Award winning actor Lenny Rush is to appear in the next series of Doctor Who. 

Having just won a BAFTA at the age of fourteen, Rush takes on the role of Morris in the 2024 series of Doctor Who, starring alongside Ncuti Gatwa.

Lenny Rush has starred in numerous shows including ‘Dodger’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’ but it was his starring role in Daisy May Cooper’s ‘Am I Being Unreasonable’ that won him the BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme this year.

Now Rush is about to join the team travelling time and space as he takes on his new role as Morris.

Speaking about joining Doctor Who, Rush said:

The Vanquishers: Flux: Chapter Six  achieved an Audience Appreciation Index score of 76.

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.

With the last episode of the series now broadcast, this brings the series average to 76.7.

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Survivors of the Flux: Flux: Chapter Five  achieved an Audience Appreciation Index score of 77.

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.

With one more episode to come, 77 also reflects the average for the series so far.

Doctor Who Survivors of the Flux was watched by 3.82 million viewers according to unofficial overnight figures.

The figure is a increase from last week's episode. Top for the evening was  Strictly Come Dancing - Results on BBC 1 with 8.95 million watching.

The seven-day consolidated figure, which includes all those who watch the episode within one week. for Episode Four: Village of the Angels was 4.55 million. This is now the lowest seven-day consolidated rating since the series returned in 2005.

However, In terms of chart position, Doctor Who is still performing strongly. It was the 8th most-watched programme on BBC Television for the week and the 21st most-watched on all British television.

Doctor Who returns this weekend for the fifth chapter in the Flux series, Survivors of the Flux

The episode is written by showrunner Chris Chibnall and directed by Azhur Saleem who directed the third episode of this season.. 

It stars Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor alongside Mandip Gill as Yasmin and John Bishop as Dan. 

The episode can be seen in the UK on BBC One at 6.25 pm on Sunday. Full global broadcasts are listed at This Week in Doctor Who

It can be streamed on the BBC iPlayer, on Netflix, on Amazon Prime and Britbox depending on location. 

Village of the Angels: Flux: Chapter Four achieved an Audience Appreciation Index score of 79.

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.

The figure is a marked improvement on the previous week, and is the highest acheived so far this series.

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 571 is out this week and comes with one of three covers. 

It includes the latest on Series 13 from the showrunner Chris Chibnall. 

Highlights include 

• Three variant covers to collect – Swarm, Azure and Skaak
• The latest Production Notes from showrunner Chris Chibnall.
• An exclusive preview of the final episodes of Series 13, with contributions from Chris Chibnall, Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill and John Bishop.
• Interviews with Sam Spruell and Rochenda Sandall, who play Flux supervillains Swarm and Azure.
• Production designer Dafydd Shurmer discusses the sets he created for Series 13, with previously unseen concept art and other exclusive images
• Writer and director Pete McTighe describes the making of the trailer for the new Season 17 Blu-ray box set.
• A look back at The Five Faces of Doctor Who repeat season, on the 40th anniversary of its BBC2 screening.
• The second installment of a two-part feature looking at Doctor Who’s most successful, and not so successful, relaunches 
• The Fact of Fiction analyses the 1984 story Planet of Fire.
• The second part of The Forest Bride, a brand-new comic strip adventure for the Doctor and Yaz.
• Sufficient Data explores Doctor Who’s big ideas.
• An exclusive preview of the Season 17 Blu-ray box set, complete with a disc-by-disc guide of special features
•  Previews, reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser and more.

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 571 is on sale from panini.co.uk and WH Smith from Thursday 11 November priced £5.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £4.99.

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine previews the brand new series of Doctor Who.

Highlights of the new issue include:

• An exclusive preview of the first episodes of Series 13, with contributions from Chris Chibnall, Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill and John Bishop.
• Jacob Anderson answers questions in Out of the TARDIS.
• Costume designer Ray Holman discusses the new-look Sontarans in Series 13.
• Prosthetics designer Danny Marie Elias describes her work reimagining the Sontarans.
• A tribute to the late Tony Selby, one of the most memorable guest stars of the 1980s.
• Collectivity meets fans who are avid collectors of Thirteenth Doctor merchandise.
• A detailed look at Doctor Who’s most successful – and not so successful – relaunches.
• Director Alvin Rakoff shares memories of his late wife Jacqueline Hill, who played Barbara in Doctor Who.
• Apocrypha revisits Storm Warning, Paul McGann’s first Eighth Doctor audio drama.
• The Fact of Fiction analyses the 2007 classic Blink.
• The DWM comic strip returns with The Forest Bride, the first part of a brand-new adventure for the Doctor and Yaz.
• Sufficient Data explores Doctor Who’s big ideas.
• Previews, reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser and more.
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PLUS:

• A 28-page supplement on the making of Series 12, written by Andrew Pixley
• A diorama of the Fifth Doctor’s TARDIS control room
• Four exclusive art cards
• A download code for a free Big Finish audiobook!

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 570 is on sale from panini.co.uk and WH Smith from Thursday 14 October priced £9.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £8.99.