‘Doctor Who’ 50th anniversary special sets ratings, Tumblr records

“Doctor Who� marked its 50th anniversary over the weekend by setting a few ratings records.

“Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor� -- the official semicentennial special of the cult British sci-fi series -- rounded up 3.6 million total Whovians on Saturday, according to Nielsen.

That included 2.4 million viewers for the daytime airing of the much-anticipated special, which was beamed live to 94 countries around the world to avoid spoilers. That was a best-ever rating for BBC America, which carries “Doctor Who� in the U.S.

The rest of the U.S. audience came from a repeat on BBC America during Saturday prime time.

As befitting its status as a cult favorite, “Doctor Who� also burned up social media over the weekend.

There were 14.5 million views of “Doctor Who’s� Tumblr on Saturday, more than for any other televised event, including the Super Bowl and the MTV Video Music Awards.

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But the American ratings paled beside those in the U.K., where “Doctor Who� is an institution. The BBC said that 10.6 million Britons watched the program.

“Day of the Doctor� also earned recognition from the Guiness Book of World Records for the world’s largest simulcast of a TV drama.

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