Next Saturday sees the premiere of The Wedding of River Song - the final episode in the current series of Doctor Who - broadcast on BBC1/BBC1HD at 7:05pm, 1st October in the United Kingdom; it then follows on SPACE in Canada at 8:00pm ET, on BBC America in the United States at 9:00pm ET, and on ABC1 in Australia at 7:30pm on the 8th October.



The BBC have also released an introduction to the episode in the form of a special scene taking place before the story begins:

The nominations for the sixth annual Stonewall Awards have been announced, and include the following recognisable names amongst this year's shortlists:

• Matt Smith features in the Entertainer of the Year category, nominated for his role as Christopher Isherwood in the recent BBC film Christopher and His Kind; other shortlisted include Jane Hazlegrove (Kathleen Dixon in Casualty), Harry Derbridge (The Only Way is Essex), Christopher Plummer (Hal in Beginners) and Jessie J (singer).
• Torchwood features in the Broadcast of the Year category, alongside other shows like Lip Service (BBC3), The World’s Worst Place to be Gay (BBC3), The Night Watch (BBC2), and Jamie’s Dream School (Channel 4).

The awards take place on 3rd November at the V&A in London - see the Stonewall site for full details.

This evening sees the penultimate episode of this series of Doctor Who, Closing Time, and the BBC have released two short preview clips to introduce the episode, plus a brief introduction from the episode's director Steve Hughes alongside guest star James Corden:

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Radio One presenter Greg James will be making a cameo appearance in the episode, and on Wednesday he broadcast his experiences on set for filming back in March; this can be heard worldwide via the BBC iPlayer until 28th September (segment starts from 1:40:38).

Final figures show Doctor Who: The Girl Who Waited was the 13th most watched programme of the week.

Final Figures include those who record the programme and watch it within seven days, but do not include those watching on iPlayer where a million have so far accessed the episode. The included figures helped Doctor Who edge ahead of a episode of Coronation Street to take the 13th position.

Torchwood Episode Nine finished the week as number 36 in the chart.

The BBC have released three video clips to introduce the next edition of Doctor Who Confidential, Open All Hours, which is due to be broadcast on Saturday 24th September on BBC3/BBCHD at 8:00pm, straight after Closing Time.



The episode will be available via the BBC iPlayer after broadcast until 8th October.

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The BBC have also released a number of publicity photographs for Closing Time:

Doctor Who will go head to head with The X Factor, when the series finale is transmitted on Saturday 1st October.

The Wedding of River Song has been scheduled for 7.05pm on BBC One, directly following on from the first live Saturday show of this year's Strictly Come Dancing. The programme forms part of a double bill of fantasy on the channel with the story being followed by the season premier of Merlin.

Both are up against ITV1's biggest hitter in the form of The X Factor which starts at 7.30pm, half way through Doctor Who. The contest has reached the stage where celebrity guest stars will help whittle the number of contestants down from 32 to the final 16. The first half of Doctor Who will face All Star Family Fortunes, which just edged ahead of Doctor Who on overnight figures last week. This edition features Christopher Bisson of Emmerdale and McFly's Harry Judd.

Against the Doctor, BBC Two will be showing Frost on Nixon, not the film but an interview with TV presenter David Frost talking to broadcaster Joan Bakewell about his landmark interviews with former US president Richard Nixon. Channel 4 will be showing Channel 4 News followed by X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the 2009 spin-off prequel from the action fantasy X-Men series, starring Hugh Jackman. Channel Five will be showing the 1965 film Battle of the Bulge, starring Henry Fonda and Robert Shaw.

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The Sarah Jane Adventures will return at 5.15pm on CBBC on Monday 3rd October, with episode two being shown at the same time on Tuesday.

Episode Nine of Torchwood, The Gathering, had a final consolidated audience of 4.63 million viewers according to figures released by BARB.

The episode was the 17th most watched programme on BBC One for the week.

No figures have been published for ITV1 for the week, so a chart position for Torchwood and Doctor Who is not yet available. Figures should be released later in the week.

Doctor Who: The God Complex had an Appreciation Index, or AI score of 86.

The AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the episode. The score puts the programme in the excellent category.

The latest figures, for the April to June quarter, show that the average AI for BBC One has risen to 82, the highest score in the channel's history.

The BBC collects appreciation index (AI) figures from an online panel of 19,000 adults, who are asked to score programmes they have watched or listened to out of 10. Responses are then averaged into a score out of 100.

The AIs for BBC One and BBC Two rose by a point each on the last quarter, to 82 and 84 respectively, while BBC Three, remained static on 84 and BBC Four dropped one point to 84.

Last week's Doctor Who story, The Girl Who Waited, had a final consolidated rating of 7.60 million viewers with a share of 30.8% of the audience.

Consolidated figures include those who record and watch the programme within seven days. The final rating is much more accurate than the initial overnight figure and is based on the actual broadcast time of the programme, rather than its scheduled time.

BBC One's highest performing programme of the night was the launch of Strictly Come Dancing, with 8.31 million viewers

A chart position will be released later this week when final figures from the whole week are available.

Next weekend sees the the premiere of Closing Time, the penultimate episode in the current series of Doctor Who, broadcast on BBC1/BBC1HD at 7:10pm, 24th September in the United Kingdom; it then follows on SPACE in Canada at 8:00pm ET, on BBC America in the United States at 9:00pm ET, and on ABC1 in Australia at 7:30pm on the 1st October.



Writer Gareth Roberts talked to the BBC about writing the episode, and producer Denise Paul discusses what to expect from the story: