This Week in Doctor Who: Print Archive
Wednesday 27th April 2005
This Week In Doctor Who - April 27, 2005 (posted 27th Apr 2005, 11:35am - TWIDW post #0302) |
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THIS WEEK IN DOCTOR WHO April 27, 2005 - Vol 8, No 17 The weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide. by Benjamin F. Elliott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho |
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Saturday 30 April: BBC One - 7PM - Doctor Who: Dalek BBC Three - 7:45PM + 1AM - Doctor Who Confidential: The Daleks BBC Three - 12:15AM - Doctor Who: Dalek Sunday 1 May: BBC Three - 7PM - Doctor Who: Dalek BBC Three - 7:45PM - Doctor Who Confidential: The Daleks (15 minute version) Tuesday 3 May: CBC - 8PM - Doctor Who: World War Three Saturday 21 May: ABC Australia - 7:30PM - Doctor Who (Adventures In The Human Race): Rose (Australian premiere) |
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Australian premiere date set! Doctor Who solidly beats new ITV competition! Daleks return this week! BBC Three schedule oddities. MPT Maryland schedule oddities. |
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UK Overnight Ratings: BBC 1 23 April - Doctor Who: World War Three - 7.26 million average viewers (38.0% share) BBC 3 23 April 7:45PM - Doctor Who Confidential: Life On Earth - 425,350 average viewers (3.35% share) BBC 3 23 April 12:05AM - Doctor Who: World War Three - 168,000 average viewers BBC 3 23 April 12:50AM - Doctor Who Confidential: Life On Earth - no ratings information BBC 3 24 April - Doctor Who: World War Three (encore) - 477,030 average viewers (3.50% share) BBC 3 24 April - Doctor Who Confidential: Life On Earth (encore) - 355,500 average viewers (2.34% share) |
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UK Final Ratings: BBC 1 9 April - Doctor Who: The Unquiet Dead - 8.86 million viewers |
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CBC Canada Ratings: 19 April - Doctor Who: The Unquiet Dead - 878,000 viewers. #2 in time slot. |
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ABC Australia http://www.abc.net.au/tv now has Doctor Who's premiere on its schedule for Saturday 21 May 2005 at 7:30PM. On the schedule for 21 May and the episode description linked from that schedule the series has the tag line Adventures In The Human Race, indicating that it may be labeled differently from the earlier 26 years of Doctor Who, which air on the same station Mondays through Thursdays at around 6PM. Episodes will air in Australia 8 weeks after their UK premieres. The 7:30PM Saturday time slot currently features Monarch Of The Glen series 6 (co-starring Tom Baker). Very Little Britain (abbreviated versions of Little Britain episodes) will air at 8:15PM. 8:30PM on ABC Saturday is The Bill, a British cop show/soap that wins its time slot. |
Thomsonfly Airlines starts airing Rose on their flights starting this Sunday. If you fly one of their planes, see if there's any information on how long Rose will air, and when/if they would cycle to later episodes. Better yet, if you work for this airline, and you know, please e-mail! |
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Overnight UK ratings show that Doctor Who: World War Three won its time slot easily, 7.26 million to 3.8 million for the premiere of Celebrity Wrestling. Celebrity Wrestling fell noticeably from former ITV competitor Ant and Dec Saturday Night Takeaway. This week's episode (Dalek) is being heavily trailed, and is expected to win in the ratings again. I can only imagine who one of the alien species in the episode will be. |
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Final numbers for the 16 April broadcast (Aliens Of London) are expected today from Barb http://www.barb.co.uk and will reveal if Doctor Who or the season finale of Ant and Dec won the time slot that night. In the overnight ratings Ant and Dec had won by a slight margin (7.12 million to 6.98 million). Video recordings will determine who wins in the final tally. |
