42 - Overnight Ratings

Sunday, 20 May 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who was once again top of Saturday's ratings chart with episode 7, 42 being watched by 7.0 million viewers according to unofficial overnight figures. The programme had a share of36.0% of the audience.

The show was tied with Match of the day Live as the most watched programme of the day, although the raw figures show Doctor Who leading by a tiny margin. It beat other shows on Saturday evening by almost a million viewers. The football claimed the highest peak of the day, with 11.5 million tuning in for the final fifteen minutes.

With just Sunday to go, the programme is currently 14th in the top programmes for the week.

Doctor Who was once more top of the children's chart with an audience of1.4 million 4-15's, a 57.7% share of this age group.

On BBC3, Doctor Who Confidential got an audience of 480,000 which was a 3.0% share and which made it 4th in the Multi Channel tables.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Utopia Preview Clip

Saturday, 19 May 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

Anyone who missed John Barrowman on yesterday's edition of Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - in which a preview clip from Utopia was to be shown, according to the official programme website - can catch it again early tomorrow (Sunday).

On the chat show, Barrowman talks about the return of Captain Jack Harkness to Doctor Who in Utopia, which is episode 11.

The repeat of Ross's show is due to be broadcast on BBC1 at 1.35am.

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Press

Friday Ratings

Saturday, 19 May 2007 - Reported by Marcus

In the absence of a new episode to repeat, BBC3 filled the schedules on Friday night with a showing of the first episode of Season Three,Smith and Jones. The programme was watched by 346,000 viewers, a2.0% share of the multi channel audience.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Michelle Collins on YouTube

Saturday, 19 May 2007 - Reported by Marcus

The BBC YouTube channel has been updated with the BBC Breakfast interview withMichelle Collins, guest star in this week's episode 42.

The interview includes a couple of clips from the episode.

Content may not be available outside the United Kingdom.

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Press

Week Eight Schedule - 7.10pm start

Saturday, 19 May 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Next week sees another change of time for Doctor Who with the transmission of Episode Eight, Human Natureallocated a 7.10pm start. The programme is placed between The People's Quiz and The National Lottery Draws, which is followed by Any Dream Will Do at 8.05pm.

On ITV1 Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon recreates Play Your Cards Right for the competition's grand final.

BBC2 offers an alternative with The Culture Show featuring Mark Kermode who flies south to the Cannes Film Festival and meets the Cohen brothers.

Channel 4 offers the News followed by the 1979 feature film Porridge in which Norman Stanley Fletcher and his cellmate Lennie Godber stumble on an escape plan during a celebrities-against-prisoners football match.

On Five Sport fans can enjoy Cricket on Five with highlights of the second day's play of the second npower Test match in the best of four series between England and the West Indies at Headingley

Doctor Who Confidential is on BBC3 at 7.55pm.

FILTER: - UK - Series 3/29 - Broadcasting

Series 3 Volume 2 DVD

Thursday, 17 May 2007 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

Outpost Gallifrey has received the cover illustration for the Series Three, Volume Two UK DVD release, which includes the episodes "Daleks in Manhattan," "Evolution of the Daleks," "The Lazarus Experiment," and "42". Click on the thumbnail for a larger version of the cover. The disc will be released later this summer.

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

Lazarus Experiment - Final ratings

Thursday, 17 May 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Final figures have now been published by BARB which show that Episode Six, The Lazarus Experiment, received an official rating of7.19 million viewers, making it the 12th most watched programme of the week.

Although the Episode was beaten by Monday's New Tricks, it outrated all episodes of Emmerdale and one edition ofEastEnders

On Multi Channel TV, the Sunday night repeat got an audience of0.98 million and was the 5th most watched programme after three football matches and the latest instalment of Katie and Peter.

The Saturday edition of Doctor Who Confidential came in at7th with0.80 million viewers and the Sunday repeat was 33rdwith 0.49 million.

Week Ending 6th May 2007

Top twenty Programmes

1 CORONATION STREET (MON 2030) - 9.55 - ITV1
2 CORONATION STREET (MON 1933) - 9.43 - ITV1
3 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (TUE 1930) - 9.29 - ITV1
4 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) - 9.07 - ITV1
5 CORONATION STREET (SUN 1928) - 8.99 - ITV1
6 CORONATION STREET (WED 1930) - 8.87 - ITV1
7 EASTENDERS (MON 2000) - 8.31 - BBC1
8 NEW TRICKS (MON 2059) - 7.98 - BBC1
9 HEARTBEAT (SUN 2000) - 7.89 - ITV1
10 EASTENDERS (FRI 1959) - 7.54 - BBC1
11 EASTENDERS (THU 1931) - 7.30 - BBC1
12 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1900) - 7.19 - BBC1
13 EMMERDALE (MON 1902) - 7.07 - ITV1
14 EMMERDALE (TUE 1900) - 7.04 - ITV1
15 EMMERDALE (FRI 1903) - 6.76 - ITV1
16 EASTENDERS (TUE 1929) - 6.74 - BBC1
17 EMMERDALE (THU 1902) - 6.61 - ITV1
18 CASUALTY (SAT 2045) - 6.59 - BBC1
19 MY FAMILY (FRI 2031) - 6.48 - BBC1
20 EMMERDALE (WED 1859) - 6.46 - ITV1

