Doctor Who Christmas Special Becomes BBC America's Top Telecast

Durable sci-fi series turns 50 this year

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As it approaches the half-century mark, it's looking like Doctor Who may be BBC America's biggest transcontinental success. The Christmas Day special got just under a 1 in the demo—the best any telecast has ever done on the BBC's stateside network.

Doctor Who went from strength to strength in terms of pure popularity since its 2005 revival under the hand of Queer as Folk creator Russell T. Davies, and it's claimed even more fans since popular writer Steven Moffat took the helm in 2010.

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