Next Time: The Crimson Horror

Tuesday, 30 April 2013 - Reported by Chuck Foster

This weekend's adventure for the Doctor and Clara will be The Crimson Horror, written by Mark Gatiss and directed by Saul Metzstein. The episode will premiere on BBC One in the United Kingdom on Saturday at 6:30pm.

The Crimson Horror: Publicity Poster (Credit: BBC/Ray Burmiston/Adrian Rogers)

There’s something very odd about Mrs Gillyflower’s Sweetville mill, with its perfectly clean streets and beautiful people.

There’s something even stranger about the bodies washing up in the river, all bright red and waxy. When the Doctor and Clara go missing, it’s up to Vastra, Jenny and Strax to rescue them before they too fall victim to the Crimson Horror!

The Doctor - Matt Smith
Clara - Jenna-Louise Coleman
Mrs Gillyflower - Diana Rigg
Ada - Rachael Stirling
Jenny - Catrin Stewart
Madame Vastra - Neve McIntosh
Strax - Dan Starkey
Angie - Eve de Leon Allen
Artie - Kassius Carey Johnson
Edmund / Mr Thursday - Brendan Patricks
Amos - Graham Turner
Effie - Olivia Vinall
Abigail - Michelle Tate
Urchin Boy - Jack Oliver Hudson

Written by Mark Gatiss
Directed by Saul Metzstein
Produced by Marcus Wilson
Executive produced by Steven Moffat and Caroline Skinner

Some minor changes to the schedule this weekend. The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins continues to follow on BBC One, but on ITV, Britain's Got Talent shifts to 7:15pm, no longer overlapping with Doctor Who; it is preceeded by You've Been Framed! Top 100 Weddings. BBC Two presents Dad's Army at 6:30pm followed by World Snooker at 7:00pm, Channel 4 has the news followed by Sarah Beeny's Selling Houses also at 7:00pm, and the Channel 5 movie for this week is Stone Cold.

Next Time Trailer ( YouTube / BBC iPlayer )

Internationally, The Crimson Horror will be broadcast in the United States and Canada on BBC America and SPACE respectively at 8:00pm ET the same evening, and then on Sunday it can be watched in Australia via ABC at 7:30pm, Poland via BBC Entertainment at 6:00pm, and South Africa via BBC Entertainment at 7:00pm. Meanwhile, New Zealand viewers will see Hide this Thursday on PRIME at 8:30pm.

See This Week in Doctor Who for more details on scheduling and repeats.

FILTER: - Series 7/33

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS AI:85

Monday, 29 April 2013 - Reported by Marcus

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS had an Appreciation Index, or AI score, of 85.

The Appreciation Index or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The score, out of a hundred, is compiled by a specially selected panel of around 5,000 people who go online and rate and comment on programmes.

Doctor Who scored higher than most of Saturday's output. The highest scoring programmes of the day were Casualty with 87, Dad's Army with 88 and Law and Order with 89.

FILTER: - Doctor Who - Ratings - UK - Series 7/33

Australian overnight ratings for Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

Monday, 29 April 2013 - Reported by Adam Kirk

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS has debuted in Australia, averaging 725,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. It was the ABC's top-rating drama of the day and the ninth highest rating program of the day overall. These ratings do not include regional or time-shifted viewers.

Media Links: TV Tonight

FILTER: - Ratings - Broadcasting - Series 7/33 - Australia

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS: Overnight Audience

Sunday, 28 April 2013 - Reported by Chuck Foster

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS: The Doctor (Credit: BBC/Adrian Rogers)

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS achieved an overnight audience of 4.9 million viewers, a share of 26.7% of the total TV audience.

Doctor Who was third for the day, beaten by the usual suspects for the evening. Its final quarter hour overlapped the day's highest-rated show Britain's Got Talent on ITV, which was top for the day with 9.3m (9.8m with +1) watching, capturing a 43.9%(46.4%) share of the audience. The BBC's talent show, The Voice, on later in the evening, was watched by 8.0 million (35.5% share).

Final ratings will be released next week, which normally sees a substantial increase in Doctor Who's audience once those who timeshift the programme are factored in.

FILTER: - Doctor Who - Ratings - UK - Series 7/33

Next Time: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

Tuesday, 23 April 2013 - Reported by Chuck Foster

This weekend's adventure for the Doctor and Clara will be Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, written by Steve Thompson and directed by Mat King. The episode will premiere on BBC One in the United Kingdom on Saturday at the earlier time of 6:30pm.

A spaceship salvage team drags the TARDIS on board, sending its systems into meltdown.

As the Doctor marshals the motley salvage crew outside, he realises Clara is still trapped within his malfunctioning ship, pursued by a dangerous group of ossified monsters. He has just 30 minutes to find Clara and save his TARDIS before it self-destructs.

