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The final rating for Closing Time has been revealed!
The twelfth episode of Series 6, which featured the returns of the Cybermen and Craig (James Corden), was watched by an official audience of 6.93million viewers, making Doctor Who BBC One’s 5th most watched programme of the week!
What did you think of the story? It’s not too late to have your say in our discussion!
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It was Closing Time for the Doctor on Saturday night, and 5.3million people tuned in to see him reunited with Craig to take on the Cybermen, which is a 24.6% share.
The story was described as a “romp” by the Telegraph, while the Guardian have described the penultimate episode of this year’s series as “a portentous blub-fest”. It also served as “an interesting change of pace” according to the Independent.
Elsewhere, SFX have given the “refreshing” tale 4/5 stars.
Meanwhile, its preceding episode, The God Complex, was watched by an official audience of 6.77million, (28.3%), and the finale of Miracle Day – The Blood Line – by 5.13million.
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In the last few days of his life, the Doctor pays a farewell visit to his old friend Craig, and encounters a mystery. People are going missing, a silver rat scuttles in the shadows of a department store, and close by the Cybermen are waiting.
It’s the penultimate episode of Series 6 (already!?) and the Doctor’s time is running out…
In tonight’s episode, there were familiar faces aplenty for the Doctor, as he paid his chum Craig a surprise visit. He soon found himself caught up in another mystery at the hands of the Cybermen, so the pair joined forces to restore harmony to a normal shopping centre.
The clock’s tick-tick-ticking for our Time Lord, but, with people going missing and a strange silver rat scuttling in the shadows, it was business as usual – with a little help from a baby!
So, did Closing Time live up to your expectations? Were you happy to see Craig back with the Doctor? Were the Cybermen used to perfection, or were the metal morons out of place in the story? As always, rate and discuss the episode for all it’s worth in the comments…
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After tonight’s dramatic cliffhanger, everything is now set in place for next week’s grand series finale, as we’re all cordially invited to attend The Wedding of River Song…
It’ll be the Doctor’s date with destiny when he makes his final journey to the shores of Lake Silencio in Utah, knowing that this time his death alone can keep the universe safe. But has he reckoned without the love of a good woman? There will be guaranteed shocks, twists and surprises as Series 6 reaches its explosive climax, next Saturday at 7:05pm on BBC One!
Watch the finale’s chilling prequel and its next time and TV trailers in the players below!
Above – Before the Doctor returns to Lake Silencio, we return to Area 52…
Above – All of time and space hang in the balance, for this is the day the Doctor dies.
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It’s that time of week again – time for us to gather around our television sets for the Doctor’s latest adventure! Hurrah!
Seeing as it’s the penultimate episode, we’d better make the most of it, but luckily there’s plenty on the menu for tonight’s offering, as James Corden (you may remember him from The Lodger?) will be back as Craig Owens! The Doctor will also be reunited with more less welcome of faces. Faces of metal…
As always, we’ll be here for you to discuss the action as soon as it’s finished from 8pm, but don’t forget to check out the official site as they’ll be revealing the prequel to next week’s series finale! Tonight’s Confidential, Open All Hours, also airs from 8pm on BBC Three.
Doctor Who: Closing Time - Tonight, 7:10pm, BBC One Doctor Who Confidential: Open All Hours – Tonight, 8pm, BBC Three
Straight after the episode has aired, its Confidential, Open All Hours, will follow on BBC Three from 8pm. You can now watch some previews of it in the players below!
Closing Time airs tomorrow at 7:10pm, BBC One. Want more teasing? Head over to SFX!
There’s also two preview clips to whet our appetites! See them here and here or below…
Above – The Doctor and Craig are reunited… And before facing the Cybermen, they have to cope with Alfie…
Confidential is on set with Matt Smith and his returning co-star James Corden. The two make their very own Doctor Who episode with a difference and talk about the highs and lows of shooting at night – in a department store, with babies!
Spend the night with Greg James and listen to his insightful, in-depth character profile of his new role.
This week, experience ‘A Day in the Life’ of a Doctor Who location manager, and in Script to Screen, the competition winners get to hang out with Matt Smith on set for the filming of Death is the Only Answer.
Above – The Doctor investigates… and then there’s that silver rat thing…
Above – James Corden introduces us to the artistic Matt Smith as he builds his masterpiece.
Above – Up late with James Corden and Matt Smith, when James gets a missed call.
Above – James Corden has to find the Dalek in the room before it’s too late.
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The 439th issue of Doctor Who Magazine will go on sale this week, and, ahead of its release, its cover has been revealed!
It features the Doctor and River Song behind the foreboding tagline “Wed or dead? to tie in with the Series 6 finale, The Wedding of River Song, which airs on 1st October.
The episode is previewed inside alongside Saturday’s story, Closing Time, plus there’s the usual interviews, competitions and more! What do you think of the cover?
Doctor Who Magazine #439 will be published on Thursday, 22nd September, priced £4.50.
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Next time it’s Closing Time for the Doctor, but first he’s got some reunions to do!
Not only will James Corden be back (remember him?), but the Cybermen will also be stomping back onto our TV screens, and, just in case the Doctor didn’t have enough on his plate already, he’ll have another new mystery on his hands. Why are people going missing, and just what is the silver rat that scuttles in the shadows of a department store? We will find out next Saturday, when the penultimate episode airs…
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…is what we’ve got to look forward to as Series 6 continues over the coming weekends, in The God Complex on 17th September, followed by Closing Time on 24th September!
The God Complex, which Matt Smith has compared to The Shining, is written by Toby Whithouse and guest stars David Walliams as Gibbis, while Gareth Roberts returns to pen the penultimate episode of the series, Closing Time, and he is bringing Craig Owens back with him! There is something else we know all too well hiding in the shadows too…
Series 6 Ep 11: The God Complex – Sat 17th September, 7.10pm, BBC One
The TARDIS lands in what looks like an ordinary hotel. But the walls move, corridors twist and rooms vanish. There is a room for every visitor that contains their deepest, darkest fears. Fears that will kill them. What lies in the Doctor’s room? And when his turn comes, will he welcome death like all the rest?
Series 6 Ep 12: Closing Time – Sat 24th September, 6pm*, BBC One
In the last few days of his life, the Doctor pays a farewell visit to his old friend Craig, and also encounters a mystery. People are going missing, a silver rat scuttles in the shadows of a department store, and somewhere close by the Cybermen are waiting.
*Schedules To Be Confirmed
Series 6 continues on Saturday in The Girl Who Waited, airing 7:15pm on BBC One.
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