No New Doctor Who in North America Next Week

Saturday, 21 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who fans in North America will have an extra long wait to watch the conclusion to this week's episode The Rebel Flesh.

The second part of the two part story will not be broadcast on BBC America or Canada's SPACE until Saturday June 4. The reason is the Memorial Day holiday weekend which takes place in the States next weekend. Memorial Day commemorates U.S. soldiers who died while on military service and unofficially marks the start of the summer holiday season. TV schedulers try to avoid planning any new programming over the weekend when a large number of people are away from home.

BBC America will be broadcasting a series of episodes from Matt Smith's time as the Doctor over the weekend. Both channels will show The Almost People, the conclusion to the two part story, on 4th June.

Full listings can be found in This Week in Doctor Who.

FILTER: - Canada - USA - BBC America - Series 6/32 - Broadcasting

Record Ratings for BBC America and SPACE

Tuesday, 26 April 2011 - Reported by Marcus

BBC Worldwide have revealed that the series premier of Doctor Who broke new records for BBC America giving the channel its highest-rated, most-watched telecast ever in Live + Same Day ratings.

Altogether Doctor Who delivered almost 1.3 million viewers in the states, a rise of 71,000 viewers over last season’s opening episode The Eleventh Hour.

The channel also notes

Viewership across all of BBC America's Doctor Who YouTube content reached an all-time high of 3.5 million views.
The official debut of Doctor Who on Tumblr reached over 10,000 followers in two weeks.
Doctor Who is currently the number 1 TV series on the iTunes store.
BBCAmerica.com pulled in its largest traffic ever. On its best day, Saturday, April 23, 74% of users were new visitors to the site.

Meanwhile across the border on SPACE, a record 538,000 total viewers watched the premier in Canada, up 3% over the previous most-watched Doctor Who episode, making The Impossible Astronaut the most-watched SPACE broadcast this year.

The premiere also broke records among several key demographics including Adults 18-49 (up 7% with 292,000 viewers); Women 25-54 (up 50% with 111,000 viewers); and Women 18-49 (up 62% with 114,000 viewers).

FILTER: - USA - Ratings - BBC America - Series 6/32

Doctor Who Premiere Party in Brooklyn, NY

Monday, 11 April 2011 - Reported by Harry Ward

BBC America has organised a premiere screening of The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon and a Doctor Who themed party at the The Bell House in Brooklyn, New York on April 19. You can buy tickets for this even from the event page on TicketWeb. Full details below.

Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011 7:00 PM EDT
The Bell House, Brooklyn, NY
21 years and over
General admission - $5.00

Come be among the first in Brooklyn to see the first two episodes of the new season of Doctor Who!

Put on your best bow tie, grab your sonic screwdriver and head over to The Bell House on Tuesday, April 19th - BBC AMERICA and Secret Formula are bringing you a first look at the new season of Doctor Who. It's the Doctor Who New Season Premiere Party! Why wait until Saturday, April 23rd for the official TV premiere on BBC AMERICA when you can join all of your friends and fellow Doctor Who fans for a party that will be remembered throughout time and space! We're going way beyond just showing you the 2-part premiere episodes - we're turning The Bell House into the inside of the TARDIS and there will be plenty of games, contests, food and fun to be had including...

The Brooklyn premiere of the first and second episodes of the new season
Doctor Who Trivia Competition
Character Impersonation Contest and Villain-Off
Costume Contest
Time Travel Lecturer
Doctor Who-based sketch comedy and stand-up from Upright Citizen's Brigade

members

Spin the time travel wheel for a chance to win prizes and free drinks
Prizes from The Bell House and BBC AMERICA including DVD's, Doctor Who

merch and more!

Themed drinks like the 11th Doctor, Love is a Ginger, The Pandorica, Fish &

Custard and more!

A delicious selection of English foods served by Brooklyn's ChipShop
TARDIS & Dalek cookies and the Doctor's Fez cupcakes provided by Geek Treats

FILTER: - Special Events - USA - BBC America - Series 6/32

BBC America publicity update

Friday, 8 April 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster

As part of publicity for the new series of Doctor Who in the United States, BBC America have released an interview with the three stars, Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill, which was conducted by their Anglophenia blog at the Doctor Who signing at Barnes & Noble in New York City:

Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill, BBC America, via YouTube

The broadcaster has also released the second of their Insider series of videos; for this edition, "Get an inside look at The Doctor, featuring exclusive interviews with stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan plus Executive Producer/Lead Writer Steven Moffat."

Doctor Who Insider #2, BBC America, via YouTube
(the first edition may be found in a previous article earlier this week)

FILTER: - USA - BBC America - Series 6/32

Preview screening of Episodes 1&2 in Chicago, IL

Friday, 8 April 2011 - Reported by Harry Ward

A preview screening of The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon will be held in Chicago, Illinois on April 20.

BBC America and RedEye, a daily newspaper publication in Chicago will be hosting a preview screening of the first two episodes of Series 6 at 9:30pm on April 20 at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema.

UPDATE 10:30 a.m. CDT FRIDAY: Sorry folks, we are booked. That didn't take long at all. Chicago fans love the Doctor, obviously. I wish we could take a larger group, but thank you for reading and watching and getting in touch.

RedEye will take the names of the first 200 people to RSVP. That will get you on the guest list but an RSVP does not guarantee admission. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. They advise people on the guest list to show up early. More details are on their website.

