A peak of 10.6 million viewers tuned in to watch the return of Cheryl Fernandez-Versini to the X Factor, exactly double the peak audience of Doctor Who.
The BBC science fiction show, which overlapped with the X Factor for 15 minutes, had a peak audience of 5.3 million viewers.
The figure is down on the peak of 7.3 million who tuned in last weekend to see Peter Capaldi's debut as the Doctor in a feature-length opening episode of the series.
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