A Christmas Carol – Overnight Ratings | Last updated: December 26th, 2010
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A Christmas Carol – Overnight Ratings
Overnight television ratings show that the Doctor Who special, A Christmas Carol, achieved viewing figures of 10.3 million. It was the second most watched programme of the day with Eastenders coming in first. Final viewing figure will be available in a couple of weeks time.
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A Christmas Carol – Overnight Ratings
Posted by: VW Beetle Parts April 21st, 2011
Thank you for posting this great posting. Simply put i cannot say that I concur with all the things throughout here however , there are a few top notch points offered. Cheers
Posted by: the master January 26th, 2011
i loved it,was excellent bonkers xmassy christmas special,the cast and the music was excellent ,loved it,well done to everyone.
Posted by: Luke January 24th, 2011
I thought it was good!
Posted by: blobfish January 24th, 2011
i see no reason for people to hate this it was the best one so far!
Posted by: dr who 2 January 23rd, 2011
i think the christmas speical was quite bad
but i ve been looking for loads of information on series 6
Posted by: MrBearBee January 3rd, 2011
;( Im sad cos I hve 2 wait till spring cos thatz wen v new dr who series wll strt!
Posted by: MrBearBee January 3rd, 2011
Hi, Crack in time
Yes at the end of that song there was a line saying “Silence will fall, all around”
Posted by: Crack in time January 3rd, 2011
On Christmas day when doctor who started all of my family and me watched it and within 25 minutes all my family fell asleep and I was left alone watching the flying fish and the giant shark
Posted by: Crack in time January 3rd, 2011
I think River song could be: the rani, the doctors wife, the future doctor or maybe even the doctors mum or sister
Posted by: Santa Claus January 3rd, 2011
Started to watch this episode after looking forward to it for days.Within 15 minutes got bored and started playing on my wifes ipad.I was raised on Doctor Who and ‘The’ Doctor was Jon Pertwee-i’m 47 ! Matt Smith is really hard to understand.He mumbles.Not as ‘unwatchable’ as it used to be .
Posted by: Crack in time January 2nd, 2011
Hy I’m new to this site my names Ben but did anyone notice on A Christmas Carolat the end when Kathrine Jenkins was singing she was singing “silence is fallen” I think thats what she was singing but if anyone agrees can they leave a comment for me
Posted by: booboo January 2nd, 2011
I think thats what she was singing
That seems to be what she is singing
Posted by: John.P.McManus January 2nd, 2011
It was good but I don`t rate it as good a the superb previous christmas specials,but as i have been watching the doctor since episode 1,William Hartnel in the coal yard,nothing could sway my beleif that DR WHO is simply the finest SCI-FI series ever made.
Posted by: khan January 2nd, 2011
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Posted by: Spyzelda1 January 2nd, 2011
I watched ‘the Christmas carol’ and I thought that it wasn’t as good as the rest of the doctor who Christmas specials.
I mean, who wants to watch stacey’s dramatic Christmas on eastenders anyway. I much prefer doctor who.
My personal favourite doctor who special was the end of time or the runaway bride.
also on the doctor who website, it says the matt smith is now going to wear a hat on scene!
P.S bow ties are cool!
Posted by: Anonymous January 1st, 2011
im sorry dr who fans eastenders is obviously better cause more people watched staceys dramatic ending too alien sharks fying around havnt seen the xmas specal i liked the runaway bride one best easteders forever <3
Posted by: GERONIMODANNYBOY97 December 31st, 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Callum Precious December 31st, 2010
Well
I’ve Watch It
On Christmas Day
I Got A Present
Like
Doctor Who:The Eleven Doctors Action Figures
And Doctor Who Tardis Playset (With a New Look)
Happy New Year To All…
And To All A Good Night
Only Few Hours To Go Until 2011
Posted by: Calum Smith December 31st, 2010
Well Dreamland kind of does count because it is still a story from the Doctor Who world.
Posted by: R U N December 31st, 2010
Dr who coming second to Eastenders again?
