Ratings Information:

Initial figures: 0.725m viewers (overnight), 9th place day
Consolidated figures: 0.849m viewers, 9th place

The figures above only include viewers in the metropolitan areas of Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. These are referred to as the "5 City Metro" ratings.

Overnight
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS has debuted in Australia, averaging 725,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. It was the ABC's top-rating drama of the day and the ninth highest rating program of the day overall. These ratings do not include regional or time-shifted viewers.

Consolidated
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS has picked up an additional 123,000 time-shifted Australian viewers, giving it a final, or consolidated, ratings average of 849,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. This was the fifth largest number of time-shifted viewers for a program broadcast on Sunday 28 April. The final or consolidated ratings includes all 'time-shifted' viewers who record the program and watch it within a week.

Based on these final figures, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS was the highest rating ABC program of the day and the ninth highest rating program of the day overall (it was also the ninth highest rating program based on its overnight figures of 725,000 viewers). These ratings do not include regional viewers.