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- Australian ratings for The Time of Angels
- Running from Silence
- The Wreck of the Titan
- Vampires Reaction
- Vampires over night Figures
- Overnight ratings for The Vampires of Venice
- Karen Gillan and Matt Smith in NYC (2)
- 5.6: The Vampires of Venice - Overnight Ratings
- Vampires of Venice - Ratings
- Doctor Who: Podshock Interviews Paul Castle at Gallifrey 21 (video)
- Karen Gillan and Matt Smith in NYC (1)
- Jamie and the 6th Doctor, are Back!
- Return of the Land of the Living Dead
- Doctor Who official 2011 annual, activity book details
- Toby Whithouse Interviewed
- Vampires Spoiler
- Karen Gillan Talks of Her Role as Amy Pond on 'Graham Norton' (video)
- Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 199
- Confidential’s Venice trip branded a waste of money
- Jimmy Gardner 1924 - 2010
- May Site Updates
- Vampires of Venice writer discusses episode
- The Hungry Earth - Press Release
- Doctor Who Adventures - 165
- The Telegraph cover Croatia shoot
- The Man You Can Trust!
- The Hungry Earth
| Australian ratings for The Time of Angels Posted: 09 May 2010 02:31 PM PDT  The Time of Angels has debuted in Australia to excellent ratings. TV Tonight reports that the episode averaged 909,000 viewers in the five major capital cities, again despite stiff competition from the commercial networks. For another week it was the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's top-rating program of the day, rating higher than its popular Sunday 7pm news and a new episode of Foyle's War. The corresponding Confidential Cutdown also rated an excellent 687,000 viewers in the five major capitals.Meanwhile, TV Tonight also reports that local pay TV network UKTV will have a special Doctor Who June long weekend, broadcasting the full high definition version of Planet of the Dead, as well as the Confidential Greatest Moments specials. The broadcaster is also holding some competitions, including asking viewers to vote for their favourite 10 episodes at www.bbcaustralia.com. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Posted: 09 May 2010 08:12 AM PDT Updates on the "Silence will fall" story arc with a closer look at The Vampires of Venice.  |
| Posted: 09 May 2010 08:00 AM PDT The Sixth Doctor and Jamie's adventures continue on Big Finish later this month as the latest Doctor Who release sees them on board the Titanic!
Written and directed by Barnaby Edwards, The Wreck of the Titan also stars Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Alexander Siddig as the Captain, popular British character actor Christopher Fairbank as the Professor, Daleks in Manhattan's Miranda Raison as Tess/Myra and Matt Addis as Teddy/John. The Wreck of the Titan is released later this month – find out more at www.bigfinish.com.  |
| Posted: 09 May 2010 07:14 AM PDT Doctor Who continued this weekend with Vampires of Venice, an episode that succeeded spectacularly in fooling everyone as to its true identity!
GallifreyNewsBase reports that Vampires of Venice recorded an overnight audience of 6.2 million viewers, a share of 30.6% of the audience available audience. As with previous weeks, delayed viewing figures (SKY+, iPlayer, etc) are likely to add to this total. The earlier start time is likely to have affected the lower overnight figure, and it certainly had an impact on Doctor Who Confidential, which started a full 15 minutes after Vampires of Venice finished. Following the minor storm in a teacup that followed the trailer for this episode, both the Telegraph and The Guardian have provided reviews. Completely unapologetic after declaring Flesh and Stone the greatest Doctor Who episode yet, The Guardian's Dan Martin is still feeling the love:
The Telegraph utilised the services of Doctor Who expert Gavin Fuller. Who? Back in 1993, Fuller was Mastermind's youngest ever champion, and chose Doctor Who as his specialist subject. His review was far short of complimentary…
There are certainly some similarities – not least the Doctor/girl companion/male companion dynamic. Speaking of which, UnrealityShout.com have some funny ideas about the last few weeks of Doctor Who. Still, they're complimentary about Rory.
SFX finally, and they've given the episode a rather generous 4 stars out of 5 (the 5 star rating doesn't help, of course…) and have noticed something interesting about Rory.