It should of been:
1. Dr Who
2. The One Ronnie
3. Eastenders.
All Eastenders is some people arguing, and killing each other over boyfriends/girlfriends. Can’t belive its been on since 1985! Dr Who is way more exicting! But the two shows are very diffrent. Dr who is a sci-fi drama, Eastenders a soap opeara!
Series 6 looks amazing! Ood are back! China Dolls look creepy! River naked? Stetsons are cool! Cos they are! And the series will open with a two-parter and will be the fist dr who episodes ever to film in the US on location! Dreamland doesn’t count that was animated!
Posted by: :) :D December 30th, 2010
Now that Dr who episode was BY FAR the most christmassy episode of Dr Who in its history! I think that the Dr who xmas thing was good, FLYING SHARKS AND FISH THAT SWIM IN FOG! omg!
Very Funny! Some 1 liners! Micheal Gambon was great, ‘I dispise xmas!’ Katherine Jenkins good in her first acting role! Matt good as his is mostly! ALL cast members were good! But for oVERninght ratings 10.3m ain’t bad at all!
Series6 looks promising! STETSTONS ARE COOL! Then River shoots it! a bit like she shot his fez! OOD R BACK!
yey!
Posted by: The Pandorica December 30th, 2010
How has Eastenders got higher viewing figures than Doctor Who? Eastenders is rubbish!
Posted by: someone December 30th, 2010
Why are you all obsesed with eastenders it is rubbish, something like royal family should of come first or even dr who!!!
So there.
Posted by: A Doc Fan December 30th, 2010
A Christmas Carol
Thought the episode was entertaining. I like Matt’s Doctor, and like his different approach. I am confused as to why Amy and Rory are still in the programme. Please Mr Moffatt, can we go back to 1 companion for 1 season. At this rate we will be heading for 3 companions in the show and that didn’t work when Peter Davison was the Doctor. Also can we go back to Murray Gold’s original theme too. With Amy and Rory can the Dr blow up one of the rooms in the tardis that they become trapped in?
Posted by: Anonymous December 30th, 2010
Disagrees wiith every1 who says dr who is better than EastEnders
Posted by: Anonymous December 30th, 2010
corrie should of been 2nd
Posted by: Anonymous December 30th, 2010
EastEnders is well better than dr who
Posted by: Anonymous December 30th, 2010
yey come on eastenders bye bye stacey
Posted by: Anonymous December 30th, 2010
disagree with people who said it shuld of got more views than EastEnders cause on EastEnders Stacey (one of the best charecters left)and the truth was out Janine stabbed herself and as a longtime Doctor Who fan i found it was BORING and should of cme 4th with Coronation Street 2nd and Emmerdale 3rd.Dr who is getting boring and the episodes are begging to drag it is not as scary they should make it more scary and move the time slot up to 8:00 i found Merlin and The Sarah Jane Adventures more scary.Well done EastEnders you deserved it seeing Stacey have her Happy Ever After with Lilly was better than dr who once again well done EastEnders,it was always going to beat a childrens tv show.
Posted by: Anonymous April 9th, 2011
Doctor Who can be anything it wants to be.
Eastenders can only be a soap opera.
Posted by: doctor 24/7 December 30th, 2010
no it should be the most watched! it was much beter than ‘eastenders’
Posted by: Calum Smith December 29th, 2010
Yes, well quite a lot of us miss David Tennant, and I am certainly one. But I love Matt Smith’s approach to the show and the way he presents himself.
Posted by: Tom Farrell December 29th, 2010
Long time fan, all the way back to jon Pertwee. Have to say this year’s xmas special best ever and Matt Smith truly a find as the Doc. Don’t miss the previous chap…Tennant, was that his name, at all.
Bit disappointed that show only attracted 10.3 million viewers…didn’t think Amy and Rory needed to be in it at all…use of song at end to tie the whole thing together a stroke of genius…loved the shark…stetsons ARE cool! Can’t wait for new series.
I’ve waited nearly 40 years for Dr Who to be on at Christmas…so don’t knock it while it lasts, people.
Posted by: Steven :) December 29th, 2010
Does anyone else think that now The Doctor’s screwdrier was destroyed, he’ll start to use the one that River had in Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead?
Posted by: Calum Smith December 28th, 2010
It’d have been better if Amy and Rory weren’t in the special at all.
