Last of the Time Lords - Overnight Rating
Sunday, 1 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who went out on a massive high with unofficial overnight figures showing that Episode Thirteen, Last of the Time Lordswas watched by 8.0 million viewers, a 39.1% share of the total television audience.
The programme was by far the most watched of the day, beating the second placed Casualty by nearly 1.5 million viewers.
The repeat of The Weakest Link: Dr Who Special was fifth with 4.5 million people watching.
ITV1's opposition, the feature film The Mummy averaged just 3 million viewers.
With just Sunday's ratings to come, Doctor Who is currently the 5th most watched programme of the week, virtually guaranteeing a top ten place when the final figures are compiled. It currently stands ahead of all episodes of Emmerdale, three episodes of EastEnders and one episode of Coronation Street.
The children's audience was 1.5 million which was a 55.6% share of the 4-15 year olds watching television.
On BBC3, Doctor Who Confidential was watched by 0.93 million making it the most watched programme on multichannel television with a 5.7% shareof the audience. This is the highest rating of the series and the second highest rating the programme has received on the channel.
Earlier in the day the showing of the compilation of the animated story Doctor Who - The Infinite Quest had 0.6 million viewers.
The programme was by far the most watched of the day, beating the second placed Casualty by nearly 1.5 million viewers.
The repeat of The Weakest Link: Dr Who Special was fifth with 4.5 million people watching.
ITV1's opposition, the feature film The Mummy averaged just 3 million viewers.
With just Sunday's ratings to come, Doctor Who is currently the 5th most watched programme of the week, virtually guaranteeing a top ten place when the final figures are compiled. It currently stands ahead of all episodes of Emmerdale, three episodes of EastEnders and one episode of Coronation Street.
The children's audience was 1.5 million which was a 55.6% share of the 4-15 year olds watching television.
On BBC3, Doctor Who Confidential was watched by 0.93 million making it the most watched programme on multichannel television with a 5.7% shareof the audience. This is the highest rating of the series and the second highest rating the programme has received on the channel.
Earlier in the day the showing of the compilation of the animated story Doctor Who - The Infinite Quest had 0.6 million viewers.