Doctor Who 'The Eleventh Hour' Most Watched on BBC iPlayer

The BBC have announced that Matt Smith’s first full episode as the Eleventh Doctor, ‘The Eleventh Hour’, was the most watched programme on BBC iPlayer this year. Official figures show that the story has been streamed 2.2 million times since it was originally broadcast on 3rd April 2010.

The first episode of Steven Moffat’s ‘Sherlock’ series, ‘A Study in Pink’, was watched 1.4 million times on BBC iPlayer, another very high figure for the year. The BBC’s video-on-demand service was launched in 2007, and celebrates its third birthday on Christmas Day.

Doctor Who A Christmas Carol Introduction by Matt Smith

BBC Christmas 2010 Doctor Who Promo

The BBC has released official promotional photos with actors from their top shows to appear over the Christmas season, including one of Matt Smith as the Doctor.

The promotional photos show a background of an airport, which appears in the new sitcom by Matt Lucas and David Walliams, ‘Come Fly With Me’, another top show for BBC One over Christmas. A trailer for the new programme with a guest appearance from a Dalek was released earlier in the week.

Doctor Who A Christmas Carol Broadcast Time

The BBC has confirmed that this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, ‘A Christmas Carol’, with be broadcast on BBC One and BBC One HD on Christmas Day at 6pm.

This is an hour earlier than was previously reported by The Sun, who seem to get nothing right when concerning Doctor Who.

This year Doctor Who will be followed by a Christmas edition of Strictly Come Dancing, which features John Barrowman, and the usual Christmas EastEnders. ‘A Christmas Carol’ will be shown in the United States on BBC America at 9pm, on Boxing Day in Canada on SPACE at 9pm, and in Australia on ABC 1 at 7.30pm.

Doctor Who 'A Christmas Carol' Broadcast Time

The Sun has reported that this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special, ‘A Christmas Carol’, has been scheduled for broadcast at 7:00pm on Christmas Day. The newspaper also lists ‘The One Ronnie’ as being scheduled for 8:00pm, with ‘The Royle Family’ at 9:00pm.

However, the precise scheduling for Christmas Day is yet to be finalised.

The Sarah Jane Adventures - Death of the Doctor Viewing Figures

The ratings for the third story in Series 4 of The Sarah Jane Adventures, ‘Death of the Doctor’, showed that the programme received the highest ratings ever on CBBC.

Part One of the story attracted an audience of 0.92 million viewers, with Part Two getting an even higher number of 0.96 million viewers.

The Sarah Jane Adventures - The Vault of Secrets Viewing Figures

The ratings for the second story in Series 4 of The Sarah Jane Adventures, ‘The Vault of Secrets’, showed that the programme once again topped the weekly ratings for CBBC.

Part One of the story had a confirmed audience of 731,000 viewers, with Part Two getting a similar number of 606,000 viewers.

The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 4 - Lost in Time Synopsis

The BBC Press Office has released the synopsis for the fifth story in the brand new series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, ‘Lost in Time’. The story will be broadcast in two parts on Monday 8th November 2010 and Tuesday 9th November 2010, both at the time of 5:15pm on BBC One.

These are the synopses for both parts:

PART 1 – A harmless investigation turns into an epic quest through time, as the alien-busting adventure series continues. Sarah Jane and the gang are separated by the enigmatic Shopkeeper and find themselves in three different time-zones throughout history, thrown together with Ghosthunters, Nazis, Tudors ... and a mysterious parrot called Captain.

PART 2 – While Sarah Jane tries to prevent a future tragedy, Clyde has to take on the Third Reich single-handed. But Rani discovers to her horror that the march of history cannot be stopped, as a greater danger from the Time Vortex threatens to consume them all.

The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 4 - The Empty Planet Synopsis

The BBC Press Office has released the synopsis for the fourth story in the brand new series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, ‘The Empty Planet’. The story will be broadcast in two parts on Monday 1st November 2010 and Tuesday 2nd November 2010, both at the time of 5:15pm on BBC One.

PART 1 – Clyde and Rani wake up one day to discover that they are the only survivors of the human race, as the alien-busting adventures series continues. The whole of Earth is empty – even Sarah Jane has vanished. But a deserted London holds terrors of its own. Strange forces lurk in the shadows, as mysterious visitors approach...

PART 2 – Clyde and Rani meet their enemy as the Robots arrive on Earth – but what do they want, and where has the human race gone? It's a race against time, but without Sarah Jane's expertise, Clyde and Rani must trust each other like never before if they're to save the whole world.

The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 4 - Death of the Doctor Synopsis

The BBC Press Office has released the synopsis for the third story in the brand new series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, ‘Death of the Doctor’. The story will be broadcast in two parts on Monday 25th October 2010 and Tuesday 26th October 2010, both at the time of 5:15pm on BBC One.

PART 1 – When The Doctor is declared dead, old companions Sarah Jane and Jo Grant meet for the very first time and join forces to discover the truth. As an interstellar conspiracy gathers around Unit HQ, Clyde finds that he holds the fate of the Time Lord in his hand – quite literally!

PART 2 – Old friends fight together to make one last stand against the sinister Shansheeth. But with Clyde and Rani trapped and in terrible danger, Sarah Jane and Jo Grant realise their worst fears – their friendship with the Doctor might be the very thing that dooms them.