Posted by: B-Me December 28th, 2010
I watched the Christmas special (on Christmas night in the Caribbean) and I really enjoyed it for what it was… mainly a heartwarming story based on the classic, A Christmas Carol. Why do people feel that every Dr. Who episode must be about the “monster of the week”? There was no need for monsters in this episode. Although outlandish, I can accept the flying fish and sharks as a plot device. Also why are people harping on Amy & Rory in the police woman/roman century costumes? They made it clear that they were on the ship for their honeymoon and they were fantasy role playing for each other before the liner started to crash AND it was a running joke throughout the episode(just be glad that we weren’t subjected to Rory being in a gimp costume instead). Lastly, Katherine Jenkins’ singing was beautiful.
Posted by: biggestdoctorwhofanever! December 28th, 2010
I didnt like it. It was to confusing. I was so excited weeks before it premiered in the uk because of it being called “A Christmas Crol” and of it being based on Charles Dickins’ novel. Bt the idea of the fish were good.WIsh that the christmas special was totaly different and very exciting. Just like Tennents. But I am not saying that Matt’s first series was bad because I loved it. My favrioute episode was “the lodger”. It was amazing.
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Posted by: Ood sigma (mike) December 28th, 2010
Whilst I defend everyone’s right to their opinion why are some people always so quick to berate things as if it’s cool to criticise rather than offer a reasoned review. I’ve just watched the Christmas Day episode again and got so much more from it. So it’s not exactly Dickens or Shakespeare but it still packed a punch and was well written. I thought the writing, the production values and pacing was spot on. Why has everyone got such a downer on Katherine Jenkins? Even in the newspapers they were slagging her off! What she ever done to upset anyone?? Her singing was beautiful and was used in an ingenius way. For her first acting role I thought she did a cracking job especially as she was on screen with the might that is Michael Gambon! The moving dilema of the one you love only having one more day to live and you having the power to choose the right day was very well delivered and elevates this way beyond just a kids show.
Overall I wasn’t disapointed by the episode. It certainly entertained me for the hour and even caused a lump in my throat at times.
Special praise to The Mill, I thought the visuals were cinematic standard, try and watch it in HD and you will see what I mean.
If you compare this to anything coming out of the states at the moment I think it is head and shoulders above it all in terms of standard of writing, production values, imagination and having real heart.
I’m sure it will take its right place in the list of everyones favourites but lets not call it rubbish when it clearly wasn’t. Yes say it wasn’t the best or your favourite but it certainly can’t be described as rubbish as that’s just lazy and undignified of lovers and supporters of Doctor Who and quality British entertainment.
Here’s to 2011 and another exciting year of Doctor Who.
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Posted by: Andrew Hall December 28th, 2010
Dont like to complain but…well…i was a bit dissapointed. Thought the whole thing was a bit of a mess although there were a few nice elements – the sets and costumes of the locals were very good. I thought Matt was OTT in the first few scenes but eventually calmed down. I was glad Amy and Rory were kept in the background – i find them so annoying. Amy is no Donna! The story was ok but how lazy was the idea of the Fish just being sharks! I agree with Calum Smith on this one! Could the great Moffat not come up with an alien that could have been a better substitute rather than copping out with a cheap idea! If RTD had done this the fans would have been up in arms. And dont get me started on Catherine Jenkins! The whole episode seemed like an advertisment for her to sing a few times. Certainly not the best Xmas episode but at least the trailer for season 6 looks good…am pleased the Ood are back!
Posted by: Anonymous December 28th, 2010
Christmas Special was rubbish, but series 6 looks amazing!!!
:D
Posted by: Yukari December 28th, 2010
ONE OF MY FAV EPS BY FAR!!! X3
Posted by: Calum Smith December 27th, 2010
P.S. The fish…. well they were just pointless… and the shark(s)!
