Doctor Who has ousted Star Trek as the favourite cult TV programme, according to a poll of genre fans. It's the first time in 10 years that the Star Trek franchise has been demoted from top berth in an annual poll (http://www.cult.tv/index.php?cm_id=749&cm_type=article) of Cult TV Festival attendees.

Newcomers to the chart include SF serial Firefly (in with a bolt at number 16), 24 (22), and CSI (25). These mingle with traditional favourites such as Blake's 7 (5), The Avengers (7) and The Prisoner (8).

Saturday (17 June) marked the season finale of the revamped version of Doctor Who (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho), seen by an estimated 6.2m viewers on BBC1, a 41.8 per cent audience share. A BBC spokeswoman said (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4108472.stm) that figures were lower than previous episodes probably because warm weather kept many people away from their TVs. ®

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