Global ratings are now available for last weekend’s broadcast of Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor, with the BBC estimating over 1.5 million fans around the world joined the 6.2 million who watched the show in the United Kingdom.

In the United States, BBC America reported 895,000 total viewers for the show which was broadcast at 2pm Eastern Time. This made it the best telecast ever outside of primetime among the 25-54 demographic, and it was only beaten by The Royal Wedding as the best non-prime telecast ever on the channel.

According to Trendrr.TV the 30-minute TV event was the most talked about TV show, apart from sport, on social media in the US, beating the likes of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never on MTV and Keeping Up With The Kardashians on E. On Tumblr, there were 11.84 million views of the Official US Doctor Who Tumblr since the show’s announcement, and fans created 3 million Doctor Who-related reblogs on the day of the show. Twitter activity around the special was double the sci-fi series’ season average for BBC America and at the peak of the activity, six out of the ten trending topics in the US were related to the announcement. Doctor Who continues to be the highest rating programme on the network.

In Canada the show was broadcast on SPACE, which reported 412,000 viewers at its peak for the special, making it the number one network for the key 18-54 demographic during that time.

While in Australia, 40,000 sacrificed sleep to tune into the live broadcast at 4am ET with a total of 200,000 watching the show or its repeat on ABC2. An additional 41,000 have so far watched the programme on iview, ABC’s catch up service.

BBC Worldwide ANZ have announced a partnership with television network ABC to open a special Commemorative Exhibition at the ABC Ultimo Centre in Sydney, Australia. The free exhibition opens on Thursday 15th August until Friday 31st January 2014 (see below for opening times), and will have a variety of props on display from the series, including the Tenth Doctor’s costume and Astrid's costume from Voyage of the Damned (as played by national superstar Kylie Minogue), plus the Fourth Doctor's scarf, an original Dalek, an iconic TARDIS, Ood head, and Cybermat amongst the many other exhibits.

Jon Penn, Managing Director, BBC Worldwide ANZ, said:
Mark Scott, ABC's Managing Director, said:

A wide variety of merchandise including exclusive souvenirs and collectables will be available from the ABC Shops and online.

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, StoryBundle is offering a specially curated set of six full length e-books featuring episode guides, producer autobiographies, coming-of-age stories and recipe books themed around Doctor Who.
StoryBundle is a platform for indie authors to get exposure for their works, both for the titles featured in the bundle and for the rest of their catalog.

Buyers pay what they like, subject to a minimum fee of $3.

The initial titles in The (Unofficial) Doctor Who Bundle are:

• Dalek I Loved You: 50th Anniversary Edition by Nick Griffiths
Nick Griffiths' memoir of life as a Doctor Who fan, which has been praised by the UK Guardian and a former Doctor Who himself, David Tennant, and comes in a special 50th Anniversary update.
• Who & Me by Barry Letts
The fascinating behind the scenes autobiography by the late Doctor Who producer Barry Letts - a key creative force on the show in the Jon Pertwee years, and who also worked with iconic Doctor Tom Baker.
• TARDIS Eruditorum Volume 2: Patrick Troughton by Philip Sandifer
The second volume of collected and expanded posts from the popular blog TARDIS Eruditorum offers a critical history of the Patrick Troughton era of Doctor Who.
• Dining With The Doctor: An Unauthorized Whovian Cookbook by Chris-Rachael Oseland
A cookbook to remember, celebrating the return of The Doctor with recipes themed around the first six seasons of the 2005 Doctor Who reboot - including dishes like Open Faced Dalek Ironsides, Sontaran Soldiers, Fish Custard Tacos, and a Cinnamon Pull Apart Crack in the Wall.

If you pay at least $10 you get two bonus books:

• VWORP! by Earl Green
A key primer to the Doctor Who canon from 1963 through to the 2011 Xmas special, for both novices and experts alike.
• The Best of TARDIS Eruditorum, by Philip Sandifer.
The Best of TARDIS Eruditorum collects twenty-one of the best and most popular essays from Philip Sandifer's acclaimed blog TARDIS Eruditorum.

Full details on the StoryBundle website.

Silva Screen has announced the release date and track list for the Doctor Who Series 7 soundtrack. As well as the standard double jewel case, a special limited edition gatefold wallet will be available to the first 5000 copies sold. The soundtrack will available to buy in the UK from 9th September, 2013 and the preorder will be available soon.

