Unquiet Audience

8.3 Million makes episode three Saturday's top show.

Episode Three of Doctor Who was another strong ratings scorer, beating a Royal Wedding (6.2 million), a Grand National (7.3 million), and Casualty (8.0 million).

The Welsh Zombies also saw off Geordie boys Ant and Dec (7.1 million), gaining a 36.7 per cent audience share.

The programme followed the trend of previous weeks, and gained over a million viewers across the episode, starting out at 7.7 and climbing to 8.9.

The scarier themes proved a hit with audiences - the Doctor Who inbox was flooded with praise from parents gleefully reporting their offspring still cowering behind various soft furnishings (and even a pair of curtains).

Next week, of course, Big Ben blows up. Who's going to miss that?