The extended edition of the Doctor Who Prom was broadcast on BBC Three yesterday where it was watched by an average of 0.28 million viewers, according to unofficial overnight figures. The programme had a 1.4% share of the audience. The audience rose steadily throughout the 90 minute programme with the final half hour wining the timeslot on multi-channel television.

Monday's 60 minute version of the programme had an Appreciation Index of 89.

The Prom is now available to viewers in the UK on the BBC iPlayer and a High Definition version of the 60 minute programme will be broadcast on BBC HD today at 5.25pm.

The BBC have also added several clips from the Prom onto their YouTube site. Clips may not be available outside the UK.

Doctor Who Theme Tune
David Tennant regenerates into Matt Smith
Symphony of The Daleks
Monsters and Female Vampires

Doctor Who monsters have continued their invasion of key UK cities arriving in Belfast on Tuesday to promote the upcoming Doctor Who Live tour. The visit, which saw Cybermen, Scarecrows and Silurian Warriors outside Belfast City Hall, was reported by BBC News and the Belfast Telegraph.

Last week the monsters visited the famous Cavern Club in Matthew Street in Liverpool as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

The Doctor Who Live Tour kicks off at Wembley Arena on 8th October and tours across the UK until November 7th.

SFX has uploaded more interviews with the creative team behind Doctor Who Live.

The magazine talks to Will Brenton, Director Of Doctor Who Live who talks about how the show is being put together.

To Ben Foster the arranger and musical director who tells of how he has arranged the music for the tour and of the importance of music to the show.

And to Paul Hardy-Brown one half of the illusionists engaged to bring magic, illusion and special FX to the show.

With the launch of Doctor Who Live just over a month away, publicity is gearing up with more details available on the format of the show.

Director Will Brenton has been talking to SFX and confirmed the stage show touring the UK this Autumn takes the 1973 Jon Pertwee story, The Carnival Of Monsters as its inspiration. The 3rd Doctor story featured a character created by Robert Holmes called Vorg, who owns a Miniscope, a machine that keeps miniaturised groups of creatures in versions of their natural environments. The stage show features Nigel Planer playing a brand new Doctor Who character called Vorgenson, who is able to conjure up foes of the Doctor.

Brenton told the magazine
Monsters from the series have been appearing around the UK to promote the show. In Sheffield the city's Peace Gardens were invaded by Cybermen, while in Nottingham Clockwork Droids were spotted in the Old Market Square. Meanwhile Silurian warriors scared schoolchildren in Birmingham's Victoria Square.

The Bournemouth Daily Echo has been talking to The Twins the identical twin illusionists who are acting as creative consultants on the stage show.

The Doctor himself, Matt Smith, has been talking about the show to Radio One's Newsbeat. Although Smith will only appear in the show in pre recorded video inserts, the actor has said he is likely to be at the launch night.

The BBC has announced that extra content showing behind the scenes material from the Doctor Who Prom will be available to UK viewers via the Red Button service.

Described as a VIP access-all-areas view of the Prom which took place last month, the material will include interviews with Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill and follow their preparations as they get ready to take the stage.

The service will begin on Monday 6th September, the same day the Prom is broadcast on BBC Three. Red Button viewers will also be able to see music cut from the main BBC Three transmission as well as a look at the audience through the eyes of some of the Doctor Who aliens.

The National Space Centre in the Midlands will be playing host to an invasion of Daleks on the 11th-12th September, to help raise money for Children in Need.

Malika Andress, Communications Manager at the National Space Centre:

The event will also see appearances by guests from Doctor Who; Ruaru Mears (various monsters) will be there on the Saturday, Nina De Cosimo (Blanche in Victory Of The Daleks) and Sonila Vjeshta (Vampire girl in The Vampires of Venice) on the Sunday. More guests are expected and will be announced nearer the date. The Hyde Fundraisers will also be in attendance, who will be hosting a sculpting demonstration as well as bringing a range of adversaries to the proceedings!

For more information see the National Space Museum's event page.

Former star of The Young Ones, Nigel Planer is to take a lead role in the upcoming Doctor Who Live Tour.

Planer is best known for his role as TV hippy Neil in the classic comedy series but he has also appeared in many West End musicals, including Evita, Chicago, We Will Rock You, Wicked and Hairspray.

The live show, first announced in May, is touring nine UK cities this Autumn and will feature Daleks, Cybermen, Clockwork Droids, Silurians and Weeping Angels.

Planer will act as the production's lynchpin, starring as travelling showman Vorgensen who journeys the galaxy spreading tales of the Doctor's exploits and using his 'minimiser' gadget he can conjure up any of the Time Lord's foes for his audience.

Looking forward to the production Planer said

Matt Smith will appear via filmed sequences which have been made just for the stage show and renowned illusionists The Twins have devised stunts which will enable a Dalek to be seen flying during the performances.

Actor Nick Briggs, who has voiced numerous monsters for the series including Daleks and Cybermen, will also be in the live cast, playing Winston Churchill in addition to some of the villains.

The tour begins at London's Wembley Arena on October 8 with further details at www.doctorwholive.com.

The Radio Times is listing the 2010 Doctor Who Prom for transmission on BBC Three on Monday 6th September at 8.30pm.

The broadcast will follow a repeat of the most recent series finale The Big Bang.

The Prom is being broadcast in a one hour slot implying the programme will be edited, probably removing the non Doctor Who music. The Prom took place on Saturday 24th July when it was broacast on BBC Radio Three. It was hosted by Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill.

Fans of Karen Gillan north of the border will get a chance to meet the actress when she visits Hamleys toy store at the St Enoch Shopping Centre in Glasgow, on 28th August.

The event, which runs from midday until 2pm will see Gillan signing copies of the new Amy Pond action figure. Fans should collect a wrist band from the store, available from 9am, to ensure their place in the queue.

Talking about the visit Gillan said,

The first Doctor Who Prom of 2010 took place today, Saturday, hosted by Matt Smith and Karen Gillan.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, who record the soundtrack for the series, presented a selection of intergalactic music, including Murray Gold’s music from the TV show, plus a selection of classical favourites including Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, Mars from Holst's The Planets and Orff's Carmina Burnana.

Before the concert, Matt Smith said of the Doctor Who Prom:
The concert programme can be viewed on the Proms website, providing full details of the concert, the performers' biographies and an interview with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan.

The programme is now available for seven days on the BBC iPlayer.

Doctor Who Prom - Part One

• Murray Gold - The Mad Man with a Box
• Murray Gold - An Untimely Arrival
• John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine
• Murray Gold - I Am The Doctor
• William Walton - Overture Portsmouth Point
• Gustav Holst - The Planets - Mars
• Murray Gold - Battle in the Skies

Interval Twenty Minutes - Dance of the Daleks
How do you make a sink-plunger seem scary? Matthew Sweet, who spent the Saturday tea-times of his youth peering at the television from behind the sofa, time-travels through Doctor Who's 47-year history to investigate the weird and wonderful soundworld of its incidental music. He talks with some of the composers who have contributed, in very different musical styles, to the enduring success of the programme over the decades.

Doctor Who Prom - Part Two

• Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - O Fortuna
• Murray Gold - Amy
• Murray Gold - Liz, Lizards and Vincenyt
• Richard Wagner - Die Walkure
• Murray Gold - This is Gallifrey / Vale decem
• Murray Gold - Pandorica Suite
• Murray Gold - Song of Freedom
• Ron Grainer - Doctor Who Theme