Since the first episode of
Doctor Who Series 8,
Deep Breath, has aired worldwide on televisions and cinemas, some stats have been coming in regrding its reactions with its global audience.
In the UK the television audience was
9.17 million viewers according to final consolidated figures. As a comparison: Christopher Eccleston opened to
10.81m with
Rose; David Tennant,
9.84m with
The Christmas Invasion; and Matt Smith,
10.08m with
The Eleventh Hour. The Series 7 opener,
Asylum of the Daleks, achieved
8.33m (these are all final figures and do not include BBC iPlayer).
Fans also enjoyed the debut for Peter Capaldi in the cinemas on Aug 23, with the episode making No. 8 in the British chart, taking in £523,000.
In the US,
Deep Breath gained the highest rated season
premiere ever on BBC America. The US embraced award-winning actor Peter
Capaldi’s first full episode as the Doctor, delivering 2.58 million total viewers
and
ranked as the No. 1 program in all of cable among total viewers. (As reference, the most recent season-opener of cable show
Game of Thrones received 6.6 million viewers.)
Channel SPACE in Canada attained 805,000 viewers. 1.187 million tuned into watch in Australia whilst it hit the No. 6 at the cinema, taking in $586,285. New Zealand saw the theatrical release at No. 4 amassing $132,740.
Here is the audio commentary for
Doctor Who Series 8, Episode One,
Deep Breath. Recorded by
Cameron K McEwan and
Alex Romeo,
the commentary can be enjoyed whilst watching the story - though,
that's not essential. You can download the audio commentary directly
HERE,
subscribe on iTunes HERE or use the player above.
