Mummy On The Orient Express - Overnight Viewing Figures

Sunday, 12 October 2014 - Reported by Marcus
5.08 million viewers watched Doctor Who: Mummy On The Orient Express, according to unofficial overnight figures.

Doctor Who, which had a share of 22.1% of the audience, was the third most watched programme of the day. Top of the chart was Strictly Come Dancing which had 8.65 million viewers. Over on ITV The X Factor was top with 7.55 million watching.

The episode of Doctor Who was broadcast at 8.37pm making it the latest showing for the series in its entire history.

Doctor Who is currently 19th for the week. Final figures should be available next Sunday.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 8/34 - UK

Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor - Comic Trailer

Saturday, 11 October 2014 - Reported by Marcus
BBC Worldwide and Titan Comics have released a trailer for the new series, Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor, which is released on October 15th.

The comic is written by Robbie Morrison and illustrated by Dave Taylor. Cover art is by Alice X Zhang. The comic is being exclusively previewed at New York Comic Con which takes place this weekend.





FILTER: - Comics - Twelfth Doctor

Foxes in Mummy

Saturday, 11 October 2014 - Reported by Marcus
The BBC has released a preview of the singer Foxes talking about her cameo in tonight's episode of Doctor Who, Mummy On The Orient Express.

The singer, who appears in the episode screened tonight on BBC One, performs a cover version of the 1979 Queen single, Don't Stop Me Now. The full version is available on Foxes' official YouTube channel.





FILTER: - People - Series 8/34

Radio Times - Retro Poster

Saturday, 11 October 2014 - Reported by Marcus
The latest Radio Times free downloadable retro poster, created by designer Stuart Manning, for Mummy On The Orient Express is now available.

Manning told Radio Times:
I've really been looking forward to this episode. Agatha Christie meets Universal Horror is such a brilliant combination of influences. I've based this one on old crime hardback covers, also incorporating some of the art deco-style type of Universal's classic horror posters. It's not every day you get to combine Jazz Age glamour with the looming undead
Mummy On The Orient Express will be broadcast at 8.35pm on BBC One. Full broadcast details here.

Mummy On The Orient Express (Credit: Radio Times/Stuart Manning)






FILTER: - Radio Times - Series 8/34

Doctor Who Extra on the Red Button

Friday, 10 October 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The Doctor (Credit: BBC/Adrian Rogers)The next edition of online behind-the-scenes show Doctor Who Extra, covering the eighth episode Mummy On The Orient Express, is also available via digital television's Red Button service on BBC channels at the following times:

Saturday9:20pm-5:55am
Monday9:40am-11:55am
Monday3:15pm-7:55pm
Friday2:00pm-6:00pm






FILTER: - Online - Series 8/34

The Caretaker - Chart Placing

Thursday, 9 October 2014 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who The Caretaker was the twentieth most watched programme for the week on British Television, according to figures provided by Barb.

The episode was the 7th most watched programme on BBC Television for the week, with the new series of Strictly Come Dancing taking top position.

Overall Downton Abbey was the highest rated programme of the week with 10.46 million watching, once ITV HD and ITV+1 figures are added in. The X Factor also did well with all three editions rating higher than Doctor Who. The top soaps, Coronation Street, EastEnders and episodes of Emmerdale all entered the top twenty.

Full Ratings Data for week

The last Doctor Who episode to fall outside the top twenty was Nightmare in Silver in May 2013.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 8/34 - UK

Flatline: Transmission Time

Wednesday, 8 October 2014 - Reported by Marcus
The BBC have confirmed that the ninth episode in the current run of Doctor Who, Flatline, will broadcast in the UK on 18th October at the slightly earlier time of 8:25pm.

The programme will once more follow Strictly Come Dancing and will be followed by Casualty. On the other main UK channels the episode is scheduled against ITV's The X Factor (which airs from 8:00pm to 9:20pm), a repeat of Dad's Army, on BBC2, Grand Designs on Channel 4, and World War II in Colour on Channel Five.

Separated from the Doctor, Clara discovers a new menace from another dimension.

But how do you hide when even the walls are no protection? With people to save and the Doctor trapped, Clara comes up against an enemy that exists beyond human perception.




