“We’ve got reason to believe there is a great evil at work somewhere in this school.”
The Quantum Archangel, by Craig Hinton (BBC novel)
Wirrn Dawn written and directed by Nicholas Briggs
The Beast of Orlok written and directed by Barnaby Edwards
The Doctor’s Companion Ep. 48 – Gooey Master
scoffed at the gameshows when Bad Wolf was broadcast
The Eight Truths written by Eddie Robson and directed by Nicholas Briggs
“We’ve got reason to believe there is a great evil at work somewhere in this school.”
The Quantum Archangel, by Craig Hinton (BBC novel)
Wirrn Dawn written and directed by Nicholas Briggs
The Beast of Orlok written and directed by Barnaby Edwards
The Doctor’s Companion Ep. 48 – Gooey Master
scoffed at the gameshows when Bad Wolf was broadcast
The Eight Truths written by Eddie Robson and directed by Nicholas Briggs
“We’ve got reason to believe there is a great evil at work somewhere in this school.”
The Quantum Archangel, by Craig Hinton (BBC novel)
Wirrn Dawn written and directed by Nicholas Briggs
The Beast of Orlok written and directed by Barnaby Edwards
The Doctor’s Companion Ep. 48 – Gooey Master
scoffed at the gameshows when Bad Wolf was broadcast
The Eight Truths written by Eddie Robson and directed by Nicholas Briggs
“We’ve got reason to believe there is a great evil at work somewhere in this school.”
The Quantum Archangel, by Craig Hinton (BBC novel)
Wirrn Dawn written and directed by Nicholas Briggs
The Beast of Orlok written and directed by Barnaby Edwards
The Doctor’s Companion Ep. 48 – Gooey Master
scoffed at the gameshows when Bad Wolf was broadcast
The Eight Truths written by Eddie Robson and directed by Nicholas Briggs
The first episode in the new series of Doctor Who was watched by an average audience of 6.5 million viewers, according to overnight viewing figures.
On a sunny day in parts of the UK, that was down from the eight million recorded by overnight figures on Matt Smith's show debut in April 2010.
The Impossible Astronaut had an average audience share of 36.7%. Figures peaked at seven million.
The episode featured aliens partly inspired by Edvard Munch's The Scream.
BBC One viewers watched as Smith's Doctor was reunited with Karen Gillan's Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill's Rory Williams and Alex Kingston's River Song in 1960s America.
While final consolidated viewing figures - which include playback on recording devices - will push ratings higher, The Impossible Astronaut is likely to be the least watched series opener since Doctor Who was relaunched in 2005.
The new episode was described by the Daily Telegraph as a "wordy episode which concentrated more on atmosphere than pace and visual thrills".
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Source: Barb consolidated figures
Thanks, in part to "fizzing dialogue" and "a great concept" for a new monster, it was "a cracking start" to the new series, the paper added.
The Los Angeles Times, reviewing the programme because it is shown on BBC America, said Smith had "screwed into this role good and tight", praising his Doctor as "an ancient child, an unstable mix of authority and impulsiveness".
But Kevin O'Sullivan, writing in the Sunday Mirror, said the episode was called The Impossible Astronaut because it was "impossible to understand" complaining that "this ball of all-round confusion was no way to start a series".
The episode had been written for "strictly sci-fi nerds only", he added.
Sladen starred as Sarah Jane Smith opposite Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, pictured, in Doctor Who
Saturday's episode began with a dedication to the memory of the late Doctor Who actress Elisabeth Sladen who died of cancer this week at the age of 63.
The actress also appeared in four series of spin-off show The Sarah Jane Adventures on children's channel CBBC, which began in 2007.
At the end of the The Impossible Astronaut, a tribute to Sladen - who starred opposite Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker as the Doctor's assistant between 1973 and 1976 - was screened on CBBC.
Saturday night's tribute featured Smith as well as his Doctor Who predecessor David Tennant.
Richard Milhous Nixon (1913 -1994) was the 37th President of the United States, in office from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he was the only US President to resign the office.
He is remembered by most as the President of the United States who came undone over the Watergate scandal. But a few recall him as the President who was involved in the incident of 'the big blue box in the Oval Office'.
In 1969, for a period of about two weeks, wherever Nixon was he received a mysterious call warning him about monsters and expressing fears about a spaceman. When the Doctor overheard him telling Canton Everett Delaware III about the calls it began a search which led from the White House to a mysterious set of tunnels hiding a dreadful secret...
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