Germany: FOX confirm time for The Caretaker

Friday, 19 September 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster and Pascal Salzmann

With an 8:30pm timeslot for the new Doctor's sixth adventure The Caretaker announced by the BBC earlier this week, German broadcaster FOX have now confirmed that they will amend their schedule to accomodate the later time. The channel has to date aired the series at 9:00pm European time, a little later than the BBC One broadcast, but from the 27th September German viewers will be able to enjoy the episode simulataneously with those in the United Kingdom.

FOX told us:

Tatsächlich wird die BBC in UK am 27. September eine neue Sendezeit für "Doctor Who" testen. An diese Zeit müssen sich selbstverständlich alle ausstrahlenden Länder halten, um die Folgen nicht vor der Weltpremiere zu zeigen. Episode 6 ist am 27. September um 21.30 Uhr gleichzeitig zur UK-Ausstrahlung auf Fox zu sehen.

It is indeed the case that the BBC in the UK is going to test a new airtime for "Doctor Who" on 27th September. All broadcasting countries have to change their schedules, of course, to not broadcast the episode before the world premiere. Episode 6 will be shown at 27th September, 9.30pm, at the same time as in the UK.

The series is currently broadcast in English on Saturday evenings, preceeded by the previous episode with subtitles; the entire series is due to be repeated with a German soundtrack from the 15th November.

FILTER: - Germany - International Broadcasting - Series 8/34

Moments in Time: the first international broadcast

Thursday, 18 September 2014 - Reported by Paul Scoones and Chuck Foster

On the 23rd November 2013 the world celebrated Doctor Who reaching its fiftieth anniversary, receiving a Guinness World Record as some 94 countries were officially recorded as having shown the anniversary episode. However, the 18th September 2014 sees another milestone celebrated as, fifty years ago, An Unearthly Child was to receive its first-ever international broadcast.

The country in question was New Zealand, with the Doctor's very first appearance outside the United Kingdom to be broadcast by Christchurch's CHTV-3. The episode was shown at 7:57pm, sandwiched between news programme NZBC Reports... and a documentary about Dr. Gordon Seagrave, The Burma Surgeon Today, and was introduced by the weekly magazine The New Zealand Listener as:

The first of a new adventure series about an exile from another world and a distant future, travelling with his granddaughter and two London school teachers through time and space. Starring William Hartnell as Doctor Who and Carol Ann Ford (sic) as his granddaughter. In tonight's episode Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, two school teachers, decide to try and find out more about one of their pupils who is puzzling them.

You can read the country's introduction to the Doctor from the Listener below.

CHTV-3 Schedule for 18 Sep 1964 (Credit: The Listener)

Article on series (Credit: The Listener)

FILTER: - First Doctor - International Broadcasting - Moments in Time - New Zealand

The Caretaker time confirmed for 8:30pm

Wednesday, 17 September 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster

With the return of Strictly Come Dancing to Saturday evenings from the 27th September, the BBC have confirmed that the sixth episode in the current run of Doctor Who, The Caretaker, will air from 8:30pm in the evening. On the other main UK channels the episode is scheduled against ITV's The X Factor (which airs from 8:00pm to 9:20pm), The Ryder Cup on BBC2, Grand Designs on Channel 4, and World War II in Colour on Channel Five.

This is only the second occurrence in the history of the show that a new episode has ever been scheduled so late in the evening, with only the singular outing for Paul McGann in the TV Movie being broadcast at the same time in 1996.

The later time-slot does not impact the North American broadcasts on BBC America and SPACE, and the early morning Australian simulcast on ABC will be adjusted accordingly - however, FOX in Germany currently have the episode scheduled for 9:00pm (8:00pm UK time) - it is expected that this will be revised shortly.

The terrifying Skovox Blitzer is ready to destroy all humanity - but worse, and any second now, Danny Pink and the Doctor are going to meet.

When terrifying events threaten Coal Hill school, the Doctor decides to go undercover.

FILTER: - Broadcasting - Series 8/34

Australian overnight ratings for Listen

Tuesday, 16 September 2014 - Reported by Adam Kirk

Against stiff competition from the commercial networks, Listen averaged 661,000 in the five major

Australian capital cities and was the twelfth highest rating program of the day overall in the big cities (these figures do not include regional and rural viewers or time shifted viewers). It was the second highest rating drama of the day (after ANZAC Girls). For the first time this series, Doctor Who also slipped outside the top ten national programs as well (which includes the five major capitals and regional and rural viewers).

Media Links: Crikey: Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: Big Brother bombs for Ten (paywall); TV Tonight

FILTER: - Australia - Broadcasting - Ratings - Series 8/34

Australian overnight ratings for Listen

Tuesday, 16 September 2014 - Reported by Adam Kirk

Against stiff competition from the commercial networks, Listen averaged 661,000 in the five major

Media Links: Crikey: Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: Big Brother bombs for Ten (paywall); TV Tonight

FILTER: - Australia - Broadcasting - Ratings - Series 8/34

Germany: FOX to broadcast German dub of Series 8 in November

Monday, 15 September 2014 - Reported by Pascal Salzmann

FOX Deutschland has announced today on Facebook that they are going to broadcast Series 8 dubbed into German from November 15th. They will show two episodes every Saturday at 7.15 pm.

Here is the full statement by FOX:

Liebe DOCTOR WHO-Fans, es gibt Neuigkeiten! Ab dem 15. November zeigen wir euch die deutsche Fassung der 8. Staffel immer samstags ab 19.15 Uhr in Doppelfolgen!

