DVD Release Information

Friday, 27 July 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

TVSHOWSONDVD.com has announced some dates on the upcoming DVD releases in North America.

November 6th sees a trio of releases in North America. Arc of Infinity and Time-Flight are the classic series releases, with The Complete Series Three of the new series rounding out the day.

Series Three is currently slated for release in the UK on November 27th, although the BBC Shop is listing a November 5th release date.

January 8th will see the DVD release of Torchwood: Series One in North America.

FILTER: - USA - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

DW Goes Online in Canada

Thursday, 26 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Viewers in Canada can currently watch episodes of series three online via theCBC website.

The content is region protected and only accessible in Canada.

FILTER: - Canada - Online - Series 3/29

Return of the Ood

Wednesday, 25 July 2007 - Reported by R Alan Siler

One of the New Series' most popular monsters, the Ood, are scheduled to reappear in the Fourth Series, according to the Times Online and confirmed on the Official Site.

The Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna (Catherine Tate) will encounter the fearsome aliens in an episode called "Planet of the Ood".

Show runner Russell T. Davies commented: "We're delighted the Ood are making a welcome return to Doctor Who. They were last seen falling into a black hole back in series two and we think it's only fair for the viewers to find out what the Ood have to say for themselves. Donna is certainly in for a shock."

According to the article, the episode will delve into the Oods' origins. No word yet on when in the series this episode occurs.

FILTER: - Production - Series 4/30

Time Warrior DVD Update

Monday, 23 July 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

The Restoration Team updated its website today with details about the release ofThe Time Warrior on DVD in the UK.

The four-part story from December 1973 to January 1974, which started the final season of Jon Pertwee as the Doctor and introduced not only Elisabeth Sladenas companion Sarah Jane Smith but also the Sontaran race, will be out on September 3.

It will be the first time it has been available unedited.

FILTER: - Jon Pertwee - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Key To Time DVD Extras

Monday, 23 July 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

The official programme website has released details of the extensive extras on the forthcoming seven-disc Key To Time DVD box set release in the UK.

The six stories that comprised the 16th season, which aired in the UK between September 1978 and February 1979 and starred Tom Baker as the Doctor andMary Tamm as Romana, will be released on September 24.

The extras will include a documentary looking at the tenure of producer Graham Williams, deleted scenes and outtakes, excerpts from Blue Peter, Nationwideand Pebble Mill At One, location visits, Tom Baker reading five stories from the 1978 series Late Night Story, and the festive sketch recorded on the set of season finale The Armageddon Factor for the 1978 BBC Christmas Tape.

The Restoration Team website was updated today with full details as to the work done on the stories plus more about the extras.

FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Final Ratings

Thursday, 19 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Final data now available for Doctor Who Confidential gives the programme an average rating of 0.70 millionviewers. The average share was 4%.

Totally Doctor Who got an average rating of 0.75 million viewers which was a8% share of the audience. The highest rated show was programme 10, with 0.92 million.

Full ratings data for Season Three, including audience breakdown and Appreciation figures, is now available in theForum.

FILTER: - Ratings - Series 3/29

Rare Pictures Surface

Wednesday, 18 July 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

The Science and Society Picture Library has added to its site what are believed to be never-before-seen photographs of Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney and John Levene.

The set of seven pictures shows them at the opening of the BBC Visual Effects exhibition at the Science Museum in London in 1972.

Last month, the library made available for sale a print of the picture formed by joining together the two collectors' edition covers of Radio Times featuring the Doctor and the Master.

FILTER: - Production - Classic Series - Radio Times

Series Three Vol 4 Cover

Tuesday, 17 July 2007 - Reported by Kenny Davidson

Outpost Gallifrey has received the cover illustration for the forthcoming UK release ofSeries 3 Volume 4 on DVD. Due for release in the UK on August 20th 2007, the disc will feature the final episodes from the past season, including Utopia,The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords. Click on the thumbnail for a larger version of the cover.

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Blu-ray/DVD

Peter Tuddenham

Thursday, 12 July 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

Actor and voice artiste Peter Tuddenham has died at the age of 88 after a short illness.

His vocal talents were used in Doctor Who for The Ark in Space, The Masque of Mandragora and Time and the Rani, but he will also be well-known to cult TV fans for providing the voices of Zen, Orac and Slave in Blake's 7, which was created by Terry Nation.

