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The BBC have released two new trailers for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor, you can watch the first one above and the second below. Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor will broadcast on Saturday 23rd November at 7:50pm GMT on BBC One, BBC One HD and select cinemas worldwide.
In other news, a new mini Doctor Who episode titled The Night of the Doctor is set to premiere next Saturday (16th November) on BBC Red Button, the synopsis follows:
The 50th Anniversary features Matt Smith, David Tennant and a mysterious incarnation played by John Hurt. Only one appears in this mini episode, The Night of the Doctor. But which?
A special preview clip from an opening sequence of the anniversary special is also set to appear on BBC Children in Need night, which airs live from the BBC Television Centre on Friday 15th November from 7:00pm on BBC One and BBC One HD.
The first official preview from the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor has been released today! You can watch it above, but please be aware of spoilers. Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor will broadcast on Saturday 23rd November at the now-confirmed time of 7:50pm GMT on BBC One, BBC One HD, and select cinemas worldwide. BBC Three have also announced that a live broadcast titled Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty is to air on the channel after the anniversary's broadcast at 9:05pm.
A round-up of the latest Doctor Who news:
THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR - NEW PROMO
A new promo asking people to show their support for the upcoming Doctor Who 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor is currently airing on various BBC channels between show breaks, you can watch it above. Read on for further details from the campaign:
The Doctor likes a hashtag. Conversations across the universe all held together by tiny little pins of chattery topics. Show your support for the Doctor with hashtag #SaveTheDay to build the new digital Tardis and help to unlock sneak peeks from the 50th anniversary episode, The Day of the Doctor.
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor will broadcast on Saturday 23rd November on BBC One, BBC One HD and select cinemas worldwide, a time is still to be confirmed.
AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME - DVD COVER & DETAILS
BBC DVD have revealed the cover and details of the An Adventure in Space and Time DVD set, read on for further details:
AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME - by Mark Gatiss
This fantastic one-off drama travels back in time to 1963 to see how the beloved Doctor Who was first brought to the screen.
Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles. Wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry’s glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama, time travel and monsters!
Allied with a team of brilliant people, they went on to create the longest-running science fiction series ever, now celebrating its 50th anniversary.
An Adventure in Space and Time is written by Mark Gatiss, executive produced by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat and Caroline Skinner and directed by Terry McDonough. David Bradley (Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Broadchurch) plays the lead role of William Hartnell while Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife, The Woman in Black) co-stars as the first ever producer of Doctor Who, Verity Lambert.
The stellar cast is joined by Sacha Dhawan (Waris Hussein), Lesley Manville (Heather Hartnell), and Brian Cox (Sydney Newman). A must see drama for all doctor who and drama fans alike.
DVD extras include:
• Leaflet featuring programme images and an exclusive foreword by writer and executive producer Mark Gatiss
• William Hartnell: The Original
• The Making of An Adventure - narrated by Carole Ann Ford
• Reconstructions:
- Scenes from An Unearthly Child and the pilot
- Regenerations
- Farewell to Susan
- Festive Greeting
- The Title Sequences
- Deleted Scenes
- The Radiophonic Workshop
- Verity's Leaving Party
An Adventure in Space in Time DVD is on sale from 3rd December at all good DVD stores priced £13.99 per copy. The program is set to air on BBC Two and BBC Two HD on Thursday 21st Novemeber at 9:00pm
THE SCIENCE OF DOCTOR WHO - TRAILER
A trailer advertising the one-off program investigating the science of Doctor Who, presented by Professor Brian Cox, is currently airing on various BBC channels in between show breaks, you can watch it above. The Science of Doctor Who will broadcast next Thursday (14th November) at 9:00pm on BBC Two and BBC Two HD.
The cover and details of this fortnight's edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine:
IN ISSUE 333...
Exclusive Doctors Interview!
Brilliant Comics!
Monster Attack Facts!
Special 50th Ep Preview!
Cool Posters!
Auton Alert!
FREE GIFT: Christmas has come early with this alien-packed advent calendar. There's a monster behind every door!
Issue 333 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 26th November priced £2.99 per copy. In other news: The BBC have confirmed that the official trailer advertising the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor will premiere this Saturday (9th November) at 8:00pm on BBC One and BBC One HD.