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BBC Three's http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree schedule remains somewhat erratic. The late Saturday repeats for Dalek and "Doctor Who Confidential: The Daleks" will now start at 12:15AM and 1AM respectively. The Sunday repeat of Confidential at 7:45PM will be abridged to 15 minutes for the premiere of Tiny Tearaways http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/tiny_tearaways/index.shtml . Tiny Tearways is a special monthly documentary airing 7 days a week on BBC Three. Sundays through Fridays the episodes air at 8PM with repeats later in prime time and late night. On Saturdays the episodes air at 8:15PM (after Doctor Who Confidential). This is likely to affect the late Saturday repeats in May, as either the repeats or Tiny Tearaway repeats will have to move on those nights. The Radio Times http://www.radiotimes.com indicates "to be announced" for most of 7 May on BBC Three. |
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No new networks have bought the show since last week. Any sales news should appear at the BBC Press Office http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice and C21Media http://www.c21media.net . And I'd send out an update. And Outpost Gallifrey http://www.gallifreyone.com and many more Who sites would publicize it quickly. |
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Maryland Public TV http://www.mpt.org is going back to Patrick Troughton again. After 3 weeks of Tom Baker stories from the Key To Time season, MPT will return to Troughton with The Tomb of the Cybermen on Saturday May 7. A quick check of The Pirate Planet last week showed that, instead of airing the traditional movie version, MPT had taken a heavily edited episodic version and cut the cliffhangers together. This would tie in to reports last year that stations were unable to get new prints of stories - MPT was experimenting with episodic format the last time they aired the later Tom Baker stories, and was probably unable to obtain the movie format prints for this abbreviated run. |
BBC7 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7 aired the 2003 documentary "My Life As A Dalek" several times last Sunday. It will be available through their listen again service until Sunday 1 May. If the listen again links in the column don't work for you for some reason go to BBC7's website to access them directly. BBC7 continues airing the Doctor Who radio story "The Ghosts Of N-Space". |
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BBC Prime http://www.bbcprime.com updated their FAQ a few weeks back and I keep forgetting to get their info in here. Their current information on Doctor Who: "We will be showing the new series of Dr Who at some point in the future however, we do not currently hold the rights to the series and they are unlikely to be made available until the show has been broadcast in the UK. Therefore please keep an eye on the website for details of possible future transmissions." |
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BBC Prime is available throughout Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia as a cable network. Doctor Who is probably going to sell for more money in each country if the local broadcasters get to air it first, so there is little incentive to air the show on BBC Prime until they exhaust local broadcasters who want the show. |
Corrections and updates are welcome at thisweekindoctorwho- owner@yahoogroups.com , TWIDW on AOL IM , and thebfe on Yahoo Messenger. The listings: |
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New Series General Information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/doctorwho http://www.cbc.ca/doctorwho http://www.gallifreyone.com |
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BBC One http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone Saturday 7PM BST Doctor Who 1-06 Dalek 16:9 Widescreen Digital,14:9 Cropped Letterbox Analogue Future Doctor Who Episodes: 7 May - 1-07 The Long Game 14 May - 1-08 Father's Day 21 May - 1-09 The Empty Child 28 May - 1-10 The Doctor Dances 4 June - 1-11 Boom Town 11 June - 1-12 "TBA" 18 June - 1-13 The Parting of the Ways |
