Doctor Who New Year’s Day Special 2022

Doctor Who New Year’s Day Special 2022

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The Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and friends will kick-start 2022 with an action-packed spectacular episode set to air on BBC One on New Year’s Day. The festive special will feature guest stars Aisling Bea (This Way Up, Living With Yourself, Quiz), Adjani Salmon (Dreaming Whilst Black, Enterprice) and Pauline McLynn (Father Ted, Shameless). Sarah (Aisling Bea) owns and runs ELF storage, and Nick (Adjani Salmon) is a customer who visits his unit every year on New Year’s Eve. This year,…

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‘The Abominable Snowmen’ to be animated in 2022

‘The Abominable Snowmen’ to be animated in 2022

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The Abominable Snowmen will be released in 2022 on DVD, Blu-ray and as an exclusive Steelbook, filling another gap in missing Doctor Who episodes. Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen is a six-part story based on audio recordings of the original episodes. Most of the six-part adventure story was lost soon after the programme’s original transmission in 1967 and only the audio recordings of the episodes survived. Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen follows the Doctor as he returns to the Himalayas 300 years after…

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Bernard Holley: RIP

Bernard Holley: RIP

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Actor Bernard Holley, known for his roles in Doctor Who, has died aged 81, his family has confirmed. Holley became a household name during the late 1960s and early 1970s at the height of Z-Cars’ popularity, starring as Pc Newcombe in 277 episodes. He also played two separate roles in Doctor Who, as Peter Haydon in “The Tomb Of The Cybermen” in 1967 and as an Axon in “The Claws Of Axos” in 1971. Holley was also a reader on…

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Once, Upon Time: Consolidated Ratings

Once, Upon Time: Consolidated Ratings

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As reported by Doctor Who Magazine, episode 3 of Doctor Who: Flux, Once, Upon Time, had a consolidated rating of 4.7m viewers. (This includes viewers who watched on the night, or within the next seven days.) On the weekly TV chart, Doctor Who was number 20, and it had the fifth highest rating for Sunday evening. Episode 3 of Doctor Who: Flux, Once, Upon Time, had a consolidated rating of 4.7m viewers. (This includes viewers who watched on the night,…

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Village of the Angels: Overnight Ratings

Village of the Angels: Overnight Ratings

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Lizo Mzimba of the BBC has reported that Doctor Who episode 4 “Village of the Angels”  was watched by 3.45m, a drop of a million since the series opener. The episode was well received though and could see stronger catch up. https://twitter.com/lizo_mzimba/status/1462719261215014913

War Of The Sontarans: Consolidated Ratings

War Of The Sontarans: Consolidated Ratings

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The BBC’s Lizo Mzimba has reported that Doctor Who episode 2 had a consolidated rating of 5.10 million including 7 days of catch up according to BARB. It means Doctor Who slips to 13th most watched programme of the week (from 8th for Episode 1) with episodes of Emmerdale and Coronation Street moving ahead of it. Doctor Who episode 2 had a consolidated rating of 5.10 million including 7 days of catch up according to BARB. It means Doctor Who…

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Once, Upon Time: Overnight Ratings

Once, Upon Time: Overnight Ratings

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BBC’s Lizo Mzimba has reported that last night’s Doctor Who had an overnight audience of 3.76 million. A very slight drop on last week’s 3.96m.(The opener was 4.43m) Day’s 4th most watched programme after Strictly, Top Gear and has been overtaken by Countryfile – although it’s v likely to reverse that on catch up. A fully consolidated will be available in 7 days. https://twitter.com/lizo_mzimba/status/1460181717717819395

7-DAY RATINGS BREAKDOWN: 25-31 OCTOBER 2021

7-DAY RATINGS BREAKDOWN: 25-31 OCTOBER 2021

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Here’s a breakdown of the latest seven-day consolidated ratings for week 25-31 October 2021. Figures are courtesy of BARB, and include those who watched live and those who watched within a seven-day period on catch-up. BBC One ratings (in no particular) Strictly Come Dancing (Sat) – 10,574,880 Strictly Come Dancing (Sun) – 8,704,400 Shetland (Wed) – 6,032,815 Doctor Who (Sun) – 5,785,035 Showtrial (Sun) – 4,982,219 The Outlaws (Mon) – 4,205,978 BBC Two ratings (in no particular) Only Connect (Mon)…

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DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 571

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 571

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EXCLUSIVE SERIES 13 PREVIEW AND THE LATEST FROM CHRIS CHIBNALL Highlights of the new issue include: Three variant covers to collect – Swarm, Azure and Skaak. The latest Production Notes from showrunner Chris Chibnall. An exclusive preview of the final episodes of Series 13, with contributions from Chris Chibnall, Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill and John Bishop. Interviews with Sam Spruell and Rochenda Sandall, who play Flux supervillains Swarm and Azure. Production designer Dafydd Shurmer discusses the sets he created for Series 13,…

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The Halloween Apocalypse: Consolidated Rating

The Halloween Apocalypse: Consolidated Rating

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Lizo Mzimba of the BBC has just reported that Doctor Who Ep 1’s 7-day consolidated is 5.79 million. Week’s 9th most watched show, 3rd most watched drama after Shetland and The Long Call In line with prev catch-up figs. So far, six ep arc hasn’t had impact on catch-up – most of its audience still watch on night it’s transmitted. Doctor Who Ep 1's 7-day consolidated is 5.79 million. Week's 9th most watched show, 3rd most watched drama after Shetland…

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