SFX reports that the total accounts for the 819,000 viewers who watched the 10pm showing and the 687,000 viewers who watched at 11pm.

Written by creator Russell T Davies, Episode 1 of Torchwood‘s 10-part fourth series airs in the UK this week at 9pm on Thursday on BBC One, titled ‘The New World’.

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