RATINGS: DOCTOR WHO RECIEVES BOOST FOR THIRD EPISODE, THE WELL

In the new series, audiences join The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) on an epic quest to get Belinda back to Earth. But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-travelling TARDIS team must face great dangers, ferocious enemies and wilder terrors than ever before.

Doctor Who continued on BBC One on Saturday 26th April with 'The Well' which scored overnight audience of 1.9m. The consolidated rating - which will include iPlayer, devices and catch-up, will be released w/c 05th May.

Overall, Doctor Who was up over 300k on last week, perhaps thanks to the football which aired directly beforehand. Doctor Who was the BBC's second biggest primetime programme of the day, only behind the football, and was fourth most watched across all channels, behind ITV's Britain's Got Talent and The 1% Club.

The synopsis for the episode reads: "Far in the future, on a tough, brutal planet, a devastated mining colony has only one survivor. To discover the truth, the Doctor and Belinda must face absolute terror."

SEASON 2 RATINGS SO FAR

Episode 1

Overnight: 2.00m

Consolidated: 3.57m

Episode 2

Overnight: 1.60m

Consolidated: TBC

Episode 3

Overnight: 1.90m

Consolidated: TBC

Doctor Who continues Saturdays on BBC One, with each episode available from 8am on BBC iPlayer.