Doctor Who A Christmas Carol Soundtrack News

The previously announced release of the soundtrack for ‘A Christmas Carol’ has been delayed, and will now be available to buy in the United Kingdom from 21st March 2011. The CD company Silva Screen have not given a reason for this delay yet, and have not released the track listings of the CD.

The release will include the exclusive carol composed by Murray Gold and performed by Katherine Jenkins and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. The CD is available to pre-order from Amazon at the price of £8.99.

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Doctor Who A Christmas Carol Viewing Figures

It has been reported that the final viewing figures for ‘A Christmas Carol’ show that the programme was watched by 12.11 million viewers, with a 41.8% share of the total TV Audience. This figure puts Doctor Who as the third most watched programme of Christmas Day.

'A Christmas Carol' is the fourth highest rating for the series since it returned in 2005, behind 'Voyage of the Damned', 'The Next Doctor' and 'The End of Time', and is also the most watched story during Matt Smith’s tenure as the Eleventh Doctor.

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Doctor Who Adventures 198 Cover and News

The cover for Doctor Who Adventures 198 has now been revealed and shows what can be expected from the issue. The magazine has got loads of extra information about ‘A Christmas Carol’ this week, and includes a list of the greatest moments from the special episode. You also have the chance to learn all about flying sharks and get stuck into the massive Sardicktown wordsearch.

Doctor Who Adventures 198 will be available in shops across the UK, at the regular price of £2.20.

Doctor Who ‘A Christmas Carol’ Viewing Figures

The overnight viewing figures for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, ‘A Christmas Carol’, showed that the programme was watched by 10.3 million viewers, the highest overnight result for an episode during Matt Smith’s tenure as the Eleventh Doctor.

The share of the audience was 39.8%, and it was the second highest rated programme of the day. The final viewing figures will be released in January 2011, and will also show the amount of viewers who watched the episode on BBC iPlayer.

Doctor Who 'A Christmas Carol' Poll Open

A brand new poll is now available on Blink, where you can give a rating out of five stars for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, ‘A Christmas Carol’. The story was written by Steven Moffat and starred Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor.

The results of this poll will be revealed next Saturday morning.

Doctor Who A Christmas Carol - Matt Smith and Karen Gillan on Breakfast

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A Christmas Carol Doctor Who Confidential Clips

Doctor Who A Christmas Carol 10 Teasers

Digital Spy has released ten teasers about this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, ‘A Christmas Carol’. The story is written by Steven Moffat and stars Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, with guest appearances from Michael Gambon as Kazran Sardick and Katherine Jenkins as Abigail Pettigrew.


1.The Doctor finally tells a lie too big for the psychic paper.

2. "The other half is ****** the *****."

3. We learn exactly why bow-ties are cool.

4. Abigail breaks into song twice, but there's an interesting reason why.

5. The Doctor once spent a revealing evening with Frank Sinatra, Einstein and Father Christmas.

6. "Why are they singing?" "For ***** *****."

7. Turns out The Doctor is rubbish at card tricks.

8. "Marilyn, get your coat!"

9. Kazran gets a glimpse at his past, present and future - but not in the way you might expect.

10. "No chance. Completely impossible. Except at Christmas."

Doctor Who 'A Christmas Carol' Interview with Matt Smith and New Clip

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Doctor Who A Christmas Carol New Clips

Doctor Who A Christmas Carol Katherine Jenkins Interview on Breakfast

Doctor Who 'A Christmas Carol' Radio Times

The cover for the nest issue of the Radio Times has been released, and shows the Eleventh Doctor, Kazran Sardick and Abigail Pettigrew flying a sleigh pulled by the Shark. This image was specially made for the Radio Times though, and the scene is not believed to appear in ‘A Christmas Carol’.

The Radio Times with the Doctor Who cover will be available to buy from 11th December 2010. More information about the issue can be seen on the official Radio Times website.

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 Photos

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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.

Doctor Who A Christmas Carol Promo Photo

The BBC has released an official promotional photo for this year’s Christmas Special, ‘A Christmas Carol’, which stars Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor in a brand new story based on Charles Dickens’ classic Victorian adventure.

This new photo shows the flying Shark monster in the background, which was rumoured about during the filming of the episode, and briefly featured in the recent trailer from the story.

'A Christmas Carol' will air on 25th December 2010.