Competition roundup 16th January 2011

Saturday, 15 January 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Here is a list of the currently known competitions related to Doctor Who:

SiteClosing DateCompetition
DrWho Online31st JanWin one of three copies of Meglos.
DrWho Online31st JanWin the Series Five Boxed Set [members only]
Collectors Club of Great Britain31st JanWin The Eleven Doctors Collectors Set.
Model Railways Live31st JanWin a Bachman Class 221 'Dr Who' Super Voyager.
Whovian Netn/aWin one of three copies of the official 2011 Calendar when they reach 1000 Twitter Followers
Eye of Horus31st JanWin one of ten copies of The Mutants.




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Ratings Competition Winners

Tuesday, 4 January 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: RatingsBARB have now issued the official ratings for the Week Ending 26 December, confirming A Christmas Carol has a final rating of 12.11 million viewers. Once figures for those watching on HD are factored in, the programme finished fourth for the week, behind EastEnders, Coronation Street and the new Matt Lucas and David Walliams comedy, Come Fly With Me.

Only eight other Doctor Who episodes have ranked fourth or higher in the weekly charts, including Matt Smith's first story, The Eleventh Hour.

Thank you to all those who entered our Christmas Competition.

The standard was high with over 25% of answers within half a million of the correct answer.
The highest guess was an optimistic 15.48 million and the lowest a pessimistic 7.4 million.
Doctor Who: Ratings
Only one person, Peter Hart of Oxford in the United Kingdom, correctly guessed the exact number of 12.11 million.

He wins an Eleventh Doctor Christmas Adventure Set and as a bonus for guessing the exact number we will be sending a DVD of A Christmas Carol.

We have five runners up who also win an Eleventh Doctor Christmas Adventure Set.
  • Chris Chalmers of London (12.10 million)
  • Russell Reinke of Lake Wales, Florida (12.12 million)
  • Kevin James Kirby of Camarillo, California (12.12 million)
  • Lyndsey Robinson of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire (12.08 million)
  • Sharon Vincent of Carterton, Oxfordshire (12.14 million)




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Ratings Competition Winners

Tuesday, 4 January 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: RatingsBARB have now issued the official ratings for the Week Ending 26 December, confirming A Christmas Carol has a final rating of 12.11 million viewers. Once figures for those watching on HD are factored in, the programme finished fourth for the week, behind EastEnders, Coronation Street and the new Matt Lucas and David Walliams comedy, Come Fly With Me.

Only eight other Doctor Who episodes have ranked fourth or higher in the weekly charts, including Matt Smith's first story, The Eleventh Hour.

Thank you to all those who entered our Christmas Competition.

The standard was high with over 25% of answers within half a million of the correct answer.
The highest guess was an optimistic 15.48 million and the lowest a pessimistic 7.4 million.
Doctor Who: Ratings
Only one person, Peter Hart of Oxford in the United Kingdom, correctly guessed the exact number of 12.11 million.

He wins an Eleventh Doctor Christmas Adventure Set and as a bonus for guessing the exact number we will be sending a DVD of A Christmas Carol.

We have five runners up who also win an Eleventh Doctor Christmas Adventure Set.
  • Chris Chalmers of London (12.10 million)
  • Russell Reinke of Lake Wales, Florida (12.12 million)
  • Kevin James Kirby of Camarillo, California (12.12 million)
  • Lyndsey Robinson of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire (12.08 million)
  • Sharon Vincent of Carterton, Oxfordshire (12.14 million)




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BBC America TARDIS Building Contest

Saturday, 25 December 2010 - Reported by Harry Ward
BBC America have launched a competition to find the best homemade TARDIS.

The first place winner will be awarded the grand prize of a Doctor Who screening event at a venue in their area in September 2011, with a maximum of 50 guests, plus one copy of every episode of Doctor Who currently available on DVD in the United States.

Judging will be based on documentation of the following:
  • Most original design of the TARDIS
  • Most creative use of materials
  • Most creative placement in a public location
  • Most Facebook likes on wheresthetardis.com


The competition is open only to legal residents of the Continental United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) who are eighteen years of age or older at the time of entry.

More information can be found at WheresTheTARDIS.com




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BBC America TARDIS Building Contest

Saturday, 25 December 2010 - Reported by Marcus
BBC America have launched a competition to find the best homemade TARDIS.

