The Lie Of The Land - Introductions

Friday, 2 June 2017 - Reported by Marcus


This week BBC One will show Doctor Who at 7.35pm.

Main Broadcast Details
United KingdomBBC OneSat 3 Jun 20177:35pm BST
Middle EastBBC FirstSat 3 Jun 201710.20pm AST(Sat 7:45pm BST)
United States of AmericaBBC AmericaSat 3 Jun 20179:00pm EDT(Sun 2:00am BST)
CanadaSPACESat 3 Jun 20179:00pm EDT(Sun 2:00am BST)
New ZealandPRIMESun 4 Jun 20177:30pm NZST(Sun 8:30am BST)
FinlandYLE2Sun 4 Jun 201712:25am EEST(Sun 10:25am BST)
AustraliaABCSun 4 Jun 20177:40pm AEST(Sun 10:40am BST, also on ABC ME)
BrazilSyFySun 4 Jun 20178:00pm BRT(Mon 12:00qm BST)
Latin AmericaSyFySun 4 Jun 201710:00pm CDT(Mon 4:00am BST)

Full listings here




FILTER: - Publicity - Series 10/36

Doctor Who Magazine 513

Wednesday, 31 May 2017 - Reported by Marcus
The next issue of Doctor Who Magazine looks forward to the next four episodes to air, The Lie of the Land, Empress of Mars, The Eaters of Light and World Enough and Time.

Empress of Mars script writer Mark Gatiss tells us why he wanted to bring back the Ice Warriors in his new episode – but are they his all-time favourite Doctor Who monster?
The Cybermen are my favourites and yet I’ve never written for them, but the Ice Warriors are among my favourites: a great monster! I always loved the pride of them, their Viking qualities and the voice. Even though they’ve had so few appearances, they loom so large. So I’d always wanted to bring them back, because I thought I could do something with them. You can just do a bit of worldbuilding, because there’s so much to play with...

Also in this issue:
  • ASK STEVEN: Showrunner Steven Moffat answers readers' questions about the latest series.
  • THE SOUL GARDEN: Part Two of the Doctor and Bill's brand-new comic strip adventure, written by Scott Gray, with art by Martin Geraghty.
  • CRAB ATTACK! This issue’s Fact of Fiction uncovers the secrets of the 1967 story The Macra Terror, which saw the Second Doctor, Ben, Polly and Jamie visit a far-future colony that comes under attack from giant crabs!
  • REVIEWS: DWM reviews the latest TV episodes (Knock Knock, Oxygen, Extremis and The Pyramid at the End of the World) as well as audio and DVD releases in the world of Doctor Who.
  • COMING SOON: Previews of all the latest Doctor Who CD and book releases.
  • PLUS! All the latest official news, the Watcher's column, competitions and the DWM crossword!

Doctor Who Magazine issue 513 is on general sale from tomorrow, and features two covers to choose from: The Ice Warriors and The Cybermen.

Doctor Who Magezine 513 (Ice Warrior variant) (Credit: DWM) Doctor Who Magazine 513 (Cyberman variant) (Credit: DWM)




FILTER: - Publicity - Series 10/36

Schedule Change Pits Doctor Who against Britain's Got Talent Final

Wednesday, 31 May 2017 - Reported by Marcus
The Lie Od The Land: Bill (Pearl Mackie), Monk (Credit: BBC/BBC Worldwide (Simon Ridgway/Stuart Manning))Doctor Who will go head to head with the final of the ITV Talent show Britain's Got Talent this Saturday in a change to published schedules.

The final of the talent show has been moved from Sunday to prevent it clashing with One Love Manchester, a tribute concert to benefit those affected by the recent Manchester bomb attack, which will be shown on BBC One from 6.55pm on Sunday evening.

A statement from ITV says
Ariana Grande’s ‘One Love Manchester’ benefit concert is bringing artists and the public together and will raise funds for the Red Cross’s Manchester Emergency Fund. “ITV and ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ have no desire to distract from this important cause, so we have taken the decision to move the Britain’s Got Talent Final from Sunday night.”
The change means that Doctor Who - The Lie Of The Land, starting at 7.35pm on BBC One will be directly against the final of the talent show, currently set to begin at 7.30pm, rather than the dating show Take Me Out.




