BBC Seeks Fans

Thursday, 2 June 2011 - Reported by Marcus
The BBC are looking for Doctor Who fans willing to demonstrate their knowledge of the programme in front of the nation on prime time Saturday night television.

A new entertainment show is being planned for BBC One, called Epic Win which will see contestants pit their skills against fellow fans for the chance to win up to £3,000.

To compete you need to be aged 18 and above and prepared to go up against a fellow fan in a special Doctor Who challenge.

To find out more visit the show's BBC Website. Closing date 18th June.




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The Rebel Flesh - Chart Position

Tuesday, 31 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who RatingsBARB have now issued final ratings for the week ending 22nd May making Doctor Who: The Rebel Flesh the 13th most watched programme of the week.

The show was once again the highest non-soap drama of the week and held the 6th position in the BBC One chart.

The chart does not include iPlayer figures where over 1 million have already accessed this episode.




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The Almost People - Appreciation Index

Monday, 30 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: The Almost PeopleDoctor Who: The Almost People had an Appreciation Index or AI score of 86, once more putting into the excellent category. The score was one of the highest of the day.

The Sunday evening BBC Three repeat had 0.39 million watching, a 1.6% share of the audience.

Sunday night was a much stronger night than Saturday in terms of overnight figures, with 4 programmes rating higher than Doctor Who, pushing the programme down into 32nd place for the week.

Britain's Got Talent was the highest rated show of the week with 10.3 million watching.

The official figures will be published next Monday which should see Doctor Who rise considerably in the weekly chart.





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The Almost People - Overnight Figures

Sunday, 29 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: The Almost People5.0 million viewers watched episode six of Doctor Who: The Almost People, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The second half of the two part story, written by Matthew Graham, attracted 24.4% of the overnight audience, with 0.57 million watching on BBC One HD.

Although this represents the lowest overnight figure of the series so far, in terms of placing the episode continues the trend of all previous weeks of being the second most-watched programme of the day, a million viewers ahead of third placed Casualty. The UEFA Champions League Final: Barcelona v Manchester United took the top spot for the day , with some 7.9 million watching the match on ITV1.

More people watched Doctor Who than the Football during the period they were on together, although the overnight share was lower than in previous weeks. Figures also indicated around two million viewers switched from BBC1 to ITV1 as Doctor Who ended, reflecting their preference to watch the Doctor first!

Television viewing across the day was down, with many families away from home at the start the half term holiday. The final official ratings, which includes those who record the programme and watch it later, will be available next Sunday.

Doctor Who currently stands as the 27th most watched programme of the week.

On BBC Three, Doctor Who Confidential had an overnight audience of 0.34 million.





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The Doctor's Wife - Chart Position

Monday, 23 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who RatingsBARB have now issued final ratings for the week ending 15th May making Doctor Who: The Doctor's Wife the 14th most watched programme of the week.

The show was once again the highest non-soap drama of the week. It was knocked a couple of places down the chart by the new series of The Apprentice and by the Eurovision Song Contest.

The chart does not include iPlayer figures where over 1 million have already accessed this episode.




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The Rebel Flesh - Appreciation Index

Monday, 23 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: The Rebel FleshThe Rebel Flesh had an Appreciation Index, or AI score of 85.

The score is once more in the excellent category with the highest rating of Saturday going to Casualty with 88.

Two programmes got more than six million watching on Sunday, pushing Doctor Who into 21st place for the week on the overnight figures. This will certainly rise when final figures are released next week.

The BBC Three Sunday night repeat had 0.5 million viewers, a 2.1% share of the audience.




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The Doctor's Wife - Final Ratings

Sunday, 22 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: The Doctor's WifeThe Doctor's Wife had a final official rating of 7.97 million viewers, a 34.7% share of the audience.

The final rating includes those who record the programme and watch it within seven days.

Full ratings, which will reveal the chart position of the episode, should be released tomorrow.





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The Rebel Flesh - Overnight Figures

Sunday, 22 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: The Rebel Flesh5.7 million viewers watched episode five of Doctor Who: The Rebel Flesh, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The story, written by Matthew Graham, attracted 29.3% of the overnight audience and was the second most-watched programme of the day. The most-watched programme was Britain's Got Talent with 10 million watching.

Doctor Who had a million more viewers than the third placed programme Casualty. Against the Doctor, Sing If You Can on ITV had 4.1 million watching. 0.84 million watched Doctor Who on BBC One HD.

The BBC One audience once more peaked when Doctor Who was on, rising to 5.9 million during the programme and dropping to 2.8 million as Doctor Who finished.

Doctor Who currently stands as the 19th most watched programme of the week.

On BBC Three Doctor Who Confidential has 0.57million viewers, a 3.1% share of the audience.





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Threadless: T-Shirt Competition

Friday, 20 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Hoo Threadless, the community-centered online apparel store are offering readers of Doctor Who News a chance to win a Doctor Who inspired t-shirt. Doctor-Hoo by Mallory Dyer features all eleven Doctors represented in the form of Owls.

We have two copies of the t-shirt up for grabs courtesy of Threadless. In order to enter the competition, please answer the following question:

What number shirt was the Doctor wearing for the Kings Arms in The Lodger?

Closing date: Saturday 4th June, 2011

Please email your answer to our competition address with the subject line "Threadless Competition" - we will contact the two winners with details on how to choose and receive their prize from Threadless after the competition has closed.




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The Doctor's Wife - Overnight Ratings

Sunday, 15 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Wife5.9 million viewers watched episode four of Doctor Who: The Doctor's Wife, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The story, written by Neil Gaiman, attracted 28.6% of the overnight audience and was the third watched programme of the day. The most watched programme was The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with 9.4 million watching which pushed Britain's Got Talent into second place.

Doctor Who once more drew many viewers to BBC One with the audience rising from 3.6 million to 5.9 million as the programme started and then dropping back from 6.2 million to 3.3 million when it finished.

Against Doctor Who, New Animals Do the Funniest Things on ITV1 had 3.2 million watching.

Doctor Who currently stands as the twentieth most watched programme of the week.

The overnight figure is based on the published timeslot, which was 6.30pm - 7.20pm and so is dragged down slightly by the following programme. Final ratings, based on the exact time broadcast, and including those who record the programme for later viewing, should be available next Sunday.

ON BBC Three / BBC HD Doctor Who Confidential had 716,000 watching, the highest rating of the series so far.





FILTER: - Doctor Who - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32