How to RSVP:

~~Send your RSVP to showpatroltv@gmail.com with DOCTOR WHO in the subject line. Provide your name and neighborhood or city.~~
Each RSVP email is good for only one admission, meaning you cannot RSVP and tell me it’s for you and a friend. The friend should RSVP as well. If you are a parent and want to take your two kids, I should receive three separate RSVPs with three different names.
~~And please, if you RSVP show up. I’ll have some surprises for you.~~

FILTER: - Special Events - USA - BBC America - Series 6/32

BBC America premiere screening in NYC

Tuesday, 5 April 2011 - Reported by Harry Ward

BBC America will host a premiere screening event in New York City on Monday 11 April 2011. The event will be hosted by Chris Hardwick, who previously hosted the Doctor Who panel at WonderCon on Monday 4 April.

Event details:

Time - 11 April · 19:00 - 22:00
Location - Village East Cinema, 189 2nd Ave, New York, NY

BBC AMERICA’s Doctor Who Premiere Screening with Cast - Hosted by Chris Hardwick – New York City

Doctor Who’s Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Alex Kingston and Steven Moffat join Chris Hardwick (Nerdist, Web Soup) for a BBC AMERICA premiere screening and Q&A on Monday, April 11, 7:00 PM EST at the Village East Cinema in New York City.

BBC AMERICA has made this a FREE event for fans to come celebrate the first Doctor Who episodes ever filmed in America. Executive producers Piers Wenger and Beth Willis will also be in the house for the event.

*** PLEASE NOTE, AN RSVP DOES NOT GUARANTEE ADMISSION. SEATING IS ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS. DUE TO THE GREAT REACTION TO LAST YEAR’S EVENT, ADDITIONAL SEATING HAS BEEN ADDED. ***

Following a screening of the two-part season premiere - The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon - Chris will lead a discussion and Q&A, which will be recorded live for a special Nerdist Podcast. The downloadable podcast will give those unable to attend, a front row seat to the event.

Yesterday it was reported that Smith, Gillan and Darvill will be appearing at Barnes & Noble in Fifth Avenue, NY on April 8 to sign copies of the Series 5 boxed set.

FILTER: - Special Events - USA - BBC America - Series 6/32

BBC America's extended 2011 Series trailer

Friday, 1 April 2011 - Reported by Harry Ward

BBC America have now made a 60 second version of the trailer available via their YouTube channel - this is an extended version of the 30 second trailer that has been broadcast by the channel.

The video is markedly different to the UK version, with alternative scenes and characters represented, and focusses on the two-part opening story - The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon - which is set in the USA.

Doctor Who Trailer, BBC America, via YouTube

The Impossible Astronaut premiers on BBC America on Saturday April 23rd at 9/8c. According to their TV schedule, Part Two, Day of the Moon will broadcast on April 30th.

Promotion for the new series has begun in the States. BBC America have been posting photos of Doctor Who adverts; on the side of a New York City bus and on banners in San Francisco at WonderCon. A Doctor Who panel (Neil Gaiman, Mark Sheppard, and Toby Haynes) will take place at WonderCon on Sunday April 3rd from 11:30-12:15. More information here.

FILTER: - USA - BBC America - Series 6/32

BBC America announce Series Six launch date in USA as 23rd April

Wednesday, 9 March 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster

BBC America have announced in association with Entertainment Weekly that the sixth series of Doctor Who will be premiering in the United States on Saturday 23rd April, at 9pm EST (8pm Central).

Doctor Who is coming to America in a spectacular two-part season premiere on BBC AMERICA. Part One premieres Saturday, April 23 at 9/8c. The mysterious time traveler, the Doctor (Matt Smith), and his companions Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill), find themselves on a secret summons that takes them on an adventure from the desert in Utah - right to the Oval Office in 1969. More details will be revealed in the coming weeks about this two-parter penned by ‘Who supremo’ Steven Moffat (Sherlock) and featuring guest star Mark Sheppard (Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica). Also set to return this season, Alex Kingston (ER, Flash Forward), as the irrepressible River Song.

Update: BBC America Press Release on April highlights

The BBC Press Office have yet to officially announce a date for the new series commencing in the United Kingdom, but Doctor Who Magazine has indicated that it will be over the Easter weekend.

FILTER: - USA - BBC America - Series 6/32

BBC America Ratings

Wednesday, 29 December 2010 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who:A Christmas Carol had an average audience of 727,000 viewers for its first showing on BBC America on Christmas Day.

TV by the Numbers report the figure, which is for the 9-10.20pm showing on the channel. Last year the first part of The End of Time, which was shown the day after Christmas, achieved 671,000 viewers in the same timeslot.

Figures are not yet available for the other showings on the channel.

FILTER: - Specials - USA - Ratings - BBC America

BBC America TARDIS Building Contest

Saturday, 25 December 2010 - Reported by Harry Ward

BBC America have launched a competition to find the best homemade TARDIS.

The first place winner will be awarded the grand prize of a Doctor Who screening event at a venue in their area in September 2011, with a maximum of 50 guests, plus one copy of every episode of Doctor Who currently available on DVD in the United States.

Judging will be based on documentation of the following:

Most original design of the TARDIS
Most creative use of materials
Most creative placement in a public location
Most Facebook likes on wheresthetardis.com

The competition is open only to legal residents of the Continental United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) who are eighteen years of age or older at the time of entry.

More information can be found at WheresTheTARDIS.com

FILTER: - USA - BBC America - Competitions

Previous 4 Stories

No New Doctor Who in North America Next Week

Record Ratings for BBC America and SPACE

Doctor Who Premiere Party in Brooklyn, NY

BBC America publicity update

Preview screening of Episodes 1&2 in Chicago, IL

BBC America premiere screening in NYC

BBC America's extended 2011 Series trailer

BBC America announce Series Six launch date in USA as 23rd April

BBC America Ratings

BBC America TARDIS Building Contest

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