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BBC Three http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree Doctor Who Confidential http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/confidential/ Saturday & Sunday 7:45PM, Late Saturday 1AM BST DrWho Confidential 1- 06 The Daleks (Sunday broadcast abridged to 15 minutes) Late Saturday 12:15AM, Sunday 7PM BST Doctor Who 1-06 Dalek 16:9 Widescreen Further Doctor Who Confidential Episodes: 7 May - 1-07 The Dark Side 14 May - 1-08 "A Time And A Place" 21 May - 1-09 "FX" 28 May - 1-10 "The Weird Science Of Doctor Who" 4 June - 1-11 Unsung Heroes and Violent Death 11 June - 1-12 "The Cult Of Who" 18 June - 1-13 Finale Doctor Who series repeats air late Saturdays 12ishAM and Sundays 7PM after their BBC One premieres. |
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BBC Online http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho Doctor Who Confidential http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/confidential 1-01 "Back From The Future" 1-02 "Aliens: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" 1-03 TARDIS Tales 1-04 "I Get A Side-Kick Out Of You" 1-05 "Life On Earth" 1-06 The Daleks - online after BBC Three premiere Various Video Diaries and trailers. |
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BBC Radio Wales http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales Monday Noon BST (7AM EDT, 4AM PDT, 9PM AEST) - "Dr Who Back In Time" pt 3 (Dalek Nation) http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/shows/doctorwhobackintime.shtml 3rd and final part of BBC Radio Wales' humorous documentary looking at the return of Doctor Who. In the wake of the Daleks' return, new fodder for the Welsh history of our favourite time traveler. |
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CBC TV http://www.cbc.ca/television http://www.cbc.ca/doctorwho Tuesday 8PM (8:30PM Newfoundland) Doctor Who 1-05 World War Three 16:9 widescreen digital, 16:9 letterbox analog 10 May - 1-06 Dalek 17 May - 1-07 The Long Game 24 May - 1-08 Father's Day 31 May - 1-09 The Empty Child 7 June - 1-10 The Doctor Dances 14 June - 1-11 Boom Town http://www.cbc.ca/planetofthedoctor "The Planet Of The Doctor" exclusive 6 part CBC.CA documentary Episode 1 online date TBA The website keeps insisting April, but they are running out of month. |
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Thomsonfly Airlines: Rose on in-flight movie systems from 1 May |
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ABC http://www.abc.net.au/tv Doctor Who (Adventures In The Human Race) premieres 21 May 7:30PM. 16:9 Digital; Analogue Apsect ratio unknown. |
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BBC Online http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/classic.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/webcasts/realtime "Real Time" - starring Colin Baker and the Cybermen. 6 episodes. The Doctor and Evelyn Smythe research a temple that has been yanking scientists out of time, bringing them face to face with the future of the Cybermen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/webcasts/shada Shada - starring Paul McGann and Lalla Ward. 6 episodes. A retired Time Lord in Cambridge needs the Doctor's help to recover a Time Lord book before the corrupt scientist Skagra can find it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/webcasts/shalka "The Scream Of The Shalka" - starring Richard E. Grant. 6 episode story. The Shalka prepare to conquer the Earth from below. Can the Doctor be convinced to save the day one last time? |
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BBC 7 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7 Sunday 6PM & Midnight BST "The Ghosts Of N-Space" pt 2 of 6 Listen Again - realplayer format, available from Monday http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/sunday/rams/1800.ram http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/sunday/rams/0000.ram Jon Pertwee's 2nd and final Doctor Who radio drama. Ghostly appearances at a castle owned by the Brigadier's eccentric uncle draw the attention of the 3rd Doctor, Sarah, and Jeremy. Part 1 is available until Sunday at the same links above. "My Life As A Dalek" - 2003 documentary available at the following Listen Again streams till Sunday: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/sunday/rams/1345.ram http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/sunday/rams/2245.ram http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/sunday/rams/0545.ram |
