The Next Doctor achieved an Appreciation Index figure of 86, which is making it the second most appreciated programme on mainstream television of Christmas Day. The Appreciation Index is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. It is scored out of 100, based on responses from a selected panel. The average score for a normal drama on BBC1 and ITV1 would get is 77. A score past 85 is known as excellent but a score below 60 is known as poor. The only programme that has a better figure than Doctor Who was Wallace and Gromit which got 88.