Ratings Information:

Initial figures: 0.812m viewers (overnight)
Consolidated figures: 0.953m 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
The Name of the Doctor has debuted in Australia, averaging 812,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. It was the ABC's highest 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
The Name of the Doctor has picked up an additional 140,000 time-shifted Australian viewers, giving it a final, or consolidated, ratings average of 953,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. This was the fifth largest number of time-shifted viewers for a program broadcast on Sunday 19 May. 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, The Name of the Doctor was the second 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 812,000 viewers). These ratings do not include regional viewers.