Bookmark and Share BBC Competition: Win Series 6 on Blu-Ray

12/29/2011 12:48:00 pm - Posted by Chuck Foster

The BBC Doctor Who page on Facebook are running a competition for one lucky winner to win the Complete Series 6 Boxed Set on Blu-ray, plus a 32" HDTV and Blu-ray player to watch it on!


The competition is open to residents of the United Kingdom who are eighteen years of age or over; in order to enter simply ensure you "Like" the Doctor Who page, and then provide your name, address and other contact details via the competition entry form by 2nd January 2012.


The winner will be announced the week after closing date.




You can find the full terms and conditions for the competition here.

Please note that in order to enter this competition you must be a registered user of Facebook, and allow access to the Softwind Competitions! application.

Bookmark and Share Win Doctor Who Series 6 Soundtrack

12/16/2011 08:25:00 pm - Posted by Anonymous

Doctor Who News is offering readers the chance to win a copy of Doctor Who: Series 6 by Murray Gold, Ben Foster and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Doctor Who: Series 6 (Original Television Soundtrack)
Music written by Murray Gold, performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conducted by Ben Foster

The original music from Doctor Who Series 6. Murray Gold's amazing music for Doctor Who goes from strength to strength. The seventh Doctor Who release of Murray Gold's exhilarating music looks sets to follow in the footsteps of its predecessors which have scored outstanding sales and chart positions including three of the titles featuring in the top 75 UK Album Chart.

Released: 19th December 2011

(available to pre-order now from our Amazon Shop)
We have three copies of the CD up for grabs courtesy of Silva Screen Records. To be in for a chance of winning the competition, simply complete the following verse from the nursery rhyme which was played during the final seconds of Closing Time:

Tick, tock, goes the clock, he cradled and he rocked her.
Tick, tock, goes the clock, ________________________.

Send your answer with your name and address to us at s6cd-competition@doctorwhonews.net, with the subject line Series 6 CD Competition.

This competition closed on the 23rd December 2011

Bookmark and Share BBC America Giveaway

12/13/2011 12:42:00 pm - Posted by Marcus

This competition has now closed.

The winner was James Bolander, from Crescent City, California.

The correct answers were the name of the fictional lake in North America where the Eleventh Doctor lost his life was Lake Silencio, and the name of the lake where the scenes were filmed was Lake Powell AZ.


The BBC America shop is offering one lucky reader of the Doctor Who News Page a bumper giveaway package featuring merchandise from the series.

The store is inviting fans of their shows to consider BBCAmericaShop.com while looking for great gift ideas during this holiday season.

To help promote the merchandise they are offering prizes in a competition where the winner will receive the following: Doctor Who Series Six, Part One and Part Two, a Doctor Who Tardis Mini Set, Doctor Who Suit Shirt, Doctor Who Talking Pen, action figure and playset.

All you need to do is to tell us the name of the fictional lake in North America where the Eleventh Doctor lost his life and the name of the lake where the scenes were filmed.

To enter send you answers to bbcamerica-competition@doctorwhonews.net

Please note we can only accept entries from people living in the United States. Closing date is 26th December 2011.

Bookmark and Share Christmas Competition

12/10/2011 12:03:00 am - Posted by Chuck Foster

This competition has now closed. Doctor Who News is offering readers a chance to win the Eleven Doctors Action Figure Collector Set, in our Christmas Competition.

The set includes 5-inch action figures of each of the Eleven Doctors.

Five Gift sets are up for grabs.

To be in with a chance of winning, simply tell us your prediction for the total BBC One audience, to the nearest 10,000 viewers, for the Christmas Day showing of The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe.

Just to clarify, we are looking for the final confirmed audience as published by BARB in January. This figure includes those who record the programme and watch it within one week and it includes those watching on BBC One HD. It does not include those watching on iPlayer.

To help you estimate the figure, ratings for the previous episodes of Doctor Who transmitted on Christmas Day were:

1965 - 5.50pm - The Feast of Steven - 7.90 million
2005 - 7.00pm - The Christmas Invasion - 9.84 million
2006 - 7.00pm - The Runaway Bride - 9.30 million
2007 - 6.50pm - Voyage of the Damned - 13.31 million
2008 - 6.00pm - The Next Doctor - 13.10 million
2009 - 6.00pm - The End of Time Part One - 12.04 million
2010 - 6.00pm - A Christmas Carol - 12.11 million


This year's story is broadcast at 7:00pm and faces opposition on ITV1 from All Star Family Fortunes Christmas Special.

Entries should be sent to us at xmas-competition@doctorwhonews.net - please include your answer, name, address and daytime contact number.

Only one entry is allowed per person.

Entries must be received by 7:00pm, 25th December 2011 UK Time.
(posted by Marcus)