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"Doctor Who achieved record ratings in the US with its latest episode. The seventh series opener &amp;#039;Asylum of the Daleks&amp;#039; gave BBC America its highest ever audience figures on Saturday (September 1).  Broadcast on the same day as the UK, the episode was seen by 1.55 million people in the US. The audience total is 23% higher than last year&amp;#039;s equivalent episode. The sci-fi series also attracted a record audience of 75,000 through Australia&amp;#039;s iView, while it won its second best ever ratings in Canada with 620,000 viewers. The episode matched its sixth season premiere in the UK, topping the evening&amp;#039;s ratings with 6.9 million. &amp;#039;Asylum of the Daleks&amp;#039; saw the Doctor (Matt Smith) on the Daleks&amp;#039; planet Skaro, reuniting with Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Davill). Matt Smith has described the Eleventh Doctor as a &amp;quot;loose cannon&amp;quot;. Doctor Who continues this Saturday (September 8) on BBC One and BBC America with &amp;#039;Dinosaurs on a Spaceship&amp;#039;. Watch a trailer for &amp;#039;Dinosaurs on a Spaceship&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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