Amy Pond and Rory Williams's Doctor Who departures were watched by a peak of 6.4 million viewers on Saturday night.
Steven Moffat's final episode for Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill's companions scored an average overnight audience of 5.9m (26.9%) between 7.15pm and 8pm, with extra viewers watching the story's climax in the last five minutes.
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The Angels Take Manhattan', currently BBC iPlayer's 'Most Popular' request, stands as series seven's second most popular episode behind 'A Town Called Mercy', which managed 6.6m.
Doctor Who will air a Christmas special later this year, before the remaining eight episodes of the series are screened sometime in 2013.
Elsewhere yesterday, 8.32m (35.9%) watched The X Factor's Judges' Houses stage from 8pm, while 420k (2%) caught up on ITV1 +1.
The Xtra Factor, which has previously held up well this year, slumped to 608k (3.1%) in a later 9.50pm slot on ITV2.
Back on ITV1, Red or Black? mustered 3.23m (15.2%) from 7.15pm (+1: 111k/0.5%) and 2.84m (14.3%) from 9.50pm (+1: 147k/1%). The Jonathan Ross Show followed with 2.25m (14.5%) and 155k (1.8%) on timeshift. Fool Britannia amused 2.16m (12.5%) earlier at 6.45pm (+1: 104k/0.5%).
BBC One's lineup featured Total Wipeout (3.2m/18.8%), Secret Fortune (3.58m/15.7%), Casualty (3.72m/15.8%) and Match of the Day (3.83m/23.8%).
Classic Dad's Army topped BBC Two's night with 2.04m (9.3%) at 7.30pm, while The Thick of It tickled 913k (4.4%) at 9.45pm.
Meanwhile, CSI: Miami anchored Channel 5's evening with 1.15m (5.8%). Channel 4's highest audience of the night came at 9pm for The Million Pound Drop Live, which had just 845k (4%).
Overall, ITV1 led the primetime race with 25.2% (+1: 1.2%), ahead of BBC One's 20%, BBC Two's 5.9%, Channel 5's 4.4% (+1: 0.2%), and Channel 4's 3.1% (+1: 0.3%).