Posted by: Calum Smith December 27th, 2010
Well… well… well… Steven Moffat has proved he can be an excellent writer when he really puts his mind to things… with the Time of Angels and Blink and other sorts, but seeing as he wrote this when he was stuck back in April due to the volcanic ash, I assume his mind was all over the place thinking “Hmmm, well if planes come crashing down to earth due to volcanic ash, how about a cruise-liner crashing to earth because of some cloud-belt thingy which I didn’t understand a thing about”. What a lazy idea, I thought Steven Moffat was better than that. So uninspirational, especially taking the idea from A Christmas Carol and calling the bleeding story ” A Christmas Carol”. The idea of Amy and Rory being in police and centurion outfit was disgraceful, what happened there? – could they not get a costume in time so they just whipped out any old costume from LAST series and asked them to wear it? Also, this thing about a “clever” twist on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, I don’t mean to be really harsh, but if I was Charles Dickens looking down on that on Xmas Day, I’d be disappointed that my book/film had been made a mess of.
The whole idea of Marilyn Monroe was silly and there was no need for it, neither was the fact that Abigail was brought to life every Xmas Eve to “play” for about half an hour then go back in her little hutch. I’m not sure we even got a logical explanation as to why people were actually locked in those hutch-ey things.
My compliments are that Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Michael Gambon and Katherine Jenkins worked very hard to produce such a complicated, un-make-sense-able story. And what’s with “Half way out of the dark”? And I don’t see why Arthur Darvill was cast – he only had about 3 lines.
ALTHOUGH….
SERIES 6 LOOKS… A M A Z I N G !!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Cicero December 27th, 2010
An Amazing show – well done BBC
Posted by: blobfish December 27th, 2010
why so many bad comments? i loved it! a brillient twist and i loved THE RETURN OF THE FEZ AND TOM’S SCARF!
PS 25 jammy dojders and a fez
Posted by: king gerbil December 27th, 2010
i think this episode was awful!! They story was rubbish-nothing happened except the doctor constantly unfreezing a woman to play with her. the monster was rubbish-giant sharks-ooooooooh exciting, with AN even worse name-the fish. it was just very uninspired and boring. and amy was in her polcewoman outfit-but we barely got to see her. TOTAL RUBBISH
Posted by: Dalek Sec December 27th, 2010
I agree not all Dr Who eps need monsters! But i would like to see more Dalek action next next year! The new Daleks haven’t even got to show us their new weapons!
Posted by: %o December 27th, 2010
thats amazin!
Posted by: mulac December 27th, 2010
I loved it shows that you don’t have to be over the top & have monsters all the time a very clever twist on the Dickens novel
Posted by: Hector Sadler December 27th, 2010
It was great in Australia last Sunday 26th December. I also seen Dr.Who at the Prom.
Both were good
Posted by: mechas8n December 27th, 2010
and not a hint of Laaahn-dan
Posted by: Janie N December 26th, 2010
P.S. Loved the Dalek links for the ‘Home for Christmas’ series!!
Posted by: Janie N December 26th, 2010
I was really disappointed by this episode – Matt’s version of the Doctor is too ‘edgy’ & apart from the lovely singing this was poor
Posted by: Anonymous December 26th, 2010
is it cool on dr who
Posted by: biggestdoctorwhofanever! December 26th, 2010
Bilal and bodge4, i agree with you. i didnt get the episode at all. ,
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Posted by: stetons are cool December 26th, 2010
That was SUCH a good episode! 10.3 MILLION! BILMEY!
Posted by: The Pandorica December 26th, 2010
Return of the Fez in A Christmas carol!
Posted by: Bilal December 26th, 2010
The Christmas speical was rubbish
Posted by: bodge4 December 26th, 2010
i hated a christmas carol there wasnt enough action
Posted by: I Love Cybermen December 26th, 2010
I got a lot of Dr Who stuff for xmas so it was a true Who fans xmas!!! And the special really was special! And the trailor for the nxt series- great- ood r back!!! Only prob- no sign of any cybermen yet.
Posted by: BoeTie guy December 26th, 2010
it was brill I loved it
Posted by: the guy who needs no introduction! December 26th, 2010
thats amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: DoctorWhoDW December 26th, 2010
oh yeah forgot to say hope every1 watched doctor who and had a good day on christmas and first commentor (the 1st was one don eby me)
Posted by: DoctorWhoDW December 26th, 2010
Thasts alot but i thought it would have got more because Eastenders was Actutually pretty boring!