An improvised show inspired by Doctor Who is taking to the stage in Melbourne from tomorrow for a seven-date weekly run.

Time Lord is being put on by The Impro Box and will be performed by Rob Lloyd with members of the improvisational troupe. Made up on the spot, it will centre on a fan presenting an audience-suggested adventure about the Doctor.

The show will be at Club Voltaire in Raglan Street every Wednesday at 7.30pm from 31st October to 12th December. Tickets can be booked via The Impro Box.

Lloyd previously performed the one-man Doctor Who-themed comedy show Who, Me at the Melbourne and Adelaide Fringe Festivals, Armageddon Expo 2011, and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

The Angels Take Manhattan has averaged 552,000 viewers in the five major Australian capital cities. It was the top-rating ABC drama of the day and the tenth-highest-rating programme of the day overall. These figures do not include regional and rural viewers, time-shifted viewers, and iView downloads.

Extra dates have been added to the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular taking place this December at the Sydney Opera House.

The show now runs from Saturday 15th December until the following Wednesday 19th December and will feature music from the TV series composed by Murray Gold.

The show will be presented by special guests Alex Kingston (“River Song”) and Mark Williams (“Brian Williams”) with music performed by The Metropolitan Orchestra, conducted by Ben Foster.

Full details and how to book can be found via the Sydney Opera House website.

An Australian politician has started a campaign for Doctor Who to film an episode in Australia.  Federal Nationals Party MP George Christensen has launched a campaign to bring the program to Australia in 2015 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who's first Australian screening in 1965. The Queensland-based MP wants the program filmed in his coastal electorate and suggests that bringing the show down under could help stimulate Australia's film and tourism industry.

"As an avid Doctor Who fan, I would love to see the TARDIS materialise in Australia and, most importantly, it would be a tremendous boost to tourism in Bowen and the Whitsundays, as well as to the local economy," Mr Christensen said.

In a letter to Steven Moffat, he said Doctor Who was inextricably linked to Australia because the very first episode, An Unearthly Child, was written by Australian Anthony Coburn. He also pointed out that two of the Doctor's former companions, Tegan Jovanka and Jo Grant, were played by Australians Janet Fielding and Katy Manning (born in the UK, but later an Australian citizen).

Mr Christensen has started an online petition, as well as establishing Facebook, Twitter and YouTube campaigns.

The Power of Three has averaged 565,000 viewers in the five major Australian capital cities. It was the top-rating ABC drama of the day and the thirteenth highest rating programme of the day overall. These figures do not include regional and rural viewers, time-shifted viewers and iView downloads.

A Town Called Mercy has averaged 556,000 viewers in the five major Australian capital cities. Up against the football finals, it was the top-rating ABC drama of the day and the ninth highest rating programme of the day overall.

After its success earlier in the year in Melbourne, the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular is to be performed at the Sydney Opera House over the 15th-16th December 2012.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday 24th September at 9:00am, but there is an "Insider" early-bird 20% discount booking that opens tomorrow morning, which can be received by signing up to a free enews list (note: there was a time limit for 6:00pm on the 18th for this in Australia, that has since passed).

Full details and how to book can be found via the Sydney Opera House website.

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship has averaged 577,000 viewers in the five major Australian capital cities. Up against the football finals, it was the top-rating drama of the day and the seventh highest rating programme of the day overall.

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Asylum of the Daleks has debuted in Australia to good ratings. The series debut averaged 549,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. Up against the football finals, it was the top-rating drama of the day and the eighth highest rating programme of the day overall. These figures follow the episode setting a daily viewer record for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation iView internet TV service, recording 75,900 plays on its first day. All episodes of series 7 will debut on iView immediately after their broadcast in the UK.

Fans have noted that when the weekly episode is on made available to viewers on Sundays via ABC iView, it is at approximately 5am or 6am local time - making it very close to the transmission time in the UK!


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