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The Time of The Doctor: latest images

Wednesday, 11 December 2013 - Reported by Chuck Foster
A variety of new images have been released by BBC America to promote the forthcoming The Time of The Doctor, featuring Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman, Orla Brady as Tasha Lem, Rob Jarvis as Abramal, Tessa Peake-Jones as Marta and Jack Hollington as Barnable, plus a number of old enemies ...

The Doctor and Clara (played by Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman). Image: BBC/Adrian RogersThe Doctor (played by Matt Smith). Image: BBC/Adrian RogersBarnable (played by Jack Hollington). Image: BBC/Adrian RogersVillagers. Image: BBC/Adrian RogersAbramal and Marta (played by Rob Jarvis and Tessa-Peake Jones). Image: BBC/Adrian RogersAbramal (played by Rob Jarvis). Image: BBC/Adrian RogersMarta (played by Tessa-Peake Jones). Image: BBC/Adrian RogersWeeping Angel. Image: BBC/Adrian RogersTasha Lem (played by Orla Brady). Image: BBC/Adrian RogersDaleks. Image: BBC/Adrian RogersDaleks. Image: BBC/Adrian RogersDaleks. Image: BBC/Adrian RogersCybermen. Image: BBC/Adrian RogersCybermen. Image: BBC/Adrian RogersSilent. Image: BBC/Adrian RogersSilent. Image: BBC/Adrian RogersDoctor art. Image: BBC/Adrian RogersDoctor art. Image: BBC/Adrian RogersDoctor Puppet Show. Image: BBC/Adrian RogersDoctor Puppet Show. Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers
Related Articles: Set 1 (26 Nov 2013); Set 2 (5 Dec 2013): Posters (5 Dec 2013); Set 3 (7 Dec 2013)




FILTER: - BBC America - Time and the Doctor - Publicity

The Time of the Doctor - New Zealand transmission confirmed

Tuesday, 10 December 2013 - Reported by Paul Scoones
Prime New Zealand logo
New Zealand's Prime television channel will screen the 2013 Christmas Special The Time of the Doctor on Boxing Day, 26th December, at 8:30pm.

The New Zealand showing will commence exactly twelve hours after the special first screens in the UK.

Prime will also screen two 'marathons' comprising the two most recent Christmas specials and the whole of Series Seven, on 25th and 26th December.

The Christmas Day marathon runs from 9:45am to 3:45pm and includes The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe, the first five episodes of Series Seven (Asylum Of The Daleks to The Angels Take Manhattan) and The Snowmen.

The Boxing Day marathon runs from 8:05am to 4:00pm and includes the remaining eight episodes of Series Seven (The Bells of Saint John to The Name of the Doctor).




FILTER: - Time and the Doctor - New Zealand

The Time of The Doctor: further promotional images

Saturday, 7 December 2013 - Reported by Chuck Foster
With less than three weeks to go before The Time of The Doctor, the BBC have released a new set of images to promote Matt Smith's final adventure as the Doctor. Images feature Smith, Jenna Coleman as Clara and Orla Brady as Tasha Lem, plus two of his known adversaries:


The Doctor, played by Matt Smith (Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers)Clara, played by Jenna Coleman (Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers)The Doctor, played by Matt Smith (Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers)The Cybermen (Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers)The Cybermen (Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers)The Cybermen (Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers)The Daleks (Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers)The Daleks encounter The Doctor, played by Matt Smith (Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers)The Doctor, played by Matt Smith (Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers)Tasha Lem, played by Orla Brady (Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers)Tasha Lem, played by Orla Brady (Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers)Clara (Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers)The Doctor (Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers)



The Time of The Doctor has now been confirmed for the following regions:

CountryChannelDayTime
United KingdomBBC1Christmas Day7:30pmGMT
GermanyFOXChristmas Day9:35pmCET
Latin/South AmericaBBC HDChristmas Day2:00pmCST *
CanadaSPACEChristmas Day8:00pmEST
United StatesBBC AmericaChristmas Day9:00pmEST
AustraliaABC1Boxing Day7:30pmAEST
South AfricaBBC Entertainmenttime tbcSAST **
Scandinavia/PolandBBC Entertainment29th December7:00pmCET
  • * time reported on the BBC HD website (may well be 3:00pm in reality - also repeated on BBC Entertainment at 7:00/8:00pm)
  • ** time to be confirmed, BBC Entertainment currently has a "Programme to be Confirmed" slot for 11:30am
  • PRIME in New Zealand is expected to announce the time of broadcast next week.
Related Articles: First Images (26 Nov 2013); Second Images (5 Dec 2013): Posters (5 Dec 2013)




FILTER: - Time and the Doctor - Matt Smith - Jenna Coleman - Publicity - Broadcasting

The Time of The Doctor - Canadian transmission confirmed

Thursday, 5 December 2013 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The Time of The Doctor - BBC poster (Credit: BBC/Ray Burmiston)SPACE is the latest channel to confirm a transmission time for The Time of the Doctor, which will premiere in Canada on Christmas Day at 8:00pm (EST).

