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Thirteenth Doctor - First Season - Thoughts? (SPOILERS WELCOME)
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Depends how far back you go. Tom Baker had 14.5m with City of Death and 13.5m with Destiny of the Daleks.
The highest sine the 2005 revival is Voyage of the Damned, which, like you say, was a Tennant (Xmas) episode with 13.3m viewers. He had a few 10m+ eps.
This series is doing super well though! The Woman Who Fell To Earth had 10.9m, which is about twice what most of Capaldi's run did.
For "first episode" ratings (comparing like for like), Whittaker is in the lead with 10.9, followed by Ecclestone with 10.81, then Tom Baker with 10.8.
Mustrum_Ridcully
Hero
I am wondering - was Tom Baker already well-known before he became the Doctor? A(s a foreigner I really don't know much about UK actors in that time.) What about the others? I think Witthaker is actually the only one I knew before I watched them, because I saw the first season of Broadchurch. Does their popularity in any way influence those numbers?
I don't believe Tom Baker was particularly famous before he took on the role as he'd mostly only had small roles. Most of the actors that came afterwards were pretty well known beforehand though. Matt Smith was probably the first "unknown". I suspect that there is a small popularity factor, but most of the numbers would be fans seeing if the new actor is any good.
Erekose
Eternal Champion
Well as someone old enough to remember Jon Pertwee as the Doctor, and I've also read Tom Baker's autobiography, I can safely say he [Tom Baker] was unknown by the general public (and certainly by children) until he became the Doctor.
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