The Girl Who Waited: BBC Publicity

Tuesday, 6 September 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The BBC have released a new video to promote this week's forthcoming episode of Doctor Who, The Girl Who Waited, featuring producer Marcus Wilson and writer Tom MacRae:


The Girl Who Waited: Marcus Wilson/Tom MacRae, BBC, via the BBC Doctor Who site - may not play outside of the United Kingdom


A number of publicity photos to tie in with the episode have also been released:


**** PUBLICITY PHOTOS FOR THE GIRL WHO WAITED
**** MIGHT BE CONSIDERED SPOILERS














FILTER: - Series 6/32 - Online

Doctor Who Confidential: remaining titles revealed

Tuesday, 6 September 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The BBC have now announced the titles for the remaining episodes of Doctor Who Confidential (which might be considered spoilers):

10.   10 Sep   What Dreams May Come
11. 17 Sep Heartbreak Hotel
12. 24 Sep Open All Hours
13. 1 Oct When Time Froze

Some behind-the-scenes features have recently been added to the BBC's Doctor Who site that tie into the two episodes that have been broadcast so far. Two location featurettes were released for Let's Kill Hitler covering the final day's filming (part one and two) in a cornfield, and a tour inside the robot. Meanwhile, after the first interview snippet with Night Terrors star Danny Mays reported previously, a second interview with the actor has been released, accompanied by an introduction to the story by Matt Smith and Marcus Wilson; there are also two preview clips of Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill discussing the dolls house on location (one, two) via the BBC's YouTube channel.


You can follow updates from the Doctor Who Confidential team on Facebook.





FILTER: - Documentary - Series 6/32

Let's Kill Hitler: Chart Position

Monday, 5 September 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who RatingsFigures released by BARB show Doctor Who: Let's Kill Hitler, just missed out on a top ten place becoming the 11th most watched programme of the week.

The episode was the 6th most watched programme of the week on BBC Television. It was beaten in the charts by the two major soaps, EastEnders and Coronation Street, New Tricks and The X Factor, but out rated all editions of Emmerdale.

The figures do not include those watching on iPlayer, where over 1.2 million people accessed the episode within 7 days of the broadcast.



Meanwhile Torchwood: Immortal Sins had a final UK rating of 4.48 million viewers. It was the 32nd most watched programme of the week.

The AI score for Episode Eight of Torchwood, End of the World, was 84.




FILTER: - Doctor Who - Torchwood - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32 - Miracle Day (Series 4)

Night Terrors: Appreciation Index

Monday, 5 September 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: Night Terrors had an Appreciation Index, or AI score of 86.

The AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the episode. The score puts the programme in the excellent category. It was the joint highest, with Casualty, for Saturday on BBC One.

Doctor Who finished 24th for the week in the overnight charts. It should finish well within the top twenty when official ratings are issued next week.

0.32 million watched the Sunday night repeat on BBC Three.




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

Next Time: The Girl Who Waited

Sunday, 4 September 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The BBC have released the first part of an introduction to next week's episode of Doctor Who, The Girl Who Waited, featuring Karen Gillan and writer Tom MacRae discussing how the story develops her character Amy:


The Girl Who Waited: Tom MacRae introduction (pt 1), BBC, via the BBC Doctor Who site - may not play outside of the United Kingdom

In addition, the trailer for the episode is also available to watch online for both BBC1 and BBC America:

The Girl Who Waited: Trailer, BBC, via the BBC Doctor Who site - may not play outside of the United Kingdom


The Girl Who Waited: Trailer, BBC America, via YouTube


The Girl Who Waited will premiere on BBC1/BBC1HD at 7:00pm, 10th September in the United Kingdom; it then follows on SPACE in Canada at 8:00pm ET, on BBC America in the United States at 9:00pm ET, and on ABC1 in Australia at 7:30pm on the 17th September.

The BBC synopsis for the episode follows, which might be considered a spoiler:



Amy is trapped in a quarantine facility for victims of an alien plague – a plague that will kill the Doctor in a day – as the time-travelling drama continues.

The Doctor can use the TARDIS to smash through time and break in, but then Rory is on his own. He must find Amy and bring her back to the TARDIS before the alien doctors can administer their medicine.

Rory is about to encounter a very different side to his wife. Can he rescue Amy before she is killed by kindness?




FILTER: - Series 6/32 - Online

Let's Kill Hitler: Australian ratings

Sunday, 4 September 2011 - Reported by Adam Kirk
Let's Kill Hitler has debuted in Australia to excellent ratings. TV Tonight reports that the episode averaged 792,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. It won its timeslot, was the top rating drama and was the fourth highest rating programme for the day overall (after the major news bulletins). The corresponding Confidential Cutdown also rated a respectable 553,000 viewers in the five major capitals. These overnight figures, however, do not include regional, rural and time-shifted viewers and hence significantly understate the actual national ratings.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 6/32 - Australia

Let's Kill Hitler - Final ratings

Sunday, 4 September 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Let's Kill Hitler had a final consolidated rating of 8.1 million viewers.

The programme had a share of 33.3% of the total TV audience and was the most watched programme of the day on BBC One. The nearest programme on the channel was Casualty which had a final rating of 5.19 million.

Consolidated figures include those who record and watch the programme within seven days. The final rating is much more accurate than the initial overnight figure and is based on the actual broadcast time of the programme rather than its scheduled time.

The figues do not include those watching on iPlayer, where Let's Kill Hitler has already been accessed over 1 million times.