The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 4 - The Vault of Secrets Synopsis

The BBC Press Office has released the synopsis for the second story of the brand new series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, ‘The Vault of Secrets’. The story will be broadcast in two parts on Monday 18th October 2010 and Tuesday 19th October 2010, both at the time of 5:15pm on BBC One.

These are the full synopses for both parts:

PART 1 – When an old enemy, Androvax the Veil, returns to Earth, the gang face a dilemma, as the alien-busting adventure series continues. Should they trust him – or does the legendary Vault hold an even greater terror?

PART 2 – As the battle between Sarah Jane, Androvax and the androids reaches its climax, Rani has to save her own mother from being caught in the crossfire. But, as the Vault opens, with the destiny of the entire Veil species at stake, is it too late to save anyone?

Doctor Who 2010 Christmas Special Featured in BBC Drama Trailer

The BBC have released a trailer featuring clips of programmes which will be broadcast in Autumn and Winter 2010, including the Doctor Who Christmas Special. The trailer ends with the Doctor telling Michael Gambon’s character that he is “a ghost of Christmas past”.

The other programmes on the trailer include ‘Accused’ with Christopher Eccleston, ‘Single Father’ with David Tennant, and ‘Christopher and his Kind’ with Matt Smith.

The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 4 Synopsis

The BBC Press Office has released the synopsis for the first story of the brand new series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, ‘The Nightmare Man’. The story will be broadcast in two parts on Monday 11th October 2010 and Tuesday 12th October 2010, both at the time of 5:15pm on BBC One.

These are the full synopses for both parts:

PART 1 – Sarah Jane’s adopted son, Luke, faces life-changing events on Monday and Bannerman Road will never be the same again when he has his first nightmare and is haunted by a dark figure from his dreams. A strange entity is reaching out to our world, with terrible consequences for the whole human race.

PART 2 – With Luke, Clyde and Rani trapped in a bizarre dreamscape, Sarah Jane must fight alone. As the Nightmare Man grows stronger, only K-9 might hold the key, but can Luke summon the courage to face his adult life before the whole world becomes trapped in an endless nightmare?

The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 4

It has now been confirmed that the first story of The Sarah Jane Adventure Series 4, ‘The Nightmare Man’, will air on Monday 11th October 2010, with the second part the following day on 12th October 2010.

Blogtor Who has posted some exclusive images from ‘The Nightmare Man’, including a picture showing a ‘Slitheen Bomb’, which combined with the green slime seen covering the characters in the photo above, strongly indicates yet more action from the Raxacoricofallapatorians.

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'The Adventure Games' Confirmed for Series 2

The BBC have confirmed that a second series of ‘The Adventure Games’ has been commissioned for 2011, due to the success of the first run of stories. The first three interactive games pulled in 1.6 million downloads from the official BBC Doctor Who website.

However, the three games released so far have had mixed reviews from fans of the show, in particular the latest story ‘TARDIS’, which had a weak plotline and very little for the player to do.

The final interactive game from the first series is currently unnamed, but is believed to feature a giant shark monster, if the ending from the third game links directly into the fourth.

The Sarah Jane Adventures: Series 4 Trailer

A short teaser trailer for Series 4 of ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’ has now been released, giving fans an idea of what we can expect from the fourth series. The trailer shows a few of the monsters which will be appearing in the series, including robots and a humanoid vulture, as well as offering us a brief glimpse of Matt Smith
in his new costume.

Bernard Cribbins on 'Would I Lie To You?'

The legendary Bernard Cribbins will be appearing tonight on the BBC One comedy panel show ‘Would I Lie To You?’. Cribbins was last seen waving the Doctor an emotional goodbye in ‘The End of Time’, and became a strong favourite amongst fans of the show.

‘Would I Lie To You?’ begins tonight at 10.35pm on BBC One.

Steven Moffat Reveals Series 6 Split

Steven Moffat has revealed that Series 6 of Doctor Who will be split into two blocks, with the first block of stories set to be broadcast in Spring, and the second block in Autumn. This is due to many reasons, including lower viewing figures in Summer, as well as an exciting story arc planned for the series.

A statement from the BBC explained: “The split transmission is the result of a request from Steven Moffat to write a new Doctor Who story arc which involves a big plot twist in the middle of the series. By splitting the series Moffat plans to give viewers one of the most exciting Doctor Who cliffhangers and plot twists ever, leaving them waiting, on the edge of their seats, until the autumn to find out what happens.”

‘Sherlock’ Returns for Second Series

Executive producer Steven Moffat and producer Sue Vertue appeared on the BBC Breakfast programme this morning, where they discussed the future of their show ‘Sherlock’.

Sue Vertue confirmed that more episodes will be made of the very successful series: “There will be more. We’re having a meeting to talk about how many and when.”

'Sherlock: The Great Game' at 9 o'clock

The third and final episode in this series of ‘Sherlock’ is airing tonight on BBC One at 9 o’clock, and is titled ‘The Great Game’. This episode is written by Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss, who is also an executive producer of the series along with Steven Moffat.


The success of this series will hopefully mean that another run of episodes will be made by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss for next year. The programme stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, with Martin Freeman as his sidekick Dr John Watson.

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