Perhaps he's been reading? We'll have our own review of Vampires of Venice in the next few hours.  |
| Posted: 09 May 2010 12:28 AM PDT
This is now showing a few parallels with Doctor Who of old, that constantly shifting the times of transmission will mean that viewing figures will drop.  |
| Overnight ratings for The Vampires of Venice Posted: 08 May 2010 11:17 PM PDT The overnight viewing figures for last night’s broadcast of Episode 6, The Vampires of Venice, have been released. With 5.9million tuning in on BBC One, and an additional 0.24million watching on the HD channel, the episode has an overall unofficial rating of around 6.2million. Although it may seem to be quite a dip compared to previous weeks (probably [...]  |
| Karen Gillan and Matt Smith in NYC (2) Posted: 08 May 2010 09:48 PM PDT  (L-R) Karen Gillan and Matt Smith (Doctor Who) appearing at the Paley Center for Media for a screening of Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour. We were there covering the event for Doctor Who: Podshock. Listen to our coverage in Doctor Who: Podshock 192 and Doctor Who: Podshock 193. Photo by Louis Trapani
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| 5.6: The Vampires of Venice - Overnight Ratings Posted: 08 May 2010 09:36 PM PDT 5.6: The Vampires of Venice - Overnight Ratings News Dated: 9/5/2010 The overnight ratings are in for 5.6: The Vampires of Venice. The episode achieved an overnight figure of 6.2m viewers, with a 30.6% audience share. ** This includes the BBC HD ratings as the episode was simulcast on both channels. Top overnight ratings - Saturday 01 …. 10.9m (44.1%) …. Britain's Got Talent (20:00) ITV 1 (10.6 + 0.2 HD) 02 …. 6.2m (30.6%) …. Doctor Who (18:00) BBC One (5.9 + 0.2 HD) 03 …. 5.7m (25.9%) …. Over the Rainbow (18:45) BBC One (5.5 + 0.1 HD) 04 …. 5.6m (23.9%) …. Casualty (21:00) BBC One 05 …. 5.2m (24.8%) …. BBC News (22:00) BBC One 06 …. 4.5m (20.6%) …. The Whole 19 Yards (19:00) ITV 1 (4.4 + 0.1 HD) 07 …. 4.4m (22.0%) …. Funniest Ever You've Been Framed! (18:00) ITV 1 (4.3 + 0.1 HD) 08 …. 4.1m (16.5%) …. The National Lottery: In It to Win It 2012 (20:15) BBC One 09 …. 3.5m (20.8%) …. Live at the Apollo (22:30) BBC One (3.4 + 0.1 HD) 10 …. 3.3m (21.2%) …. Total Wipeout (17:00) BBC One 11 …. 2.6m (26.2%) …. Formula 1: The Spanish Grand Prix (12:45) BBC One 12 …. 2.5m (15.2%) …. ITV News & Weather (17:45) ITV 1 13 …. 2.4m (10.2%) …. Have I Got a Bit More Election News for You (21:00) BBC Two 14 …. 2.2m ( 1.9%) …. Transporter 2 (21:00) Channel 4 15 …. 2.1m (24.9%) …. Regional News and Weather (12:30) BBC One 16 …. 2.1m (27.5%) …. Saturday Kitchen Live (10:00) BBC One 17 …. 2.0m (13.1%) …. London Tonight (17:30) ITV 1 18 …. 2.0m (14.9%) …. Regional News and Weather (16:45) BBC One 19 …. 1.8m ( 7.8%) …. CSI: NY (21:00) Five 20 …. 1.7m (13.0%) …. BBC News (16:30) BBC One Final BARB ratings will be available in the next 10 days. [Source: Andy Parish]  |
| Posted: 08 May 2010 07:55 PM PDT  Unofficial overnight figures show The Vampires of Venice was watched by 6.2 million viewers with a share of 30.6% of the audience.6.15 million watched on BBC One, where it was again the most watched programme of the evening, with an additional 0.24 million watching on BBC HD. The rating was down slightly on the previous week, most probably due to the earlier time slot. On ITV1, Funniest Ever You've Been Framed! had 4.4 million watching. The day was won by Britain's Got Talent with 10.88 million watching. Doctor Who is currently 17th for the week. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Doctor Who: Podshock Interviews Paul Castle at Gallifrey 21 (video) Posted: 08 May 2010 05:21 PM PDT As heard in Doctor Who: Podshock 192, here is our video interview with Paul Castle talking about his book, Shooty Dog Thing. This interview was recorded at the Gallifrey One convention, Gallifrey 21 in Los Angeles, CA in February 2010. Ken Deep and Louis Trapani (off camera) sit down with Paul during his first time attending a Gallifrey One convention.
