Last of the Time Lords Schedule and Spoilerish Synopsis

Friday, 15 June 2007 - Reported by Josiah Rowe

The BBC's Programme Information for the week including Saturday 30 June has been published, and contains major plot spoilers in its summary forLast of the Time Lords, the final episode of Series Three. If you don't mind being spoiled, click on the spoiler tag to see what's coming up.

Last of the Time Lords airs at 7:10 pm on BBC One, on Saturday June 30.

Earth has been conquered and the Master rules supreme, with the Doctor a helpless prisoner, in the final episode of Russell T Davies's Doctor Who.The entire human race has been reduced to slavery, as the mighty warships of a new Time Lord Empire rise from the ashes. Only Martha Jones can save the world...

David Tennant plays the Doctor and Freema Agyeman plays his companion, Martha Jones. John Barrowman and John Simm guest star.

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Broadcasting

Barrowman autobiography to come

Thursday, 14 June 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

The John Barrowman Official Site has reported that Barrowman is publishing an autobiography with Michael O'Mara books. Anything Goeswill be published in Spring 2008, and will tell Barrowman's story from the very beginning.

FILTER: - People

Family of Blood - Final Ratings

Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Final figures released by BARB put episode nine, The Family of Blood, as the 13th most watched programme on British Television for the week.

The final rating was 7.21 million viewers, making the programme the 5th most watched on BBC One. It beat an episode of EastEnders, and ITV1's regular weekly episode of Heartbeat. It was top of Saturday night.

On multichannel, the Sunday repeat achieved a final rating of0.76 millionviewers making it 2nd most watched on BBC3 and 4th on all multichannel Television for the week.

Saturdays Doctor Who Confidential was 17th with a final rating of 0.57 million viewers.

Top Twenty (w/e 3 June 2007)

1 CORONATION STREET (MON 1934) - 10.65 - ITV1
2 CORONATION STREET (MON 2031) - 10.54 - ITV1
3 CORONATION STREET (WED 1934) - 10.18 - ITV1
4 EASTENDERS (MON 2001) - 9.29 - BBC1
5 CORONATION STREET (SUN 1929) - 8.87 - ITV1
6 NEW TRICKS (MON 2102) - 8.51 - BBC1
7 EASTENDERS (THU 1929) - 8.25 - BBC1
8 MATCH OF THE DAY LIVE (FRI 1929) - 8.10 - BBC1
9 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) - 7.96 - ITV1
10 EMMERDALE (MON 1902) - 7.89 - ITV1
11 EMMERDALE (WED 1903) - 7.44 - ITV1
12 MIDSOMER MURDERS (SUN 2105) - 7.31 - ITV1
13 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1911) - 7.21 - BBC1
14 HEARTBEAT (SUN 2000) - 7.07 - ITV1
15 EMMERDALE (THU 1902) - 6.80 - ITV1
16 ANY DREAM WILL DO (SAT 2149) - 6.71 - BBC1
17 EASTENDERS (TUE 1930) - 6.66 - BBC1
18 EMMERDALE (TUE 1900) - 6.61 - ITV1
19 BIG BROTHER (WED 2102) - 6.59 - Ch4
20 ANY DREAM WILL DO (SAT 2005) - 6.45 - BBC1

Multichannel Top twenty

1 KATIE AND PETER: THE NEXT CHAPTER (Thu 2100) 1,376,000 - ITV2
2 LIVE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (Mon 1400) 966,000 - Sky Sports
3 EASTENDERS (Tue 2200) 891,000 - BBC3
4 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 2002) 758,000 - BBC3
5 BIG BROTHER'S BIG MOUTH (Thu 2303) 696,000 - E4
6 HOME AND AWAY (Fri 1829) 654,000 - Five Life
7 EASTENDERS (Thu 2201) 653,000 - BBC3
8 SUPERNATURAL (Sun 2100) 651,000 - ITV2
9 HOME AND AWAY (Thu 1829) 626,000 - Five Life
10 FILM: BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON (Tue 2147) 623,000 - ITV2
11 BIG BROTHER LIVE (Wed 2218) 616,000 - E4
12 POIROT (Wed 2059) 613,000 - ITV3
13 60 SECONDS (Sun 2000) 604,000 - BBC3
14 HOME AND AWAY (Wed 1829) 597,000 - Five Life
15 HOLLYOAKS (Thu 1859) 578,000 - E4 In
16 HOLLYOAKS (Wed 1859) 577,000 - E4 In
17 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sat 1955) 572,000 - BBC3
18 GAVIN AND STACEY (Sun 2100) 544,000 - BBC3
19 HOME AND AWAY (Tue 1828) 533,000 - Five Life
20 HOLLYOAKS (Mon 1859) 529,000 E4

Source BARB

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Australian Torchwood Coverage

Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - Reported by Josiah Rowe

In the run-up to Torchwood's Australian debut next Monday (June 18), the Australian media have had a few stories about the spin-off. The Sunday Telegraph of Sydney writes about the fact that the series will air on Ten instead of the ABC, the traditional home of Doctor Who in Australia. The Age of Melbourne has a longer feature story, with quotes fromRussell T. Davies andBurn Gorman. Davies talks about the origins of the programme and its attitude towards sexuality, and Gorman speaks about the cast's working dynamics.

