3. The Series Is Now Watched By Over 70 Million People Around The World
No, your eyes do not deceive you! As of 2014,
Doctor Who has a global, and ever growing, audience of 70 million people which affirms it as one of the most popular franchises in the world as well as one of the BBC's top five grossing 'superbrands'. The ongoing escapades of TV's favourite Time Lord have been sold to over 50 territories and the series was recognised by the Guinesss World Records in 2013 when its 50th anniversary special,
The Day of the Doctor, was simultaneously broadcast in 94 countries. Not too shabby for a show that was once a shunned and ridiculed cult flop. Oh, how times change...