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch users see here for the YouTube version of this video.  |
| Karen Gillan and Matt Smith in NYC (1) Posted: 08 May 2010 04:28 PM PDT  (L-R) Karen Gillan and Matt Smith (Doctor Who) appearing at the Paley Center for Media for a screening of Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour. We were there covering the event for Doctor Who: Podshock. Listen to our coverage in Doctor Who: Podshock 192 and Doctor Who: Podshock 193. Photo by Louis Trapani
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| Jamie and the 6th Doctor, are Back! Posted: 07 May 2010 04:19 AM PDT This is a review for The Big Finish Adventure, The City of Spires. Staring Colin Baker as the 6th Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon and Georgia Moffett as Alice. The Doctor Land hoping to get away from it all, but once again as with a Previous Regeneration, he lands in the Middle of an Important Battle in Scotland. After managing to convince the Scottish Warrior Black Donald that he's not English, and accepts being called a French Dandy. The Doctor Notices one very important clue, "Black Donald" is in Fact Jamie McCrimmon.  |
| Return of the Land of the Living Dead Posted: 07 May 2010 04:05 AM PDT  A couple of interesting Zombie films were on the agenda this week ... George Romero's Land of the Dead, and Return of the Living Dead from Dan O'Bannon.Land of the Dead is a peculiar thing, a Zombie movie which doesn't feel like one. It comes over more like some sort of vigilante film than anything else. The world has become infested with Zombies, and they stand around trying to recapture their lost humanity by continuing to do what they did before ... shopping, serving customers and so on ... while in a protected enclave, the last of humanity lives in a high rise development with its own shopping mall and every convenience you could imagine. However the owner of the complex, Kaufman, played by a fairly laid back Dennis Hopper, needs to get food and supplies in from somewhere so he has hired Cholo, played by John Leguizamo, to get the supplies for him. There follows a fairly predictable path, as a special 'supplies truck' is stolen by Cholo when Kaufman cuts him off after he has delivered the goods, and it's up to a small group of humans led by Riley (Simon Baker), and which include reformed prostitute/dancer Slack (Asia Argento), to retrieve the truck ... The film is most interesting for the zombies though, in particular 'Big Daddy' played by Eugene Clark who turns in a movie-stealing performance as a hulking brute who seems to have more intelligence than most - working out how to use a gun and other implements as weapons. The other zombies are mostly defined by their old jobs: a butcher, a cheerleader, a Salvation Army band member; and they follow 'Big Daddy's lead in attacking the complex and killing everyone inside. The film ends with zombies and surviving humans going their own way in a sort of 'live and let live' approach to the menace. I can't say it's a great film, but it has its moments and is never dull.  The other film is a favourite of mine and I never get tired of revisiting it. Return of the Living Dead is a straight zombie film which is a sequel of sorts to Night of the Living Dead. Some zombies from that outbreak have been canned up by the Army, and accidentally delivered to a medical supplies centre where they have stayed for years and years before worker Burt (Clu Gallagher) decides to show newby Freddie (Thom Mathews) what is in the basement. Cue the escape of gases which overcome Burt and Freddie, and which bring all the organic objects in the supply warehouse to life. In a great sequence we see a split dog (a dog mounted and cut down the middle, nose to tail, to show all the internal organs) whining, and butterflies flapping in a cabinet. Then a cadaver comes alive and runs amok before it's pinned to the ground with a small pickaxe. This still doesn't kill it and so they then cut it into pieces and take them over to the local morturary run by Ernie (Don Calfa) who destroys them in the incinerator, causing poisoned rain to fall over the nearby cemetary where a group of stoner mates of Freddies are partying. Next thing they know, the dead are coming back to life ...It's a wonderful fun film, and the leads play it straight, the