The BBC Press Office have released some new promotional pictures from the seventh episode of Doctor Who's fifth series, Amy's Choice. The pictures show the residents of Amy Pond's home village of Leadsworth moving the TARDIS, Amy Pond pregnant, Rory, an elderly woman and much more. The new pictures can be seen below (click one to englarge it):
Doctor Who series five episode seven, Amy's Choice, will be broadcast on BBC One and on the BBC HD Channel on Saturday the fifteenth of May, with it's transmission time to be announced. What are your thoughts on these pictures?
The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, on sale today, reveals the titles for the eighth and ninth episodes of Doctor Who series five, which will make up a two-part story featuring the classic series enemies, The Silurians. The title of the eighth episode of the series has been revealed as 'The Hungry Earth', as it was learned two days ago from the cover, and the ninth episode's title has been revealed as 'Cold Blood'. Also announced inside the new issue is that the sixth episode, previously called Vampires In Venice, has now had a slight name change to The Vampires of Venice. These are the series five titles we know so far: 1: The Eleventh Hour, 2: The Beast Below, 3: Victory of the Daleks, 4: The Time of Angels, 5: Flesh and Stone, 6: The Vampires of Venice, 7: Amy's Choice, 8: The Hungry Earth, and 9: Cold Blood, with the titles for episodes ten, eleven, twelve, & thirteen unknown.
The BBC Press Office today revealed the official synopsis for the seventh episode of Doctor Who series five, Amy's Choice. The episode, written by Steven Nye, will see The Doctor land on Earth where his companion, Amy Pond, has been away from him for five years and is expecting her first child. The official synopsis for the upcoming episode can be read below:
BARB have now released the final ratings for the third episode of Doctor Who series five, Victory of the Daleks. The ratings show that the episode managed to achieve 7.82 million viewers when it was broadcast on BBC One earlier this month, with an additional 381,000 watching over on the BBC HD channel. This brings the final ratings to 8.2 million, an increase of 1.8 million on the overnight ratings of 6.4 million. Final ratings for the latest episode of the series to be broadcast, The Time of Angels, are expected to be revealed by BARB next week, and will be posted online here.
Last night, Doctor Who continued with it's fourth episode of it's fifth series, The Time of Angels, which was followed by a trailer for the next episode of series, Flesh And Stone. The episode is the second of the two-part story, which will see The Doctor, Amy, and River fight for their lives as they remain doomed in the maze of the dead. The trailer can be seen below:
The BBC have today apologised for an advertisement shown during the first transmission of Doctor Who series five episode four, The Time of Angels, last night. During the cliff-hanger of BBC One's broadcast of the episode, a banner, accompanied by a small cartoon character of Graham Norton, popped up on screen to advertise the talent show, Over the Rainbow. Many people thought this was inappropriate and complained to the BBC, resulting in the broadcasting company to apologise today. Fans have also been complaining on social networking site Twitter, with one writing: "Why is the BBC treating its audience like idiots?" and another saying "Don't blink or Graham Norton will catch you."An apology from the British Broadcasting Company can be read by clicking 
BARB have now released the overnight ratings for the fourth episode of Doctor Who series five, The Time of Angels, which received it's first transmission on BBC One and on BBC HD last night. The episode, seeing the return of both the Weeping Angels from Blink, and River Song from Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead, managed to pull in 6.5 million viewers on BBC One, with an additional 0.3 million watching over on the BBC HD channel. This gives the episode overnight ratings of 6.8 million, and 36.7 percent of the audience share at that time. It was the second most watched programme of the day, being beaten again by Britain's Got Talent on ITV One, which pulled in 10.5 million. The final ratings will be released in several days, and will be posted here. What do you think of The Time Of Angels' ratings?
Doctor Who continued earlier tonight in the United Kingdom with the first of a brand new thrilling two-part story, entitled The Time of Angels, which saw the return of the Weeping Angels and River Song. Now, you can let visitors know what you thought by discussing the episode here. Did you think the Weeping Angels lived up to their appearence in series three's Blink? What do you make of The Doctor and River Song's unfolding relationship? Did the episode scare you at any point? And what do you think will happen next week? Please leave thoughts in a comment.
