The Waters of Mars Overnight Viewing Figures

The Broadcasters Audience Research Board have recently revealed the overnight viewing figures for the latest Doctor Who Special, The Waters of Mars by Phil Ford and Russell T Davies, after its broadcast yesterday evening. Phil Ford is now the second writer, after Russell T Davies, to have contributed an episode for Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures over the past couple of years.

David Tennant was joined in The Waters of Mars by Lindsay Duncan as one-off companion Adelaide, leader of Bowie Base One on Mars, for the Tenth Doctor’s penultimate story. After The Waters of Mars, the Tenth Doctor returns for his final two episodes, both written by Russell T Davies, sometime around Christmas on BBC One and BBC HD.

The Doctor Who Special, The Waters of Mars, managed to achieve overnight viewing figures of 9.1 million with a 33.9% share of the television audience with an additional 310,000 watching over on BBC HD. The Waters of Mars was the third most watched programme yesterday only being beaten by ITV’s The X Factor at 8pm and I’m a Celebrity at 9pm also on ITV.

Doctor Who Confidential, Is There Life on Mars?, managed to achieve overnight viewing figures of 590,000 with an additional 100,000 watching over on BBC HD. The current overnight figures for The Waters of Mars currently places it within the top ten most watched programmes of the week which is expected to rise when final figures are out on within the next nine days.

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The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith Official Viewing Figures

The Broadcasters Audience Research Board have recently revealed the official viewing figures for The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, by Gareth Roberts, after its premiere broadcast earlier last month on BBC One and BBC HD. The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith starred Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith with Anjli Mohindra as Rani Chandra, Thomas Knight as Luke Smith and Daniel Anthony as Clyde Langer.

Part one of The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, first broadcast on the Twenty Ninth of October on BBC One, managed to achieve an official viewing figure total of 1.59 million. The concluding part of The Mad Woman in the Attic, first broadcast on the Thirtieth of October on BBC One, managed to achieve an official viewing figure total of 1.47 million.

Series three of The Sarah Jane Adventures concludes with The Gift, written by Rupert Laight, on the Nineteenth and Twentieth of November at 4:35pm on both BBC One and BBC HD. The Broadcasters Audience Research Board will reveal the official viewing figure total for parts one and two of The Eternity Trap written by Phil Ford sometime during the next few weeks.

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Doctor Who - The Key to Time DVD Box Set Re-released

Today has seen the official DVD box set re-release of Doctor Who’s Sixteenth Season, commonly known as The Key to Time series, costing £69.99 around the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Key to Time season featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Mary Tamm as the First Romana travel the universe searching for the key to time for the White Guardian who intends to stop the Black Guardian taking the key to time.

The Key to Time season consists of the following stories; The Ribos Operation by Robert Holmes, The Pirate Planet by Douglas Adams, The Stones of Blood by David Fisher, The Androids of Tara by David Fisher, The Power of Kroll by Robert Holmes and The Armageddon Factor by Douglas Adams. The Black Guardian would later return for revenge against the Doctor in Mawdryn Undead, Terminus and Enlightenment from Twentieth season.

This DVD box set re-release of Doctor Who - The Key to Time doesn’t include any new special features, but instead includes all the features from the previous limited edition release of the Key to Time box set. 2lEntertain’s next Doctor Who DVD release will be Peladon Tales, consisting of The Curse of Peladon and The Monster of Peladon, on Monday the Fourth of January.

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The Waters of Mars Western Mail Poster #3

Today’s The Western Mail newspaper features the third exclusive A3 poster from the Autumn Doctor Who Special, The Waters of Mars by Phil Ford and Russell T Davies, which is the third out of six posters from The Western Mail. The Doctor Who Special was broadcast yesterday evening on BBC One and BBC HD at 7pm followed by Doctor Who Confidential, Is There Life on Mars, over on BBC Three after The Waters of Mars.

