The viewing figure for last Saturday’s premiere of Asylum of the Daleks on BBC America has been released, indicating that over 1.5 million tuned in to watch the Doctor’s latest adventure with his arch-enemy – giving the episode the highest audience for Doctor Who on the channel so far!

The full figure was reported as 1.555m, which comfortably overtook the previous highest rating of 1.268m achieved by last year’s series opener, The Impossible Astronaut.