FILTER: - Press - Series 8/34

Online petition for a German dub of the classic series

Wednesday, 8 October 2014 - Reported by Pascal Salzmann
Fans in Germany have started a petition to help get the newly-started german Netflix to dub and release the classic series of Doctor Who.

The petition, started by Andrè Schott, reads:

Dubbing and release of Classic Doctor Who in German
German fans of Doctor Who have been waiting for a very long time to see the classic series, which ran from 1963 to 1989, dubbed into German. There are 26 seasons, but only 5 of them are available in German. We request a German dub and a release of the remaining 21 seasons. The current DVD distributer Pandastorm Pictures already stated their interest in more releases of the classic series. However, they are unable to finance the dub on their own. This is why they need the support of a TV broadcaster. Netflix just started in Germany, is still looking for new content and already offers all of the new series of Doctor Who. They would be perfectly suited for a release of the classic episodes. (Translated from German)

To this day there are only Seasons 22 to 26 and the TV Movie available with a German dub. German DVD distributer Pandastorm Pictures is going to release those seasons in boxed sets, starting this November. Der Siebte Doktor Volume 1 (Season 24) can be pre-ordered from Amazon Germany.





FILTER: - Blu-ray/DVD - Classic Series - Germany - Online

Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor - Comic Series

Wednesday, 8 October 2014 - Reported by Marcus
Titan Comics have released a preview of their brand-new series, Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor #1, which will launch on October 15.

The comic is written by Robbie Morrison and illustrated by Dave Taylor. Cover art is by Alice X Zhang. The comic will be exclusively previewed at New York Comic Con which takes place on October 9-12.
Offering shocks, surprises, and galaxy-shaking revelations, seasoned TARDIS pilot Robbie Morrison (Drowntown, The Authority, 2000AD, Nikolai Dante) and New York Times-bestselling artist Dave Taylor (Batman: Death by Design; 2000AD) mark the start of their first five-issue run by diving headfirst into the console room and pulling all the levers they can – spinning the new Doctor off to his most challenging destination yet!

Freshly regenerated and with a new head full of unanswered questions, the Doctor (as played by Peter Capaldi) whisks Clara Oswald (as played by Jenna Coleman) away to a strange and distant world.

Clara thought she was in for an evening of marking essays on the Metaphysical Poets, followed by going out on a date – or at least trying to. You know, normal stuff.

Instead, she’s facing down exotic flora and fauna in her best dress, backing up the Doctor on a trek through traumatically alien undergrowth – and she doesn’t even know what the Doctor is searching for, or what will try to kill them should they find it!

New Face! New Doctor! New Beginning!




FILTER: - Comics - Twelfth Doctor

Mummy on the Orient Express - New Pictures

Tuesday, 7 October 2014 - Reported by Marcus
The BBC has released a new set of pictures from the next episode of Doctor Who - Mummy On The Orient Express, which debuts next Saturday.
The Doctor and Clara are on the most beautiful train in history, speeding among the stars of the future - but they are unaware that a deadly creature is stalking the passengers.

Once you see the horrifying Mummy you only have 66 seconds to live. No exceptions, no reprieve. As the Doctor races against the clock Clara sees him at his deadliest and most ruthless. Will he work out how to defeat the Mummy? Start the clock!
Written by Jamie Mathieson and directed by Paul Wilmshurst.

Mummy On The Orient Express  (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014)
Mummy On The Orient Express - The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014) Mummy On The Orient Express -  Foxes (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014) Mummy On The Orient Express - Perkins (Frank Skinner) (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014)
Mummy On The Orient Express - Maisie (Daisy Beaumont) (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014) Mummy On The Orient Express - Perkins (Frank Skinner) (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014) Mummy On The Orient Express - The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014) Mummy On The Orient Express (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014) Mummy On The Orient Express - Prof Moorhouse (Christopher Villiers) (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014) Mummy On The Orient Express - The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014)
Mummy On The Orient Express  - Foxes (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014) Mummy On The Orient Express - Maisie (Daisy Beaumont) (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014) Mummy On The Orient Express - Perkins (Frank Skinner) (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014) Mummy On The Orient Express -  Captain Quell (David Bamber) (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014) Mummy On The Orient Express - Perkins (Frank Skinner) (Credit: Adrian Rogers, BBC/BBC Worldwide 2014)




FILTER: - Press - Series 8/34