Classic Series on YouTube

Thursday, 5 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

BBC Worldwide have uploaded a number of clips from the classic series onto YouTube.

The clips, which average around 3 minutes long, are mainly taken from the Jon Pertwee andTom Baker incarnations of the Doctor.

Stories represented include The Time Warrior, The Deadly Assassin and The Sunmakers.

There is also a chance to see how the original incarnation of The Master dealt with those who got in his way

FILTER: - Online - Classic Series

Australian media coverage

Thursday, 5 July 2007 - Reported by Adam Kirk

The Australian media continues its coverage of Doctor Who and Torchwood. The Age has reviewed Smith and Jones and describes Torchwood as 'good old-fashion science fiction'. Meanwhile the Sydney Morning Heralddescribes The Shakespeare Code as 'a great story, told with much fun and tongue firmly in cheek.'

The Age also has a feature on the search for the 108 missing episodes of the classic series.

Meanwhile in the Aussie ratings, 'Smith and Jones' scored 928,000 viewers in the 5 major capitals. Meanwhile, Torchwood's 'Day One' scored 895,000 viewers and 'Ghost Machine', up against the Princess Diana tribute concert on a rival network, scored 774,000 viewers. For more details see the Sydney Morning Herald's Tribal Mind.

FILTER: - Press - Australia

Doctor Who: Podshock 87

Thursday, 5 July 2007 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

Episode 87 of Doctor Who: Podshock is now available.

"Weapon, after weapon, after weapon. All you do is talk, and talk, and talk. But over all these years... and all these disasters, I've always had the greatest secret of them all. I know you. Explode those ships, you kill yourself... That's the one thing you can never do."

Note: This episode was recorded LIVE on the net on the 1st of July 2007. The audio quality is not to our usual standards due to how this special live over the net episode was recorded. This podcast is going out as it was recorded without any post production work applied to it in order to expedite our podcasts and catch up with the BBC transmissions. Warning: this podcast reviews the thirteenth episode of the 2007 series "Last of the Time Lords", and may contain spoilers. If you have not seen this episode yet, you may want to save this podcast episode until you have seen it.

Outpost Gallifrey Presents:

Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 87
For the Week of the 2nd of July 2007. Recorded LIVE on the net
Running Time: 1:56:04

Live Roundtable Episode Review of "Last of the Time Lords", featuring our regular contributors Darth Skeptical, Taras Hnatyshyn, and Mike Doran, with live listener feedback. Hosted by Louis Trapani, James Naughton, and Ken Deep. Recorded live on the net via TalkShoe on Sunday, 1st of July 2007. Note: This is a"Rough, Ready, and Raw" version -- this podcast episode is going out as it was recorded, with no post productionwork... (well, very little at least).

Brought to you by the Gallifreyan Embassy and presented by Outpost Gallifrey.

Since there was no post production work applied to this episode, there is no Enhanced Podcast AAC version of this episode. Our Enhanced Podcast versions will return with our regular format 'studio' recorded podcasts.

Doctor Who: Podshock features the latest Doctor Who news and discussions from both US and UK perspectives. Hosted by Ken Deep and Louis Trapani in the US and James Naughton in the UK, with segments by correspondents in Australia and Canada. Presented by Outpost Gallifrey and brought to you by The Gallifreyan Embassy.

Below is the link to the MP3 format version of the podcast. There is no Enhanced Podcast format of episode 87 ofDoctor Who: Podshock since it did not go through post production.

-> Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 87 (MP3 format, 26.7 MB)

If you are subscribing to our podcast via one of the feeds, you will get it automatically. If not, you can also grab it manually using the link above.

FILTER: - Fan Productions - Audio

Catherine Tate Returns to Doctor Who for Series Four

Wednesday, 4 July 2007 - Reported by Anthony Weight

The official BBC Doctor Who website has announced that comedienne and actress Catherine Tate, who guest starred in the 2006 Christmas episode The Runaway Bride, is to return to the role of Donna Noble as a full-time companion of the Doctor throughout the fourth series of Doctor Who in 2008.

Executive producer Russell T Davies is quoted by the site as saying: "Catherine was an absolute star in The Runaway Bride and we are delighted that one of Britain's greatest talents has agreed to join us for the fourth series. Viewers can expect more ambitious storylines and a whole host of guest stars in 2008."

