8:39pm [8:29pm] 6.78m Emmerdale ITV 26 Sep 7:00pm [6:59pm] 6.72m Emmerdale ITV 22 Sep 7:00pm [6.59pm] 6.65m Emmerdale ITV 23 Sep 7:00pm [6:59pm] 5.37m Scott & Bailey ITV 24 Sep 9:00pm [9.03pm] 5.56m Eastenders BBC1 23 Sep 7:30pm 5.56m Eastenders BBC1 23 Sep 7:30pm 5.37m The Driver BBC1 23 Sep 9:00pm
BBC Live+Same Day: 4.88m; Repeat: 0.33m; Time-Shift: 1.90m; iPlayer: 0.65m; Live+7 Total: 7.76m
The Live+7 figure is calculated by the BBC to try to get an accurate estimate of the total unique audience for an episode of a programme. Unlike official BARB figures the Live+7 uses data to include those who watched one of the broadcast repeats of the episode and those who watched the episode on iPlayer all within 7 days of the original transmission.
The BBC's iPlayer performance figures reported that the episode was requested 1.377m times to the end of the month, making it the eleventh most requested programme in September (the figure does not include requests via Virgin Media or Sky).
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But why is he here? Surely it can't be for old times' sake, or to pass beady-eyed judgement on Clara's new beau, fellow teacher Danny? No, it's to thwart the deadly machine menace of the Skovox Blitzer! The Caretaker bears the telltale comedy imprint of Gareth Roberts, who gave us Matt Smith's "undercover human" episodes and here co-writes with Steven Moffat. But while the caper genre seems an inexact fit for Peter Capaldi's furtive and angular hero, there are a few engaging moments stretched over the Doctor/Danny/Clara triangle - plus another would-be suitor for Clara who will definitely make you look twice.  Credit: Radio Times, p63 | |||||
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