Multi Channel Top Twenty

1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LIVE (Wed 1900) 1,912,000 - Sky Sports
2 FORD SUPER SUNDAY (Sun 1530) 1,616,000 - Sky Sports
3 KATIE AND PETER: THE NEXT CHAPTER (Thu 2100) 1,208,000 - ITV2
4 LIVE FORD FOOTBALL SPECIAL-MATCH (Sat 1200) 1,089,000 - Sky Sports
5 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 2002) 984,000 - BBC3
6 LOST (Sun 2200) 842,000 - Sky 1
7 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sat 1944) 800,000 - BBC3
8 HOLLYOAKS (Wed 1859) 731,000 - E4 In
9 FORD MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (Mon 1930) 712,000 - Sky Sports
10 EASTENDERS (Thu 2200) 679,000 - BBC3
11 UGLY BETTY (Wed 2102) 672,000 - E4 In
12 HOLLYOAKS (Thu 1859) 665,000 - E4 In
13 FILM: KILL BILL: VOL 1 (2003) (Sat 2132) 656,000 - BBC3
14 AMERICAN IDOL (Fri 2131) 645,000 - ITV2
15 AMERICAN IDOL (Fri 2030) 641,000 - ITV2
16 60 SECONDS (Sun 2000) 610,000 - BBC3
17 HOLLYOAKS (Tue 1900) 606,000 - E4 In
18 THE SIMPSONS (Sun 1901) 591,000 - Sky 1
19 HOME AND AWAY (Fri 1828) 586,000 - Five Life
20 HOME AND AWAY (Mon 1829) 585,000 - Five Life

Source: BARB

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Planet Of Evil Planned For DVD

Thursday, 17 May 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

Hot on the heels of the announcement that The Time Warrior and theKey To Time season will be out on DVD in the UK later this year comes the news that 2Entertain is planning to release the 1975 Tom Baker four-parter Planet of Evil.

The British Board of Film Classification yesterday cleared just over 60 minutes of extras for the DVD of Planet of Evil, although a release date is unknown.

The extras, which have a PG rating, include three features entitled Hidden Hinchcliffe, A Darker Side andPlanetary Performance - Acting In Doctor Who.

(Thanks to Tony Clark.)

Time Warrior And Key To Time Season On DVD

May 18, 2007 • Posted By John Bowman

The Time Warrior and the Key To Time season are to be released on DVD in the UK by 2Entertain later this year, says the official programme website.

September 3 will see The Time Warrior available. This story launched Jon Pertwee's final season as the Third Doctor and saw the debuts of companion Sarah Jane Smith, as played by Elisabeth Sladen, and classic monsters the Sontarans.

According to the British Board of Film Classification site, the extras will include a 30-minute documentary entitledBeginning The End - Making The Time Warrior, as well as a trailer, two Easter eggs and a photo gallery.

Sixteen new CGI shots have also been created, spanning all four episodes.

A box set of the six-story Season 16, with Tom Baker as the Doctor andMary Tamm as assistant Romana, will apparently be out on September 23, although that date is a Sunday.

The Key To Time season has already been available on DVD in the USA and Canada for a number of years, although its UK release will include "the full extras it deserves", according to the BBC website.

Further details of those extras will be announced at a later date.

(With thanks to Scott Kinnaird.)

UK DVD Release Schedule

28 May 2007 - Robot - Tom Baker
25 June 2007 - Series 3, Volume 2
9 July 2007 - Timelash - Colin Baker
23 July 2007 - Series 3, Volume 3
6 August 2007 - Time Flight/Arc of Infinity - Peter Davison
3 September 2007 - The Time Warrior - Jon Pertwee
23 September 2007 - Key to Time - Tom Baker

FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Guest star Michelle Collins in Radio Times

Tuesday, 15 May 2007 - Reported by Kenny Davidson

As part of the pre-publicity for this Saturday's episode, the new issue ofRadio Times, out today, features exclusive pictures and an interview with Michelle Collins who is guest starring as cargo spaceship captain McDonnell. Our thanks to the Radio Times for the following excerpt:

"We were running around in vests and combats, covered in baby oil and sprayed with water. It was very uncomfortable, because baby oil makes you feel really yucky, and I had to have it on my hair and hands, and my hands had to be filthy."

Not a typical role for the ex-EastEnder then - light years from Walford, in fact, as Collins's ship is heading for a distant sun. So the atmosphere is necessarily hot, hence the spray to give the actors that dripping-with-sweat look. "You got used to it," says Collins. "It was quite liberating not wearing even a bit of mascara, because if I had done it would have been all over my face in two minutes. I was a bit worried about that no-make-up look to start with, then I just thought, 'Oh, go for it!'"

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Magazines - Radio Times

Series 3 Down Under in June

Sunday, 13 May 2007 - Reported by Adam Kirk

The South Australian Doctor Who Fan Club is reporting that theAustralian Broadcasting Corporation has scheduled both The Runaway Bride and Series 3 of Doctor Who.

According to the SADWFC, The Runaway Bride is scheduled for 8.30pm on Thursday 28 June, with the series beginning in its regular slot of 7.30pm from Saturday 30 June. Series one began in Australia on Saturday 21 May 2005, The Christmas Invasion premiered on Saturday 8 July 2006 and series two followed from the 15th of July that year.

This is subject to official confirmation by the ABC.

Thanks to the SADWFC and Benjamin F. Elliott.

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Broadcasting - Australia

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42 - Overnight Ratings

Utopia Preview Clip

Friday Ratings

Michelle Collins on YouTube

Week Eight Schedule - 7.10pm start

Series 3 Volume 2 DVD

Lazarus Experiment - Final ratings

Planet Of Evil Planned For DVD

Guest star Michelle Collins in Radio Times

Series 3 Down Under in June

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