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Dilemma Averted for London Gay Who Fans

Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - Reported by R Alan Siler

As reported by PinkNews, the final episode of Series Three of Doctor Who,The Last of the Time Lords, is being broadcast on the same day as the London Pride Festival, held in Trafalgar Square.

Organizers of the event, in an effort to not make gay Who fans choose between the annual celebration and the season finale of their favourite show, have come up with an interesting compromise: they plan to carry the live BBC broadcast of the episode at 7:10 p.m. on a big screen at the event's main stage in Trafalgar Square. And if that's not enough to get gay fans out to the event, they've also arranged to have John Barrowman co-host the event with Graham Norton. Barrowman will be speaking earlier in the afternoon about his role as Captain Jack on Doctor Who and Torchwood.

The event kicks off at 3:00 following the Pride parade through town and concludes with the broadcast of The Last of the Time Lords.




FILTER: - Special Events - Series 3/29

Radio Times Poster Offer

Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - Reported by Kenny Davidson

This week's Radio Times features a large double-sided panoramic poster offer. One side features the Doctor, Martha and Jack inside the Tardis, and the other side has a rogues' gallery of recent enemies, including the Angels, Dalek Sec and its mutant hybrid, Scarecrows and the Judoon. The poster measures 124 x 45cm, and is available with two tokens and a fee for postage. The first token is in this weeks issue, the second in next weeks.

Also in Radio Times this week, an interview with Torchwood star John Barrowman on returning to Doctor Who. Click on the spoiler tag to read an extract.
"It's not the Captain Jack from Torchwood. He's not angsty, he's not moody; he's determined, but in a different way. Captain Jack from Doctor Who is a little more light-hearted, because he’s back where he wants to be. Although he loves the Torchwood team, one of his main objectives over the past couple of years has been to find the Doctor, to figure out why Jack is the way he is. Now he's there, he can let the Doctor take the responsibility for everything and he can sit in the background a bit."




FILTER: - Merchandise - Magazines - Radio Times

DVD Special Promotion

Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus
From July 2nd, 2Entertain will re-release a number of DVDs aimed at bringing the classic series to a new audience.

For a limited period, the DVDs will be available at a lower price and with new packaging. The titles have been carefully chosen as stories that may appeal to fans of the new series, that have not already purchased classic Doctor Who DVDs.

The actual content of the DVDs will be identical to the previously released version.

The eight stories to be re-released are:

  • Spearhead from Space
  • Genesis of the Daleks
  • The Hand of Fear
  • Earthshock
  • The Five Doctors
  • Revelation of the Daleks
  • Remembrance of the Daleks
  • The TV Movie




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

Utopia Trailer

Tuesday, 12 June 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive
The full trailer for Utopia, which aired on BBC TV yesterday, is now available to view on the official programme website.

The episode will be shown on BBC1 this coming Saturday at 7.15pm, according to Radio Times.




FILTER: - Online - Series 3/29 - Radio Times

Blink Basis Story Online

Tuesday, 12 June 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

The BBC has put Steven Moffat's short story "What I Did On My Christmas Holidays" By Sally Sparrow, which formed the basis of last Saturday's episode Blink, online.

It was originally published in the 2006 Doctor Who Annual.




FILTER: - Online

Blink - AI figure and Sunday Ratings

Monday, 11 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus
Episode ten, Blink, grabbed the attention of the British public, with an Appreciation Index, or AI, figure of 87. This is a considerable achievement for a programme which featured very little of the two main characters. Last year's Doctor-lite episode, Love and Monsters, scored 76. The figure is the joint second-best of series three, being beaten by the season opener Smith and Jones.

The AI figure was the joint-highest on Saturday night, along withCoast on BBC Two.

Of the audience, 82% said they made a special effort to watch, while an amazing 90% watched with a lot of attention. 63% said it felt original and different and 44% said it was a programme they intended to discuss with others.

With the full week's overnights now available, Doctor Who is currently the 18th most watched programme of the week.

The BBC Three audience on Sunday night was down to 0.68 million viewers. With a share of 4% this made it the second most watched programme on multichannel television, being beaten by The Simpsons on Sky one.




FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Blink - Overnight Ratings

Sunday, 10 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus
Unofficial overnight figures show that episode ten, Blink, was watched by 6.1 million viewers, a 36.1% share of the total audience.

The programme was the third most watched of the day, being beaten by the two parts of the talent show Any Dream Will Do. It was a good night for the BBC, with the Joseph show achieving nearly double the audience of its Danny and Sandy opposition. Up against the Doctor the feature film Grease got just 3.2 million viewers.

Doctor Who is currently the sixteenth most watched programme of the week with just Sunday ratings to be added, making another top twenty place very likely.

The children's audience to Blink was down to 1.1 million, a 50.7% share of the 4-15 audience, possibly due to the advance publicity about the scary nature of the Episode and the advice to parents to tape the show. The show is still the most watched programme of the week by children.

On multichannel television, Doctor Who Confidential was watched by 0.68 million viewers, making it the second most watched programme on multichannel TV, being beaten by Britain's Got More Talent on ITV2. The share was 4.5%.




FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Friday Night Ratings

Saturday, 9 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus
According to unofficial overnight figures, the Friday repeat of episode nine, The Family of Blood, was watched by 309,000 viewers, making it the ninth most watched programme of the day on multichannel television.




FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

John Barrowman in Pantomime

Saturday, 9 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus
The Birmingham Hippodrome has announced that John Barrowman, Captain Jack, will star in this year's pantomime Aladdin from Wednesday 19 December 2007 to Sunday 27 January 2008.

Barrowman is no stranger to Pantomime having previously stared in productions of Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk.

Aladdin will feature a special appearance by the Daleks making their pantomime debut, prompting many cries of "It's behind you".

The production promises breathtaking special effects, costumes and sets and a spectacular 3D digital Genie and carpet ride viewed by the audience with 3D glasses.

Appearing alongside John Barrowman is ex Crackerjack star Don Maclean as Widow Twankey, the Grumbleweeds as The Chinese Policemen and Masashi Fujimoto from the BBC sitcom Roman’s Empire as The Emperor.




FILTER: - People

More Benny Missing Adventures

Saturday, 9 June 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions have released more information on the stories and writers for the upcoming Bernice Summerfield short story collection,Missing Adventures.
One day she will bring down empires and decide the fate of the universe. One day she will be feared by the creatures of evil and revered wherever people have had just a little bit too much to drink.

But all that is yet to come…

This very special collection celebrates 15 years of Bernice Summerfield. It explores her early life and the events that shaped the archaeologist and space-adventuress we know today.

A circus offers solace for the loss of her father; boarding school will try anything to make her behave; and when the military catch up with runaway Benny, her freedom will cost her dearly…

Missing Adventures features 12 all-new stories, many of them by those who played a formative part in Benny's development, including Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel, Peter Darvill-Evans and Andy Lane.

There's also a genuine puzzle to be solved – with a prize hidden somewhere in the UK!

Stories Include:
Biology Lesson on Mal Oreille by Xanna Eve Chown
The Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam by Ben Aaronovitch
The Tunnels To Heaven by Andy Bodle
Benny and Louise by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright
Charged by John Binns
Prime Five by Jason Arnopp
Home by Peter Darvill-Evans
The Slight Façade by Magnus Anderson
Bernice Summerfield and the Library of Books by Andrew Cartmel
Postcards From the Edge of Reason by Andy Owens
Blood On The Tracks by Andy Lane
Thirty Love by Eddie Robson




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