BARB have today published the final viewing figures for part two of The End of Time, which aired in the UK on New Year’s Day.

The episode - David Tennant’s last in role as the Tenth Doctor - was watched by an official audience of 11.79million on BBC One, making it the 2nd most watched programme of the day behind EastEnders!

Meanwhile, 482,000 tuned in for its simultaneous broadcast on BBC HD, the highest figure achieved by the channel that week.

Adding both of those scores together gives the historic episode a total viewership of 12.27million. It was the third most watched Doctor Who episode since its 2005 revival, after 2007’s Voyage of the Damned which was watched by 13.31million, and 2008’s The Next Doctor, watched by 13.1million. Stay tuned!

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Character Options, the company behind the ever-growing line of Doctor Who toys, have recently released details regarding their upcoming wave of The End of Time action figures!

It has been revealed that January 31st will welcome the releases of the 5″ figures, made up of the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant), the Master (John Simm) and the Lord President of the Time Lords (Timothy Dalton). And if the previews are anything to go by, they’ll be an awesome addition to your collection – or a great reason to start one off if you haven’t got one going already! You can check out pictures of the figures below:

And that’s not all! From the same day you’ll also be able to purchase the first EVER Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) figure, which sees the new incarnation of our beloved Time Lord shortly after his latest explosive regeneration. See it below:

Each of the figures has an RRP price of £8.99. What do you think?

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Earlier today it was confirmed that the Tenth Doctor’s regeneration two-parter will make its official debut in New Zealand next month, as The End of Time continues its quest for world domination!

Part one will air on Prime on Sunday 7th February 2010 and part two will follow on Saturday 14th February.

Part one sees the Doctor’s psychotic nemesis, the Master, being reborn, and, in part two, the Doctor faces the end of his life as the sound of drums grow louder. Stick with us for the latest!

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BARB have today released the final Christmas ratings, which confirm that part one of the The End of Time was the most watched programme in the UK not only on Christmas Day itself, but also for the whole of Christmas week!

Altogether - taking into account the extra audience share on BBC HD – a whopping audience of 12.04million tuned in for the episode, which saw the Doctor’s psychotic nemesis, the Master, being reborn.

The figure also makes Doctor Who the 5th most watched programme of the whole of 2009, being beaten only by episodes of The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent.

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Yesterday we told you that that The End of Time will make its debut Down Under next month, and today the exact Australian transmission dates for the Tenth Doctor’s final story were confirmed!

Part one will debut on ABC1 at 7:30PM on Sunday 14th February, and its concluding instalment will air the following week, at 7:30PM on Sunday 21st February.

Part one sees but the Doctor’s psychotic nemesis, the Master, reborn, and, in part two, the Doctor faces the end of his life as the sound of drums grow louder.

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Following on from its debut in the UK over Christmas, the Tenth Doctor’s regeneration spectacular, The End of Time, is now making its way worldwide!

And part two, which aired on BBC America on 2nd January, was watched by a record-breaking 1.1million, snatching the title of the channel’s highest ever rating, which was previously held by the Autumn special, The Waters of Mars.

Meanwhile, Australia’s ABC1 has announced via their official Facebook group that The End of Time will transmit Down Under at some point in February 2010, however exact transmission times are still being finalized. Stay tuned!

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Overnight ratings reveal that an unofficial audience of 10.4million tuned in for David Tennant’s last ever Doctor Who outing, part two of The End of Time, last night!

The figure makes the historic episode the second most watched programme of the day with 35.5% of the total TV share, and that peaked at 36% (10.85m) for the last 25 minutes. It’s officially the most watched Doctor Who regeneration of all time!

A further 389,000 watched its simultaneous broadcast on the BBC HD channel, while 1.1million watched its accompanying edition of Doctor Who Confidential, Allons-y!, on BBC3 afterwards.

The most watched programme of the day was EastEnders, which followed Doctor Who at 7.55PM and managed 11.86m (38.3%).

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Warning: The following article has been designated a Spoiler Zone, as its comments openly discuss the events of part two of The End of Time. Please do not read the comments if you haven’t yet seen the episode and don’t want to be spoiled. Thank you.

And so it came to pass, on New Year’s Day, that the Tenth Doctor did cease to exist, and the lives of Whovians everywhere were changed forever…

The long-awaited second part of The End of Time had its premiere screening in the United Kingdom tonight, and, after gruelling months of speculation and theories, the Tenth Doctor faced his final curtain call. And what a final curtain call it was!

If you’re anything like us, you’ll be feeling a mixture of emotions round about now. Sadness, that the Tenth Doctor is well and truly gone, happiness, that the surviving characters are now set free to live their own lives as a new era of the series begins (what d’you mean they’re all actors!?), and excitement, to see what the future will hold for the Doctor now he’s in his eleventh incarnation. And although we understand that it’s hard to sum up just how you’re feeling, we invite you to leave your thoughts about tonight’s finale in our episode discussion.

It’s been a long road, but was it worth the wait? Was it everything you wanted it to be and more? Are you disappointed by his final chapter? Have you run out of tissues? Whatever’s going on in your head right now, try and make sense of all the chaos and let us know in a comment on this post!

We hope you enjoyed the show, and thanks for joining us for what can only be described as one of the biggest Doctor Who events in its 46 year history. The Tenth Doctor may have left the building, but he’ll never leave our hearts.

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Well. There we are then. At the time of posting this article, we’re hours away from the opening titles of part two of The End of Time, which means that the next time we update, the Tenth Doctor will be no more, and a new era will be upon us.

In October 2008, when it was announced that David Tennant would be leaving, our inital concern was how the show would continue without him at the helm. Not only is he an amazing actor, but he has also been a truly amazing ambassador for the series since he landed the iconic role in 2005, and, with his last episode imminent, we just want to thank him (again!) for his hard work, commitment and dedication over the last few years. It was his portrayal of the Doctor that inspired us to create a fansite back in 2006, so you could say that WhovianNet is all because of him!

And, of course, goodbye to head writer Russell T Davies and executive producer Julie Gardner, too, who are the people particularly responsible for making the series what it is today. We’ll miss you so much!

So, we’ve had 3 amazing series with the Tenth Doctor, and when he was introduced at the end of the The Parting of the Ways with the words “New teeth, that’s weird…” (one of Russell’s finest!), who would’ve thought that, 4 years down the line, his regeneration would be one of the most eagerly anticipated moments in British television history?

And to mark his long-awaited finale, we’ve brought you around-the-clock news coverage, downloads, discussions, The Christmas Project, his top ten moments, but it all comes down to this. Questions will be answered, lives will be lost, sacrifices will be made, and make sure you’re back here afterwards at 7:55PM (GMT) on the dot to share in the epic journey with us and your fellow fans!

The only thing left for us to say is: are you ready? It’s going to be an unforgettable 75 minutes. Enjoy the show folks, and cherish this epic moment!

See you all on the other side.

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According to an article published by The Sun newspaper today, the BBC are expecting an audience of around 12million to tune in for David Tennant’s last ever Doctor Who outing tonight.

The concluding instalment of The End of Time will have its official debut at 6:40PM on BBC1/HD, and his long-awaited regeneration into the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) will undoubtedly be a ratings smash…

But we’ll have to wait until tomorrow (Saturday) morning to find out for sure, when the release of the initial overnight figures will reveal whether or not the historic feature-length episode lived up to, or maybe even exceeded, its estimate. Not long now everyone!

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