ABC’s Doctor Who special ‘Resolution’ secures 394,000 viewers

The BBC’s decision to shift the traditional Doctor Who Christmas special to become a less-holiday-specific broadcast in the new year gave its local broadcaster, the ABC, a marginal increase in viewers, according to OzTAM’s preliminary overnight ratings.

The 2017 Christmas special, starring the then-Doctor Peter Capaldi had 378,000 metro viewers. There was no Christmas special in 2018. Instead, the 2019 special starring Jodie Whittaker screened last night, and had 394,000 metro viewers.

Whittaker as the first female Doctor Who

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