It’s official – Doctor Who is back on top after nabbing their biggest season opener for ten years.
The Woman Who Fell to Earth, which aired yesterday night, saw Jodie Whittaker head off on an adventure for the first time as the long-running time traveller.
The landmark episode managed to rake in a staggering 8.2million viewers in the overnight figures, beating Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi as they took to the TARDIS for the first time as Eleven and Twelve respectively.
That’s a massive 40.1 percent share of Sunday night TV viewers.
When Matt joined the show in 2010, the raggedy doctor brought in 8.2million viewers, while Peter Capaldi only managed 6.8million in 2014.
However, despite her impressive efforts, David Tennant still reigns supreme in a Doctor debut, with 9.4million (but then again, use of BBC iPlayer wasn’t as prevalent, and neither was catch-up telly, so Jodie’s number could still be given a boost.)
Having been stranded in Sheffield, The Doctor met and befriended wannabe police officer-in-training Yaz, her old school friend Ryan, Ryan’s grandmother Grace, and her husband Graham.
Without even having the time to finish regenerating, The Doctor soon found themselves on a mission to discover who was hunting and killing a series of humans, seemingly at random.
Viewers were gripped as the team went on the mission across the northern town, which ended in a shock death and a cliffhanger that’s left us gagging for next episode.
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They praised the show for portraying the learning disability dyspraxia in one of the leading characters, and congratulated Jodie on a job well done as she fully regenerated into the Doctor character.
Now, they’re off on an adventure through time and space – starting with an alien planet.
(We still want to know where the TARDIS is though)
Doctor Who continues next Sunday at 6.55pm on BBC1.
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