Doctor Who: Rosa was watched by 6.39 million viewers, a share of 29.6% of the total TV audience, according to unofficial overnight figures.

Most programmes during the day scored lower than the previous week. Top for the day was Strictly Come Dancing – The Results with 8.65 million watching. Countryfile had 4.91 million viewers. The BBC drama The Cry had 5.32 million watching. On ITV the highest rated programme was The X Factor – Results with 4.02 million viewers. Against Doctor Who, The Chase Celebrity Special had 3.27 million watching.

Although the ratings are down on the previous two weeks, they still make Doctor Who the fourth most-watched programme of the week, behind two episodes of Strictly Come Dancing, and the Channel 4 game show The Great British Bake Off, which had 6.42 million watching. It beat every edition of Coronation Street and EastEnders.

Official figures, which will be released next Monday, will include those who recorded the episode and watched it later. They are expected to be considerably higher than the initial figures.