The first place winner will be awarded the grand prize of a Doctor Who screening event at a venue in their area in September 2011, with a maximum of 50 guests, plus one copy of every episode of Doctor Who currently available on DVD in the United States.

Judging will be based on documentation of the following:
  • Most original design of the TARDIS
  • Most creative use of materials
  • Most creative placement in a public location
  • Most Facebook likes on wheresthetardis.com


The competition is open only to legal residents of the Continental United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) who are eighteen years of age or older at the time of entry.

More information can be found at WheresTheTARDIS.com




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Win the Eleventh Doctor Christmas Adventure Set!

Tuesday, 14 December 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The Doctor Who News Page is offering readers a chance to win the Eleventh Doctor Christmas Adventure Set which is released next week, in our Christmas Competition.

The set includes two 5-inch action figures: The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond with police uniform and also features a non-electronic TARDIS with opening front doors.

Five Gift sets are up for grabs.

To be in with a chance of winning, simply tell us your prediction for the total BBC One audience, to the nearest 10,000 viewers, for the Christmas Day showing of A Christmas Carol.

Just to clarify, we are looking for the final confirmed audience as published by BARB in January. This figure includes those who record the programme and watch it within one week and it includes those watching on BBC One HD. It does not include those watching on iPlayer.

Please also give your estimate for the final figure for the BBC Three/BBC HD Christmas Day showing of Doctor Who Confidential. This figure will be used as a tie breaker in the event of a draw for the prize. In the event of a further draw the winner will be chosen at random.

To help you estimate the figure, ratings for the previous episodes of Doctor Who transmitted on Christmas Day were:

1965 - 5.50pm - The Feast of Steven - 7.90 million
2005 - 7.00pm - The Christmas Invasion - 9.84 million
2006 - 7.00pm - The Runaway Bride - 9.30 million
2007 - 6.50pm - Voyage of the Damned - 13.31 million
2008 - 6.00pm - The Next Doctor - 13.10 million
2009 - 6.00pm - The End of Time Part One - 12.04 million


Entries should be sent to the Doctor Who News Page at doctorwhocompetitions@gmail.com - please include your answers, name, address and daytime contact number.

Only one entry is allowed per person.

Entries must be received by 6pm, 25th December 2010 UK Time.


In the meantime, there are a number of other Doctor Who related competitions online that you might also wish to enter, listed below:

SiteClosing DateCompetition
Toxic Magazine15th DecWin a Nintendo DS and a copy of Evacuation Earth, with the game for five runners up. Registration required, and restricted to under-18s
National Geographic15th DecWin Evacuation Earth with a DSi. This one is open to under 16s
Radio Times21st DecWin a Nintendo Wii console, and a copy of Return to Earh; simply answer 15 questions on television trivia
Love Offers22nd DecWin a sonic screwdriver from Doctor Who
Fortean Times22nd DecWin one of three sonic-screwdrivers
DrWho Online31st DecWin one of three copies of The Complete Series Five boxed set to win.
Eye of Horus10th JanWin one of ten copies of Meglos.
Love Offers12th JanWin one of five copies of Return to Earth.
Webuser12th JanWin one of five copies of Return to Earth Wii games to win.
Whovian Netn/aWin one of three copies of the official 2011 Calendar when they reach 1000 Twitter Followers
Eye of Horus31st JanWin one of ten copies of The Mutants.


 




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Win the Eleventh Doctor Christmas Adventure Set!

Tuesday, 14 December 2010 - Reported by Marcus
The Doctor Who News Page is offering readers a chance to win the Eleventh Doctor Christmas Adventure Set which is released next week, in our Christmas Competition.

The set includes two 5-inch action figures: The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond with police uniform and also features a non-electronic TARDIS with opening front doors.

Five Gift sets are up for grabs.

To be in with a chance of winning, simply tell us your prediction for the total BBC One audience, to the nearest 10,000 viewers, for the Christmas Day showing of A Christmas Carol.

Just to clarify, we are looking for the final confirmed audience as published by BARB in January. This figure includes those who record the programme and watch it within one week and it includes those watching on BBC One HD. It does not include those watching on iPlayer.

Please also give your estimate for the final figure for the BBC Three/BBC HD Christmas Day showing of Doctor Who Confidential. This figure will be used as a tie breaker in the event of a draw for the prize. In the event of a further draw the winner will be chosen at random.