Tonight, Doctor Who series five will continue with it's fourth episode, which will see the return of the new series' most feared enemies, The Weeping Angels, and The Doctor's mysterious friend who knew him when he didn't know her, River Song. The episode, entitled The Time of Angels, is the first of a highly anticipated two part story, written by the series lead writer, Steven Moffat. As the anticipation continues to grow, a brand new preview clip can be seen below:
Karen Gillan, who is currently starring as The Doctor's companion, Amy Pond, in the fifth series of Doctor Who, has spoken to SpinOff Online about the unfolding series five story arc. The actress speaks about the mysterious cracks that have appeared the series so far, and explains that Amy Pond is central to the story arc. An interview extract can be read below:
BBC Worldwide has announced that American broadcasting network, FOX, have dropped plans to transmit the U.S Torchwood series announced earlier this year. Speaking in a statement, BBC Worldwide said: “BBC Worldwide Productions and the FOX Broadcasting Company have mutually agreed not to progress together with a thirteen episode serialized 'Torchwood' format. We are currently in discussion with several interested networks." The American Torchwood series, which will feature the writing of previous Doctor Who lead writer, Russell T Davies, is still set to be produced, with the show's producer, Jane Tranter, saying: "It's very much ongoing and very much alive”. It is unknown if the new series will be the fourth series of the current, or a completely brand new American spin-off series.
The BBC Press Office have today revealed the official synopsis for the sixth episode of Doctor Who's fifth series, entitled Vampires in Venice. The episode will see The Doctor and Amy Pond take another trip back through time in the Tardis, this time with Rory to Venice, where some people are not what they seem to be. The episode's official synopsis can be read below:
The BBC have released a trailer for the first of the Doctor Who: The Adventure Games series, which will be available to download from the official Doctor Who website in June. The first game will allow players to become The Doctor, and fight the new Dalek variations which appeared in Saturday's episode, Victory of the Daleks. The brand new trailer can be watched below:
The BBC have today revealed that The Eleventh Doctor, as played by Matt Smith, will be making an appearance in the fourth series of children's Doctor Who spin-off show, The Sarah Jane Adventures, later this year. Matt Smith will be joined by Katy Manning in two episodes of the series, who will be reprising her role as former companion of The Third Doctor, Jo Grant.
The final ratings for the second episode of Doctor Who series five, The Beast Below, have now been revealed by BARB. The ratings reveal that the episode, which got overnight ratings of 6.7 million viewers, managed to pull in 7.928 million viewers when broadcast on BBC One on the tenth of March, with a further 0.494 people watching over on the BBC HD channel, bringing the final viewer count to 8.4 million. The first episode of the series, The Eleventh Hour, attracted 10.08 million viewers earlier this month. The final ratings for the third episode of the series, Victory of the Daleks, will be revealed next week, and will be available here. What are your thoughts on this?
BBC One today transmitted a brand new trailer for the fourth episode of Doctor Who series five, The Time of Angels. The trailer, running for approximately twenty seconds, features clips of a lone Weeping Angel hiding in the dark among stone statues while The Doctor, Amy Pond, Professor River Song, and some soldiers search for it. The brand new trailer can be seen below:
Doctor Who continued last night with Victory of the Daleks, and BARB have now released overnight ratings for the episode. According to the overnight ratings, the third episode of Doctor Who series five was watched by 6.2 million when it was broadcast on BBC One, with an additional 231,000 watching later over on the BBC HD channel. These ratings make Victory of the Daleks the second most watched programme of Saturday, giving it 32.7% of the audience share, being beaten to first place by Britain's Got Talent over on ITV One which gained 10.6 million. Overnight ratings are not final or accurate, and the official ratings will be announced by BARB in several weeks.
Earlier tonight, the third episode of Doctor Who series five, Victory of the Daleks, was broadcast for the first time, and was followed by a trailer for the next episode of the series, The Time of Angels. The episode will see the return of Profesor River Song, as played by Alex Kingston, along with The Weeping Angels, who previously appeared in the series three episode, Blink.
The third episode of Doctor Who series five, Victory of the Daleks, has just been broadcast for the first time here in the United Kingdom, and with the positive reaction towards last week's episode discussion, one for tonight's episode has been set up. In this post you can tell others what you thought about Victory of the Dalek. Did you think Mark Gatiss story raised the bar for the rest of the series? What did you think of the new Daleks? And what do you think of the mysterious crack appearing yet again at the end of the episode? Please feel free to leave your thoughts in a comment.