FILTER: - Broadcasting - Series 10/36

Extremis - Official Ratings

Tuesday, 30 May 2017 - Reported by Marcus


Official figures released by the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board or BARB, give Doctor Who - Extremis an official rating of 5.53 million viewers.

The rating includes all those who recorded the programme and watched it within 7 days.

Doctor Who is the 20th most watched programme for the week, and 8th most watched on BBC One

Top for the week was Britain's Got Talent on ITV with 11.22 million watching. The three part BBC Drama, based on the true stories of victims of grooming and sexual abuse in Rochdale, Three Girls, took the next three places with around 8 million watching each episode

Full list of Doctor Who Ratings




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 10/36 - UK

The Pyramid At The end Of The World - AI:82

Tuesday, 30 May 2017 - Reported by Marcus
The Pyramid At The end Of The World: The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) (Credit: BBC/BBC Worldwide (Simon Ridgway))
Doctor Who - The Pyramid At The End Of The World had an Audience Appreciation or AI figure of 82

The Appreciation Index in an indication of how much viewers enjoyed the episode. It is based to the reactions of a selected panel of viewers, who rate the episode shortly after transmission.

82 is considered a good score, roughly similar to the scores achieved by the last series of the show,

The highest score for the evening on the two main channels was for Mrs Brown's Boys, which scored 85.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 10/36 - UK

The Lie Of The Land - Publicity Images

Tuesday, 30 May 2017 - Reported by Marcus
The BBC have released a number of new publicity images to promote this week's episode of Doctor Who, The Lie Of The Land
The Lie Of The Land

Writer: Toby Whithouse
Director: Wayne Che Yip

The world is gripped by a mass delusion and only Bill Potts can see the truth. When even the Doctor is fighting on the wrong side, it’s up to Bill to convince the Time Lord that humanity is in deadly danger. And if she can’t do that, she may just have to kill her best friend…
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This week BBC One will show Doctor Who at 7.35pm.

Main Broadcast Details
United KingdomBBC OneSat 3 Jun 20177:35pm BST
Middle EastBBC FirstSat 3 Jun 201710.20pm AST(Sat 7:45pm BST)
United States of AmericaBBC AmericaSat 3 Jun 20179:00pm EDT(Sun 2:00am BST)
CanadaSPACESat 3 Jun 20179:00pm EDT(Sun 2:00am BST)
New ZealandPRIMESun 4 Jun 20177:30pm NZST(Sun 8:30am BST)
FinlandYLE2Sun 4 Jun 201712:25am EEST(Sun 10:25am BST)
AustraliaABCSun 4 Jun 20177:40pm AEST(Sun 10:40am BST, also on ABC ME)
BrazilSyFySun 4 Jun 20178:00pm BRT(Mon 12:00qm BST)
Latin AmericaSyFySun 4 Jun 201710:00pm CDT(Mon 4:00am BST)

Full listings here




FILTER: - Publicity - Series 10/36

Australian overnight ratings for Pyramid and final ratings for Oxygen

Monday, 29 May 2017 - Reported by Adam Kirk
The Pyramid At The End Of The World  has debuted in Australia, averaging 420,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. The story was the second highest rating ABC drama of the day and the twelfth highest rating program of the day overallThese ratings do not include iview, regional or time-shifted viewers.

Meanwhile, including time-shifted viewers, Oxygen averaged 529,000 consolidated viewers in the five major capital cities. With 92,000 extra viewers it was the fourth highest time-shifted program of the day (the two equal highest time-shifted programs both had 107,000 extra viewers) and the eleventh highest rating program of the day overallThese ratings do not include iview or regional viewers.




FILTER: - Australia - Broadcasting - Ratings - Series 10/36

The Pyramid At The End Of The World - Overnight Viewing Figures

Sunday, 28 May 2017 - Reported by Marcus
The Pyramid At The end Of The World: Xiaolian (Daphne Cheung), The Commander (Nigel Hastings), Secretary General (Togo Igawa), The Doctor (Peter Capaldi), Nardole (Matt Lucas) (Credit: BBC/BBC Worldwide (Simon Ridgway))Doctor Who - The Pyramid At The End Of The World had an overnight viewing audience of 4.01 million viewers, a share of 20.4% of the total TV audience, according to unofficial figures.

Top for BBC One for the day was the coverage of the FA Cup Final which preceeded the Doctor and had an average of 6.43 million watching. The football had a peak auience of 9.56 million.

Overall ITV's Britain's Got Talent was once more top for the day with 8.38 million watching, down slightly on the previous week. The Keith and Paddy Picture Show on ITV had 3.24 million watching while on BBC One Mrs Brown's Boys had 3.11 million.

Doctor Who is currently 31st for the week. Final figures should be available in 8 days time.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 10/36 - UK

The Pyramid At The End Of The World - Introduction

Friday, 26 May 2017 - Reported by Marcus
The BBC has confirmed that this week's Doctor Who episode has been edited out of respect for victims of the Manchester bombing.

A small sequence in the episode, refering to terrorism, has been removed from the programme which will be broadcast this weekend. This is not the first time a episode has been edited because of events in the real world. In 2014 the episode Robot of Sherwood was edited shortly before transmission, following the murder of two hostages by terrorists.

A spokesperson told Radio Times:
Following the tragic events in Manchester, we have made a small edit to this week's episode of Doctor Who.

The remainder of the episode will not be changed and will air on its scheduled slot at 7.45pm on 25 May on BBC1.


Main Broadcast Details
United KingdomBBC OneSat 27 May 20177:45pm BST
Middle EastBBC FirstSat 27 May 20179:45pm AST(Sat 7:45pm BST)
United States of AmericaBBC AmericaSat 27 May 20179:00pm EDT(Sun 2:00am BST)
CanadaSPACESat 27 May 20179:00pm EDT(Sun 2:00am BST)
New ZealandPRIMESun 28 May 20177:30pm NZST(Sun 8:30am BST)
FinlandYLE2Sun 28 May 201712:25am EEST(Sun 10:25am BST)
AustraliaABCSun 28 May 20177:40pm AEST(Sun 10:40am BST, also on ABC ME)
BrazilSyFySun 28 May 20178:00pm BRT(Mon 12:00qm BST)
Latin AmericaSyFySun 28 May 201710:00pm CDT(Mon 4:00am BST)

Full listings here




FILTER: - Publicity - Series 10/36

The Pyramid At The End Of The World - New Images

Tuesday, 23 May 2017 - Reported by Marcus
The BBC have released a number of new publicity images to promote this week's episode of Doctor Who, The Pyramid At The End Of The World
The Pyramid At The End Of The World

Writer: Peter Harness and Steven Moffat
Director: Daniel Nettheim

A 5,000 year-old Pyramid stands at the centre of a war zone, where the Chinese, Russian and American armies are about to clash. There are many problems with that, but the one that intrigues the Doctor is this: there wasn’t a pyramid there yesterday.
The Doctor, Bill and Nardole face an alien invasion unlike any other, and before conquest can begin, these aliens need the consent of the human race…
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BBC/BBC Worldwide (Simon Ridgway))

This week BBC One will show Doctor Who slightly later than usual, at 7.45pm.

Main Broadcast Details
United KingdomBBC OneSat 27 May 20177:45pm BST
Middle EastBBC FirstSat 27 May 20179:45pm AST(Sat 7:45pm BST)
United States of AmericaBBC AmericaSat 27 May 20179:00pm EDT(Sun 2:00am BST)
CanadaSPACESat 27 May 20179:00pm EDT(Sun 2:00am BST)
New ZealandPRIMESun 28 May 20177:30pm NZST(Sun 8:30am BST)
FinlandYLE2Sun 28 May 201712:25am EEST(Sun 10:25am BST)
AustraliaABCSun 28 May 20177:40pm AEST(Sun 10:40am BST, also on ABC ME)
BrazilSyFySun 28 May 20178:00pm BRT(Mon 12:00qm BST)
Latin AmericaSyFySun 28 May 201710:00pm CDT(Mon 4:00am BST)

Full listings here




FILTER: - Publicity - Series 10/36