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The First Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
Season 1
8 42 8.1
Season 2
9 39 10.5
Season 3
10 45 7.6
Season 4
2 8 5.7
Totals: 29 134 8.0

Average Viewers (millions)
 8.0
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The Second Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
Season 4
7 35 7.5
Season 5
7 40 7.2
Season 6
7 44 6.4
Totals: 21 119 7.0

Average Viewers (millions)
 7.0
The Best Story
The Worst Story

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The Third Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
Season 7
4 25 7.2
Season 8
5 25 8.0
Season 9
5 26 8.3
Season 10
5 26 8.9
Season 11
5 26 8.8
Totals: 24 128 8.2

Average Viewers (millions)
 8.2
The Best Story
The Worst Story
Inferno (5.7)

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The Fourth Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
Season 12
5 20 10.0
Season 13
6 26 10.1
Season 14
6 26 11.1
Season 15
6 26 9.0
Season 16
6 26 8.6
Season 17
6 26 11.2
Season 18
7 28 5.8
Totals: 48 178 9.4

Average Viewers (millions)
 9.4
The Best Story
The Worst Story
Meglos (4.6)

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The Fifth Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
Season 19
7 26 9.2
Season 20
7 23 7.1
Season 21
6 20 7.2
Totals: 20 69 7.8

Average Viewers (millions)
 7.8
The Best Story
The Worst Story

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The Sixth Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
Season 21
1 4 7.1
Season 22
6 13 7.1
Season 23
4 14 4.8
Totals: 11 31 6.3

Average Viewers (millions)
 6.3
The Best Story
The Worst Story

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The Seventh Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
Season 24
4 14 4.9
Season 25
4 14 5.3
Season 26
4 14 4.1
Totals: 12 42 4.8

Average Viewers (millions)
4.8 
The Best Story
The Worst Story

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The Eighth Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
TV Movie 1 1 9.1 

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The Ninth Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
Season 27 (New Series 1)
10 13 7.9
Totals: 10 13 7.9

Average Viewers (millions)
7.9
The Best Story
Rose (10.8)
The Worst Story

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The Tenth Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
Season 28 (New Series 2)
11 14 7.8
Season 29 (New Series 3)
11 14 7.7
Season 30 (New Series 4)
11 14 8.4
Season 30 (New Series 4 Specials)
Specials
4 5 11.5
Totals: 37 47 8.9

Average Viewers (millions)
8.9
The Best Story
The Worst Story

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The Eleventh Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
Season 31 (New Series 5)
10 13 7.7
Season 32 (New Series 6)
12 14 7.9
Season 33 (New Series 7)
15 15 7.8
Season 33 (New Series 7 Specials)
Specials
2 2 12.0
Totals: 39 44 8.9

Average Viewers (millions) 9.1
The Best Story The Day of The Doctor (12.8)
The Worst Story The Lodger, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and The Crimson Horror (6.5)

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The Twelfth Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
Season 34 (New Series 8)
11 12 7.3
Season 35 (New Series 9)
10 14 6.3
Season 36 (New Series 10)
13 14 5.8
Totals: 34 40 6.5

Average Viewers (millions) 6.5
The Best Story Deep Breath (9.2)
The Worst Story The Eaters of Light (4.7)

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The Thirteenth Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
Season 37 (New Series 11)
11 11 7.6
Season 38 (New Series 12)
9 11 5.4
Season 38 (New Series 12)
4 9 4.7
Totals: 24 31 5.9

Average Viewers (millions) 5.9
The Best Story The Woman Who Fell to Earth (10.5)
The Worst Story Legend of the Sea Devils (3.5)

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The Fourteenth Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
Season 40 (60th Anniversary Specials)
3 3 7.2
Totals: 3 3 7.2

Average Viewers (millions) 7.2
The Best Story The Star Beast (7.6)
The Worst Story The Giggle (6.8)

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The Fifteenth Doctor


Season Number of Stories Number of Episodes Average Viewers (millions)
Season 41 (New Series 14)
1 1 7.5
Totals: 1 1 7.5

Average Viewers (millions) 7.5
The Best Story The Church on Ruby Road (7.5)
The Worst Story The Church on Ruby Road (7.5)

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Overall Totals


Total Number of Stories 303
Total Number of Episodes 875

Average Viewers (millions) 7.8

The Best Season Season 33 (New Series 7 Specials) (12.0)
The Worst Season Season 26 (4.1)

The Best Story City of Death (14.5)
The Worst Story Legend of the Sea Devils (3.5)

Season 40 (7.2) Season 39 (4.7) Season 38 (5.4) Season 37 (7.6) Season 36 (5.8) Season 35 (6.3) Season 34 (7.3) Season 33a (12.0) Season 33 (7.8) Season 32 (7.9) Season 31 (7.7) Season 30a (11.5) Season 30 (8.4) Season 29 (7.7) Season 28 (7.8) Season 27 (7.9) Season 26 (The Movie) (9.1) Season 26 (4.1) Season 25 (5.3) Season 24 (4.9) Season 23 (4.8) Season 22 (7.1) Season 21 (7.1) Season 21 (7.2) Season 20 (7.1) Season 19 (9.2) Season 18 (5.8) Season 17 (11.2) Season 16 (8.6) Season 15 (9.0) Season 14 (11.1) Season 13 (10.1) Season 12 (10.0) Season 11 (8.8) Season 10 (8.9) Season 9 (8.3) Season 8 (8.0) Season 7 (7.2) Season 6 (6.4) Season 5 (7.2) Season 4 (7.5) Season 4 (5.7) Season 3 (7.6) Season 2 (10.5) Season 1 (8.1)


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