Doctor Who managed to achieve an audience of 4.6 million for The Lodger when it was broadcast last night according to BARB. The Lodger faced strong competition last night from the first England Football match in the 2010 Fifa World Cup shown over on ITV1. Doctor Who managed to achieve an average audience of 4.31 million on BBC One with an additional 0.25 million over on the BBC’s HD channel.

Up against ITV1’s coverage of the England v USA match, Doctor Who could only secure a 22.3% share of the television audience. Doctor Who was the fourth highest programme of the day being also beaten by the Argentina v Nigeria and James Cordon’s World Cup Live meaning Doctor Who is currently the 35th most watched of the week. Final viewing figures for The Lodger will be released by BARB within the next ten days.