Ratings Information:

Initial figures: 6.180m viewers (overnight), 29.8% audience share, 3rd place day, 22nd place week
Consolidated figures: 8.440m viewers (+7 days), 35.8% audience share, 8th place, AI 87
Online player figures: 2.26m requests as of 30th April 2013

Initials: the episode was the third most-watched programme of the day, with Saturday Night Takeaway getting 7.19m viewers. The Voice UK, which was up against Ant and Dec, came second with fractionally more viewers than Doctor Who with 6.24m. Doctor Who won its time slot with You've Been Framed! on ITV watched by 3.6m.

Finals: Doctor Who was the second highest rated show on BBC One for the week, only being beaten by one episode of EastEnders. It out-rated The Voice by nearly 1 million viewers, even though the two shows were level on overnight estimates. The only show to get a higher rating on ITV was Coronation Street where five episodes scored above Doctor Who.

Live+7 Figures: 9.78m (Live+VOSDAL: 6.15m, Narrative Repeat: 0.39m, Time-Shift: 2.29m, iPlayer: 0.95m)

iPlayer: accesses to the BBC iPlayer were recorded as 951K at the end of March, reaching 1,790,212 requests after one week. A total of 1.3m accessed the episode during April, with the total reaching 2.3m. After 52 days the accesses had reached 2,470,473 requests.