Matt Smith appeared on the The One Show this evening, where he chatted about finding football more nerve-wracking than the BAFTAs, his stunt work in Doctor Who, and of course next week's The Almost People - as much as could be revealed at any rate - during which he also described the Doctor as the "cleverest and vainest man in the world, sadly". The item was accompanied by a previously unseen clip from Saturday's episode.

When asked if he's carrying on in the role, Matt answered he would be for the foreseeable future, and on next season: "I hope so! If not then I'm panicking!". A short Q&A session occured at the end, in which Matt said Day of the Moon was his favourite episode (so far!), the Silence were the scariest monster, and the Silence/Weeping Angels as his favourite (host Matt Baker also commented on how he'd been lambasted by fans for calling the character "Doctor Who" when soliciting for the questions Twitter earlier in the day!).

The programme is available to watch in the UK on the BBC iplayer for the next seven days.

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The BBC have now the made the clip available to watch online:

 

The third edition of Doctor Who Insider will be available in North America from June 2nd.

In an exclusive interview, Arthur Darvill reveals he wants to write his own episode of Doctor Who, that he was cast for his massive arms, and shares his experience of filming in America.


Also in this issue:

• WASHINGTON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Actors Mark Sheppard and Stuart Milligan talk exclusively to Doctor Who Insider, sharing their experience of playing FBI Agent, Canton Everett Delaware III and President Richard Nixon in The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon.
  
• HERE’S TO THE FUTURE
  We track the evolution of mankind in Doctor Who as humanity escapes the confines of planet Earth and reaches for the stars.
  
• GOING FOR GOLD
  Insider talks exclusively to Murray Gold who has composed the music for Doctor Who
  since its return to TV in 2005.
  
• I WAS… ANAT Anna Barry casts her mind back to 1972 when she played the leader of a band of freedom fighters opposite Third Doctor, Jon Pertwee in Day of the Daleks.
  
• NEXUS POINT
  We recall the moment that the Doctor met himself – twice! – for the first time in The 
  Three Doctors.
  
• DATA FILE
  To coincide with the release of Time and the Rani on DVD, Insider takes a look at the 
  Seventh Doctor’s battle with his fellow Time Lord, the Rani in his very first adventure.
  
• TIME SCOOP Caught in the Time Scoop this issue are the Silurians, those xenophobic reptiles who are 
  sleeping beneath the Earth, waiting to re‐conquer their world.
  
• MERCHANDISE
  Previews of the latest Doctor Who merchandise, including Time and the Rani and 
  Frontiers on DVD featuring interviews with Wanda Ventham who plays Faroon in Time 
  and the Rani and Lesley Dunlop who was Norna in Frontios; we take a look at The BBC 
  Radio Episodes collection of Doctor Who audio dramas; and author Una McCormack
  guides us through the writing of her mysterious new Doctor Who novel, The Way 
  Through the Wood
• FAN ZONE A selection of photographs of fans and their incredible creations taken at the 2011 Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles. 
  

PLUS! The latest official news and a giant, double‐sided poster of Rory Pond and Time 
and the Rani!

Issue 5 of the Doctor Who Fanzine Fish Fingers and Custard is now available.

The issue contains the following:

• Our Sarah Jane - Tributes from fans of Elisabeth Sladen
• The Brig: A Great Chap
• Why I Watch Who
• Poetry
• A Look At The Scarifyers, plus an interview with creator Simon Barnard
• Doctor Who Actor, Harry Sedgewick, offers some more of his wisdom in his latest column
• Review of the opening 2 episodes of Series 6!

Downloading details on the website.

Matt Smith will join Matt Baker (Aliens of London) and Alex Jones in the studio for tonight's One Show on BBC One at 7.00pm.

Following transmission the show will available in the UK on the BBC iPlayer for the next seven days.

The BBC Doctor Who website have revealed that a "previously unseen clip" from The Almost People will premiere on tonight's One Show and will be made available to watch immediately after on their website.

After a shorter preview shown by Access Hollywood last week, Starz have now released their first full scene-driven trailer for Torchwood: Miracle Day, which runs to some 1 minute 46 seconds:

BARB have now issued final ratings for the week ending 15th May making Doctor Who: The Doctor's Wife the 14th most watched programme of the week.

The show was once again the highest non-soap drama of the week. It was knocked a couple of places down the chart by the new series of The Apprentice and by the Eurovision Song Contest.

The chart does not include iPlayer figures where over 1 million have already accessed this episode.

The Rebel Flesh had an Appreciation Index, or AI score of 85.

The score is once more in the excellent category with the highest rating of Saturday going to Casualty with 88.

Two programmes got more than six million watching on Sunday, pushing Doctor Who into 21st place for the week on the overnight figures. This will certainly rise when final figures are released next week.

The BBC Three Sunday night repeat had 0.5 million viewers, a 2.1% share of the audience.

Steven Moffat had cause to celebrate this evening as he won the award for Drama Series with co-creator Mark Gatiss for their mini-series Sherlock. The show beat off opposition from Being Human, Downton Abbey and Misfits. Sherlock also garnered an award for actor Martin Freeman, who won Best Supporting Actor for his role as John Watson, but missed out in the YouTube Audience Award to The Only Way Is Essex.

However, neither of Moffat's principle stars were able to walk off with the Leading Actor award - both Matt Smith for Doctor Who and Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock were pipped to the post by actor Daniel Rigby, who played the young Eric Morecambe in the BBC's Christmas special Eric and Ernie. The other nominee in this category was Jim Broadbent for Channel 4's Any Human Heart.

Matt Smith's nomination heralded the first time a leading actor for Doctor Who has ever been represented for the award.

The full list of nominees and winners can be found at the BAFTA website.

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Today's Sunday Mail has reported that the jacket worn by Matt Smith's Doctor in the current series of Doctor Who is a Chinese remake of the Harris Tweed one from last series.

A BBC spokesperson told the paper that: "the tweed changed because they needed a warmer jacket for outside filming"; back in June 2010, Smith himself told the Sun newspaper: A spokeswoman for BBC Worldwide told the paper that the decision to drop Harris Tweed was taken by programme makers, adding: "we've had no input into the jacket design." Ann MacCallum, Managing Director of the Isle of Lewis mill which makes Harris Tweed said: "the BBC told me Matt wanted something different for the new series."

Lydia Walton, a spokesman for Harris Tweed Scotland said: Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil told the Mail:
The BBC has granted a license to AbbyShot Clothiers, a Canadian company who make screen-accurate TV and movie clothing, who will sell the the official replica jacket through various affiliates. AbbyShot has previously made the official replica of the tenth Doctor's coat and the red leather jacket worn by Martha Jones.

Fashion expert Tessa Hartmann said:

The replica is currently available to pre-order from the Forbidden Planet website.

The Doctor's Wife had a final official rating of 7.97 million viewers, a 34.7% share of the audience.

The final rating includes those who record the programme and watch it within seven days.

Full ratings, which will reveal the chart position of the episode, should be released tomorrow.