Marc P
Tuesday 3rd May 2011 1:21pm
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Doctor Who loses more than 1m
SATURDAY: Doctor Who lost more than a million viewers following its worst launch since the franchise was rebooted
From Broadcast.
If they lose the kids they are in trouble - and I'm not sure those two openers helped!
SATURDAY: Doctor Who lost more than a million viewers following its worst launch since the franchise was rebooted.
The sci-fi drama, starring Matt Smith and Karen Gillan, continued on last week's story in the Utah desert with an audience of 5.38m (30.49%) from 6pm to 6.45pm on BBC1 and BBC1 HD, according to overnight Barb figures supplied by Attentional.
It was more than a million viewers down on last week's series six launch audience of 6.51m (36.66%) - the lowest debut since Doctor Who was resurrected in 2005.
The continued good weather is unlikely to have helped the doctor's cause, but the audience figures will rise once consolidated and online viewing is taken into account. Last week's episode had a consolidated rating of 8.86m.