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THERE are many ways you can watch Doctor Who, but for those attending a special screening of the first of the current two-part series finale at Wales Millennium Centre’s Hoddinott Hall on Saturday evening, viewing from behind the sofa was not going to be an option. Hoddinott Hall is the home of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, affectionately known to the Doctor Who production team as the Doctor Who House Band. The orchestra have provided the musical soundtrack to…

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World Enough and Time had an Audience Index or AI score of 85. The score is an indication of how much the audience enjoyed the episode. The score of 85 is the highest since the series 8 episode Dark Water, and the joint highest of the Capaldi era. The score is the joint highest score achieved by the two main channels on Saturday, with Casualty and The Voice: Kids also scoring 85.

Doctor Who: World Enough And Time had an audience of 3.37 million viewers, a share of 22% of the total TV audience, according to unofficial overnight figures. The day as a whole suffered from very low ratings with the highest rated show, Casualty, only getting 4 million watching. Mrs Brown’s Boys had 3.38 million while Pitch Battle had just below 2 million. Over on ITV the highest rated show was the children’s version of The Voice which had 3.80 million…

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The Mondasian Cybermen are on the rise. It’s time for the Doctors final battle. If you’re still reeling from the revelations in this week’s action-packed episode of Doctor Who World Enough and Time, then strap in – because based on this new episode trailer, next week’s finale is set to fray your nerves even more. “The whole city’s a machine to turn people into Cybermen,” says Michelle Gomez’s Missy as various generations of Cybermen attack through the streets of the…

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Last night (June 24) saw the first episode of a Doctor Who two-part finale that will act as both lead actor Peter Capaldi and showrunner Steven Moffat’s penultimate adventure. But what about Bill? Well, actress Pearl Mackie appeared live on Graham Norton’s BBC Radio 2 show and said absolutely nothing that could be taken as concrete evidence about her future on the series. But she did drop a few tidbits that could hint at her character staying on, including talking…

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Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has paid moving tribute to outgoing Doctor Peter Capaldi. Speaking at a Facebook Live Q and A after Saturday night’s episode he said that Capaldi has been the show’s “most emotional Doctor”. “Peter only has to think at the screen and you know what he’s thinking,” he said. “He only has to move his face and I know the particular blend of Scottish torment he’s feeling right now. Despite trying to fight his emotions, he…

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Next Thursday June 29th 2017 the creator of Doctor Who, Sydney Newman is showcased in a BBC Radio 3 programme entitled “Free Thinking” which airs at 22.00 (BST) Matthew Sweet looks at the Canadian influence on British TV in the early 1960s, when he’s joined by Sydney Newman biographer, Ryan Danes, and Graeme Burk who has contributed to the publication of Newman’s memoirs. Newman was instrumental in setting up Armchair Theatre, The Avengers and Doctor Who and The Wednesday Play…

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With all the excitement in this week’s episode of Doctor Who (creepy Cybermen! John Simm’s return! Regeneration! The apparent death of Pearl Mackie’s Bill!) you’d be forgiven for not noticing some subtle hints about what’s to come in the final days of Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor. And we reckon this hint could suggest what awaits the Doctor in the Christmas special – because the episode’s spine-tingling opening scene (which appears to see the Doctor start to regenerate at a future…

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Well, that was Andrew Marvell-ous. The series’ penultimate instalment, poetically titled World Enough and Time, was a dizzying ride which took in a shock shooting and the return of two old foes. Bill took a bullet before getting turned into a Cyberman “Promise you won’t get me killed.” That was the heartfelt plea of fearful companion Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie) to the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) after reluctantly agreeing to his rash plan: testing Missy’s new-found good nature by giving her…

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