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The Witch's Familiar
Broadcast: Sunday 27th September 2015
7:42pm-8:31pm AEST (09:42 GMT) < > « » Premiere < > « »
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Featuring: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Julian Bleach, Michelle Gomez

Trapped and alone in a terrifying Dalek city, the Doctor is at the heart of an evil Empire: no sonic, no TARDIS, nobody to help. With his greatest temptation before him, can the Doctor resist? And will there be mercy?


Early Synopsis
The Doctor is joined by Clara Oswald for time travel on a cinematic scale. Having the time of their lives, the pair meets new and old monsters, and go on a journey that takes them to deadly alien planets. #DoctorWho


Synopsis Source: ABC

Broadcast notes:

The episode was also made available ahead of broadcast on ABC's iView service from 5:35am AEST

Broadcast Source: ABC

Ratings Information:


Initial figures: 0.541m viewers (overnight), 8th place day
Consolidated figures: 0.734m viewers, 7th 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.

The Witch's Familiar 
has debuted in Australia, averaging 541,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. It was the second-highest rating ABC drama of the day and the eighth highest rating program of the day overallThese ratings do not include regional or time-shifted viewers.

Including time-shifted viewers, The Witch's Familiar averaged 734,000 consolidated viewers in the five major capital cities. With 192,000 extra viewers, it was the highest time-shifted program of the day and the seventh highest rating program of the day overallThese ratings do not include regional viewers.

Media Links: TV Tonight (Overnight), Doctor Who News (Overnight), TV Tonight (Time-shifted), Doctor Who News (Time-shifted)


Notes


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You can see Doctor Who this Sunday at 5.35am AEST on ABC iview or on Sunday night at 7.40pm. What do you think has happened to Clara and Missy?

Posted by ABC TV on Thursday, 24 September 2015
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Do you trust the Doctor? Doctor Who continues tonight, 7.40pm or see it now on ABC iview: ab.co/DoctorWhoS9

Posted by ABC TV on Saturday, 26 September 2015
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