Doctor Who

Doctor Who at the Proms 2, will take place on the 24 and 25 of July at the Royal Albert Hall full details from the BBC to follow at the end of this article.  This time it will be presented by Matt Smith and Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill. 

And so to the Details.

The folks at CTV and SPACE have asked me to pass along details of this upcoming event to our readers:

“On Saturday, July 24 at 9 p.m. ET, the smash-hit first season of the regenerated DOCTOR WHO is checking out with a bang with the season’s final episode, “The Big Bang.” Immediately following the finale, SPACE celebrates the show’s record-breaking run with a special edition of INNERSPACE at 10:10 p.m. ET. Broadcasting live in front of a studio audience from SPACE headquarters in Toronto, this one-hour special is hosted by INNERSPACE host and genre expert Teddy Wilson and features an expert panel, never seen before interviews and a live web chat.

What: InnerSPACE LIVE: Doctor Who - season finale and aftershow!
When: Saturday July 24th from 9pm - 11pm (audience to arrive by 8:15pm)
Where: CTV Headquarters, 299 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ontario

This is the Sight that greets you when you go to Mr. Steven Moffats Twitter page, yes the Great Moff is now on twitter. Just overnight his followers went up from 849 as I started following him to the Current amount of 3197. If you don't want to have any insite into Who production until the Confidential is broadcast I suggest that you don't follow him. For those of you who do then he is @steven_moffat or you can go to http://twitter.com/steven_moffat

Apple iTunes is currently offering selected science fiction series premiere episodes for free. "For a limited time, download the first episodes of these series for free and own their first seasons for a great price"

Included in the offerings is Doctor Who (Rose) and Torchwood (Everything Changes (both SD and HD versions)). Other series include the recently re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series, Fringe, Heroes, Stargate SG-1, Eureka, Supernatural, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, Stargate Atlantis, Robin Hood, Star Trek: Enterprise, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Again, we don't know how long this will last as it only states "for a limited time" - so get them while you can.

Links to episodes:

The BBC has confirmed veteran actor Michael Gambon and opera diva Katherine Jenkins will guest star in the 2010 Doctor Who Christmas special. Production starts today and will continue until August.

Michael Gambon, known for many roles all over Television and film, and mostly known lately for playing Dumbledore in four of the six Harry Potter films available, after original actor Richard Harris passed on.

"Bow ties are cool."

Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 213 EXTRA Edition
Running Time: 0:42:16

In this Extra Edition of Doctor Who: Podshock we look back and review the 2010 series as a whole. Ken, James, and Louis give their thoughts about the first series with Matt Smith as the Doctor in this studio recorded episode.

Hosted by Louis Trapani, Ken Deep, and James Naughton.

So after what seems like an eternity and for some peculiar reason as to why the figures could not be released( The Official Viewing FIgures were with held by BARB on the BBC's request.) the final viewing figures for the "Big Bang" are available. 

6.12 Million People Watched the Big Bang officially on BBC 1. with 0.72 Million watching the Repeat on BBC 3. as of yet I am unable to find the BBC HD numbers. 

Earth, 2084. Two global superpowers hover on the brink of war. When the TARDIS is forced to make an unplanned visit to Sea Base Four, the Doctor (Peter Davison, The Last Detective), Tegan (Janet Fielding, Minder) and Turlough (Mark Strickson, A Christmas Carol) find themselves accused of being enemy agents.

"Fezes are cool."

Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 212
Running Time: 1:44:42

Doctor Who: 'The Big Bang' reviewed live over the net with live feedback (2 of 2). (If you haven't seen The Big Bang yet, wait until you have before listening).

Hosted by Louis Trapani, James Naughton and Dave Cooper.

The First Lot of Doctor Who tour Dates have Been confirmed and are as Follows:

As the final act of the Night at Glastonbury, electronic band Orbital who hadn't played live in 16 years had a very special Introduction For the last song of the Evening.  Matt Smith showing no end to his talents, showed that of a showman firing up the Crowd. Orbitals first song of the night... Their version of the Doctor Who Theme Music. Follow the link below to see the 33second clip of Matt's Introduction.

The Complete overnight Figures for the season closer of doctor who are 5.1 Million.  4.6 Million of those on BBC 1 and 0.5 Million on BBC HD. Doctor Who was the second highest rated show of the night with the football (soccer) world cup match USA against Ghana coming top with 5.7 million.  Doctor Who even beat Wimbledon which was showing on BBC2 at the same time.  Overall Doctor Who did really well all season when the constantly shifting Time-slots are taken into consideration, and hopefully this will prove to the BBC that they handle the show with more respect next year. In comparison to previous seasons of Doctor Who in the same time slot, it faires better than Patrick Troughtons final episode on The Wargames which had a Final figure of 5 Million viewers, at a time in British Television where there were only three channels, and not as it is today. 

This Week In Doctor Who - Section A
June 26, 2010 - Vol 13, Number 23
by Benjamin F. Elliott
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho
http://thisweekindoctorwho.blogspot.com
http://gallifreyanembassy.org/vortex/?q=TWIDW

All the known broadcasts of Doctor Who covered weekly since 1998. With the spinoffs too.

Big Finish are having a BIg Finish Day on their website.  and you can get many bargains such as any of the First 50 Doctor Who titles for a fiver (pounds sterling) That means all titles up to Zagreus from The Sirens of Time.  Other titles of interest are "The One Doctor" "Doctor Who and the Pirates" and "Spare Parts" to name but a few. 

Doctor Who: Podshock will be once again be taking to the net this Sunday (27 June 2010) for a live-over-the-net show reviewing the last episode of the new series, The Big Bang. 

He's back… and it's about time! We return with our live-over-the-net review series this time talking about the 13th episode of the new series starring Matt Smith as the Doctor premiering on BBC One this Saturday (coming to BBC America 3 weeks later). We will be reviewing The Big Bang. 

"Hello Sweetie."

Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 210
Running Time: 1:49:00

Doctor Who: 'The Pandorica Opens' reviewed live over the net with live and recorded feedback. (If you haven't seen The Pandorica Opens yet, wait until you have before listening).

Hosted by Louis Trapani, James Naughton and Dave Cooper.

The viewing figures for Doctor Who's Season 5 penultimate episode, are in for the overnights.

"D'you know, this is going to be easier than I expected."

Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 209
Running Time: 2:00:49

Doctor Who: 'The Lodger' reviewed live over the net with live and recorded feedback. (If you haven't seen The Lodger yet, wait until you have before listening).

Hosted by Louis Trapani, Dave Cooper, James Naughton and Ken Deep.

This Week In Doctor Who - Section A
June 19, 2010 - Vol 13, Number 22
by Benjamin F. Elliott
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho
http://thisweekindoctorwho.blogspot.com
http://gallifreyanembassy.org/vortex/?q=TWIDW

All the known broadcasts of Doctor Who covered weekly since 1998. With the spinoffs too.

UK - the final story of the series is upon us! Part one - "The Pandorica Opens" - is at 6:40PM BST on BBC One and BBC HD, 50 minute episode. Doctor Who Confidential airs uncut immediately afterwards on BBC Three and BBC HD. The conclusion - "The Big Bang" - is on 26 June at 6:05PM BST on BBC One and BBC HD, 55 minute episode. Doctor Who Confidential will also air immediately after that episode on BBC Three and BBC HD.