Doctor Who was once again the most popular show on the BBC's iPlayer over the festive period with almost 2m online views, as requests for TV and radio programmes rose by a third compared to Christmas 2012.
The Christmas special, which saw Matt Smith bow out and Peter Capaldi regenerate as the 12th Time Lord, had 1.96m programme requests on the iPlayer, according to BBC figures published on Tuesday.
Doctor Who also topped the iPlayer Christmas viewing list in 2012, although with fewer viewing requests at 1.47m.
The latest iPlayer festive top five includes the Christmas Day and Boxing Day episodes of EastEnders, which proved less popular than usual on TV, and Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas special – the most watched UK show on 25 December.
The BBC said that it had 102m iPlayer requests for TV and radio programmes between 21 December and 1 January, with 80m for TV and 22m for radio.
This is a 32% year-on-year rise, although the BBC has measured one extra day this year compared to 2012.
New Year's Day proved to be the most popular ever day for the iPlayer, with 11m programme requests, excluding iPlayer data from Virgin Media's cable TV customers, which is not yet available.
Top 20 shows on the iPlayer – Christmas 2013
1 Doctor Who – The Time of the Doctor (Christmas Day) 1.96m
2 EastEnders – (Christmas Day) 1.59m
3 EastEnders – (Boxing Day) 1.38m
4 Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Day Special 1 – 1.36m
5 EastEnders – (27 December) 1.25m
6 Call the Midwife Christmas Day Special – 1.02m
7 Gangsta Granny (Boxing Day) – 1.01m
8 EastEnders - (New Year's Eve) 960,000
9 EastEnders - (30 December) 937,000
10 EastEnders – (Christmas Eve) 922,000
11 EastEnders – (23 December) 872,000
12 Still Open All Hours – (Boxing Day) 842,000
13 Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Day Special 2 – 820,000
14 EastEnders – (20 December) 793,000
15 Death Comes to Pemberley (Boxing Day) – 771,000
16 Citizen Khan Series 2 Episode 7 – 751,000
17 Michael McIntyre's Showtime (Christmas Day) – 643,000
18 Strictly Come Dancing Final (December 21) – 626,000
19 Nativity! – 586,000
20 Atlantis – Episode 12 Part 1 – 584,000
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