BBC News is reporting that the series two opener
of Doctor Who, New
Earth, starring David Tennant as the 10th Doctor, attracted over eight million viewers to BBC ONE in the U.K.
on Easter Saturday.The audience peaked at around 8.3 million viewers, not taking in to account those who had recorded the show to watch it later.
It was up against Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on ITV1, which netted around five million viewers in all.
9.4 million people tuned in to The Christmas Invasion towards the end of 2005, and 10 million tuned in to watch the opening episode of the season revival last year when Christopher Eccleston stepped into the Time Lord's Tardis for the first episode of the series in over 16 years.
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