The Eleventh Hour and the Beast Below BARB Final ratings

The Eleventh Hour BARB Figures:

BARB have released the finalized viewing figures for The Eleventh Hour, revealing that the Series 5 opener was watched by an official audience of 10.8million. The overnight ratings for the episode were just  8.3m million viewers but after adding up we have the final figure.

The Beast Below BARB Figures:

 BARB have released the finalized ratings for The Beast Below, revealing that Series 5’s second episode was watched by an official audience of 8.42million. The overnight figures for the episode were a low 6.4million but after adding up we have the final figures.

The Beast Below Review *** 1/2 (Three and a Half Stars)

Best bit: The Star Whale  flying the people of Starship UK through space because it wanted too. Awwww...

Worst bit:The Smiler/Humans what was the point of that?

Best Character: Liz Ten! "I'm the bloody queen mate!" 

Line of the episode: The Doctor: Sorry, checking all the water in this area; there's an escaped fish.

 So we're off and straight into the action with a trip into the far future on board the Starship UK. My rating may seem a bit low but i gave last weeks four stars and i didnt think it was as good so thats why. Anyway first off the story and basically its a bit like Torchwood's Meat crossed with Doctor Who's Gridlock. In Meat some dodgy butchers were using a space whale as a food product and selling it off and a simular theme in The Beast Below was the Star Whale being used for human needs.The Gridlock connection is just the beast being hidden like the Macra and lots of people oblivious to whats going on. Also i got a feeling of Planet Of the Ood with the whole brain buisness and the sound the beast was making. I mean it was a good story but i think there were a few missed oportunities like futher exploration of the ship and a few more action scenes. Now onto characters and Liz Ten was brilliant! I also liked the little girl helping The Doctor and Amy and it seems to be a bit of a theme to the series. The Smilers were seriously underused and they werent as scary as they could have been. The Star Whale was the highlight for me. I felt sad  for it and we hadnt even seen it properly at that stage. I thought it ws brilliant the parallels between it and The Doctor helping people in need. A nice ending with Amy truly understanding The Doctor better than any other companion and another crack ( not that kind of crack ) sighting! So next week the daleks are back and its going to be brilliant! Until then GERONIMOOOOO (Told you i'd get a catchphrase i know its The Doctors but too bad its mine now!)

Read my review for The Eleventh Hour here!

The Beast Below Overnight ratings

Last night’s broadcast of The Beast Below was watched on BBC One by an audience of 6.4million, with an additional 330,000 tuning in in HD.When the figures are added together, the episode has an overnight rating of around 6.7million, making it the most watched programme of the day with an audience share of 34%. Final BARB figures will be released later this month. A bit if a drop in ratings maybe it was the good weather? Source

The Beast Below Tonight!

 Feels wierd having another episode after last years specials year! so here it is the second episode the Beast Below and i think its going to be much better than last weeks and that one was fab.So tune in at 6:15pm BBC1 for Smilers, Keys, Magpie electricals, a masked woman, slime and probibly a beast. Dont forget Confidential straight after too. Enjoy!

The Beast Below Preview Clip

Thanks to Vortex for the clip.

The Beast Below Trailers Radio and TV

The Best Below Preview 10/4/10

Here is the second in a series of info round ups which will have all new information about the eagerly anticipated new series.This time we take a look at the episode the second episode of the series which takes place in the far future....

Starring:

The Doctor - Matt Smith

Amy Pond - Karen Gillan

Masked Woman - Sophie Okonedo

Hawthorne - Terrence Hardiman

Morgan - Christopher Good

Timmy - Alfie Field

Peter - David Ajala

Synopsis:

The Doctor takes Amy to the distant future, where she finds Britain in space. Starship UK houses the future of the British people, as they search the stars for a new home. But as Amy explores, she encounters the terrifying Smilers and learns a deadly truth inside the Voting Booth.Written by Steven Moffat.

Info and Rumours:

1.The sinister 'Smilers' will appear in this episode, as confirmed in DWM Issue 419.

2.It was originally rumoured that Sophie Okonedo was to play the character called "Liz Ten" which then was rumoured to be "Queen Elizabeth X". Sophie Okonedo has now been confirmed to play The Masked Woman, So whether Sophie Okonedo is still meant to be "Liz Ten" or another actor to play this, is still to be revealed.
3.The Beast Below was the third story to be filmed of Series 5, and  make up the first of two stories to be shot in Block 2.

4.All lot of the scenes were filmed at the Upper Boat studios in Cardiff.