laughs coming out of the situations rather than any overt comedy. I love the Tar Man zombie in the cellar - one of the best zombies ever committed to film - and the idea of the things being able to run and reason is very nicely handled. The 'Send more Paramedics' line deserves especial mention of course, as does the idea of Ernie and Freddie literally turning into zombies as we watch, and without dying in between. The production design by William Stout is exemplary, and the zombies are brilliant as a result. The old woman one which is captured and pinned to the table is a case in point. Her backbone writhing and weeping fluids as she explains that the creatures want brains to eat to ease the pain of being dead is a neat twist, and lends a little sympathy to the creatures. The stoner crew are amazing ... what a bunch. And what on earth Freddy's girlfriend - who is a 'nice girl' - is doing with the likes of Trash (Linnea Quigley) who strips off faster than you can blink and dances on a tomb before being got by the zombies, is anyone's guess. I have to also point out that the two main leads here are called Ernie and Burt ... something of an homage to Sesame Street perhaps? Definitely worth a watch, it's one of the gems of zombie cinema.   |
| Doctor Who official 2011 annual, activity book details Posted: 07 May 2010 03:19 AM PDT Penguin Books have released the details of a selection of new Doctor Who books which are set to be published over the coming months! Firstly, August 5th 2010 will welcome the release of the Official 2011 Annual. It features original comic strips, an exciting new story, as well as puzzles based on all the Series 5 episodes, characters and aliens, and comes with a free [...]  |
| Posted: 07 May 2010 02:07 AM PDT Toby Whithouse is the creator of Being Human – not to mention the man behind this week's Doctor Who, The Vampires of Venice! He's been interviewed by SFX recently, in which he describes the episode as being "like a 45-minute movie."
Whithouse gives the interview a nice overview of The Vampires of Venice.
The Vampires of Venice airs on Saturday night at 6pm on BBC One and BBC HD – if you haven't already, why not read our exclusive preview, or view the stills gallery?  |
| Posted: 07 May 2010 01:45 AM PDT Vampires of Venice spoiler - something fishy is going on...  |
| Karen Gillan Talks of Her Role as Amy Pond on 'Graham Norton' (video) Posted: 07 May 2010 01:27 AM PDT Doctor Who's new assistant Karen Gillan discusses life in the TARDIS. Is Amy Pond like a badly paid stripper? Preview of The Graham Norton Show…
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| Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 199 Posted: 06 May 2010 11:01 PM PDT "Yeah, but we have comfy chairs. Did I mention?" Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 199 Doctor Who: Flesh and Stone reviewed live over the net with live and recorded feedback (part 2 of 2). (If you haven't seen Flesh and Stone yet, wait until you have before listening). Hosted by Louis Trapani, James Naughton, Ken Deep, & Dave Cooper.  |
| Confidential’s Venice trip branded a waste of money Posted: 06 May 2010 10:53 PM PDT The BBC have been accused of wasting unnecessary money on this week’s edition of Doctor Who Confidential, The Sun reports. The episode, Death in Venice, features coverage of Matt Smith and writer Toby Whithouse’s visit to Venice, however programme-makers at the corporation are reportedly frustrated that the trip was funded, especially as its accompanying episode, Vampires of Venice, was, in fact, shot in [...]  |
| Posted: 06 May 2010 10:39 PM PDT  The actor Jimmy Gardner has died at the age of 85.Jimmy Gardner has two roles in Doctor Who. In 1964 he played the role of Chenchu, the manager of the way station at Tun-Huang, in the fourth story of the series Marco Polo. He returned to the series in 1978 to play the role of Idmon in the fourth Doctor story Underworld. Idmon was a Trog on the planet formed around the P7E, and the father of Idas. He tried to encourage the other Trogs to rebel, but was arrested by the Guards and selected for sacrifice. He was rescued by the Doctor and escaped his planet's destruction on board the R1C. Gardner had a long eventful life. He was a war hero, a survivor of two shipwrecks and numerous escapades on land. After the war he trained as an actor at The Central School and had a long career in television, film and stage. He appeared in many classic TV series including The Forsyte Saga, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Dixon of Dock Green, Z Cars and The Onedin Line. In film he worked on Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and had his most notorious role as Ernie the bus driver in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Independent Obituary http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Posted: 06 May 2010 04:00 PM PDT A couple of site announcements for May 2010.  |
