The 7-day viewing figures have been revealed for the first episode of Doctor Who season 15, The Robot Revolution, with the episode being watched by 3.571 million viewers.
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The episode's ratings are similar to those for last season's Boom, while they are down on last season's premiere episode Space Babies, which was watched by 4.01 million. Further ratings will be revealed in future for viewership over the episode's first 28 days since release.
The episode introduced fans to Varada Sethu's new companion character Belinda Chandra, who will be seen across the season travelling with the Doctor, but trying to get home.
Doctor Who: The Robot Revolutions. BBC
The most recent episode, Lux, saw the TARDIS land in Miami in 1952, with the Doctor and Belinda facing off against Alan Cumming's Mr Ring-a-Ding AKA Lux.
Meanwhile, the next episode, The Well, will be set in the far future, with the duo visiting a devastated mining colony and facing "absolute terror".
It will guest star Rose Ayling-Ellis, Caoilfhionn Dunne and Christopher Chung, and has been written by showrunner Russell T Davies and Sharma Angel-Walfall.
He said: "Last year, we had Susan Triad popping up every week, but she had no idea who she was.
"This is the complete opposite – this is someone who clearly knows very much [who she is]... she kind of unveiled herself at the end of the last series, standing on a rooftop, with a parasol, in a white fur coat, in the snow, saying 'I'm going to bring absolute terror!' – so the gloves are off, really!"
Doctor Who season 15 continues on 26th April 2025, coming to BBC iPlayer at 8am and airing at 7:20pm on BBC One.
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