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UKTV Gold http://www.ukgold.tv http://www.onthebox.com/partner/otb (All times 1 hour later on UKTV Gold + 1) Saturday 7-9AM BST The Keeper of Traken movie Season 18, Episodes 21 through 24. Doctor: Tom Baker. The Union of Traken is endangered. A Melkur refuses to die and is causing feelings of ill-will. But surely happiness must always be twinged with sadness? Apparently not on this planet. Sunday 7-9AM BST Logopolis movie Season 18, Episodes 25 through 28. Doctor: Tom Baker. A season of foreboding comes to a head. The Master is alive, well, and hunting. 1981 England and the planet Logopolis become very dangerous places to be - the Master will destroy anything in his path to get the Doctor once and for all. But the Master has forgotten something. Tom Baker's run as the 4th Doctor ends. 7 May Castrovalva (7:05AM) 8 May Four To Doomsday (7:05AM) 14 May Kinda (7:05AM) 15 May The Visitation (7:05AM) 21 May Black Orchid (7AM) 22 May Earthshock (7AM) 28 May Time-Flight (7AM) 29 May Arc of Infinity (7AM) 4 June Snakedance (7:05AM) 5 June Mawdryn Undead (7AM) 11 June Terminus (7:05AM) 12 June Enlightenment (7AM) 18 June The King's Demons (8AM) 19 June Warriors of the Deep (7:05AM) 25 June The Awakening (8AM) 26 June Frontios (7AM) |
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ABC http://www.abc.net.au/tv Thursday 6:05PM The Stones of Blood pt 4 of 4 Season 16, Episode 12. Doctor: Tom Baker. On trial for his life, the Doctor has problems convincing people that Vivian Fey is the evil mistress mind behind the Stones. Monday 6:03PM The Androids of Tara pt 1 of 4 Tuesday 6:04PM The Androids of Tara pt 2 of 4 Wednesday 6:04PM The Androids of Tara pt 3 of 4 Season 16, Episodes 13 through 15. Doctor: Tom Baker. Romana finds the 4th segment of the Key To Time in minutes, leaving she and the Doctor plenty of time for court intrigue, robot doubles, a coronation, a wicked wedding, and all the usual things that happen on medieval planets when the Doctor turns up. 9 May The Power of Kroll 16 May The Armageddon Factor 21 May - New series premieres! See new series section. |
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BBC Kids http://www.bbckids.ca Daily 2AM EDT (11PM PDT) - 2 episodes weekdays, full stories weekends Wednesday The Creature from the Pit pts 1+2 of 4 Thursday The Creature from the Pit pts 3+4 of 4 Season 17, Episodes 9 through 12. Doctor: Tom Baker. A distress call leads the Doctor and Romana to Chloris, a world with too much foliage and not enough metal. The Doctor's not the first to notice this - that's why the world's in trouble. The cruel Lady Adrasta is not the greatest threat to the world. And yes, there is a big creature. In a pit. Walk up to him and he'll have you say hello on his behalf. Friday Nightmare of Eden pts 1+2 of 4 Season 17, Episodes 13 through 14. Doctor: Tom Baker. Two ships passing in the night crash into each other molecularly. As the Doctor and Romana try to help, a murderer is busy intoxicating people on the main ship, leaving them unwilling to deal with the menaces facing them. Saturday Doctor Who And The Silurians eps 5,6,+7 of 7 BBC Kids premiere Season 7, Episodes 9 through 11. Doctor: Jon Pertwee. The 3rd Doctor's efforts to make peace with the Silurians are hindered by military activities, and particularly the militancy of the Young Silurian, who wants to take control of the Triad. The Doctor's only prayer to save the Silurians is to keep them from unleashing a deadly plague on humanity. The humans might take that as an sign of disrespect. Sunday Inferno eps 1,2+3 of 7 BBC Kids premiere Season 7, Episodes 12 through 14. Doctor: Jon Pertwee. After the events of The Ambassadors of Death (which you're not getting - if any of you complain about black & white TV - this is your fault), the Doctor and U*N*I*T have gotten involved with a drilling project that nears completion. Soon Britain will be the first to reach the core of the Earth. Experiments with the TARDIS console during drilling lead to a very strange adventure for the Doctor. Monday Nightmare of Eden pts 3+4 of 4 Season 17, Episodes 15 through 16. Doctor: Tom Baker. Tuesday The Horns of Nimon pts 1+2 of 4 Season 17, Episodes 17 through 18. Doctor: Tom Baker. An artificial black hole in space. That can only mean one thing. A Nimon with horns is corrupting the mind of the leader of an empire to get raw materials for suspicious activity. Can't mean anything else, as there aren't any Nimons without horns, are there? 5 May The Leisure Hive 7 May Inferno eps 4,5,6,7 BBC Kids premiere 8 May Terror of the Autons BBC Kids premiere 9 May Meglos 11 May Full Circle 13 May State of Decay 14 May The Claws of Axos BBC Kids premiere 15 May Colony In Space pts 1,2,3,4 BBC Kids premiere |