David Tennant is joined in The Waters of Mars by Lindsay Duncan as one-off companion Adelaide, leader of Bowie Base One on Mars, for the Tenth Doctor’s penultimate story. After The Waters of Mars, the Tenth Doctor returns for his final two episodes, both written by Russell T Davies, sometime around the Christmas period on BBC One and BBC HD.

The Tenth Doctor recently returned to the Doctor Who universe for The Sarah Jane Adventures story The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, written by Gareth Roberts, broadcast in October on BBC One. The Waters of Mars was dedicated to the late Barry Letts, the producer of Doctor Who throughout the Jon Pertwee era of the early 1970s, who sadly passed away early October.

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Doctor Who - The End of Time First Official Trailer

Today’s broadcast of The Waters of Mars has seen the first official trailer for the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special, The End of Time written by Russell T Davies, since the trailer from the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con. The End of Time will be the final Doctor Who story to feature David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and the final story to be written by Russell T Davies who’s leaving the show after five years.

The End of Time will see the return of the Doctor’s arch nemesis, The Master last seen in the story Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords, portrayed by John Simm. Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbins also return for The End of Time, as Donna Noble and Wilfred Mott respectively, last seen in the story The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End last year.

The latest Doctor Who Special, The Waters of Mars, is currently available here on BBC iPlayer, only for those in the United Kingdom and Ireland, until 7:59pm on the Twenty Second of November. The BBC haven’t confirmed the title for the penultimate episode of the Tenth Doctor, but Russell T Davies confirmed recently to Doctor Who Magazine that it consists of six words.

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Doctor Who Returns Tonight with The Waters of Mars!

Today will see the official premiere of the Doctor Who Autumn Special, The Waters of Mars by Phil Ford and Russell T Davies, as Doctor Who returns for one night only at 7pm on BBC One and BBC HD around the United Kingdom and Ireland. After The Waters of Mars is broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD Doctor Who Confidential returns, with Is There Life on Mars, at 8pm on BBC Three and on BBC HD.

David Tennant is joined in The Waters of Mars by Lindsay Duncan as one-off companion Adelaide, leader of Bowie Base One on Mars, for the Tenth Doctor’s penultimate story. After The Waters of Mars, the Tenth Doctor returns for his final two episodes, both written by Russell T Davies, sometime around the Christmas period on BBC One and BBC HD.

Here is tonight’s schedule.

The Waters of Mars - 7pm - BBC One and BBC HD.
Is There Life on Mars? - 8pm - BBC Three and BBC HD.

The Tenth Doctor recently returned to the Doctor Who universe for The Sarah Jane Adventures story The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, written by Gareth Roberts, broadcast in October on BBC One. The Waters of Mars will be dedicated to the late Barry Letts, the producer of Doctor Who throughout the Jon Pertwee era of the early 1970s, who passed away early October.

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The Waters of Mars Wales on Sunday Poster #2

Today’s Wales on Sunday newspaper features the second exclusive A3 poster from the Doctor Who Special, The Waters of Mars by Phil Ford and Russell T Davies, which is the second out of six posters from The Western Mail. The Doctor Who Special will be broadcast tonight on BBC One and BBC HD at 7pm followed by Doctor Who Confidential, Is There Life on Mars, over on BBC Three right after.

David Tennant is joined in The Waters of Mars by Lindsay Duncan as one-off companion Adelaide, leader of Bowie Base One on Mars, for the Tenth Doctor’s penultimate story. After The Waters of Mars, the Tenth Doctor returns for his final two episodes, both written by Russell T Davies, sometime around the Christmas period on BBC One and BBC HD.

The Tenth Doctor recently returned to the Doctor Who universe for The Sarah Jane Adventures story The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, written by Gareth Roberts, broadcast in October on BBC One. The Waters of Mars will be dedicated to the late Barry Letts, the producer of Doctor Who throughout the Jon Pertwee era of the early 1970s, who passed away early October.

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