The season finale of DOCTOR WHO captured hearts, minds and viewers on Saturday night, winning its timeslot and boosting the series to become the most-watched in the history of SPACE, among total viewers. With the season now wrapped, The Doctor and his time-travelling TARDIS drew an average audience of 495,000 total viewers for Season 6A to set the new record. The episode, “A Man Goes To War”, was #1 among adult viewers (18-49 and 25-54) across all specialty television networks for the night.
When compared to Season 5, Season 6A of DOCTOR WHO has seen a 28% total audience increase, 53% among adults 25-54, 49% among adults 18-49, 44% for females 25-54 and a 45% increase in female viewers, 18-49.
In “A Good Man Goes To War”, Amy is kidnapped and The Doctor declares war on those responsible, assembling an army of allies to recover her. Meanwhile, River Song realizes that the Doctor’s darkest hour has come and she must reveal her greatest secret to the Time Lord. The Season 6A finale is now available for viewing on spacecast.com. DOCTOR WHO returns this Fall to SPACE.
Source: BBM Canada; Season 6A 4/23/10 – 6/11/11; Finale ranking among non-sports specialty networks; Audiences prior to August 31, 2009 based on Mark II measurement
