There, Season 11 episodes averaged 8.1 million viewers across the first nine, while Peter Capaldi’s farewell season only averaged around 5.4 million viewers through its twelve episodes.
In fact, only two Season 10 episodes were watched by more people than Season 11’s least-viewed installment.
In the UK, Jodie Whittaker’s advantage is even more noteworthy, if because the audiences there are much larger on the whole where Doctor Who is concerned.