The Doctor - Matt Smith
Clara - Jenna-Louise Coleman
Gregor van Baalen - Ashley Walters
Bram van Baalen - Mark Oliver
Tricky - Jahvel Hall

Writer - Steve Thompson
Director - Mat King
Producer - Marcus Wilson

Continuing last week's line-up, The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins! follows Doctor Who at 7:15pm, with ITV again broadcasting You've Been Framed! Favourites from 6:00pm and Britain's Got Talent from 7:00pm. Similarly, BBC Two remains the same with Flog It! at 6:30pm and World Snooker at 7:00pm, and Channel 4 finishes Come Dine with Me at 6:40pm, with the News then followed at 7:00pm by Sarah Beeny's Selling Houses. This week's film offering from Channel 5 is The Caine Mutiny.

Next Time: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS ( YouTube / BBC iPlayer )

Internationally, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS will be broadcast in the United States and Canada on BBC America and SPACE respectively at 8:00pm ET the same evening, and then on Sunday it can be watched in Australia via ABC at 7:30pm, Poland via BBC Entertainment at 6:00pm, and South Africa via BBC Entertainment at 7:00pm. Meanwhile, New Zealand viewers will see Cold War this Thursday on PRIME at 7:30pm.

See This Week in Doctor Who for more details on scheduling and repeats.

FILTER: - Series 7/33

Final Australian ratings for Cold War

Tuesday, 23 April 2013 - Reported by Adam Kirk

Cold War has picked up an additional 114,000 time-shifted Australian viewers, giving it a final, or consolidated, ratings average of 842,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. This was the fourth largest number of time-shifted viewers for a program broadcast on Sunday 14 April. The final or consolidated ratings includes all 'time-shifted' viewers who record the program and watch it within a week.

Based on these final figures, Cold War was the top-rating ABC program of the day and the ninth highest rating program of the day overall (this compares to it being the tenth highest rating program based on its overnight figures of 728,000 viewers). These ratings do not include regional viewers.

Media Links: TV Tonight

FILTER: - Ratings - Broadcasting - Series 7/33 - Australia

Hide AI: 85

Monday, 22 April 2013 - Reported by Marcus

Hide had an Appreciation Index, or AI score, of 85.

The Appreciation Index or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The score, out of a hundred, is compiled by a specially selected panel of around 5,000 people who go online and rate and comment on programmes.

Doctor Who scored higher than most of Saturday's output. The highest scoring programmes of the day were Casualty with 87, Walking Through History with 87 and The Many Faces of Michael Crawford with 87.

FILTER: - Doctor Who - Ratings - UK - Series 7/33

Australian overnight ratings for Hide

Monday, 22 April 2013 - Reported by Adam Kirk

Hide has debuted in Australia, averaging 648,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. It was the ABC's top-rating drama of the day and the tenth highest rating program of the day overall. These ratings do not include regional or time-shifted viewers.

Media Links: TV Tonight

FILTER: - Ratings - Broadcasting - Series 7/33 - Australia

Hide: Overnight Audience 5.0 Million

Sunday, 21 April 2013 - Reported by Marcus

Hide had an overnight audience of 5.0 million viewers, a share of 24.5% of the total TV audience.

Doctor Who was fourth for the day. Its final half hour was opposite Britain's Got Talent on ITV, which was top for the day with 9.7 million watching and 43.9% share of the audience.

The BBC's talent show, The Voice, had 7.9 million watching - a large increase on the previous week. Casualty was third with 5.2 million viewers.

Final ratings will be released next week, which should see Doctor Who substantially increase its rating once those who timeshift the programme are factored in.

FILTER: - Doctor Who - Ratings - UK - Series 7/33

Hide: Behind the Scenes

Saturday, 20 April 2013 - Reported by Chuck Foster

The BBC have released a behind-the-scenes confidentialette on the making of tonight's episode, Hide, cast and crew interviews undertaken during the filming of the episode, and also featuring Steven Moffat. There is also a an introduction to the episode by Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman, and some preview clips for those who haven't seen the episode itself yet(!).

The Next Time trailer for Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS is also now available to watch.

Behind the scenes of Hide ( YouTube / BBC iPlayer )
Introducing Hide ( YouTube / BBC iPlayer )

Previews: One ( YouTube / BBC iPlayer) - Two ( YouTube / BBC iPlayer ) - Clara? ( YouTube / BBC iPlayer )

Behind the scenes of Cold War ( YouTube / BBC iPlayer )
Behind the scenes of The Rings of Akhaten ( YouTube / BBC iPlayer )
Behind the scenes of The Bells of Saint John ( YouTube / BBC iPlayer )

Next Time: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS ( YouTube / BBC iPlayer )

FILTER: - Online - Series 7/33

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