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Weather hits Doctor Who ratings

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...enerate203.jpg Millions watched Doctor Who regenerate

Only 6.2m people tuned in to watch the last episode in the current series of Doctor Who on Saturday night.

The viewing figures were down on previous episodes of the series, which has been a ratings hit for the BBC.

But a spokeswoman for the BBC said the warm weather was a likely reason for less people watching TV indoors.

The final episode saw the Doctor - played by Christopher Eccleston - regenerate into the next Time Lord, David Tennant.

New series

The BBC spokeswoman said that, despite viewing figures being down, it was still the most watched television show of the evening, with a 41.8% share of the audience in the 1900-2000BST slot.

"Almost half of those watching television tuned in to Doctor Who," she said.

"It continues to be the most-watched television show on a Saturday night."

Casanova actor Tennant will become the 10th Doctor Who when the programme returns later this year.

His first words as the Time Lord were: "Hello. New teeth. Now where were we?"

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...tennant203.jpg David Tennant made his debut as the Doctor



Billie Piper will be back for a second series as the Doctor's assistant, Rose Tyler.

Earlier this week the BBC announced there would be a third series in the current run of the drama, written by Russell T Davies.

Almost 3m people also watched Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide, which preceded Doctor Who at 1815BST. Beverley Hills Cop attracted an audience of 2.8m when it was broadcast on ITV at 1830BST, and A Picture of Britain pulled in 1.4m on BBC Two at 1845BST. Just over 1m watched Battle of Britain on Five, while 1.3m tuned in to watch World's Biggest Airliner: Building the Airbus

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Originally Posted by Rach

Weather hits Doctor Who ratings

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...enerate203.jpg Millions watched Doctor Who regenerate

Only 6.2m people tuned in to watch the last episode in the current series of Doctor Who on Saturday night.

The viewing figures were down on previous episodes of the series, which has been a ratings hit for the BBC.

But a spokeswoman for the BBC said the warm weather was a likely reason for less people watching TV indoors.

The final episode saw the Doctor - played by Christopher Eccleston - regenerate into the next Time Lord, David Tennant.

New series

The BBC spokeswoman said that, despite viewing figures being down, it was still the most watched television show of the evening, with a 41.8% share of the audience in the 1900-2000BST slot.

"Almost half of those watching television tuned in to Doctor Who," she said.

"It continues to be the most-watched television show on a Saturday night."

Casanova actor Tennant will become the 10th Doctor Who when the programme returns later this year.

His first words as the Time Lord were: "Hello. New teeth. Now where were we?"

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...tennant203.jpg David Tennant made his debut as the Doctor



Billie Piper will be back for a second series as the Doctor's assistant, Rose Tyler.

Earlier this week the BBC announced there would be a third series in the current run of the drama, written by Russell T Davies.

Almost 3m people also watched Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide, which preceded Doctor Who at 1815BST. Beverley Hills Cop attracted an audience of 2.8m when it was broadcast on ITV at 1830BST, and A Picture of Britain pulled in 1.4m on BBC Two at 1845BST. Just over 1m watched Battle of Britain on Five, while 1.3m tuned in to watch World's Biggest Airliner: Building the Airbus

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Hmmm . . . somebody's copying how I post things now, and nicking my stories, lol. Let's just copy and paste the whole of digital spy and bbc news pages, and save everyone a lot of bother. I'm not bitter - honest!

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Hmmm . . . somebody's copying how I post things now, and nicking my stories, lol. Let's just copying and paste the whole of digital spy and bbc news pages, and save everyone a lot of bother.

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eh? :confused:

Well here's DS's version:

HOT WEATHER MARS 'DOCTOR WHO' FINALE

http://images.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/li...generation.jpg #Talking about my regeneration!#

Doctor Who concluded its run with a series low last night (Saturday), according to early figures.

The unusually hot weather led to the sci-fi series dropping to 6.19 million viewers, or a 41.8% audience share, between 7pm and 7.45pm.

A BBC spokesperson pointed out that the show was still the most-watched programme of the day and continued to be "king of Saturday evening."

Earlier, documentary Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide had pulled in 2.77 million (23%) while on BBC Three, spinoff Doctor Who Confidential was multichannel's top draw at 677,000 (6.8%).

Casualty was the day's number two with 5.92 million (34.9%), while Murder in Suburbia ranked as ITV1's best-performing show with an average of 3.9 million (22.4%).

Elsewhere, Big Brother dipped to 2.4 million (13.5%), finishing fourth place in the 9pm hour (more).

still confused :confused:

Gosh, I wish I'd actually watched it now!

I had it on in the background, sis and Mum were watching it, but I was doing homework :rolleyes: :wall:

Might blag and see if I can catch the ending tonight... All I remember is Jack shouting to the people something about them hearing him die above them. :searchme:

what about Captain Jack? I think he was an great addition to the cast!! It was great to see an American actor in such an iconic 'British' programme!! do you think he'll make an appearance in the next series?

I hope so, I thought he was quite good. A little cheesy at times, but good!

I still reckon my Captin Zombie Jack would be histerical!

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Originally Posted by Trinity

Gosh, I am late posting on this.

There is no Bad Wolf. When the time vortex entered Rose and she could see, 'every this that was, every thing that is and everything that could be', she realised that she has to send a message to herself to get her to go back to the Doctor.

She took the Bad Wolf sign form satalite five and scattered it through time and space as a message to herself.

So, she was the cause of the messages, but there is no Bad Wolf really.

Captain Jack and Rose have both now signed up for the whole of series 3. there is a christmas special first and then series 2 starts in March. Series 3 and a 2nd christmas special have already been comissioned.

David Tennant has a lot of teeth!

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Thanks for the explanation. it makes sense to me now! lol. i thought it was a good episode overall. Not too sure about the new doctor but I'm sure he'll grow on me in the next series.