Tate herself added that: "I am delighted to be returning to Doctor Who. I had a blast last Christmas and look forward to travelling again through time and space with that nice man from Gallifrey."

Tate replaces Freema Agyeman (Martha) as a regular cast member; Agyeman will appear in several episodes later in the season, and three episodes ofTorchwood.

The Press Association today syndicated a story about both Tate and Kylie Minogue appearing in the series.

Update: This story has featured in a number of newspapers today, including The Guardian, The Sun, The Independent, The Times, and The Mirror, as well as BBC News.

FILTER: - Catherine Tate - Production - Series 4/30

Doctor Who Adventures 33

Wednesday, 4 July 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

The next issue of Doctor Who Adventures is out on Thursday, 5th July and features an in depth look at the Master, as well as catching up with Barney from Totally Doctor Who.

Other features include the first part of a pull out guide to Doctor Who 2007, containing every story and monster. In the comic strip, the Doctor and Martha try to stop the Fatkat Corporation in part two of Minus Seven Wonders. Plus find out how to make your own Vortex Manipulator, just like Captain Jack’s.

It also comes with three free gifts (a monster message pad, pen and pencil), as well as exclusive posters of the Master, the cat people of New Earth, and Martha Jones.

FILTER: - Magazines - DWA

More Faction Paradox Novels Planned

Wednesday, 4 July 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

New Zealand based company Random Static Ltd has acquired the rights to continue Lawrence Miles' Faction Paradox novel series. The time-travelling voodoo cult Faction Paradox first appeared in Miles' Doctor Who novel Alien Bodies. The Faction subsequently featured in several BBC books before obtaining their own novel series, audio plays, and comics.

Newtons Sleep by Daniel O'Mahony will be the first Faction Paradox release from Random Static, and is scheduled for publication in late 2007.

FILTER: - Books

Sound of Drums Final Ratings

Wednesday, 4 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Figures published by BARB show that episode twelve, The Sound of Drums, was watched by 7.51 million viewers, making it the 11th most watched programme of the week.

The programme narrowly missed out on a top ten place by just 50,000 viewers. It was the 4th most watched on BBC One, beating an edition of EastEnders.

On multichannel, the Sunday repeat got 1.09 million watching, making the programme the second highest rated of the week.

Doctor Who Confidential got 0.96 million and was the 4th most watched multichannel programme of the week.

Final figures are much more accurate than the initial overnights and include those who recorded the programme and watch it within 7 days.

Top Twenty Television Programmes (w/e 24th June 2007)

1 CORONATION STREET (MON 2030) - 10.27 - ITV1
2 CORONATION STREET (MON 1934) - 9.99 - ITV1
3 EASTENDERS (MON 2001) - 9.68 - BBC1
4 EASTENDERS (THU 1931) - 9.17 - BBC1
5 CORONATION STREET (WED 1931) - 9.11 - ITV1
6 CORONATION STREET (SUN 1929) - 9.04 - ITV1
7 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) - 8.78 - ITV1
8 EASTENDERS (FRI 2001) - 8.54 - BBC1
9 HEARTBEAT (SUN 2000) - 7.84 - ITV1
10 EMMERDALE (MON 1902) - 7.56 - ITV1
11 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1915) - 7.51 - BBC1
12 THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE (MON 2101) - 7.10 - ITV1
13 EMMERDALE (THU 1903) - 6.94 - ITV1
14 EASTENDERS (TUE 1931) - 6.86 - BBC1
15 EMMERDALE (WED 1900) - 6.84 - ITV1
16 EMMERDALE (TUE 1901) - 6.59 - ITV1
17 EMMERDALE (SUN 1900) - 6.56 - ITV1
18 EMMERDALE (FRI 1903) - 6.47 - ITV1
19 DALZIEL AND PASCOE (THU 2100) - 6.24 - BBC1
20 BBC NEWS AND WEATHER (SUN 2200) - 6.00 - BBC1

