'Waters of Mars' seen by 9.1m

David Tennant's penultimate outing as The Doctor in 'The Waters of Mars' drew 9.13m (33.9%) for BBC One last night, early figures show.

The second of this year's specials, which aired last night in the 7pm hour, topped the Easter Sunday ratings logged by 'Planet of The Dead', which drew a respectable 8.41m (39.6%) back in April.

Over on ITV, The X Factor result show's uninterrupted ratings rise since the live Sunday episodes began came to an end last night, dipping slightly with 14.3m (47.9%) tuning in for Jamie Archer's exit between 8pm and 9pm. Last week, Lucie Jones's shock exit had 14.36m (49.4%).

The series nine opener of I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here from 9pm put in 9.76m (36.1%) in the 90 minutes from 9pm.

Top Gear's return to BBC Two for its 14th series attracted 5.48m (19.1%) at 9pm, before Miranda took 1.74m (7.4%). Earlier in the evening, Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness attracted 1.9m (6.4%).

BBC One's Antiques Roadshow and Garrow's Law: Tales From The Old Bailey put in 5.81m (19.5%) and 4.47m (15.5%) at 8pm and 9pm respectively.

Channel 4's Come Dine With Me logged 1.36m (4.6%), before its 9pm film Flags Of Our Fathers retained 1m (4.6%).

Five's film double bill began with Towering Inferno at 6.50pm, which had 765k (2.7%) between 6.50pm and 9.55pm. Then, comedy Dude, Where's My Car? was watched by 551k (3.4%).

Overall, ITV1 dominated primetime with an average share of 34.6% to BBC One's 21.5%. BBC Two was third with 10.2%, Channel 4 fourth with 3.8% (+1: 0.4%), and Five had 2.5%.

Over on the multichannel stations, Holly Willoughby's Xtra Factor averaged 1.11m (4.1%) from 9pm.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional