Collectormania 17 - Milton Keynes

Wednesday, 25 May 2011 - Reported by Harry Ward
WonderCon A number of actors from Doctor Who will be attending Collectormania in Milton Keynes over this coming weekend (Saturday 28th to Monday 30th May 2011).

Former Doctors Peter Davison and Colin Baker will join Alex Kingston (River Song), Stuart Milligan (President Richard Nixon, Colonel Stark, Tannoy), Anthony Head (Mr. Finch, School Reunion, Baltazar, The Infinite Quest) John Leeson (K-9), John Challis (Scorby, The Seeds of Doom), Roger Lloyd-Pack (John Lumic, Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel), Dean Lennox Kelly (Shakespeare, The Shakespeare Code), Nigel Planer (Vorgenson, Doctor Who Live), Christopher Ryan (General Staal / Commander Stark), Miranda Raison (Tallulah, Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks), Darren Morfitt (Marco, The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone), Ralph Morse (Foster Guardian, The Keeper of Traken), Les Conrad (Various - uncredited), Stephen Calcutt (Various - uncredited), Dean Mitchell (Armed Soldier, Aliens of London - uncredited) and Jill Curzon (Louise, Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.).

You can find a full list of guests and show information on the Collectormania website.





FILTER: - People - UK - Conventions

The Doctor's Wife - Chart Position

Monday, 23 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who RatingsBARB have now issued final ratings for the week ending 15th May making Doctor Who: The Doctor's Wife the 14th most watched programme of the week.

The show was once again the highest non-soap drama of the week. It was knocked a couple of places down the chart by the new series of The Apprentice and by the Eurovision Song Contest.

The chart does not include iPlayer figures where over 1 million have already accessed this episode.




FILTER: - Doctor Who - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32

The Rebel Flesh - Appreciation Index

Monday, 23 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: The Rebel FleshThe Rebel Flesh had an Appreciation Index, or AI score of 85.

The score is once more in the excellent category with the highest rating of Saturday going to Casualty with 88.

Two programmes got more than six million watching on Sunday, pushing Doctor Who into 21st place for the week on the overnight figures. This will certainly rise when final figures are released next week.

The BBC Three Sunday night repeat had 0.5 million viewers, a 2.1% share of the audience.




FILTER: - Doctor Who - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32

The Doctor's Wife - Final Ratings

Sunday, 22 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: The Doctor's WifeThe Doctor's Wife had a final official rating of 7.97 million viewers, a 34.7% share of the audience.

The final rating includes those who record the programme and watch it within seven days.

Full ratings, which will reveal the chart position of the episode, should be released tomorrow.





FILTER: - Doctor Who - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32

The Rebel Flesh - Overnight Figures

Sunday, 22 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: The Rebel Flesh5.7 million viewers watched episode five of Doctor Who: The Rebel Flesh, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The story, written by Matthew Graham, attracted 29.3% of the overnight audience and was the second most-watched programme of the day. The most-watched programme was Britain's Got Talent with 10 million watching.

Doctor Who had a million more viewers than the third placed programme Casualty. Against the Doctor, Sing If You Can on ITV had 4.1 million watching. 0.84 million watched Doctor Who on BBC One HD.

The BBC One audience once more peaked when Doctor Who was on, rising to 5.9 million during the programme and dropping to 2.8 million as Doctor Who finished.

Doctor Who currently stands as the 19th most watched programme of the week.

On BBC Three Doctor Who Confidential has 0.57million viewers, a 3.1% share of the audience.





FILTER: - Doctor Who - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32

Torchwood: Miracle Day - UK Preview Screening

Thursday, 19 May 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The British Film Institute have announced that there will be a special preview screening of the first episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day. The screening will take place at the BFI on 20th June 2011, with the sixty minute episode followed by a panel discussion and Q&A session with John Barrowman (Jack), Eve Myles (Gwen), and Russell T Davies (writer/executive producer) (Appearances are subject to work commitments).

Back in 2009, the BFI hosted a special preview for Torchwood: Children of Earth - Day One, and most recently held a preview screening for A Christmas Carol.

The event was seen to sell out within a couple of hours of its announcement.




FILTER: - Torchwood - Special Events - UK - Miracle Day (Series 4)

Week Three Ratings Chart

Tuesday, 17 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who RatingsBARB have now issued final ratings for the week ending 8th May making Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot the 11th most watched programme of the week.

The show was once again the highest non-soap drama of the week with only EastEnders, Coronation Street and Britain's Got Talent rating higher.

The third episode in last year's series, Victory of the Daleks, also was ranked 11th for the week.




FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32

Earth Story: DVD Cover Art

Monday, 16 May 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster

United Kingdom

2|Entertain have released the cover art for the upcoming DVD boxed set Earth Story; featuring the William Hartnell story The Gunfighters and Peter Davison story The Awakening, it is due out in the United Kingdom on the 20th June:


Full details for Earth Story can be found in our April article on the DVD schedule.

United States/Canada

BBC/Warner have released the cover art for The Gunfighters and The Awakening, which are due out individually in the United States and Canada on 12th July:






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

The Doctor's Wife - AI 87

Monday, 16 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: The Doctor's WifeThe Doctor's Wife had an Appreciation Index or AI of 87.

The score was the second highest of Saturday night on the four main channels with only The Comedy Genius of John Sullivan on BBC Two scoring higher.

The Appreciation Index, or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. It is a score out of 100 based on responses from a 5,000 strong panel. A score above 85 is considered excellent.

On Sunday two programmes had higher overnight viewing figures than Doctor Who, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Countryfile, pushing Doctor Who into 22nd place on overnight figures. Final figures will be released next week.

The BBC Three repeat had 0.57 million viewers.




FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32

The Curse of the Black Spot - Final Ratings

Sunday, 15 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: Curse of the Black SpotDoctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot had an official consolidated audience of 7.85 million viewers, according to figures released by BARB.

The programme has a 35.5% share of the total audience available at that time.

The number includes those who recorded the programme for viewing within seven days of its initial showing. The figure is much larger than the initially reported overnight figure. A full report for the week, which will reveal the shows position in the weekly charts will be released by BARB tomorrow.

The figures do not include those watching on iPlayer, where just under 1 million have accessed the programme within the first week of transmission.





FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32