Sunday Ratings

Monday, 21 May 2007 - Reported by Marcus
The Sunday BBC3 repeat of Episode 7, 42, had an audience of 809,000according to unofficial overnights, a4.4%share of the multi channel audience. It was the second most watched programme on multi channel TV, being beaten by Sky One's Lost which got 840,000.

With overnight figures now available for the whole week, the Saturday showing of 42 is the 16th most watched programme of the week. Final figures will be released in around 9 days time.






FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Torchwood in Australia

Monday, 21 May 2007 - Reported by Marcus
Channel Ten in Australia have been trailing the arrival of Torchwoodto the network.

The channel has no previous connection with Doctor Who, which has always been shown on the ABC network.

The promos have the tag: "Capt Jack Harkness, the man who cannot die!"

The series is set to begin next month.

(Thanks to Michael Davoren and many others who emailed.)






FILTER: - Torchwood - Australia

42 - Appreciation Index

Monday, 21 May 2007 - Reported by Marcus
Episode 7, 42, scored an Appreciation Index or AI figure of 85, once more placing the programme in the excellent category. The programme was once of the most enjoyed on Saturday night, scoring the highest figure on BBC1 and ITV.

Doctor Who Confidential on BBC3 rated 79.






FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Phobos now released

Monday, 21 May 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions has released the latest in the Paul McGannBBC7 series, Phobos.
The TARDIS lands on Phobos, moon of Mars - where extreme sports nuts of the future indulge their passion for gravity-boarding and wormhole-jumping. But there's something lurking in the shadows, something infinitely old and infinitely dangerous. It's not for nothing that 'Phobos' is the ancient word for 'fear'...




FILTER: - Audio

Moths Eat Toby Hadoke's Doctor Who Scarf on BBC7

Monday, 21 May 2007 - Reported by R Alan Siler

Toby Hadoke's 2006 one-man Edinburgh show Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf has been adapted into a full-cast radio show for BBC7.

The autobiographical piece about Hadoke's life-long obsession with the programme features former Doctor Who stars Louise Jameson (as Hadoke's mother) and Colin Baker in the cast. Early Doors star James Quinn plays The Voice Of The BBC, and comic Alfie Joey also plays a number of supporting roles.

Hadoke said: "I can't believe that we got not one, but two Doctor Who actors to throw themselves into the project with much gusto. Louise was always top of the list to play Mum, but we never thought we'd get her. And then when Colin offered his services I turned into a giddy child."

The show has already been recorded at BBC Manchester and will air across two episodes on July 20 and 27.

BBC Audiobooks also plans to release the show on CD at around the same time.

You can still see the show live, though, as Hadoke continues to tour the original one-man version, concluding with a brief run at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.




FILTER: - Special Events - Radio

Game Design Competition

Monday, 21 May 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

The Doctor Who Homepage has teamed up with BBC Blast to launch a competition that will give the winner the chance to design and create a Doctor Who game that will be placed on the Doctor Who and Blast websites.

The winner will have their Doctor Who game brought to life, with runners up receiving Blast and Doctor Who goodie bags.

You can find out more information about the contest here. Below is a brief synopsis of what they are looking for.
What we're looking for:
We're looking for a game offering about 5-10 minutes of game play. The winning game will be made using Flash.

The more addictive, magical and fantastic the game the better.

Try not to base the game on a specific episode - we're looking for something new, even though it should use existing monsters from the current (not Classic) series.

Remember that the Doctor uses his wits and his genius, rather than violence, to solve problems. So please don't give him a machine gun and send him on a killing spree!

Be prepared to be flexible - we can use most of the characters, monsters and situations from the new series of Doctor Who, but we may need to discuss using another monster.




FILTER: - Online - Competitions

42 - Overnight Ratings

Sunday, 20 May 2007 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who was once again top of Saturday's ratings chart with episode 7, 42 being watched by 7.0 million viewers according to unofficial overnight figures. The programme had a share of36.0% of the audience.

The show was tied with Match of the day Live as the most watched programme of the day, although the raw figures show Doctor Who leading by a tiny margin. It beat other shows on Saturday evening by almost a million viewers. The football claimed the highest peak of the day, with 11.5 million tuning in for the final fifteen minutes.

With just Sunday to go, the programme is currently 14th in the top programmes for the week.

Doctor Who was once more top of the children's chart with an audience of1.4 million 4-15's, a 57.7% share of this age group.

On BBC3, Doctor Who Confidential got an audience of 480,000 which was a 3.0% share and which made it 4th in the Multi Channel tables.




FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Utopia Preview Clip

Saturday, 19 May 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

Anyone who missed John Barrowman on yesterday's edition of Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - in which a preview clip from Utopia was to be shown, according to the official programme website - can catch it again early tomorrow (Sunday).

On the chat show, Barrowman talks about the return of Captain Jack Harkness to Doctor Who in Utopia, which is episode 11.

The repeat of Ross's show is due to be broadcast on BBC1 at 1.35am.




FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Press

Friday Ratings

Saturday, 19 May 2007 - Reported by Marcus
In the absence of a new episode to repeat, BBC3 filled the schedules on Friday night with a showing of the first episode of Season Three,Smith and Jones. The programme was watched by 346,000 viewers, a2.0% share of the multi channel audience.




FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Michelle Collins on YouTube

Saturday, 19 May 2007 - Reported by Marcus
The BBC YouTube channel has been updated with the BBC Breakfast interview withMichelle Collins, guest star in this week's episode 42.

The interview includes a couple of clips from the episode.

Content may not be available outside the United Kingdom.




FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Press