Doctor viewers fall to new low

RATINGS for the latest series of Doctor Who were the lowest since the show returned to screens in 2005, new figures reveal.

The BBC One sci-fi favourite attracted an average audience of just 5.5 million during its latest run, which ended on July 1.

This was down 500,000 on the figure for the previous series in 2015, and almost 2 million below the average ratings for 2014. The 2017 series – the last to feature Peter Capaldi in the title role – also saw the lowest audience to date for a single episode: 4.7 million, which was recorded for story The Eaters of Light, broadcast on June 17. Capaldi’s first story as the Doctor, Deep Breath, had an audience of 9.2 million.