To help you estimate the figure, ratings for the previous episodes of Doctor Who transmitted on Christmas Day were:

1965 - 5.50pm - The Feast of Steven - 7.90 million
2005 - 7.00pm - The Christmas Invasion - 9.84 million
2006 - 7.00pm - The Runaway Bride - 9.30 million
2007 - 6.50pm - Voyage of the Damned - 13.31 million
2008 - 6.00pm - The Next Doctor - 13.10 million
2009 - 6.00pm - The End of Time Part One - 12.04 million


Entries should be sent to the Doctor Who News Page at doctorwhocompetitions@gmail.com - please include your answers, name, address and daytime contact number.

Only one entry is allowed per person.

Entries must be received by 6pm, 25th December 2010 UK Time.


In the meantime, there are a number of other Doctor Who related competitions online that you might also wish to enter, listed below:

SiteClosing DateCompetition
Toxic Magazine15th DecWin a Nintendo DS and a copy of Evacuation Earth, with the game for five runners up. Registration required, and restricted to under-18s
National Geographic15th DecWin Evacuation Earth with a DSi. This one is open to under 16s
Radio Times21st DecWin a Nintendo Wii console, and a copy of Return to Earh; simply answer 15 questions on television trivia
Love Offers22nd DecWin a sonic screwdriver from Doctor Who
Fortean Times22nd DecWin one of three sonic-screwdrivers
DrWho Online31st DecWin one of three copies of The Complete Series Five boxed set to win.
Eye of Horus10th JanWin one of ten copies of Meglos.
Love Offers12th JanWin one of five copies of Return to Earth.
Webuser12th JanWin one of five copies of Return to Earth Wii games to win.
Whovian Netn/aWin one of three copies of the official 2011 Calendar when they reach 1000 Twitter Followers
Eye of Horus31st JanWin one of ten copies of The Mutants.


 




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SFX Competition

Wednesday, 9 June 2010 - Reported by Marcus
SFXSFX Magazine, in association with BBC Books, have launched a competition looking for a new description for the Eleventh Doctor, written in the style of Target Books legend, Terrance Dicks.

Fans of the paperback series, which ran through the 70's and 80's will remember Dicks's classic descriptions of the various regenerations of the Doctor. A new description of the Eleventh Doctor is now needed for the new range of BBC Books and SFX are asking their readers to come up with one. Entry's need to be submitted by Twitter so need to be 119 characters or less. They must have the tag #SFXWHO at the end and sent to @SFXmagazine.

The winning phrase, as judged by Terrance Dicks himself, will be used in one of the future Eleventh Doctor books.




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Reminder: Utopia Competition

Friday, 16 April 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Just a quick reminder of our competition to win tickets to the Fantom Films convention Utopia is still open until midday, Sunday - full details here!




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Competition: win tickets to Utopia!

Monday, 12 April 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster


To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Fantom Films, readers of the Doctor Who News page are being offered a special opportunity to win a variety of their products!

Utopia is their flagship event of the year, and takes place over the weekend of 15th/16th May at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire. We are pleased to be able to offer a pair of tickets to the convention as first prize in a competition, with a number of items of merchandise produced by Fantom for the runner ups.

FIRST PRIZE:
A pair of weekend tickets to Utopia 2010, giving full access to all interview panels, autograph sessions, workshops, evening entertainment, and much much more!

SECOND PRIZE:
A limited edition hardback edition of Mary Tamm's first autobiography First Generation, signed by Mary, and an audiobook from our wide selection of titles.

THIRD PRIZE:
A copy of interview CD Cult Conversations, featuring Deborah Watling and Gareth David Lloyd.

To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer the following question:

Deborah Watling's autobiography Daddy's Girl is launched at Utopia - what part did Deborah's father Jack play in Doctor Who?

Entries should be sent to Fantom Films at the competition address - please include your answer, name and daytime contact number.

Entries must be received by 12 noon, 18th April 2010, and winners will be picked at random.


Fantom Films

In recent years we have presented our own acclaimed specialist Doctor Who events bringing a selection of well known names, first time signers and rare guests from the Whoniverse together at an affordable rate. The centre piece of these events is our annual Utopia convention, and for 2010 Utopia has just got bigger! For the first time Utopia will be presented over two days at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire on the weekend of the 15th/16th May. It will also see the launch of new books from both Deborah Watling and Victor Pemberton!

Over the past five years Fantom Films havw released over 30 audio books; and in the past year we have successfully expanded into book publishing, including autobiographies from Deborah Watling, Barry Letts and Mary Tamm.




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