In addition, Tuddenham was in the Kaldor City audio spin-offs Occam's Razor and Death's Head, which were Doctor Who/Blake's 7 crossovers produced by Magic Bullet.

(Thanks to David and Lesley McIntee.)

FILTER: - Obituary - Classic Series

Last of the Time Lords - Final Ratings

Wednesday, 11 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Official figures released by BARB show that the final episode of Season Three, Last of the Time Lords was watched by 8.61 million viewers, making it the 7th most watched programme on British television for the week.

The programme got higher ratings than three editions of EastEnders, one edition of Coronation Street and all editions of Emmerdale.

The Sunday repeat was the 3rd most watched programme on multi channel Television with 0.87 million viewers.

It was beaten by the Saturday edition of Doctor Who Confidential, which topped the multi channel charts with 1.02 million viewers, the highest rating the programme has ever achieved on this channel, narrowly beating the rating for last years season climax which had 1.01 million.

The Friday repeat of Episode Twelve, The Sound of Drums was 17th in the list with 0.62 million watching.

Final figures are much more accurate than the initial overnights and include those who recorded the programme and watch it within 7 days.

Top Twenty Programmes (we 1st July 2007)

1 CONCERT FOR DIANA (SUN 2010) - 12.22 - BBC1
2 CORONATION STREET (MON 1934) - 9.97 - ITV1
3 CORONATION STREET (MON 2029) - 9.91 - ITV1
4 CORONATION STREET (WED 1930) - 9.35 - ITV1
5 EASTENDERS (MON 1959) - 9.31 - BBC1
6 BBC NEWS (SUN 2230) - 9.24 - BBC1
7 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1905) - 8.61 - BBC1
8 EASTENDERS (TUE 1929) - 8.21 - BBC1
9 EASTENDERS (THU 1931) - 8.08 - BBC1
10 EASTENDERS (FRI 2000) - 7.97 - BBC1
11 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) - 7.82 - ITV1
12 EMMERDALE (MON 1902) - 7.53 - ITV1
13 CONCERT FOR DIANA (SUN 1530) - 7.39 - BBC1
14 EMMERDALE (TUE 1902) - 7.12 - ITV1
15 EMMERDALE (THU 1903) - 7.05 - ITV1
16 CASUALTY (SAT 2013) - 6.98 - BBC1
17 CORONATION STREET (SUN 1928) - 6.92 - ITV1
18 EMMERDALE (WED 1859) - 6.67 - ITV1
19 EMMERDALE (FRI 1903) - 6.33 - ITV1
20 THE BILL (WED 1959) - 6.30 - ITV1

Top Twenty Multi Channel

1 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sat 1957) 1,017,000 - BBC3
2 AMERICA'S GOT TALENT (2007) (Fri 2125) 977,000 - ITV2
3 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 1902) 807,000 - BBC3
4 FILM: LETHAL WEAPON 3 (Thu 2105) 777,000 - ITV2
5 FILM: LETHAL WEAPON 3 (Thu 2157) 752,000 - ITV2
6 EASTENDERS (Thu 2159) 714,000 - BBC3
7 HOME AND AWAY (Thu 1829) 695,000 - Five Life
8 HOLLYOAKS (Thu 1859) 680,000 - E4 In
9 HOME AND AWAY (Wed 1829) 670,000 - Five Life
10 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS UPDATE (Thu 2156) 667,000 - ITV2
11 HOLLYOAKS (Mon 1859) 648,000 - E4 In
12 HOME AND AWAY (Tue 1829) 645,000 - Five Life
13 EASTENDERS (Tue 2159) 644,000 - BBC3
14 LAST MAN STANDING (Tue 2101) 643,000 - BBC3
15 HOLLYOAKS (Wed 1859) 642,000 - E4 In
16 HOME AND AWAY (Mon 1828) 633,000 - Five Life
17 DOCTOR WHO (Fri 2101) 618,000 - BBC3
18 HOLLYOAKS (Tue 1859) 617,000 - E4 In
19 EASTENDERS (Mon 2200) 585,000 - BBC3
20 AMERICA'S GOT TALENT (2007) (Sat 1833) 567,000 ITV2

Source: BARB

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

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