The actor Barry Summerford has died at the age of 71

Summerford appeared in at least 24 episodes of Doctor Who, playing a range of supporting characters. He was a Vogan in Revenge of the Cybermen, a Shrieve in The Ribos Operation and a Foster in The Keeper of Traken, as well as playing a number of guards and soldiers over a 8 year period.

The actor also appeared in a wide range of British Television programmes, including A Year in Provence, Campion, The Bill, Grange Hill, Nancy Astor, Enemy at the Door, Jackanory Playhouse, Z Cars, Moonbase 3 and Doomwatch, as well as a number of episodes of Blakes 7 and appearing as a Stormtrooper in Star Wars.

Doctor Who Mummy On The Orient Express had an Audience Appreciation Index or AI score of 85, the highest score since The Day of The Doctor.

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.

Overall Doctor Who rated slightly higher with women than with men and scored the highest within the 16-34 age group. 48% of the sample thought the programme felt 'Fresh and New'.

The X Factor Results topped the ratings for Sunday with 8.79 million viewers, while Strictly Come Dancing and Downton Abbey took 2nd and 3rd place. Doctor Who is currently in 23rd place for the week. Final figures will be published next week.

The Sunday repeat of Mummy On The Orient Express on BBC Three had an overnight estimate of 0.20 million viewers, a 0.8% share of the audience.

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

The final chart position should be available later in the week.

5.08 million viewers watched Doctor Who: Mummy On The Orient Express, according to unofficial overnight figures.

Doctor Who, which had a share of 22.1% of the audience, was the third most watched programme of the day. Top of the chart was Strictly Come Dancing which had 8.65 million viewers. Over on ITV The X Factor was top with 7.55 million watching.

The episode of Doctor Who was broadcast at 8.37pm making it the latest showing for the series in its entire history.

Doctor Who is currently 19th for the week. Final figures should be available next Sunday.

BBC Worldwide and Titan Comics have released a trailer for the new series, Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor, which is released on October 15th.

The comic is written by Robbie Morrison and illustrated by Dave Taylor. Cover art is by Alice X Zhang. The comic is being exclusively previewed at New York Comic Con which takes place this weekend.

The BBC has released a preview of the singer Foxes talking about her cameo in tonight's episode of Doctor Who, Mummy On The Orient Express.

The singer, who appears in the episode screened tonight on BBC One, performs a cover version of the 1979 Queen single, Don't Stop Me Now. The full version is available on Foxes' official YouTube channel.

The latest Radio Times free downloadable retro poster, created by designer Stuart Manning, for Mummy On The Orient Express is now available.

Manning told Radio Times:
Mummy On The Orient Express will be broadcast at 8.35pm on BBC One. Full broadcast details here.

Doctor Who The Caretaker was the twentieth most watched programme for the week on British Television, according to figures provided by Barb.

The episode was the 7th most watched programme on BBC Television for the week, with the new series of Strictly Come Dancing taking top position.

Overall Downton Abbey was the highest rated programme of the week with 10.46 million watching, once ITV HD and ITV+1 figures are added in. The X Factor also did well with all three editions rating higher than Doctor Who. The top soaps, Coronation Street, EastEnders and episodes of Emmerdale all entered the top twenty.

Full Ratings Data for week

The last Doctor Who episode to fall outside the top twenty was Nightmare in Silver in May 2013.