| Vampires of Venice writer discusses episode Posted: 06 May 2010 09:59 AM PDT Toby Whithouse, the man behind this week’s episode, Vampires of Venice (and, of course, Series 2’s School Reunion), has spoken to SFX about the inspiration behind his latest story. “I was going to write a completely different episode. The Doctor was lost in some kind of labyrinth,” he explains, “but then executive producers Steven Moffat and Piers Wenger said, [...]  |
| The Hungry Earth - Press Release Posted: 06 May 2010 09:14 AM PDT  The BBC Press Office has released details for the eighth episode of the new series, The Hungry Earth.The Chris Chibnall story is scheduled for Saturday 22nd May. It stars Meera Syal, Robert Pugh and Samuel Davies. It's 2015 and the most ambitious drilling project in history has reached deeper beneath the Earth's crust than man has ever gone before – but now the ground itself is fighting back. In the latest episode of the time-travelling drama, the Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in a tiny mining village and find themselves plunged into a battle against a deadly danger from a bygone age. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Posted: 06 May 2010 09:02 AM PDT  This week's Doctor Who Adventures looks back at all the frights in the Angel-packed episodes.Alex Kingston, who plays River Song, tells all about her mysterious character. Find out what she thought of Matt Smith the first time she met him and what she thinks River's secret is. Also in the magazine Matt Smith talks about the episodes with the Weeping Angels and how they were the first story he recorded in his exclusive diary. Behind the scenes inside the TARDIS! Check out all the levers, switches and gizmos in the Doctor's amazing spaceship. Plus: • Preview of episode six, The Vampires of Venice • Doctor Who bag! • The chance to win your own life-size Weeping Angel • 10 terrifying facts about the Angels http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| The Telegraph cover Croatia shoot Posted: 06 May 2010 05:42 AM PDT The Telegraph have today released an interesting article, compiled on location during the filming of Vampires of Venice in Trogir, Croatia last year. The report includes comments from Matt Smith, episode guest star Helen McCrory, and Karen Gillan, who defends Amy’s behaviour during that scene at the end of Flesh and Stone. “Amy’s just this kind of spontaneous girl. If [...]  |
| Posted: 06 May 2010 05:00 AM PDT On this historic day for British democracy there's only one vote you should make…  |
| Posted: 06 May 2010 03:28 AM PDT The official synopsis for episode eight, The Hungry Earth, has been released. This is the first episode in a two-part story featuring the long awaited return of the Silurians. Note: If this year's Eurovision causes a break on the 29th May, we'll have to wait two weeks for the conclusion, Cold Blood!
Check out some pics and more details here. The Hungry Earth will air on Saturday 22nd of May at 6.15pm (time subject to change).  |
Starring Colin Baker and Frazer Hines, The Wreck of the Titan has one of the best casts of any Big Finish drama I can think of…
Sadly the same wasn't true of the frightening alien race featured in the story – who weren't really vampires – but hey, it was a fun runaround (if slightly scary for the younger viewers).
Oh dear. It doesn't get better than that, I'm afraid… in fact it gets worse. In the blogosphere, there is a similar feeling, at least 
Talking about how nice it is to not have to do the whole showrunner thing like he does on Doctor Who, Whithouse – who also wrote 2006's School Reunion – also describes how the his story was originally going to feature the Doctor in a 
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