BBC Worldwide have announced more details of the global theatrical screenings of the Doctor Who Series 8 debut episode, Deep Breath; check out the deets below.
UK & IRELAND
To celebrate the launch of
Doctor Who Series 8, an exclusive cinema event will take place at London's Odeon, Leicester Square on August 23rd with some very special guests in attendance. This one-off event will feature a ‘never seen before’ 5 minute video from an upcoming
Doctor Who DVD release and a special 10 minute behind-the-scenes of Episode 1 feature (also available on the BBC Red Button and BBC iPlayer), followed by a Q&A with the guest stars that will be streamed LIVE into participating cinemas across the UK and Ireland.
A limited number of tickets for the Leicester Square Cinema Event will be available to the public and can be purchased from
HERE, on Friday 1st August at 10am. Cinema tickets for other participating cinemas will go on sale Friday 1st August from 11am.
More information regarding cinemas screening the episode and showing the live stream of the Q&A from the Leicester Square Cinema Event will be made available from
doctorwho.tv/watch/cinema.
Deep Breath airs on BBC One on Aug 23, time TBC.
US
BBC America have announced today that comedian and superfan Chris Hardwick will host Doctor Who: Live Pre-Show at 7:30pm ET and Doctor Who: After Who Live at 11:00pm ET
on August 23. The pre-show and post-show will feature an array of
guests in the studio including writer and actor Mark Gatiss along with
exclusive behind-the-scenes footage.
There will also be two days of theatrical screening events of
Deep Breath
in the U.S. This electrifying episode will be shown in select cinemas
across the U.S. and will also include 15 minutes of cinema exclusive
bonus content.
On Saturday, August 23 at midnight, there will be 12 theatrical
events in 12 cities at 12am/midnight to celebrate the launch of the new
season. More information will be announced on August 5 at
www.FathomEvents.com.
On Monday, August 25, the celebration goes nationwide with two
showings at 7:00pm and 9:30pm (local time). The event will be presented
in more than 550 select movie theaters around the country through
Fathom’s Digital Broadcast Network. Tickets are now available for
Deep Breath at participating theater box offices and online at
www.FathomEvents.com.
Deep Breath airs Saturday, August 23, 8:00pm ET on BBC America.
CANADA
Cineplex.com have the details on where the showings are
HERE.
Deep Breath airs Saturday, August 23 on SPACE.
GERMANY
Cinemaxx have the details on where the showings are
HERE.
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