Interest Sought For New Convention In Vancouver, Canada

Monday, 27 October 2014 - Reported by Harry Ward

A meeting is being held this Saturday in Vancouver, Canada to gauge the interest in having a convention in the area in late 2015. Who Party West III in 1990 was the last time a Doctor Who convention was held in Vancouver and organisers from that event have come together again to try and kick-start a new convention for fans. More details about the informational meeting can be found at vancouverdoctorwhoconvention.wordpress.com.

The meeting is open to all local area Doctor Who fans young and old. We welcome and value your input and the more people who turn out to show their support the better. We’re sure you’d like to make this event become a reality as much as we would.

The meeting will be held…

Saturday November 1 2014
12:00 noon – 3:00 pm
Denman Room
West End Community Center
870 Denman Street
Vancouver BC
V6G 2L8

Parking is available underground and the community center is on the #5 Robson bus route.

If you want to see a Doctor Who convention in Vancouver, we hope we’ll see you at the event.

FILTER: - Canada - Conventions

Time of the Doctor on DVD and Blu-Ray in Germany

Monday, 27 October 2014 - Reported by Pascal Salzmann

German DVD distributer Polyband is going to release Die Zeit des Doktors (Time of the Doctor) on DVD and Blu-Ray on 22nd December 2014. Additionally to the Christmas Special from last year, the disc will include over 100 minutes of special features.

Polyband orginally held back from releasing the Special after its german broadcast on FOX last year. They repeatedly stated on their Facebook page that they were planning to include it on the upcoming Series 8 boxed set. However, due to unforeseen problems with the German dub of Series 8, they had to pull back the release date of the boxed set and change their schedule accordingly.

Doctor Who - Die Zeit des Doktors can be pre-ordered from Amazon Germany on DVD and Blu-Ray.

FILTER: - Blu-ray/DVD - Eleventh Doctor - Germany - Matt Smith

Doctor Who wins Welsh BAFTA

Monday, 27 October 2014 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who has won a British Academy Cymru Award for its special effects.

The effects team collected the award for Best Special, Visual Effects and Graphics on Sunday in a ceremony at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.

The Doctor Who Sound Team lost out in race for Best Sound, which went to Cardiff Singer of The World

The Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Television went to Nerys Hughes who played Todd in the classic Doctor Who story Kinda.

FILTER: - Awards/Nominations - Doctor Who - People

In the Forest of the Night - AI:83

Monday, 27 October 2014 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who In The Forest Of The Night had an Audience Appreciation Index or AI score of 83.

The Appreciation Index or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The score, out of a hundred, is compiled by a specially selected panel of around 5,000 people who go online and rate and comment on programmes.

With Sunday's overnight figures now available, Doctor Who was the 26th most watched programme of the week. Final figures will be released next week.

The Sunday repeat of In The Forest Of The Night on BBC Three had an overnight estimate of 0.15 million viewers, a 0.6% share of the audience.

FILTER: - Ratings - Series 8/34 - UK

Australian overnight ratings for In The Forest Of The Night

Monday, 27 October 2014 - Reported by Adam Kirk

In The Forest Of The Night averaged 566,000 in the five major

Australian capital cities and was the twelfth highest rating program of the day overall in the big cities (these figures do not include regional and rural viewers or time shifted viewers).

Media Links: TV Tonight

FILTER: - Australia - Broadcasting - Ratings - Series 8/34

Flatline - Official Final Ratings

Sunday, 26 October 2014 - Reported by Marcus

6.71 million watched the UK transmission of Flatline according to consolidated figures available today, which include those recording the programme and watching within one week of transmission.

The figure is over 2 million higher than the initial overnight figure. The final chart position should be available later in the week.

FILTER: - Ratings - Series 8/34 - UK

In the Forest of the Night - Overnight Viewing Figures

Sunday, 26 October 2014 - Reported by Marcus

5.03 million viewers watched Doctor Who: In The Forest Of The Night, a share of 21.6% of the total TV audience, according to unofficial overnight figures.

Doctor Who was third for the day, reversing last weeks position with Pointless Celebrities which had 4.74 million and came in fourth for the day. Top was Strictly Come Dancing, which had 9.42 million viewers, a substantial lead over its rival The X Factor which had 7.34 million.

