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The BBC’s YouTube channel has a video of YouTube vlogger Charlie McDonnell interviewing Neil Gaiman, the writer of The Doctor’s Wife.
In the interview, Gaiman discusses how his involvement with the series came about, writing for the Eleventh Doctor and how budget restrictions affected his episode.
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The official ratings for last week’s episode, The Doctor’s Wife by Neil Gaiman, have been released!
The episode, in which the Doctor’s hopes were raised when he received a distress signal from an old friend, was seen by an audience of 7.97million, a 34.7% share of the total television audience. Congratulations to the cast and crew!
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Meanwhile, to coincide with the launch of their Twitter, the official Doctor Who site has posted a bulletin in which they remind visitors that none of the main cast have profiles on any social networking sites. Beware of imitations!
Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill DO NOT have Twitter accounts, Facebook pages or blogs. There are several fakers out there… If you think you’re following Matt, Karen or Arthur, you’re not, and the comments posted on fake accounts are not sanctioned, official, may contain inaccurate information and the posters are certainly not who they claim to be.
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The long awaited episode, The Doctor’s Wife, was finally aired last night, and unofficial ratings show that it was watched by 5.9million viewers on BBC One, a 28.6% share of the total television audience.
The overnight figure makes Doctor Who the third most watched programme of the day, after the Eurovision Song Contest (1st) and Britain’s Got Talent (2nd). As usual, within seconds of its credits rolling, a TARDIS load of reviews began materialising online. Read on for our round up!
Kicking off the proceedings is Digital Spy, who have rated the latest episode 4 out of 5, adding that while it “isn’t perfect, you would be hard pressed to fault its ambition”, and the Telegraph has referred to Neil Gaiman’s signing as “something of a coup” for the series, before describing his “hugely enjoyable” story as “the best of this series so far”.
The Guardian was also left impressed by Neil’s “perfectly pitched” episode, revealing: “His script feels like a masterstroke in bringing his twisted fantasia to the show without ever smothering it. Love it or hate it, you’ll probably need a little lie down”. They’ve also invited fans to submit their questions about the episode for Neil which will be put to him live on Monday afternoon. Elsewhere, the episode is set to be “an instant classic” says the Metro, who offer particular praise for Suranne Jones’ “fantastic” peformance.
According to SFX, who have given it 4.5 out of 5, “this is how you do a great episode on a moderate budget”, while IGN have commented: “The Doctor’s Wife was a superlative 45 minutes of television that proved quite how imaginative and engaging a ‘done-in-one’ episode can be when put into the hands of a writer and cast at the top of their game”.
Immensely positive feedback overall! Do you agree/disagree with any of it? Tell us…
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The Doctor receives a distress signal from an old friend. Could there really be another living Time Lord out there? Hopes raised, he follows the signal to a junkyard planet sitting a mysterious asteroid in a Bubble universe, populated by a very strange family. As the Doctor investigates, he puts his friends in the gravest danger.
In one of the most anticipated episodes of the new series so far, the Doctor, Amy and Rory faced shocks, scares and Ood – and we were with them for every step of the way!
As the first Doctor Who episode to be penned by acclaimed fantasy and sci-fi writer Neil Gaiman, it was always going to be one to go down in history. Of course, the fact that it’s called ‘The Doctor’s Wife’ adds to the overall intrigue factor, and ever since the title was revealed back in March, our brains have been racing with all kinds of outlandish theories and questions. The answers were finally revealed tonight, along with some surprises…
As well as the mysteries surrounding the beautiful and insane Idris, we were also given an all access pass to the TARDIS, which came hand in hand with its very own array of secrets. Along the way, there were blasts from the past and insights into the future, but was the episode worth all the hype that preceded it? Did it exceed your expectations?
The Doctor’s Wife has been described as “a real love letter” to the fans, but was it a love letter worth reading? Were you left delighted or disappointed? You can let us know what you thought about tonight’s epic adventure in the comments section. Happy discussing!
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One of the most eagerly anticipated stories of the new series will finally be revealed tonight as we get to learn the secrets of The Doctor’s Wife!
It was back in February 2010 that Neil Gaiman confirmed he had written a Doctor Who episode, and now we’re just hours away from seeing it. Well, time flies whenever the TARDIS is in town, and it’s definitely in town in tonight’s episode, more so than usual! We’ve been told that we’ll see more of it than ever before – and it’s about time too!
That’s not all there is to be excited about! The Ood will also be making a return to our screens tonight, and all of our questions about the mysterious Idris will be answered…
Doctor Who: The Doctor’s Wife – BBC One/BBC One HD, 6:30pm
Doctor Who Confidential: Bigger on the Inside – BBC Three/BBC HD, 7:20pm
You can leave your last minute surges of excitement and speculation in the comments below, and join us straight after to join in the conversation in our episode discussion!
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The Doctor’s Wife finally airs tomorrow (hurrah!), and if the various trailers, interviews and previews haven’t been enough to put your temptation levels at bay, these teasers might just prove helpful too!
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The BBC’s YouTube channel has a preview of tomorrow night’s episode of Doctor Who Confidential!
The episode is called Bigger on the Inside and it’ll air on BBC Three and BBC HD straight after The Doctor’s Wife on BBC One. It features a tour of the TARDIS conducted by Neil Gaiman, as well as new interviews with Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill and Episode 4’s guest star, Suranne Jones, who plays the intriguing Idris. Check out the preview below. Not long now!
Meanwhile, Digital Spy has released its bonus chat with Neil, in which he shares more teasers about his episode before discussing whether or not he’ll write another episode.
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Digital Spy has released a new interview with Suranne Jones, in which the Idris actress says that looking after her top secret Doctor Who script was like “carrying the Crown Jewels around”!
“I can’t tell you anything,” she said. “You do Doctor Who, and you’re literally bound by secrecy. You get your script, and across it is ‘Suranne Jones’, so if you lose that script, there is no doubt in anyone’s mind who’s lost it. It’s like carrying the Crown Jewels around!”
She continued: “You’re kept away from all the fans that turn up for the filming, and with this script in particular, because it’s an old character with a new face, we’re not allowed to say anything about it. The script’s amazing, and Matt, Karen and Arthur were lovely.”
The official site also has part two of its chat with Neil Gaiman, in which the writer reveals what makes him happy! The Doctor’s Wife airs on Saturday at 6:30pm on BBC1.
The episode airs on Saturday and will see the Doctor “off on a mission of mercy”, as Neil describes it, when he receives a distress signal from an old friend which takes him to a junkyard planet. Could there really be another living Time Lord out there? And what is the beautiful and insane Idris trying to tell him?
Book your tickets for the Doctor Who Experience to be part of the adventure, and let us know how you fared as the Doctor's companion by sharing your reviews in our discussion!
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