Season 8 Premiere of Doctor Who Set Record on British TV
The first episode of the eighth season of BBC's Doctor Who, which premiered on Saturday 23 August 2014, attracted approximately 6.8 million people, setting a new UK TV premiere record since 2010. This is reported by the Deadline edition. In general, the full-length episode, in which Peter Capaldi debuted as Time Lord, was watched by 7.3 million viewers of the BBC One channel. In turn, the premiere record among the seasons of the renewed series belongs to the first season, released in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor. Then the first episode attracted 9.9 million people. Capaldi's image of the twelfth incarnation of the time traveler received flattering reviews from British critics. who called him the Doctor `` wise and contemplative, '' and his debut was `` flawless. '' In the first episode of Season 8, Deep Breath, the Doctor and his companion Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman) travel to Victorian London and encounter a dinosaur raging on the Thames. The Topic of Article: Season 8 Premiere of Doctor Who Set Record on British TV. |