The final figure for Let's Hill Hitler is the second highest of the series so far, The Impossible Astronaut had 8.86 million watching. It is the highest ever rating for the eighth episode in a series since the show returned in 2005.

A chart position will be released later this week when final figures from the whole week are available.






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

Night Terrors: UK overnight viewing figures

Sunday, 4 September 2011 - Reported by Marcus
5.5 million viewers tuned in to watch Night Terrors, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The eighth in the current series has a share of 25.9% of the total TV audience as it faced its toughest opposition for some time. On ITV1, Red and Black, the new game show with Ant and Dec had an average of 6.6 million watching.

Doctor Who was the most watched programme of the day on BBC One and fourth overall for the day. ITV1 took the first three places with The X Factor on top with 11.1 million, followed by the two editions of Red and Black.

Doctor Who's audience was steady throughout the episode, with a peak of 5.6 million viewers and nearly 2.7 million leaving BBC One as the show finished, boosting Red and Black in its final half hour.

Doctor Who currently stands at 21st for the week.

Final figures, which will be released in 8 days time, should see the final total rise considerably, when those who record the episode and watch it later are factored in. Doctor Who is likely to have a much higher percentage of people watching on a delay and could overtake Red and Black on the final ratings.

On BBC Three Doctor Who Confidential had an overnight rating of 0.44 million.




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

UK DVD release update

Saturday, 3 September 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
2|Entertain have released cover art and content details for the forthcoming Series Six Part Two, due out on 10th October, and also details for The Sarah Jane Adventures Series Four (31st October).

Doctor Who Series Six (Part Two)
Release Date: 10th October 2011 (available for pre-order on DVD and Blu-ray)

Series Six Part Two Starring Matt Smith as The Doctor, with Karen Gillan as Amy and Arthur Darvill as Rory
Written by Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Tom MacRae, Toby Whithouse, Gareth Roberts
Directed by Richard Senior, Richard Clark, Nick Hurran, Steve Hughes, Jeremy Webb

Broadcast: 27th August - 1st October 2011


(synopsis includes unbroadcast episodes)


The truth about River Song is out and the time has come for the Doctor to face his greatest demons. Venturing across centuries and galaxies, the Doctor, Amy and Rory will encounter the greatest war criminal in all of history - and Hitler. Together, they'll discover there's no scarier place in the universe than a child's bedroom and a visit to an alien quarantine facility will reveal to Rory a very different side to his wife. In a hotel where walls move, corridors twist and rooms vanish, death lies waiting. But the Doctor's time has yet to come. He has one last stop to make on his final journey - an old friend needs his help and an old foe must be defeated. But time catches up with us all and the Doctor can delay no more.

By the shores of Lake Silencio, in Utah, all of time and space hang in the balance and a NASA astronaut is waiting...

Special Features
  • Monster Files: The Antibodies & The Cybermats
The Sarah Jane Adventures Series Four
Release Date: 31st October 2011 (available for pre-order on DVD and Blu-ray)

Series Six Part Two
Starring Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, Daniel Anthony as Clyde, Anjli Mohindra as Rani, Tommy Knight as Luke
Written by Joseph Lidster, Phil Ford, Russell T Davies, Gareth Roberts, Rupert Laight, Clayton Hickman
Directed by Joss Agnew, Ashley Way

Broadcast: 11th October - 16th November 2010


The fourth series provides ever more thrills and spills. In two special episodes written by Russell T Davies, Sarah Jane is reunited with another of The Doctor’s former companions, Jo Grant. They’re joined by The Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) in an alien-busting adventure featuring brand-new vulture aliens, the mysterious Shansheeth and a trip to an alien planet. The series also features fun with enemies old and new, including the terrors of the Nightmare Man and a dangerous journey back into history.

Special Features
  • Pyramids of Mars - included as a tribute to Elisabeth Sladen who sadly passed away this year. Pyramids of Mars sees Sarah Jane Smith and the Doctor arrive at an old priory in the year 1911 where the owner, Marcus Scarman, has been excavating ancient tombs and soon becomes possessed by the spirit of Sutekh, bringer of 'the gift of death to all mankind'. Will Sutekh the all-powerful be freed from his bonds and destroy the world, or will the Doctor manage to bring about his destruction?




FILTER: - Merchandise - UK - Series 6/32 - Sarah Jane - Blu-ray/DVD

Imelda Staunton in Doctor Who

Friday, 2 September 2011 - Reported by Marcus
The Radio Times has revealed that the BAFTA award winning actress, Imelda Staunton, will lend her vocal talents to the 10th episode in the current series, The Girl Who Waited, due for transmission on 10th September.

Staunton will play Voice of Interface in the story alongside Josie Taylor playing Check-in girl and Stephen Bracken-Keogh providing the Voice of Handbots.

Imelda Staunton, is best known for her performance in the 2004 Mike Leigh film, Vera Drake, where she played a working-class woman in London in 1950 who performs illegal abortions. The role won her the BAFTA and Venice Film Festival Award for best actress in a leading role. She was a regular in the Harry Potter film series playing Professor Dolores Jane Umbridge.

The Radio Times has also confirmed that actor Simon Callow will be returning to the series in the final episode of the current series, The Wedding of River Song. Callow last appeared in Doctor Who alongside Ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston, in the 2005 story The Unquiet Dead, where he played Charles Dickens. No details of his character in the upcoming story have been released.




FILTER: - People - Series 6/32 - Production