Tonight, the fifth series of Doctor Who will continue with it's third episode, Victory of the Daleks. The episode will see the Daleks return to Earth during World War Two, where they are seemingly working as soldiers for the British army, but The Doctor knows that as always with the Daleks, all is not what it seems, and a brand new generation of Daleks rise. It will be broadcast on BBC One at 6.30pm and will run for the usual time of forty-five minutes, with it's high definition transmission being held back to 8:25pm on BBC HD. The trailer for next week's episode, and a post where you can tell other visitors what you thought of the episode, will be available here shortly after the episode is first broadcast.
The BBC Press Office today released the official synopsis for the fifth episode of Doctor Who series five, Flesh and Stone. The episode which stars Matt Smith as The Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, and Alex Kingston as River Song is the second of a two-part story, the first part being The Time of Angels. Flesh and Stone's official synopsis can be read below:
SFX recently interviewed Mark Gatiss, the writer of this Saturday's episode of Doctor Who, Victory of the Daleks. Mark Gatiss previously wrote the series one Doctor Who episode, The Unquiet Dead, and the series two episode, The Idiot's Lantern, and appeared in the series three episode, The Lazarus Experiment. An extract from his SFX interview can be read below:
The first television trailer for the third episode of Doctor Who series five, Victory of the Daleks, has now began being broadcast on BBC One. The trailer features many brand new clips appearing alongside previously seen clips of the Daleks, The Doctor, Amy Pond, Winston Churchill, and Spitfires fighting against Dalek ships in space. It can be watched in full below:
The official ratings for The Eleventh Hour, the first episode of Doctor Who series five, introducing viewers to The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond, have now been revealed by BARB. The episode, written by Steven Moffat, managed to pull in 10.08 millions viewers when it was broadcast on BBC One and on the BBC HD channel last month, an increase of 2.8 million on the overnight ratings of 8 million. The final ratings for the recently broadcast second episode of Doctor Who series, The Beast Below, will be released by BARB shortly, and will then be posted here, on The Gallifrey Vortex, after. What are your thoughts on the final ratings for The Eleventh Hour?
Last night, the fifth series of Doctor Who continued with it's second episode, The Beast Below. The episode, despite facing the hot weather outside across the United Kingdom and Ireland, strong opposition from television premieres and the football on other channels, managed to attract 6.4 million on BBC One, with a further 330,000 watching on the BBC HD channel. This brings the overall overnight ratings to 6.7 million, and gives Doctor Who 34% of the audience share, making it the most watched programme of the day. These overnight ratings are not completely accurate, and BARB will release the official ratings in a few weeks time, which will be posted here shortly after. Next week Doctor Who will face strong opposition again, with Britain's Got Talent returning on ITV One, but hopefully the return of the Daleks will give Doctor Who higher ratings. More will be posted.
Earlier tonight saw the first broadcast of The Beast Below across the United Kingdom and Ireland, and the transmission of the next time trailer for the next episode, Victory of the Daleks. The trailer features clips of the Daleks, under the guise of robots helping Britain win World War Two, Winston Churchill, and Dalek ships battling Spitfires in space. It can be seen below:
The fifth series of Doctor Who continued earlier tonight with it's second episode, entitled The Beast Below. The episode saw Amy Pond take her first journey through time and space in the TARDIS, and discover the horrific truth behind Starship UK. To mark the broadcast of this episode, The Gallifrey Vortex has set up a post where you can post your views regarding the episode. Did you enjoy the episode? Do you think the episode lived up to last week's expectations for the new series? What did you think of the episode's plot? Did Matt Smith and Karen Gillan portray their characters well? Please feel free to comment on your views on The Beast Below.
The fifth series of Doctor Who will continue tonight with it's second episode, The Beast Below. The episode sees The Doctor, as played by Matt Smith, take his brand new companion, Amy Pond, as portrayed by Karen Gillan, for her first voyage through time and space, on the eve of her wedding. Earth has been abandoned and the majority of the United Kingdom's population now lives on a huge starship, where the sinister Smilers are everywhere, and the beast lurks below. The Beast Below will receive it's transmission tonight at 6.15pm on BBC One and on the BBC HD channel, and will be followed on BBC Three by it's accompanying episode of Doctor Who Confidential, All about the Girl. Come back here to The Gallifrey Vortex later tonight to post your views on the episode and to see the next time trailer for episode three of the series, Victory of the Daleks.
The BBC have announced a brand new episodic Doctor Who video game series, featuring The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond, coming soon to download for computers. The series will consist of four interactive games, with the game's executive producers including Steven Moffat, Beth Willis, and Piers Wenger. Pictures, and an extract from Steven Moffat can be seen below:
