The third edition of Doctor Who Insider will be available in North America from June 2nd.

In an exclusive interview, Arthur Darvill reveals he wants to write his own episode of Doctor Who, that he was cast for his massive arms, and shares his experience of filming in America.


Also in this issue:

• WASHINGTON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Actors Mark Sheppard and Stuart Milligan talk exclusively to Doctor Who Insider, sharing their experience of playing FBI Agent, Canton Everett Delaware III and President Richard Nixon in The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon.
  
• HERE’S TO THE FUTURE
  We track the evolution of mankind in Doctor Who as humanity escapes the confines of planet Earth and reaches for the stars.
  
• GOING FOR GOLD
  Insider talks exclusively to Murray Gold who has composed the music for Doctor Who
  since its return to TV in 2005.
  
• I WAS… ANAT Anna Barry casts her mind back to 1972 when she played the leader of a band of freedom fighters opposite Third Doctor, Jon Pertwee in Day of the Daleks.
  
• NEXUS POINT
  We recall the moment that the Doctor met himself – twice! – for the first time in The 
  Three Doctors.
  
• DATA FILE
  To coincide with the release of Time and the Rani on DVD, Insider takes a look at the 
  Seventh Doctor’s battle with his fellow Time Lord, the Rani in his very first adventure.
  
• TIME SCOOP Caught in the Time Scoop this issue are the Silurians, those xenophobic reptiles who are 
  sleeping beneath the Earth, waiting to re‐conquer their world.
  
• MERCHANDISE
  Previews of the latest Doctor Who merchandise, including Time and the Rani and 
  Frontiers on DVD featuring interviews with Wanda Ventham who plays Faroon in Time 
  and the Rani and Lesley Dunlop who was Norna in Frontios; we take a look at The BBC 
  Radio Episodes collection of Doctor Who audio dramas; and author Una McCormack
  guides us through the writing of her mysterious new Doctor Who novel, The Way 
  Through the Wood
• FAN ZONE A selection of photographs of fans and their incredible creations taken at the 2011 Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles. 
  

PLUS! The latest official news and a giant, double‐sided poster of Rory Pond and Time 
and the Rani!

After a shorter preview shown by Access Hollywood last week, Starz have now released their first full scene-driven trailer for Torchwood: Miracle Day, which runs to some 1 minute 46 seconds:

Doctor Who fans in North America will have an extra long wait to watch the conclusion to this week's episode The Rebel Flesh.

The second part of the two part story will not be broadcast on BBC America or Canada's SPACE until Saturday June 4. The reason is the Memorial Day holiday weekend which takes place in the States next weekend. Memorial Day commemorates U.S. soldiers who died while on military service and unofficially marks the start of the summer holiday season. TV schedulers try to avoid planning any new programming over the weekend when a large number of people are away from home.

BBC America will be broadcasting a series of episodes from Matt Smith's time as the Doctor over the weekend. Both channels will show The Almost People, the conclusion to the two part story, on 4th June.

Full listings can be found in This Week in Doctor Who.

BBC/Warner Home Video have announced that the first three series of Torchwood will be released as one complete boxed set in both Blu-Ray and DVD formats in the United States:
The series have previously been available individually in both formats, and though not specified it is believed the new boxed set repackages the original material from the earlier releases.

Torchwood: The Complete Original UK Series is due out in the United States on 19th July.

Monday's Today show on NBC featured the show's presenter Meredith Vieira visiting the set of Doctor Who and meeting some of the stars, including the current Doctor, Matt Smith, and River Song, Alex Kingston.

Today is America's most watched morning news and talk show. The feature is part of a series called Anchors Abroad, in which the shows presenters visit successful TV shows from around the world.

 

Both the US broadcast on BBC America and the Australian broadcast on ABC1 of the new series of Doctor Who have included an additional introduction before the main opening titles. This has been presented in a form of a reprise through the eyes of Amy of her adventures with the Doctor to date.


(with thanks to Anthony Swan

BBC Worldwide have revealed that the series premier of Doctor Who broke new records for BBC America giving the channel its highest-rated, most-watched telecast ever in Live + Same Day ratings.

Altogether Doctor Who delivered almost 1.3 million viewers in the states, a rise of 71,000 viewers over last season’s opening episode The Eleventh Hour.

The channel also notes

• Viewership across all of BBC America's Doctor Who YouTube content reached an all-time high of 3.5 million views.
• The official debut of Doctor Who on Tumblr reached over 10,000 followers in two weeks.
• Doctor Who is currently the number 1 TV series on the iTunes store.
• BBCAmerica.com pulled in its largest traffic ever. On its best day, Saturday, April 23, 74% of users were new visitors to the site.

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Meanwhile across the border on SPACE, a record 538,000 total viewers watched the premier in Canada, up 3% over the previous most-watched Doctor Who episode, making The Impossible Astronaut the most-watched SPACE broadcast this year.

The premiere also broke records among several key demographics including Adults 18-49 (up 7% with 292,000 viewers); Women 25-54 (up 50% with 111,000 viewers); and Women 18-49 (up 62% with 114,000 viewers).

The Impossible Astronaut, the first episode of Doctor Who's sixth series (or thirty-second season, if you prefer) will air tonight at 6:00pm BST on BBC One in the UK, at 9:00pm Eastern (6:00 Pacific) on BBC America in the USA, and at 8:00pm Eastern (5:00pm Pacific) on SPACE in Canada. US viewers will also be able to purchase episodes from iTunes or Amazon Instant Video.

After the episode airs, viewers in the UK will be able to view My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen on the CBBC channel. Doctor Who Confidential will follow on BBC Three at 7:00pm.

Finally, to tease the final hours before the debut of The Impossible Astronaut, the BBC's Doctor Who website has posted some potentially spoilerrific photos from the episode, as well as this enigmatic video under a link to "The Silence":

The second edition of Doctor Who Insider will be available in North America from May 5th.

In an exclusive interview, Karen Gillan reveals her thoughts on filming in America, Amy’s on-screen marriage, and what her hopes are for future episodes.The magazine also talks to one of Gillan's predecessors, Katy Manning, who played Jo Grant opposite Third Doctor Jon Pertwee in the Seventies.

Also in the issue

• AMERICAN ADVENTURES
The opening episodes of the new season are set in the USA and although this is the first time major filming for the series has actually taken place in America, this isn’t the Doctor’s first visit by any means.
• I WAS… COLONEL HUGH CURBISHLY
Christopher Benjamin reminisces about working with Jon Pertwee in the 1970 story, Inferno, playing Colonel Curbishly in The Unicorn and Wasp in 2008, and creating the much loved character of Henry Gordon Jago in 1977’s The Talons of Weng-Chiang – a role he has recently returned to on audio.
• NEXUS POINT
A look back at the moment that the Ninth Doctor confronted the Emperor Dalek in 2005’s dramatic season finale, The Parting of the Ways.
• DATA FILE
All the Doctor’s greatest foes gathered to entrap him in The Pandorica Opens. The guide shows you who exactly was there for this momentous moment.
• TIME SCOOP
The Time Scoop has collected the Silurians and the Sea Devils this issue. There is a closer look at the Earth’s original inhabitants and their encounters with the Doctor.
• MERCHANDISE
Previews of the latest Doctor Who merchandise, including Terror of the Autons and Planet of the Spiders on DVD featuring mini interviews with Richard Franklin who plays Mike Yates in both adventures; the Seventh Doctor gains a new companion in the audio adaptation of Lost Story, Crime of the Century from Big Finish Productions; and author Paul Finch tells how – and why – he gives the Doctor a rough time in his new novel Hunter’s Moon.
• FAN ZONE
A selection of photographs of fans and their incredible creations inspired by Doctor Who, including two lady Doctors and a tiki Dalek!

PLUS! The latest official news on the second half of the new series, and a giant, doublesided poster of Amy Pond and the Pandorica alien alliance!