The Adelaide Advertiser gives the programme four stars calling the cast 'led by John Barrowman as . . . simply astounding.' Sean Fewster writes that the show 'is cooler than the outside of an Ice Warrior's armour, but one that's bound to attract controversy from the get-go.' The Australian Who magazine also gives the first episode four stars and makes it their 'show of the week'.

Thanks to Adam Kirk for the links and Dr Cat for the Advertiser story.

FILTER: - Torchwood - Press - Australia

Dilemma Averted for London Gay Who Fans

Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - Reported by R Alan Siler

As reported by PinkNews, the final episode of Series Three of Doctor Who,The Last of the Time Lords, is being broadcast on the same day as the London Pride Festival, held in Trafalgar Square.

Organizers of the event, in an effort to not make gay Who fans choose between the annual celebration and the season finale of their favourite show, have come up with an interesting compromise: they plan to carry the live BBC broadcast of the episode at 7:10 p.m. on a big screen at the event's main stage in Trafalgar Square. And if that's not enough to get gay fans out to the event, they've also arranged to have John Barrowman co-host the event with Graham Norton. Barrowman will be speaking earlier in the afternoon about his role as Captain Jack on Doctor Who and Torchwood.

The event kicks off at 3:00 following the Pride parade through town and concludes with the broadcast of The Last of the Time Lords.

FILTER: - Special Events - Series 3/29

Radio Times Poster Offer

Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - Reported by Kenny Davidson

This week's Radio Times features a large double-sided panoramic poster offer. One side features the Doctor, Martha and Jack inside the Tardis, and the other side has a rogues' gallery of recent enemies, including the Angels, Dalek Sec and its mutant hybrid, Scarecrows and the Judoon. The poster measures 124 x 45cm, and is available with two tokens and a fee for postage. The first token is in this weeks issue, the second in next weeks.

Also in Radio Times this week, an interview with Torchwood star John Barrowman on returning to Doctor Who. Click on the spoiler tag to read an extract.

"It's not the Captain Jack from Torchwood. He's not angsty, he's not moody; he's determined, but in a different way. Captain Jack from Doctor Who is a little more light-hearted, because he’s back where he wants to be. Although he loves the Torchwood team, one of his main objectives over the past couple of years has been to find the Doctor, to figure out why Jack is the way he is. Now he's there, he can let the Doctor take the responsibility for everything and he can sit in the background a bit."

FILTER: - Merchandise - Magazines - Radio Times

DVD Special Promotion

Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

From July 2nd, 2Entertain will re-release a number of DVDs aimed at bringing the classic series to a new audience.

For a limited period, the DVDs will be available at a lower price and with new packaging. The titles have been carefully chosen as stories that may appeal to fans of the new series, that have not already purchased classic Doctor Who DVDs.

The actual content of the DVDs will be identical to the previously released version.

The eight stories to be re-released are:

Spearhead from Space
Genesis of the Daleks
The Hand of Fear
Earthshock
The Five Doctors
Revelation of the Daleks
Remembrance of the Daleks
The TV Movie

FILTER: - UK - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Utopia Trailer

Tuesday, 12 June 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

The full trailer for Utopia, which aired on BBC TV yesterday, is now available to view on the official programme website.

The episode will be shown on BBC1 this coming Saturday at 7.15pm, according to Radio Times.

FILTER: - Online - Series 3/29 - Radio Times

Blink Basis Story Online

Tuesday, 12 June 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

The BBC has put Steven Moffat's short story "What I Did On My Christmas Holidays" By Sally Sparrow, which formed the basis of last Saturday's episode Blink, online.

It was originally published in the 2006 Doctor Who Annual.

FILTER: - Online

Blink - AI figure and Sunday Ratings

Monday, 11 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Episode ten, Blink, grabbed the attention of the British public, with an Appreciation Index, or AI, figure of 87. This is a considerable achievement for a programme which featured very little of the two main characters. Last year's Doctor-lite episode, Love and Monsters, scored 76. The figure is the joint second-best of series three, being beaten by the season opener Smith and Jones.

The AI figure was the joint-highest on Saturday night, along withCoast on BBC Two.

Of the audience, 82% said they made a special effort to watch, while an amazing 90% watched with a lot of attention. 63% said it felt original and different and 44% said it was a programme they intended to discuss with others.

With the full week's overnights now available, Doctor Who is currently the 18th most watched programme of the week.

The BBC Three audience on Sunday night was down to 0.68 million viewers. With a share of 4% this made it the second most watched programme on multichannel television, being beaten by The Simpsons on Sky one.