RATINGS: DOCTOR WHO RECEIVES SMALL BOOST FOR 'THE WELL' AS CONSOLIDATED FIGURES REVEALED

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 last weekend with The Well, which scored overnight audience of 1.9m. This was BBC One's highest primetime rating of the day.

BARB data has now been released which shows The Well has consolidated to 3.24m after 7-days. This figure includes those who watched from 8am on the day of release, and includes those who watched on devices such as phones and computers.

Overall, the episode was the 25th most-watched programme of the week, but the BBC's biggest programme of the day and the third overall across all channels.

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: 2.0m

Consolidated (7-days): 3.57m

Episode 2

Overnight: 1.57m

Consolidated (7-days): 3.05m

Episode 3

Overnight: 1.90m

Consolidated (7-days): 3.24m

Episode 4

Overnight: 1.51m

Consolidated (7-days): TBC

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