The BBC has revealed the extent to which Sunday's announcement of the next Doctor took over the twitter-sphere, with the Corporation counting a total oftweets reacting to the news thatwould be taking on the role come Christmas.During the live show, Doctor Who Live; The Next Doctor , the number of tweets averagedper minute, jumping toa minute as the new Doctor was revealed, the highest TV tweet minute peak recorded this year.The tweet with the first photograph from the official site was re-tweeted overtimes.For most of Sunday, during the build up to the announcement, #DoctorWho trended in the UK. Showrunner Steven Moffat trended number 1 in the UK and worldwide while former Doctor David Tennant trended at number 3 worldwide. The Twitter domination continued and at one point 7 of the ten UK’s trends were Doctor Who-related.The audience for the live show peaked atin the UK and scored an Appreciation Index of