Peter Capaldi is The Doctor! - Series 8! First Look!

The first image of Peter Capaldi filming series eight of Doctor Who has been unveiled.

The photo shows Capaldi as the new Doctor, still wearing the clothes sported by his predecessor Matt Smith, alongside his co-star Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald).

"New job, first day, slightly nervous," Capaldi said.

"Just like the Doctor, I'm emerging from the TARDIS into a whole other world."

Lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat added: "First the eyebrows! Then, at Christmas, the face!

"Coming soon, the whole Doctor. In the Cardiff studios, the Capaldi era begins."

Moffat has written the first episode of the series and Phil Ford the second. Both are directed by Sightseers filmmaker Ben Wheatley.

Source: Digital Spy

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Doctor Who topped Christmas iPlayer chart

Matt Smith's Doctor Who farewell topped the Christmas and New Year iPlayer charts, it has been revealed. The BBC's Head of iPlayer Dan Taylor has also confirmed that the catch-up service got its highest ever audience figures on New Year's Day with nearly 11 million requests.

"New Year's Day 2014 took the crown as iPlayer's best-ever day so far, with nearly 11 million requests for TV and radio programmes in one day alone (even excluding Sky and Virgin data)," writes Taylor.

"New Year's Day 2013 saw 8.1m so this is an impressive +35% increase."

The Top 7 iPlayer shows over the festive season all got 1 million requests and the Doctor Who Christmas special came close to topping 2 million.

BBC iPlayer's Top 10 over Christmas:

1. Doctor Who - The Time of the Doctor 1.964

2. EastEnders - 25 Dec 1.595

3. EastEnders - 26 Dec 1.380

4. Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special 1 1.364

5. EastEnders - 27 Dec 1.257

6. Call the Midwife Christmas Special 1.021

7. Gangsta Granny 1.016

8. EastEnders - 31 Dec 0.961

9. EastEnders - 30 Dec 0.937

10. EastEnders - 24 Dec 0.922

Source: Digital Spy

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Sherlock continues with 8.8 million on BBC One

Sherlock continued its third series with impressive ratings for BBC One on Sunday, overnight data reveals.

The second episode was down by around 400,000 viewers from New Year's Day, attracting 8.84 million (31.9%) at 8.30pm. However, it was still above the series two launch ratings of 8.75m in 2012.

Earlier, Celebrity Mastermind quizzed 4.52m (18.4%) at 7pm, while Antiques Roadshow interested 5.85m (23.0%) at 7.30pm.

On ITV, Dancing on Ice returned for its final series with 6.23m (25.6%) at 6.15pm, and an added 487k (1.9%) on +1. Its results show was seen by 5.64m (18.6%) at 8.30pm (181k/0.7%). This is down by over a million viewers from last year's launch, which attracted 7.77m viewers.

All Star Family Fortunes entertained 5.44m (21.4%) at 7.45pm (157k/0.6%), while All New It'll Be Alright on the Night appealed to 3.81m (14.0%) at 9pm (327k/1.7%).

BBC Two's Nature's Weirdest Events gathered 2.25m (8.3%) at 8pm. Dan Snow's Operation Grand Canyon was seen by 2.55m (9.3%) at 9pm, followed by a repeat of Charlie Brooker's 2013 Wipe with 952k (5.1%) at 10pm.

On Channel 4, Speed with Guy Martin brought in 1.63m (6.0%) at 8pm (201k/0.7%), while Cameron Diaz film Bad Teacher amused 1.91m (8.0%) at 9pm (548k/3.6%).

Channel 5's Miss Congeniality 2 attracted 1.04m (4.0%) at 6.45pm, while Celebrity Big Brother continued with 2.05m (7.5%) at 9pm (282k/1.5%).

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional

Source: Digital Spy

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Sherlock, Doctor Who & Broadchurch Nominated for NTA's

Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock), Matt Smith (Doctor Who), David Tennant (Broadchurch), Olivia Coleman (Broadchurch), Doctor Who & Broadchurch are all nominated for a National Television Award.

To see what they are nominated for and who they are up against see the shorlist below.

The National TV Awards nominations in full:

Talent Show
The X Factor
Strictly Come Dancing
Britain's Got Talent
Dancing on Ice
The Voice UK

Serial Drama
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks

Comedy
Derek
Mrs Brown's Boys
The Big Bang Theory
Miranda

Drama
Broadchurch
Call The Midwife
Downton Abbey
Doctor Who

Drama Performance
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
Matt Smith (Doctor Who)
Martin Clunes (Doc Martin)
Miranda Hart (Call The Midwife)

Factual Entertainment
The Great British Bake Off
Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs
An Idiot Abroad
Top Gear

Daytime
Pointless
The Chase
This Morning
The Jeremy Kyle Show

Newcomer
Khali Best (EastEnders)
Michelle Hardwick (Emmerdale)
Marc Baylis (Coronation Street)
Anna Passey (Hollyoaks)

Serial Drama Performance
David Neilson (Coronation Street)
Julie Hesmondhalgh (Coronation Street)
Jessie Wallace (EastEnders)
Michelle Keegan (Coronation Street)

Documentary Series
Educating Yorkshire
Paul O'Grady's Working Britain
Penguins - Spy in the Huddle
Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald

Entertainment Programme
I'm a Celebrity
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Celebrity Juice
The Graham Norton Show

Entertainment Presenter
Dermot O'Leary
Ant & Dec
Keith Lemon
Alan Carr
Graham Norton

TV Detective
David Tennant (Broadchurch)
Olivia Colman (Broadchurch)
Idris Elba (Luther)
Bradley Walsh (Law & Order UK)
Suranne Jones (Scott & Bailey)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)

The NTA's will take place on 22nd January at London's O2 Arena. Click here to Vote for your favourites.

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Arrow showrunner: 'We're not competing with Agents of SHIELD'

Arrow showrunner Andrew Kreisberg has said that his programme is not in competition with Marvel's Agents of SHIELD.

Kreisberg told TV Line that he feels no pressure for his DC Universe show to outperform Marvel's new television drama.

"We don't really feel like we're in competition with anybody else. We're only trying to outdo ourselves as we move forward," Kreisberg insisted.

The writer went on to say that he is encouraged to see so many comic books being adapted for television these days.

"I think all of us here - not just as writers but as viewers - are thrilled that we're in what feels like a golden age of comic book adaptations in both film and television," he said.

Kreisberg continued: "We're excited to be part of this real shift in the TV landscape that includes SHIELD and hopefully for next season Gotham and Constantine, and even the Daredevil show, which I'm really excited about.

"We really feel like a rising tide lifts all ships, so the more comic book adaptations the better!"

Arrow returns on January 15 on The CW in the US. Sky1 airs the programme in the UK.

Source: Digital Spy

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