Doctor Who is currently 20th for the week, with Sunday's ratings still to come. Final figures will be available next Sunday.

FILTER: - Ratings - Series 8/34 - UK

Doctor Who Extra: Forest on the Red Button

Saturday, 25 October 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster

The next edition of online behind-the-scenes show Doctor Who Extra, covering the tenth episode In The Forest Of The Night, is also available via digital television's Red Button service on BBC channels at the following times:

Saturday	10:00pm-11:35pm
Sunday	9:00pm-6:00am
Monday	9:30pm-7:00am
Tuesday	9:30pm-7:00am
Wednesday	9:30pm-7:00am
Thursday	9:30pm-10:00pm
Thursday	11:35pm-7:00am
Friday	9:00pm-7:00am

FILTER: - Online - Series 8/34

Merchandise Roundup

Saturday, 25 October 2014 - Reported by Harry Ward

The siege mode TARDIS from Flatline is to be released by official Doctor Who prop makers Rubbertoe Replicas.

TARDIS Siege Mode Cube

The Tardis in 'siege mode' been one of our favourite prop makes of the recent series of Doctor Who. The Tardis has shrunk and is in trouble; it's just about to be flattened by a train! The Doctor pulls an emergency lever to transform the Tardis into its rawest form, no way in, no way out.
It's a beautiful prop to look at, and fits in so well with the Rubbertoe range that when we had the design we knew it was meant to be! We hope you enjoy owning it as much we enjoyed making it.

As with all Rubbertoe Replicas, the Tardis Cube is made using the same techniques and materials as the original prop. To see a detailed account of how we made the original, with step by step pictures of the prop's construction, click here.

The cube comes packed in its own Doctor Who themed gift box.

Available to order now from Rubbertoe Replicas

The Seventh Doctor's Umbrella

Most people think umbrellas are for shielding them from the elements, such as rain or sun or snow. Yet an umbrella can just as easily save you from a fate such as slipping off a sheer ice cliff. A more mundane, yet handy tool is the umbrella when used to measure objects.

You can do both of these tasks (although I wouldn’t suggest you try the former) with your new Seventh Doctor’s Umbrella, AbbyShot’s latest addition to their officially licensed Doctor Who Collection.

Precise measurements were taken and various elements were put together to get the most representative version of this umbrella. It’s made of metal, with solid fiber glass ribs, customized iconic handle with matching tip and black polyester fabric, all of which give it strength while still keeping one dry and passersby safe.

More than just a hat stand decoration, the Seventh Doctor’s Umbrella will be a great addition to any household!

Available to pre-order now from BBC Shop and AbbyShot

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol Vinyl

Here on vinyl for the first time is Murray Gold’s immaculately crafted original soundtrack to the 2010 Doctor Who Christmas Special. Featuring opera diva Katherine Jenkins as Abigail Pettigrew, Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor, and Michael Gambon as Kazran Sardick, A Christmas Carol was the third most watched programme on December 25th 2010. Katherine Jenkins’ special appearance was crowned with her performance of Abigail’s Song (Silence Is All You Know) on Side B, Track 14.

Available to pre-order now from Amazon UK and Silva Screen

FILTER: - Audio - Merchandise - Murray Gold - Seventh Doctor

In the Forest of the Night - Preview

Saturday, 25 October 2014 - Reported by Marcus

The BBC have released a preview and an introduction to the latest episode of Doctor Who, In The Forest Of The Night, which premieres tonight on BBC One. Full global broadcast details here.

In the Forest of the Night: Preview
In the Forest of the Night: Introduction

Meanwhile the latest Radio Times free downloadable retro poster, created by designer Stuart Manning is now available.

Manning told Radio Times:

This episode is about as fairy tale as Doctor Who's ever been and so I wanted to do something simple and direct built around the title. I also drew slightly on a sideways connection with the musical into the woods, which got me thinking about old Broadway posters and a composition built like a theatre stage. It's pretty much that with a touch of Brothers Grimm lurking around the edges… a bit like Doctor Who, really