The ratings for the February 28 repeat viewing of The Mind Robber have been made available, showing a marked increase on Episode 4.

Coverage of the Winter Olympics pushed the broadcast time for Episodes 3 and 4 back to 7:50pm in direct competition with Coronation Street, pushing ratings down to 1.5m.

Episode 5 bounced back in it’s normal timeslot, scoring a healthy 3.46m viewers and placed 10th for the week on the BBC Two chart. The episode scored the highest viewing figures of the ongoing repeat season.