Village of the Angels - Appreciation Index

Wednesday, 24 November 2021 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Village of the Angels: Weeping Angel (Credit: BBC Studios (James Pardon))

Village of the Angels: Flux: Chapter Four achieved an Audience Appreciation Index score of 79.

The Appreciation Index or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The score, out of a hundred, is compiled by a specially selected panel of around 5,000 people who go online and rate and comment on programmes.

The figure is a marked improvement on the previous week, and is the highest acheived so far this series.

 





FILTER: - Doctor Who - Series 13/39 - Ratings

Ratings Update

Monday, 22 November 2021 - Reported by Marcus
Village of the Angels: Jericho (Kevin Mcnally), The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Claire (Annabel Scholey) (Credit: BBC Studios (BBC Studios))

Doctor Who Village of the Angels was watched by 3.45 million viewers according to unofficial overnight figures.

The figure is a slight drop from last week's episode. Top for the evening was I'm A Celebrity on ITV1 with 8.03 million watching.

The seven-day consolidated figure, which includes all those who watch the episode within one week. for Episode Three: Once, Upon Time was 4.67 million. This is the lowest seven-day consolidated rating since the series returned in 2005.

However, In terms of chart position, Doctor Who is still performing strongly. It was the 6th most-watched programme on BBC Television for the week and the 19th most-watched on all British television.





FILTER: - Series 13/Season 39 - Ratings - Uk

Flux Chapter 4: Village of the Angels

Saturday, 20 November 2021 - Reported by Marcus
Village of the Angels: Weeping Angel (Credit: BBC Studios (James Pardon))

Doctor Who returns this weekend for the fourth chapter in the Flux series, Village of the Angels

Devon, November 1967. A little girl has gone missing, Professor Eustacius Jericho is conducting psychic experiments, and in the village graveyard, there is one gravestone too many. Why is Medderton known as the Cursed Village, and what do the Weeping Angels want?

The episode is written by showrunner Chris Chibnall along with Maxine Alderton, who wrote last year's The Haunting Of Villa Diodati

It is directed by Jamie Magnus Stone who directed the first two episodes of this season.. 

It stars Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor alongside Mandip Gill as Yasmin and John Bishop as Dan. 

 

The episode can be seen in the UK on BBC One at 6.20 pm on Sunday. Full global broadcasts are listed at This Week in Doctor Who

 

It can be streamed on the BBC iPlayer, on Netflix, on Amazon Prime and Britbox depending on location. 

 

 

 

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FILTER: - Series 13/Season 39

Once, Upon Time - Appreciation Index

Tuesday, 16 November 2021 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Once, Upon Time: Craig Parkinson (Credit: BBC Studios (Ben Blackall))

Once, Upon Time: Flux: Chapter Three achieved an Audience Appreciation Index score of 75.

The Appreciation Index or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The score, out of a hundred, is compiled by a specially selected panel of around 5,000 people who go online and rate and comment on programmes.

Range-wise, a figure of 60 is considered poor with 85 as excellent, so in context 75 sits firmly between those two views; however it is the lowest received by the series since its return in 2005.

The average for Flux at its halfway point is 76.





FILTER: - Series 13/Season 39 - Ratings

Ratings Update

Monday, 15 November 2021 - Reported by Marcus
Once, Upon Time: Cybermen (Credit: BBC Studios (James Pardon))

Doctor Who Once, Upon Time was watched by 3.76 million viewers according to unofficial overnight figures.

The figure is a slight drop from last week's episode.

The seven-day consolidated figure, which includes all those who watch the episode within one week. for the War of The Sontarans was 5.10 million.

This made Doctor Who the 13th most-watched programme on British television for the week ending 7th November





FILTER: - Series 13/Season 39 - Ratings

Flux: Chapter Three - Once, Upon Time

Saturday, 13 November 2021 - Reported by Marcus
Once, Upon Time: Dan (John Bishop), The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) (Credit: BBC Studios (James Pardon))

Doctor Who returns this weekend for the third chapter in the Flux series, Once, Upon Time

Time is beginning to run wild. On a planet that shouldn’t exist, in the aftermath of apocalypse, the Doctor, Dan, Yaz and Vinder face a battle to survive.

 

The episode is directed by Azhur Saleem making his Doctor Who debut. 

It stars Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor alongside Mandip Gill as Yasmin and John Bishop as Dan. 

 

The episode can be seen in the UK on BBC One at 6.30 pm on Sunday. Full global broadcasts are listed at This Week in Doctor Who

 

It can be streamed on the BBC iPlayer, on Netflix, on Amazon Prime and Britbox depending on location. 

 

 

 

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FILTER: - Series 13/Season 39

Doctor Who Magazine - Issue 571

Wednesday, 10 November 2021 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who Magazine Issue 571 (Credit: Panini) Doctor Who Magazine Issue 571 (Credit: Panini)Doctor Who Magazine Issue 571 (Credit: Panini)

 

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 571 is out this week and comes with one of three covers. 

It includes the latest on Series 13 from the showrunner Chris Chibnall. 

Highlights include 

  • Three variant covers to collect – Swarm, Azure and Skaak
  • The latest Production Notes from showrunner Chris Chibnall.
  • An exclusive preview of the final episodes of Series 13, with contributions from Chris Chibnall, Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill and John Bishop.
  • Interviews with Sam Spruell and Rochenda Sandall, who play Flux supervillains Swarm and Azure.
  • Production designer Dafydd Shurmer discusses the sets he created for Series 13, with previously unseen concept art and other exclusive images
  • Writer and director Pete McTighe describes the making of the trailer for the new Season 17 Blu-ray box set.
  • A look back at The Five Faces of Doctor Who repeat season, on the 40th anniversary of its BBC2 screening.
  • The second installment of a two-part feature looking at Doctor Who’s most successful, and not so successful, relaunches 
  • The Fact of Fiction analyses the 1984 story Planet of Fire.
  • The second part of The Forest Bride, a brand-new comic strip adventure for the Doctor and Yaz.
  • Sufficient Data explores Doctor Who’s big ideas.
  • An exclusive preview of the Season 17 Blu-ray box set, complete with a disc-by-disc guide of special features
  •  Previews, reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser and more.

 

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 571 is on sale from panini.co.uk and WH Smith from Thursday 11 November priced £5.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £4.99.





FILTER: - DWM - Series 13/39

War of the Sontarans - Appreciation Index

Tuesday, 9 November 2021 - Reported by Chuck Foster
War of The Sontarans: The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Mary (Sara Powell), Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill), Dan (John Bishop) (Credit: BBC Studios (James Pardon))

War of The Sontarans: Flux: Chapter Two had an Audience Appreciation Index score of 77.

The Appreciation Index or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The score, out of a hundred, is compiled by a specially selected panel of around 5,000 people who go online and rate and comment on programmes.

The figure is up a percentile on the 76 received by the series opener last week, indicating a higher appreciation amongst the programme commentators.





FILTER: - Doctor Who - Series 13/Season 39 - Ratings

War of the Sontarans

Saturday, 6 November 2021 - Reported by Marcus
War of The Sontarans: Sontaran (Credit: BBC Studios (James Pardon))

Doctor Who returns this weekend for the second chapter in the Flux series, War of the Sontarans

During the Crimean War, the Doctor discovers the British army fighting a brutal alien army of Sontarans, as Yaz and Dan are thrown deeper into a battle for survival. What is the Temple of Atropos? Who are the Mouri?

The episode sees the return of the Sontarans, first seen in the 1974 story The Time Warrior. The warriors, created by Robert Holmes, have returned many times to battle The Doctor, most recently in the 2008 story The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky

In the episode, the Doctor teams up with Mary Seacole, played by Sara Powell. Seacole was a British-Jamaican, healer, and businesswoman who set up the so-called British Hotel behind the lines during the Crimean War. 

 

The episode can be seen in the UK on BBC One at 6.15 pm on Sunday. Full global broadcasts are listed at This Week in Doctor Who

 

It can be streamed on the BBC iPlayer on Netflix, on Amazon Prime and Britbox depending on location. 

 

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FILTER: - Series 13/Season 39

The Halloween Apocalypse - Appreciation Index

Tuesday, 2 November 2021 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Weeping Angel (Credit: James Pardon / BBC Studios)

The Halloween Apocalypse: Flux: Chapter One had an Audience Appreciation Index score of 76.

The Appreciation Index or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The score, out of a hundred, is compiled by a specially selected panel of around 5,000 people who go online and rate and comment on programmes.

The previous series opener, Spyfall: Part One  (New Year's Day 2020) achieved a score of 82, whilst the most recent episode, New Year's Day adventure Revolution of the Daleks, achieved a score of 79. The thirteenth Doctor's era as a whole has a a current average score of 80.

The score of 76 is the lowest achieved for the series since Love & Monsters in 2006.

 





FILTER: - Series 13/Season 39 - Ratings