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American Who http://www.americanwho.net Current Episode: http://www.interstellartransmissions.com/amwho/amwhomidmarch.mp3 Patrick Troughton tribute. Interviews with many of the people who knew the actor who was the 2nd Doctor. Upcoming Episode: Date TBA - Jessica Carney, 30 years after the passing of her grandfather William Hartnell (last new show of season, reruns till September) |
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Sci-Fi Overdrive http://www.scifioverdrive.com on Lifestyle Talk Radio (LTR) http://www.lifestyletalkradio.com and Business Talk Radio (BTR) http://www.businesstalkradio.net LTR Late Friday Midnight-2AM EDT (9-11PM PDT, 5-7AM BST, 2-4PM AEST) Live LTR Stream http://www.warpradio.com/popTuner.asp?id=14175 BTR Late Sun/Early Mon 1-4AM EDT (10PM-1AM PDT, 6-9AM BST, 3-5PM AEST) Live BTR Stream http://www.warpradio.com/popTuner.asp?id=14085 Saturday 8-11PM EST (5-8PM PDT) http://www.krradio.com (repeat of previous week's episode, online audio stream) Hour 1 - News & Comment. Hour 2 - Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy from MST3K. Hour 3 - BTR only. Sci-Fi Channel's "Upfront" presentation on future programming, Charles Martin weighs in on new Doctor Who lead David Tennant. |
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MPT Maryland http://www.mpt.org analog 22, 67, 31, 28, 62, 36 digital 22-2 (42-2), 67-2 (29-2), 31-2 (44-2), 28-2 (56-2), 62-2 (28-2), 36-2 (54-2) DC/Hagerstown, Baltimore DirecTV 22,980 Baltimore Dish 22,8736 Late Saturday 12:01-1:35AM EDT The Stones of Blood movie Season 16, Episodes 9 through 12. Doctor: Tom Baker. See ABC Australia for story details. MPT has been using the badly edited episodic versions of the Key To Time stories originally intended for commercial stations. And they've edited them into movie format (probably the traditional movie print were unavailable). It is likely (though you can never tell) that the same will happen with this story. Meanwhile, you won't get to see the end of the Key To Time. Next week it's back to Patrick Troughton's era. 7 May - The Tomb of the Cybermen 14 May - The Dominators 21 May - The Mind Robber 28 May - The Krotons |
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IPTV Iowa http://www.sffn.com/ http://www.iptv.org analog 11, 32, 27, 12, 21, 24, 32, 36, 36 digital 11-2 (50-2), 32-2 (35-2), 27-2 (28-2), 45, 25, 18, 33, 35, 34 Des Moines DirecTV 11,474 Des Moines Dish 11,9116 Cedar Rapids DirecTV 12 Cedar Rapids Dish 12,9161 Omaha DirecTV 32 Omaha Dish 32,9146 Sioux City Dish 27,7195 Quad Cities DirecTV 36 Quad Cities Dish 36,7607 (not yet available) Saturday 11:35PM CDT Terminus pts 1+2 Season 20, Episodes 13 through 14. Doctor: Peter Davison. Terminus. The place leper's go for treatment that is usually fatal. The forsaken center of the universe. Naturally, the TARDIS crew find themselves headed straight for the spot. 7 May Terminus pts 3+4 14 May Enlightenment pts 1+2 21 May Enlightenment pts 3+4 28 May The King's Demons both pts |
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KUED/KUEW-DT/KUES-DT Salt Lake City/St. George/Richfield, UT http://www.kued.org analog 7 digital 7-1 (42-1), 18-1, 19-1 Salt Lake City DirecTV 7,982 Salt Lake City Dish 7,8536 Saturday 11:30PM MDT Kinda pt 4 of 4 Season 19, Episode 12. Doctor: Peter Davison. There is a new Old Woman. The battle between Mara and Doctor is about to begin. And there is a sneaky suspicion that Nyssa could wake up soon. 7 May - The Visitation pt 1 |
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Prime TV http://www.primetv.co.nz http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com Doctor Who premiere TBA. Aspect ratio unknown. |
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Thanks for reading. Until next week, take care. |
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