Doctor Who: The Pilot – Poll Results
For the past week you’ve been voting in our rate the episode poll for The Pilot. We’ve now closed the poll and you can view the results below:
The premiere garnered a warm response on social media, with many praising the introduction of new companion Bill, and that positivity is reflected in a strong set of results for the episode. Though comparatively few opted to give it full marks, the overwhelming majority of voters gave the episode a positive rating:
- Excellent (5/5) – 34.17%
- Very good (4/5) – 48.33%
- OK (3/5) – 15.83%
- Poor (2/5) – 1.67%
- Awful (1/5) – 0%
The episode had an average score of 4.15/5. That’s a solid score that puts the episode almost exactly level with the Series 9 average of 4.16, though it’s a notch down on the Series 9 opener’s average of 4.45/5. Our Series 10 leaderboard will start next week with Smile, but in the meantime, here’s the entire Capaldi era leaderboard, in which The Pilot comfortably slots into the upper half:
- Face the Raven – 4.57
- The Witch’s Familiar – 4.55
- Listen – 4.54
- The Zygon Inversion – 4.53
- Flatline – 4.48
- Mummy on the Orient Express – 4.47
- The Magician’s Apprentice – 4.454
- Heaven Sent – 4.450
- Dark Water – 4.43
- Under the Lake – 4.37
- The Husbands of River Song – 4.23
- Deep Breath – 4.20
- The Pilot – 4.15
- Hell Bent – 4.13
- Before the Flood – 4.054
- The Zygon Invasion – 4.048
- Last Christmas – 4.01
- The Caretaker – 4.0
- The Girl Who Died – 3.98
- Time Heist – 3.96
- Death in Heaven – 3.95
- Into the Dalek – 3.87
- The Woman Who Lived – 3.85
- Robot of Sherwood – 3.66
- The Return of Doctor Mysterio – 3.61
- Kill the Moon – 3.53
- In the Forest of the Night – 3.35
- Sleep No More – 2.92
We’ll have a new episode poll up for Smile tonight!