6.91 million watched the UK transmission of Kill the Moon according to consolidated figures available today, which include those recording the programme and watching within one week of transmission.

The final chart position should be available later in the week.

5.08 million viewers watched Doctor Who: Mummy On The Orient Express, according to unofficial overnight figures.

Doctor Who, which had a share of 22.1% of the audience, was the third most watched programme of the day. Top of the chart was Strictly Come Dancing which had 8.65 million viewers. Over on ITV The X Factor was top with 7.55 million watching.

The episode of Doctor Who was broadcast at 8.37pm making it the latest showing for the series in its entire history.

Doctor Who is currently 19th for the week. Final figures should be available next Sunday.

The BBC has released a preview of the singer Foxes talking about her cameo in tonight's episode of Doctor Who, Mummy On The Orient Express.

The singer, who appears in the episode screened tonight on BBC One, performs a cover version of the 1979 Queen single, Don't Stop Me Now. The full version is available on Foxes' official YouTube channel.

The latest Radio Times free downloadable retro poster, created by designer Stuart Manning, for Mummy On The Orient Express is now available.

Manning told Radio Times:
Mummy On The Orient Express will be broadcast at 8.35pm on BBC One. Full broadcast details here.

Doctor Who The Caretaker was the twentieth most watched programme for the week on British Television, according to figures provided by Barb.

The episode was the 7th most watched programme on BBC Television for the week, with the new series of Strictly Come Dancing taking top position.

Overall Downton Abbey was the highest rated programme of the week with 10.46 million watching, once ITV HD and ITV+1 figures are added in. The X Factor also did well with all three editions rating higher than Doctor Who. The top soaps, Coronation Street, EastEnders and episodes of Emmerdale all entered the top twenty.

Full Ratings Data for week

The last Doctor Who episode to fall outside the top twenty was Nightmare in Silver in May 2013.

The BBC have confirmed that the ninth episode in the current run of Doctor Who, Flatline, will broadcast in the UK on 18th October at the slightly earlier time of 8:25pm.

The programme will once more follow Strictly Come Dancing and will be followed by Casualty. On the other main UK channels the episode is scheduled against ITV's The X Factor (which airs from 8:00pm to 9:20pm), a repeat of Dad's Army, on BBC2, Grand Designs on Channel 4, and World War II in Colour on Channel Five.

The BBC has released a new set of pictures from the next episode of Doctor Who - Mummy On The Orient Express, which debuts next Saturday.
Written by Jamie Mathieson and directed by Paul Wilmshurst.

Doctor Who Kill The Moon had an Audience Appreciation Index or AI score of 82.

The Appreciation Index or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The score, out of a hundred, is compiled by a specially selected panel of around 5,000 people who go online and rate and comment on programmes.

Overall Doctor Who rated slightly higher with women than with men and scored the highest within the 16-35 age group. 45% of the sample thought the programme felt 'Fresh and New'.

Strictly Come Dancing topped the ratings for Sunday with 8.84 million viewers, while The X Factor and Downton Abbey took 2nd and 3rd place. Doctor Who is currently in 26th place for the week. Final figures will be published next week.

The Sunday repeat of Kill the Moon on BBC Three had an overnight estimate of 0.29 million viewers, a 1.2% share of the audience.