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BBC Abandons Generative AI for Doctor Who!

BBC Abandons Generative AI for Doctor Who!

Summary of complaint: The BBC has received complaints about reports that it is exploring generative AI in Doctor Who promotion. BBC response: As part of a small trial, marketing teams used generative AI technology to help draft some text for two promotional emails and mobile notifications to highlight Doctor Who programming available on the BBC.  We followed all BBC editorial compliance processes and the final text was verified and signed-off by a member of the marketing team before it was sent. We have…

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Steven Moffat Returns To Doctor Who!

Steven Moffat Returns To Doctor Who!

Yes, okay, fair enough – apologies to everyone I’ve very slightly misled – I am in fact writing an episode of the series of Doctor Who. Exactly like I said I never would. What can I tell you? There was begging, there was pleading but finally Russell agreed to let me have another go – so long as I got out of his garden. — Steven Moffat Former Showrunner Steven Moffat makes an explosive return to the new series of…

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Doctor Who is set to make an explosive return on 11 May!

Doctor Who is set to make an explosive return on 11 May!

Doctor Who is set to make an explosive return on 11 May. The TARDIS will make its global premiere around the Whoniverse and for those in the UK, for the first time ever, the Doctor will land with two episodes premiering on BBC iPlayer at 00:00  on Saturday, before arriving on BBC One later that day right before the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final. At the same time, those outside of the UK can watch the Doctor and Ruby on their epic adventures…

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BBC is exploring generative AI to increase experimentation and improve Doctor Who promotion!

BBC is exploring generative AI to increase experimentation and improve Doctor Who promotion!

Experimentation is at the heart of how we approach marketing at the BBC. Testing and learning on how we let audiences know what BBC content is most relevant to them and we know they might love underpins our digital marketing strategy. However, experimentation in marketing typically requires more time spent on the creative work to make extra assets. Generative AI offers a great opportunity to speed up making the extra assets to get more experiments live for more content that…

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Pamela Salem: 1944 – 2024

Pamela Salem: 1944 – 2024

The Gallifreyan Newsroom is sad to report the death of actress Pamela Salem who died yesterday 21st February 2024 at her home in Florida. Pamela will be well known to Doctor Who fans for starring in two adventures as Toos in The Robots of Death (1977) and as Professor Rachel Jensen in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988), a role she reprised for Big Finish Productions’ officially licensed audio drama spin-off series Counter Measures. She was also heard as one of the many voices of…

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A Doctor Who audio drama podcast is coming March 2024

A Doctor Who audio drama podcast is coming March 2024

Coming March 2024, this weekly podcast will present stories in episodic instalments released weekly on Saturdays – like the original serialised broadcast of classic Doctor Who stories on the BBC. Since 1999, Big Finish Productions has been producing full-cast audio adventures set in the world of Doctor Who. Featuring specially composed music and cinematic sound effects, these stories are officially licensed by the BBC and star original cast members of the TV series. To mark 25 years of this output,…

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Michael Jayston: 1935-2024

Michael Jayston: 1935-2024

The Gallifreyan Newsroom has just recieved the sad news about the passing of actor Michael Jayson.  Tributes have been pouring in from the Doctor Who Community! My dear dear friend, Michael Jayston has left us today. I am absolutely devastated. He was warm witty, clever naughty and a very fine actor & wonderful man. My thoughts and love go to his wife Ann and daughter Katie. Heartbroken Goodbye my friend — Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) February 5, 2024 I just got…

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Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road Takes Silver on Christmas Day

Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road Takes Silver on Christmas Day

A lot has changed since official figures came in. #CallTheMidwife is now the most-watched on the 25th December as a HUGE 3.3m caught up in the week after. #DoctorWho rose to 2nd place with another huge addition! #Ghosts finalised with a great 6.62m! Consolidated, The Church On Ruby Road has overtaken both The King and Strictly Come Dancing to become the 2nd most-watched programme on Christmas Day with 7,487,000. Call The Midwife, also broadcast on Christmas Day, was just ahead…

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Doctor Who drives record-breaking festive viewing on BBC iPlayer

Doctor Who drives record-breaking festive viewing on BBC iPlayer

The BBC has released the viewing figures for Doctor Who over the festive period, and has revealed the sci-fi show from 2005 onwards was watched a whopping 10.01 million times. During the Christmas week (25th December to 31st December), viewers all flocked to iPlayer and set a new all-time record, according to the BBC. The Doctor Who Christmas special, The Church on Ruby Road, was the fifth most watched series throughout the BBC’s festive fortnight. It received 1.79 million streams over the festive period, which saw the…

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Doctor Who Spin Off Series Nears Production!

Doctor Who Spin Off Series Nears Production!

As we enter a new era of Doctor Who, we know that some spin-offs are on their way – and a new report on Production List suggests that one of them will begin production very soon. An entry on the website suggests that a spin-off, titled “The War Between the Land and the Sea“, will start shooting on 4th March 2024. The series is specifically listed as a Doctor Who spin-off and the entry states it will feature the Sea Devils. The iconic monsters first…

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