Here in Germany DOCTOR WHO was not show until recently when they broadcast the relaunched Doctor starting with Christopher Eccleston - at that time (2008) David Tennant was already in his third year at the BBC. So it came really too late and was badly advertised. It was shown Sunday afternoon on a private channel to low ratings, it got cancelled then broadcast again to better ratings, but not a real hit even though it build a large fan base.

The spin-off TORCHWOOD is far more successful, shown in the evening, where it has the best ratings for the channel, especially CHILDREN OF EARTH (broadcast only two months after BBC), I assume because the viewers who are not familiar with the decades long history of DOCTOR WHO feel not like outsiders. Even though I like Tennant as the Doctor I prefer Torchwood's Captain Jack Harkness - I would not say that about anyone else but he really looks good in the Luftwaffe jacket.