The BBC have confirmed that Classic Series villain, The Zygons, are returning to Doctor Who for the show’s 50th Anniversary Special.
Aside from flashbacks these malevolent shape-shifters have only appeared once before, threatening Earth in the Fourth Doctor adventure, Terror of the Zygons.
Despite the fact that their solitary outing was over thirty years ago they remain a popular old enemy and in the 2010 episode, The Pandorica Opens, they were amongst the massed aliens said to be gathering above Stonehenge.
Later, in The Power of Three, we learnt that Zygons had one of their ships under the Savoy Hotel in 1890 and apparently replaced half the staff with imposters! But this time they really are back…
A promotional image (pictured-right) has been released showing the updated Zygon on set.
More 50th Anniversary related announcements will be made shortly...
[Source: BBC]
The overnight viewing figures are in for 7.4: The Power of Three.
The episode achieved a figure of 5.5m viewers, with an audience share of 25.6%, and Doctor Who was the second most-watched programme for Saturday, winning its time-slot for the evening.
Top Overnights - Saturday 15th September:
1 - 8.2m - (35.7%) - The X Factor - 20:15 - ITV1
2 - 5.5m - (25.6%) - Doctor Who - 19:30 - BBC One
3 - 4.0m - (17.7%) - Casualty - 21:15 - BBC One
Final BARB ratings will be available within the next 10 days.
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[Source: Andy Parish]
The BBC have released more promotional poster images for the first half of Series 7 of Doctor Who:
+ 7.1: Asylum of the Daleks airs this Saturday at 7:20pm on BBC One.
[Source: BBC Pictures]