DISC ONE Asylum of the Daleks They Are Everywhere Save Us Dalek Parliament Towards The Asylum A Probe In The Snow Amy And Rory Together The Terrible Truth Dinosaurs On A Spaceship Dinosaurs On A Spaceship / Pterodactyls Brian Take A Ride On Tricey A Town Called Mercy Make Peace Welcome To Mercy Out West Gunslingers The Salvation Of Kahler Jex Our Little Town’s Prosecutor The Power of Three Cubes While We Waited Brian’s Log The Angels Take Manhattan New York New York I Am You Melody Malone Little Angels My Husband’s Home Hide The Damage Together Or Not At All - The Song Of Amy And Rory Goodbye Pond The Bells of Saint John Cumbria 1207 Monking About Spoonheads Clara? A Turbulent Flight Bah Bah Biker Up The Shard I Might Change My Mind

DISC TWO The Rings of Akhaten The Leaf Something Awesome Market Day Merry Gejelh God of Akhaten The Speeder Never Wake The Long Song Infinite Potential Always You, Never A Replacement Cold War Cold War Skaldak Hide I Am A Ghost Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS A Machine That Makes Machines The Crimson Horror Crimson Horror Sweetville Thomas Thomas Nightmare in Silver Hedgewick's World Tiberian Spiral Galaxy Upgrade In Progress The Dream Of Cyberia What A Brain Can’t Win Your Orders Come From Me Other Good News The Impossible Girl Cyber Amy The Emperor’s Wife Some Wednesday The Name of the Doctor To Save The Doctor A Letter To Clara What Is His Name? A Secret He Will Take To His Grave Trenzalore I Am Information Pain Everlasting Remember Me Glasgow [Bonus track for iTunes] Whisper Men [Bonus track for iTunes]

The BBC has revealed the extent to which Sunday's announcement of the next Doctor took over the twitter-sphere, with the Corporation counting a total of 542,000 tweets reacting to the news that Peter Capaldi would be taking on the role come Christmas.

During the live show, Doctor Who Live; The Next Doctor, the number of tweets averaged 9,000 per minute, jumping to 22,081 a minute as the new Doctor was revealed, the highest TV tweet minute peak recorded this year.

The tweet with the first photograph from the official site was re-tweeted over 25,000 times.

For most of Sunday, during the build up to the announcement, #DoctorWho trended in the UK. Showrunner Steven Moffat trended number 1 in the UK and worldwide while former Doctor David Tennant trended at number 3 worldwide. The Twitter domination continued and at one point 7 of the ten UK’s trends were Doctor Who-related.


The audience for the live show peaked at 6.9 million in the UK and scored an Appreciation Index of 73.

As mentioned in earlier articles, Peter Capaldi is a self-confessed fan of the show. With the Radio Times report of his letter from 1974 posted last week, Doctor Who News reviewer and correspondent Matthew Kilburn has discovered in his own fanzine archive an article by Capaldi dating from May 1976.

BBC Worldwide have announced that the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular is to once again take place in Australia, with three concerts to take place during January and February next year in Melbourne and Queensland, and the possibility of further performances in New Zealand.


The new Spectacular is currently scheduled for the following dates:

• 31st January (7:30pm) and 1st February (2:00pm) - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  Plenary Hall, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
  Bookings: 03 9929 9600 or visit www.mso.com.au
  
  
• 8th February - Queensland Symphony Orchestra
  Brisbane Entertainment Centre
  Bookings: 132 849 or visit ticketek.com.au/doctorwho

Composer Murray Gold said:
André Gremillet, Managing Director of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, said:
Sophie Galaise, CEO for Queensland Symphony Orchestra, said:

Helen Pendlebury, Head of Commercial, Entertainment and Children’s Brands, BBC Worldwide Australia & New Zealand commented:

The Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular is being presented in association with BBC Worldwide Australia and New Zealand. Tickets go on sale from the 6th August.

Doctor Who Live; The Next Doctor was watched by 6.1 million viewers in the UK, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The audience peaked at 6.9 million viewers at the moment Peter Capaldi was unveiled as the 12th Doctor. The live broadcast was the highest rated show of Sunday, achieving a share of 29.8% of the total television audience. Second for the day was Countryfile with 5.6 million watching, while the evening News, including news of Capaldi's casting as The Doctor had 4.8 million watching.

ITV's highest rated show of the day was Law and Order:UK with 4.2 million viewers. Against the Doctor Who reveal, Tipping Point: Lucky Stars had 3.9 million viewers.

Final official figures will be available next week. The Live show was also broadcast in the USA, Canada and Australia.

As well as revealing a new Doctor live on air, presenter Zoë Ball also announced during last night's Doctor Who Live that this year's Doctor Who Prom will be broadcast on television on Monday 26th August. The programme had previously been reported for a BBC One outing, though the time has yet to be announced for the summer Bank Holiday broadcast.

The Prom was performed twice over the weekend of 13th/14th July, and was presented by Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman, Neve McIntosh and Dan Starkey (the latter two in character as Vastra and Strax).