5.3 million watched Doctor Who: Closing Time on Saturday, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The the programme had an audience share of 24.6%. It was the third highest rated show of the day and the highest rated programme on the BBC.

On overnights the episode lost out to All Star Family Fortunes on ITV1, which achieved an average of 5.6 million viewers. Doctor Who should regain the lead when final figures are released next week.

Doctor Who's lead-in Celebrity MasterChef had an average of 2.4 million viewers and the winner on the night was once more The X Factor, which had 10.0 million watching. Fourth for the day was Match of the Day with 3.9 million watching.

With one day to come Doctor Who is the 24th most watched programme of the week.

The God Complex has debuted in Australia to respectable ratings. TV Tonight reports that, up against the football finals on the commercial stations, the episode averaged 591,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. It was the second highest rating drama and the eighth highest rating programme for the day overall. The corresponding Confidential Cutdown rated 408,000 viewers in the five major capitals. These overnight figures, however, do not include regional, rural and time-shifted viewers and hence significantly understate the actual national ratings.

Meanwhile in New Zealand, the latest episodes of Doctor Who and Torchwood: Miracle Day (both on Prime) rated 119,850 viewers and 77,780 viewers respectively.

Next Saturday sees the premiere of The Wedding of River Song - the final episode in the current series of Doctor Who - broadcast on BBC1/BBC1HD at 7:05pm, 1st October in the United Kingdom; it then follows on SPACE in Canada at 8:00pm ET, on BBC America in the United States at 9:00pm ET, and on ABC1 in Australia at 7:30pm on the 8th October.



The BBC have also released an introduction to the episode in the form of a special scene taking place before the story begins:

The nominations for the sixth annual Stonewall Awards have been announced, and include the following recognisable names amongst this year's shortlists:

• Matt Smith features in the Entertainer of the Year category, nominated for his role as Christopher Isherwood in the recent BBC film Christopher and His Kind; other shortlisted include Jane Hazlegrove (Kathleen Dixon in Casualty), Harry Derbridge (The Only Way is Essex), Christopher Plummer (Hal in Beginners) and Jessie J (singer).
• Torchwood features in the Broadcast of the Year category, alongside other shows like Lip Service (BBC3), The World’s Worst Place to be Gay (BBC3), The Night Watch (BBC2), and Jamie’s Dream School (Channel 4).

The awards take place on 3rd November at the V&A in London - see the Stonewall site for full details.

This evening sees the penultimate episode of this series of Doctor Who, Closing Time, and the BBC have released two short preview clips to introduce the episode, plus a brief introduction from the episode's director Steve Hughes alongside guest star James Corden:

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Radio One presenter Greg James will be making a cameo appearance in the episode, and on Wednesday he broadcast his experiences on set for filming back in March; this can be heard worldwide via the BBC iPlayer until 28th September (segment starts from 1:40:38).

Final figures show Doctor Who: The Girl Who Waited was the 13th most watched programme of the week.

Final Figures include those who record the programme and watch it within seven days, but do not include those watching on iPlayer where a million have so far accessed the episode. The included figures helped Doctor Who edge ahead of a episode of Coronation Street to take the 13th position.

Torchwood Episode Nine finished the week as number 36 in the chart.

The new BBC Drama Centre in Cardiff, the future home of Doctor Who, has opened for business.

The BBC's internal magazine Ariel reports that the purpose built studio complex at Roath Lock on Cardiff Bay is ready for business just fourteen months after construction started and nine months after the topping out ceremony, making it one of the quickest builds in the history of the BBC. The building is part of the BBC's desire to move 50% of its budget outside London with Cardiff being designated as a centre of excellence for drama, mostly because of the success of Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Casualty is the first programme to move in and began filming at the site today, Friday, after the programme transferred from its previous base in Bristol. It will be joined in the next few weeks by the Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm which will enjoy a 360 degree set with nine walk in sets. Upstairs Downstairs will also be filmed in the centre where 1930's London is currently being recreated in three studios ready for the six part series to start filming in a fortnight.

The studios will be officially opened in March when Doctor Who relocates to the centre from its current home at leased studios in Upper Boat, Pontypridd, ready for filming the 33rd series of the show. The studio complex is owned by the Welsh Goverment and leased to the BBC under a 20 year deal for around £1.35m per year. It features the biggest BBC Studio in the country and what is believed to be the largest green screen facility in Europe. In total there are nine studios and three external lots. Because of the coastal nature of the site Hawks are being employed to keep the lots free of Seagulls.

The building's exterior has been designed to represent the key shows which will be occupying it. First Aid crosses for Casualty, silhouettes of hills and floral cut-outs for Pobol y Cwm, and sci-fi gothic for Doctor Who.

The BBC have released three video clips to introduce the next edition of Doctor Who Confidential, Open All Hours, which is due to be broadcast on Saturday 24th September on BBC3/BBCHD at 8:00pm, straight after Closing Time.



The episode will be available via the BBC iPlayer after broadcast until 8th October.

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The BBC have also released a number of publicity photographs for Closing Time:

The BBC have released details for Week 41, which includes the synopses for the two episodes comprising the second story in the fifth series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, The Curse of Clyde Langer; the episodes are due to broadcast on CBBC on Monday 10th October and Tuesday 11th October respectively - no time has been confirmed though it is expected that it will be at 5:15pm, the time of broadcast for the preceeding week's story, Sky.

Doctor Who will go head to head with The X Factor, when the series finale is transmitted on Saturday 1st October.

The Wedding of River Song has been scheduled for 7.05pm on BBC One, directly following on from the first live Saturday show of this year's Strictly Come Dancing. The programme forms part of a double bill of fantasy on the channel with the story being followed by the season premier of Merlin.

Both are up against ITV1's biggest hitter in the form of The X Factor which starts at 7.30pm, half way through Doctor Who. The contest has reached the stage where celebrity guest stars will help whittle the number of contestants down from 32 to the final 16. The first half of Doctor Who will face All Star Family Fortunes, which just edged ahead of Doctor Who on overnight figures last week. This edition features Christopher Bisson of Emmerdale and McFly's Harry Judd.

Against the Doctor, BBC Two will be showing Frost on Nixon, not the film but an interview with TV presenter David Frost talking to broadcaster Joan Bakewell about his landmark interviews with former US president Richard Nixon. Channel 4 will be showing Channel 4 News followed by X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the 2009 spin-off prequel from the action fantasy X-Men series, starring Hugh Jackman. Channel Five will be showing the 1965 film Battle of the Bulge, starring Henry Fonda and Robert Shaw.

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The Sarah Jane Adventures will return at 5.15pm on CBBC on Monday 3rd October, with episode two being shown at the same time on Tuesday.