Puffin have revealed the cover and synopsis of the eleventh and final edition of their ebooks celebrating the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, read on for further details:
NOTHING O'CLOCK - by Neil Gaiman
Thousands of years ago, Time Lords built a Prison for the Kin. They made it utterly impregnable and unreachable. As long as Time Lords existed, the Kin would be trapped forever and the universe would be safe. They had planned for everything… everything, that is, other than the Time War and the fall of Gallifrey. Now the Kin are free again and there’s only one Time Lord left in the universe who can stop them!
Doctor Who: Nothing O'Clock will be released on 21st November onto all good digital media outlets priced £1.99 per download and will be available as a physical paperpack later this month to co-elide with Doctor Who's 50th anniversary, more information coming soon. In other news: Doctor Who has won the award for Best British Show from BBC Radio 1's 2013 Teen Awards last Sunday.
The BBC Media Centre has released the official synopsis of the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special:
THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR - by Steven Moffat
The Doctors embark on their greatest adventure in this 50th anniversary special. In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London’s National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor’s own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor will broadcast on Saturday 23rd November on BBC One, BBC One HD and select cinemas worldwide, a time is yet to be confirmed.
More details have been announced about the Doctor Who 50th anniversary celebration event taking place at ExCel London later this month, read on for further details:
With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who now less than a month away, BBC Worldwide is delighted to announce that over 40 additional guests from the classic era of Doctor Who have been added to the bill for the Doctor Who 50th celebration which takes place at ExCeL London over the anniversary weekend.
They will join current Doctor Matt Smith and former Doctors Tom Baker, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy at the ultimate anniversary event, which will welcome over 20,000 fans of the world’s favourite Time Lord to the venue in east London.
First on the list of new names is Peter Davison, who played the role of the fifth Doctor from 1981-1984. Joining Peter at the event over the anniversary weekend will be cast from throughout the 50 year history of the show including the director of An Unearthly Child (the first episode of Doctor Who), Waris Hussein. William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, who starred as companions Ian and Susan alongside the first Doctor - William Hartnell - will be attending on Saturday 23 November.
Dick Mills (BBC Radiophonic Workshop), Mike Tucker and Mat Irvine (Classic Era Visual Effects) will also be on hand to facilitate some of the special features at the Celebration, which will be announced in more detail soon.
The Doctor Who 50th celebration’s opening hours will also be extended on Saturday evening so visitors can enjoy a free 2D simulcast screening of The Day of the Doctor together. Saturday attendees will be emailed shortly with details about how they can reserve a seat. Visitors should note that the screening will have limited availability and tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
ADDITIONAL LINE-UP:
Friday 22nd November
Waris Hussein, Anneke Wills, Kate O’Mara, Richard Franklin, Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton, Terry Molloy, Gabriel Woolf, Barry Newbery, Michael Ferguson, Fiona Walker, Fiona Cumming and Ian Fraser.
Saturday 23rd November
Janet Fielding, Louise Jameson, Yee Jee Tso, Katy Manning, Carole Ann Ford, Geoffrey Beevers, Frazer Hines, William Russell, Nicola Bryant, Deborah Watling, Sophie Aldred, Daphne Ashbrook, David Collings, Terrance Dicks, and June Hudson.
Sunday 24th November
Peter Purves, Mark Strickson, Bonnie Langford, John Leeson, Lalla Ward, Wendy Padbury, Maureen O’Brien, Michael Kilgarriff, Julian Glover, Stephen Thorne, David Graham, Donald Tosh, Anthony Read, Andrew Morgan and Andrew Cartmel.
For tickets, there is an option to purchase a limited edition Tardis ticket. This ticket guarantees front row seats to the theatre shows, a private lounge for use all day, drinks and light refreshments and a special goodie bag with exclusive merchandise which can be collected on the day guests attend.
Tardis tickets are priced at £95.50 for adults, £44.25 for children and £218 for a family. To ensure every visitor gets access to the best experience, when buying tickets online you will have the option to choose one of two streams - Ice Warrior or Weeping Angel - which will reserve each guest a seat for that day’s shows in the theatre.
