RATINGS: DOCTOR WHO 'THE STORY & THE ENGINE' 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 Story & The Engine, which scored overnight audience of 1.6m. This was BBC One's highest primetime rating of the day.

BARB data has now been released which shows The Story & The Engine has consolidated to 2,704,000 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, it ranked 35th for the week, but just remained the BBC's biggest show of Saturday night - just ahead of Casualty which was watched by 2,645,000.

The synopsis for the episode reads: "In Lagos, the mysterious Barber reigns supreme. The Doctor discovers a world where stories have power, but can he stop the Spider and its deadly web of revenge?"

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): 2.80m

Episode 5

Overnight: 1.58m

Consolidated (7-days): 2.70m

Episode 6

Overnight: 2.6m

Consolidated (7-days): TBC

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