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Future for Doctor Who

The rumours are true, having been confirmed a few hours earlier than intended when a national newspaper chose to break the embargo...

Matt Smith will leave the show at the end of the Christmas special - that leaves just two more stories with him as the lead.

More from the BBC here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/entertainment-arts-22741493

Dr Who Film Posters

The film posters produced for our special event 'Dr Who @ the Movies' are now available to buy at our online shop. This includes some signed items and special prices on Blu rays for DWAS members.

Please click 'Merchandise' above and navigate to the 'Dr Who Movies' pages.

'As If By Magic, the TARDIS Appeared'

It had to be said sometime!

Today is 'Dr Who at the Movies' at Riverside Studios, with our guest Ray Brooks. Come and say 'hello' if you are there. We will be in cafe/bar area with DVDs, mugs, posters....

'Nightmare in Silver' Consolidated Ratings

The consolidated ratings for the initial broadcast of 'Nightmare in Silver' on BBC1 were a total 6.64 million viewers, adding almost 2 million viewers to the initial overnight results. Additionally, Doctor Who continues to top the BBC iPlayer download charts.

Peter Cushing Commemorative Covers

To celebrate Peter Cushing's 100th Birthday this Sunday, The Stamp Centre has produced two covers from the Dalek films, each featuring a Dalek stamp and the brand new Peter Cushing stamp. These will initially be available at 'Dr Who @ the Movies' this Sunday at Riverside Studios.

 

 

'The Name of the Doctor' Overnight Viewing Figures

A good result for Doctor Who and a steady improvement on the last few weeks; 'The Name of the Doctor' achieved for it's initial BBC1 outing, an overnight figure of 5.5 million, being 26% of the audience. Doctor Who was the third most popular show of the day. More details can be found at Doctor Who News:

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2013/05/dwn190513093012name-of-doctor-overn...

Dr Who @ the Movies - Tickets Available in Our Charity Auction

We have two pairs of tickets for next weekend's 'Dr Who @ the Movies' available via our eBay auction website. All proceeds will be donated to 'Leukaemia and Cancer Research'. The auction is open now and will close on Wednesday.

You can visit our auction site here: http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/dwas_auction

iPlayer Downloads

A good news story about Doctor Who downloads on the iPlayer, which you can see here at Doctor Who News:
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2013/05/doctor-who-tops-april-iplayer-chart...

'Nightmare in Silver' Overnight Ratings

The initial overnight ratings for yesterday's episode on BBC1 show that 4.7 million people or 21.4% of the audience were watching. This is of course an average and it is interesting to note that once the FA Cup Final on ITV was over, the figures increased markedly to 5.6 million.

'Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS' Consolidated Ratings

The time shift adjusted figures for this episode give a final figure of 6.5 million viewers. Final figures for 'The Crimson Horror' should be published next week.