Alle Sendetermine in der Übersicht:

Ab 15. November: TV-Premiere der deutschen Fassung immer samstags in Doppelfolgen ab 19.15 Uhr
Zurzeit: Samstags, 21.00 Uhr, englische Fassung parallel zur Weltpremiere
Zurzeit: Samstags, 20.10 Uhr, englische Fassung der Vorwoche mit deutschen Untertiteln

Dear DOCTOR WHO-fans, we have news! We will present to you the german version of Series 8 on 15th November, always two episodes Saturdays at 7.15 pm!

All broadcasting dates:

15th November: TV premiere of two episodes of the german version every Saturday at 7.15pm
Currently: Sataurdays, 9 pm, english version in simulcast to the world premiere
Currently: Saturdays, 8.10 pm, english version with german subtitles of last week's episode

As previously reported FOX was forced to change their plans at the last minute, transmitting Deep Breath and every episode since in english instead of german, after BBC Worldwide failed to deliver the material needed for the dub in time. BBC Worldwide issued an apology but were unable to state when they were willing to deliver the material needed.

FILTER: - BBC Worldwide - Broadcasting - FOX - Germany - International Broadcasting - Series 8/34

Time Heist - Press Details

Wednesday, 10 September 2014 - Reported by Marcus

The BBC have released details of the fifth episode of the upcoming series of Doctor Who Time Heist.

The episode has been confirmed for transmission on BBC One on Saturday 20th September at 7.30pm

The Doctor turns bank robber when he is given a task he cannot refuse - to steal from the most dangerous bank in the cosmos.

With the help of a beautiful shape-shifter and cyber-augmented gamer, the Doctor and Clara must fight their way past deadly security and come face to face with the fearsome Teller: a creature of terrifying power that can detect guilt.

The episode will follow Pointless Celebrities, the quiz show based on guessing the least likely answer, and will be followed by The National Lottery: In It to Win It. Against the Doctor ITV will once more offer a celebrity edition of the quiz show The Chase and the next edition of The X Factor.

FILTER: - Broadcasting - Series 8/34 - UK

More Who on Horror

Monday, 8 September 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster

The Horror Channel has announced an additional seventeen Doctor Who stories are to be added to its line-up from October:

Following the success of the Who On Horror season, that saw 30 classic Doctor Who stories broadcast on Horror Channel, BBC Worldwide and Horror Channel have agreed to an additional set of 17 re-mastered episodes, starting on Monday 13th October.

For the first time on UK television, Horror Channel viewers will be able to watch re-mastered episodes that were only released on DVD by BBC Worldwide last year. There will be more from the Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee eras with additional stories featuring Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy.

The iconic adventures continue with the Doctor Who and The Silurians serial, starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor and his roadster, Bessie. The series then leads into weekday double-bills in daytime and evening slots.

Available to watch from October are such stories as Inferno, Carnival of Monsters, The Time Warrior, The Sontaran Experiment, The Sun Makers, and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.

Alina Florea, Director of Programming for Horror Channel, said:

It's been great to be able to offer our regular fans the classic Doctor Who content, but it’s equally exciting to see Time Lord devotees flock to Horror Channel in greater number and take part in the various on and off air activities that resulted in a surge in viewership and social media interaction. With the newer batch of re-mastered episodes, there will be even more reasons for our viewers to tune in and stick around for more fright, thrill and shock.

Who On Horror has attracted over 3.8 million people since its launch in April. (data from BARB/Techedge)

Horror Channel broadcasts can be found via This Week in Doctor Who.

FILTER: - Broadcasting - Classic Series - UK

Australian overnight ratings for Robot of Sherwood

Monday, 8 September 2014 - Reported by Adam Kirk

Robot of Sherwood averaged 1.085 million national viewers in Australia (these figures include the five

major capital cities and regional and rural viewers). It was the second highest rating drama of the day (after ANZAC Girls) and the ninth highest rating program of the day overall. Excluding regional and rural viewers, this story averaged 681,000 viewers in the five major Australian capital cities and was the ninth highest rating program of the day overall in the big cities (again the second highest rating drama in the cities after ANZAC Girls). These ratings do not include time shifted viewers.

Media Links: Crikey: Glenn Dyer's TV ratings: audiences fade away from reality TV (paywall); TV Tonight

FILTER: - Australia - Broadcasting - Ratings - Series 8/34

Robot Of Sherwood to be edited

Thursday, 4 September 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster

The Doctor, Robin and Clara (Credit: BBC/Adrian Rogers)

The BBC have taken the decision to edit a brief scene from Robot of Sherwood when broadcast on BBC One this Saturday:

In light of recent news events, we have made an edit to episode three out of respect.

It is unknown at present whether the edit will be undertaken in other broadcasts around the world, or if this may impact the DVD/Blu-ray release of the episode in the future.

Update: BBC Worldwide for Australia and New Zealand have confirmed that both ABC and PRIME will be broadcasting the edited version of the episode.

The scene has been reported to feature a beheading of a character during the episode, which in light of the murder of journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff has been considered inappropriate for this broadcast.

This episode isn't the only one this series to have received the editing treatment. The South China Morning Post has reported that series premiere Deep Breath was edited for its broadcast on BBC Entertainment in the Asia-Pacific region in order to ensure it met with broadcasting standards of all countries served by the channel regarding the depiction of same-sex relationships - with the moment where Vastra kisses Jenny to enable her to breathe being removed in this case.

FILTER: - Broadcasting - Series 8/34 - UK

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Germany: FOX confirm time for The Caretaker

Moments in Time: the first international broadcast

The Caretaker time confirmed for 8:30pm

Australian overnight ratings for Listen

Australian overnight ratings for Listen

Germany: FOX to broadcast German dub of Series 8 in November

Time Heist - Press Details

More Who on Horror

Australian overnight ratings for Robot of Sherwood

Robot Of Sherwood to be edited

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