Other programming for SPACE in the run-up to the festive adventure includes a marathon run of the Christmas specials from 6:00pm on Christmas Eve, plus another chance to see An Adventure in Space and Time; then from 10:00am on Christmas Day itself the channel repeats the 50th Anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor.


The worldwide transmission time for The Time of the Doctor currently looks as follows: United Kingdom at 7:30pm GMT; Germany at 9:35pm CET (8:35pm GMT); Canada at 8:00pm EST (1:00am GMT); USA at 9:00pm EST (2:00am GMT); and Australia on Boxing Day at 7:30pm AEST (9:30am GMT).




FILTER: - Canada - Specials - Time and the Doctor - Press - Broadcasting

The Time of The Doctor: posters

Thursday, 5 December 2013 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The BBC and BBC America have released some posters to promote The Time of the Doctor.

The Time of the Doctor (poster). Image: BBC/Ray BurmistonThe Time of the Doctor (poster). Image: BBC America/Ray Burmiston/Lee BindingThe Time of the Doctor (poster). Image: BBC America/Ray Burmiston/Lee BindingThe Time of the Doctor (poster). Image: BBC/Ray BurmistonThe Time of the Doctor (poster). Image: BBC America/Ray Burmiston/Lee Binding




FILTER: - Specials - BBC America - Time and the Doctor - Press - Publicity - BBC

The Time of The Doctor: new images

Thursday, 5 December 2013 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The BBC have released some publicity images to promote this year's Christmas special, The Time and The Doctor, featuring Matt Smith as the Doctor, with Jenna Coleman as Clara.

The Doctor (Matt Smith) and Clara (Jenna Coleman). Image: BBC/Adrian RogersThe Doctor (Matt Smith). Image: BBC/Adrian RogersClara (Jenna Coleman). Image: BBC/Adrian RogersThe Doctor (Matt Smith). Image: BBC/Adrian Rogers

A further set of images will be published on Saturday.

The evening line-up for British television on Christmas Day shows that this year Doctor Who is up against its old adversary, Coronation Street, also on between 7:30pm and 8:30pm on ITV. Other programming on the main channels include The Two Ronnies 1987 Christmas Special on BBC2, the film Home Alone 2 on Channel 4, and a repeat of The Greatest Ever Christmas Movies on Channel 5. The BBC/ITV 'battle' then continues with Eastenders (8:30pm) and Mrs Brown's Boys (9:30pm) up against Downton Abbey.

In case you need something to watch as your Christmas lunch settles, BBC2 will be repeating this year's Doctor Who at the Prom at 3:15pm, and the anniversary drama An Adventure in Space and Time at 4:30pm.

Watch the BBC 2013 Christmas Trailer (YouTube)




FILTER: - Time and the Doctor - Matt Smith - Jenna Coleman - Publicity

The Time of The Doctor: BBC America confirms US broadcast time

Tuesday, 3 December 2013 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The Time of The Doctor - Promotional Image (Credit: BBC/Ray Burmiston)BBC America have now confirmed that they too will be broadcasting The Time of The Doctor on Christmas Day, in the primetime evening slot of 9:00pm EST/8:00 CST.

SPACE in Canada have yet to confirm their time, but it is expected that they will also broadcast the episode during the evening of the 25th.

Related Articles: UK time confirmed (3 Dec 2013); Germany time confirmed (27 Nov 2013)




FILTER: - Specials - USA - BBC America - Season Specials - Peter Capaldi - Matt Smith - Broadcasting

The Time of the Doctor confirmed

Tuesday, 3 December 2013 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The Time of The Doctor - Promotional Image (Credit: BBC/Ray Burmiston)The BBC have confirmed that the world premiere of Matt Smith's final adventure starring as the Doctor, The Time of the Doctor, will be broadcast on BBC One at 7:30pm on Christmas Day. The one-hour festive adventure will also herald the much-anticipated debut of Peter Capaldi in the title role.

Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe’s deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars - and amongst them, the Doctor.

Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe.

The Christmas Day line-up sees Doctor Who preceded by a festive episode of Call The Midwife, and evening entertaiment including Eastenders and a Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special.


The only other channel to confirm a time so far is FOX in Germany, which will broadcast the episode just over an hour later at 9:35pm CET (8:35pm GMT).

Related Articles: The Time of the Doctor confirmed for Germany (27 Nov 2013)




FILTER: - Specials - UK - Time and the Doctor - Matt Smith - Broadcasting - BBC

Radio Times looks ahead to Christmas

Saturday, 30 November 2013 - Reported by Marcus
Just two weeks after the twelve cover issue of Radio Times celebrating fifty years of Doctor Who, the Time Lord once more graces the front of the magazine, this time promoting the Christmas Episode, The Time of the Doctor, and the end of Matt Smith's tenure as the Doctor.

It's mere weeks until Matt Smith bids a fond farewell to Doctor Who but we couldn't let him go without one final hurrah – and a Radio Times cover, of course. This week's magazine marks Matt's 13th appearance on the cover as the Doctor, matching the record held by his predecessor, David Tennant. And just in time for the arrival of the 13th Doctor. Neat, eh?

And there are plenty more Doctor Who treats in store this week. For those of you who enjoyed our exclusive message from Matt Smith to celebrate the Doctor's 50th birthday, we've got another from the doors of the Tardis plus a sneak peek behind the scenes on our cover shoot. Download the Blippar app and point your phone at the magazine to unlock all the exclusive content, including a gallery of all 13 of Matt Smith’s Radio Times Doctor Who covers and a complete episode guide to all the 11th Doctor’s adventures

As if that wasn't enough, we've got Matt Smith's final interview reflecting on his last days as the Time Lord and revealing his Hollywood hipster ambitions. One man who predicts a long and successful career for Smith is Steven Moffat who praises his lead Doctor Who actor – along with his Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch – for their wise career choices.
The magazine is on sale from today, Saturday 30 November 2013.




FILTER: - Time and the Doctor - Matt Smith - Radio Times

The Time of the Doctor confirmed for Germany

Wednesday, 27 November 2013 - Reported by Chuck Foster
FOX appear to be the first channel to announce their broadcast of the Christmas adventure The Time of The Doctor, which is due to be seen in Germany at 9:35pm CET on Christmas Day.

In their press release for December highlights, the channel said:
Christmas Special 2013 - Promotional Image (Credit: BBC/Ray Burmiston)WHO LOVES CHRISTMAS: Das DOCTOR WHO - WEIHNACHTSSPECIAL
14., 21., 24 und 25. Dezember

DOCTOR WHO feiert Weihnachten mit einem besonderen Special. Für Matt Smith ist das zugleich sein letzter Auftritt in der Titelrolle. Vor diesem Weihnachts-Special zeigt euch FOX noch einmal alle Episoden mit Matt. Drei DOCTOR WHO-Staffeln werden innerhalb von drei Tagen gesendet: Staffel fünf beginnt am 14. Dezember ab 12.05 Uhr, Staffel sechs am 21. Dezember ebenfalls ab 12.05 Uhr und Staffel sieben ist geteilt auf den Heiligabend (ab 17.45 Uhr) und den ersten Feiertag (13.55 Uhr) zu sehen. Direkt im Anschluss folgt das Weihnachtsspecial (21.35 Uhr), das wir euch in deutscher Erstausstrahlung präsentieren.

Doctor Who celebrates Christmas with a special, which is also Matt Smith’s last appearance in the title role. Before this special, FOX will repeat all of Matt's episodes. Three Doctor Who seasons will be broadcast on three separate days: Series 5 begins on 14th December from 12:05, Series 6 on the 21st also from 12:05, and then Series 7 is split between Christmas Eve (from 17:45) and Christmas Day (13:55). This is directly followed by the Christmas special at 21:35, which we present to you as the German premiere.

The time should not be used as an indication that the UK premiere will be at 8:35pm, as there is no intention to simulcast the festive adventure as with the Anniversary last weekend. The actual broadcast time will certainly be confirmed within the next couple of weeks, as the Radio Times "legendary Christmas double issue" (21 Dec - 3 Jan) is due to be published in limited numbers on 7th December and countrywide from the 9th.




FILTER: - Specials - Time and the Doctor - Germany - Broadcasting
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