Multichannel Top Twenty

1 FILM: SHREK (Tue 2001) 1,432,000 - BBC3
2 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 2000) 1,094,000 - BBC3
3 EASTENDERS (Tue 2202) 956,000 - BBC3
4 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sat 2002) 955,000 - BBC3
5 AMERICA'S GOT TALENT (2007) (Fri 2031) 954,000 - ITV2
6 FILM: SHREK (Wed 2100) 936,000 - BBC3
7 THE SIMPSONS (Sun 1831) 850,000 - Sky 1
8 INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL LIVE (Wed 1700) 829,000 - Sky Sports
9 EASTENDERS (Thu 2201) 816,000 - BBC3
10 HOME AND AWAY (Tue 1829) 807,000 - Five Life
11 SUPERNATURAL (Sun 2104) 804,000 - ITV2
12 HOLLYOAKS (Thu 1859) 785,000 - E4
13 60 SECONDS (Sun 1958) 772,000 - BBC3
14 HOME AND AWAY (Mon 1829) 731,000 - Five Life
15 FILM: LETHAL WEAPON (Thu 2154) 717,000 ITV2
16 HOLLYOAKS (Fri 1859) 715,000 E4
17 HOME AND AWAY (Wed 1829) 688,000 Five Life
18 HOME AND AWAY (Thu 1829) 663,000 Five Life
19 60 SECONDS (Sun 2201) 647,000 BBC3
20 HOLLYOAKS (Wed 1859) 639,000 E4

Source: BARB

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

BBC Annual Report

Tuesday, 3 July 2007 - Reported by Anthony Weight

Doctor Who is cited several times as a prime example of BBC output in the corporation'sannual report, jointly published today by the BBC Trust, the body which oversees the organisation and replaced the defunct Board of Governors of the BBC in January this year, and the BBC Executive, which runs the corporation editorially.

The series is mentioned in the BBC Trust's section of the report as a "genuinely popular success" by Sir Michael Lyons, the Trust's chairman. In the BBC Executive's report, the programme receives numerous mentions - these include praise for being one of the corporation's "most loved dramas" during a section highlighting the work of BBC Wales, which is also commended for the spin-off series Torchwood; the report described BBC Wales as a "world-class production centre".

The section dealing with BBC One's drama output opens with: "It has been a year of drama resurgence on BBC One, starting the year with a new Doctor Who, played brilliantly by David Tennant. The series exceeded all expectations and became a national talking point."

The series is also mentioned for its profitability - "Profits from global TV sales were up 19% to £40.2million, driven particularly by contemporary drama such as Doctor Who."

The report does, however, admit that: "Not everything we try works. The TARDISODES, one-minute Doctor Who episodes via mobile phones and bbc.co.uk, were not the hit we expected although they were popular on broadband."

FILTER: - Press

New Benny Producer Announced

Tuesday, 3 July 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish has announced that the new range producer for their Bernice Summerfield audios and books range, based on the character originally created for the Virgin Publishing Doctor Who novels series during the 1990s and spun off to her own range, will be Eddie Robson. After two years,Simon Guerrier, author of the forthcoming Bernice Summerfield - The Inside Story, is moving on to other projects. The company says that titles for 2008 will be announced soon.

FILTER: - Audio

Minogue Casting Makes Headlines

Tuesday, 3 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

In a sign of the international popularity of the series and its newly signed guest star, news of Kylie Minogue's appearance in the 2007 Christmas special has been reported around the world.

BBC News had the story leading its entertainment section for much of the day, and for a time the report was showing as the most emailed story of the day.

Other UK sites reporting the news included the BBC's opposition GMTV, ITV andChannel 4.

On Television a video report aired on BBC Breakfast, before being shown during the day on the domestic news channel BBC News24 and also the international channelBBC World.

Newspapers in the UK that reported the story included The Sun, The Guardian, The Mirror, The Times, The Daily Express, The Western Mail,The Liverpool Echo, The Manchester Evening News, The Evening Gazette,The Daily Post and The News in Portsmouth.

Further abroad the story made print in Minogue's native country in The Canberra Times, The Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation online news and The Herald-Sun as well as being reported in The Irish Examiner and The Hindustan Times.

Online many international sites have been reporting the news, sites as diverse as DailyIndia.com, Chinadaily.com, and TV Blend.

FILTER: - Specials - Production

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