ABC Confirms Class Date

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has confirmed their air dates for season one of Class. The show will air on ABC2 on October 24 and on their iView service the 22nd.

#ICYMI: The #DoctorWho spin-off @bbcclass is coming to @ABC2 on 24 October & @abciview on 22 October #ClassDW pic.twitter.com/iVSleHK85d

— ABC2 (@ABC2) September 26, 2016

Doctor Who Festival Australia Announced

The BBC has announced that the official Doctor Who Festival will be having a second venue in Sydney, Australia at the Royal Hall of Industries and Horndern Pavillion. The event will take place on the weekend of November 21-22 with Peter Capaldi and Steven Moffat in attendance, along with others yet to be announced. Tickets cost $195 for adults and $99 for children 16 and under. There is also TARDIS package that goes for $395 for adults and $295 for children, though they don't say what it includes. Both packages go on sale July 6 at 11am.

Age of Ultron International TV Spot

A new TV spot for Avengers: Age of Ultron has been making the rounds in Australia.

DW World Tour: Sydney & Seoul Details

BBC Worldwide has released details on the events in Sydney and Seoul that are part of the Doctor Who World Tour.

Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi and his onscreen companion Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) will be live on stage at the State Theatre, Sydney for a one-time-only fan event on Tuesday 12 August.

Following on from last year's smash-hit 50th anniversary celebrations for Doctor Who, BBC Worldwide is thrilled to be bringing the stars of the show to Australia as part of a major global tour to launch the latest series and introduce fans to the new Doctor.

Join the stars for an exclusive Q&A hosted by long-time Doctor Who fan, Adam Spencer, and be the first in Australia to see Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor with a special screening of the feature-length premiere episode of the new series. Fans will also be given the opportunity to put some of their own questions to the stars.

Doctor Who: The World Tour will see Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman circumnavigate the globe, visiting seven cities across five continents in 12 days. The tour will kick off in Cardiff, Wales on August 7, before heading to London (UK), Seoul (South Korea), Sydney (Australia), New York (US), Mexico City (Mexico) and finishing in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) on August 19.

Says Helen Pendlebury, Head of Live Entertainment, BBC Worldwide Australia & New Zealand: "Australia has some of the most passionate Doctor Who fans in the world and we are delighted to offer them access to the Twelfth Doctor and his companion when they visit Sydney as part of Doctor Who: The World Tour."

Sign-up to www.doctorwho.tv/worldtour for pre-sale information.

Tickets will be available for general sale through Ticketmaster from 11.00am on Monday 21 July.

For further information please contact Phoebe Price, Communications Executive, BBC Worldwide ANZ 02 9744 4507| 0403 457 533 | phoebe.price@bbc.com

Seoul is the first city for the world tour with main actor and actress from Doctor Who on 9th of August.

BBC Worldwide today announced that the very first Doctor Who Global Publicity Tour will land in Seoul on Saturday, August the 9th. Korea is the first stop in the major global publicity tour to launch the new series of Doctor Who and introduce Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor.

The twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi and the Doctor’s on-screen companion, played by Jenna Coleman will land in Korea on 9 August and will spend the day with Korean fans and media.

The fan event will take place at IFC mall on the 9th and will start with a special fan screening of the new season's first episode. After the screening, Peter and Jenna will meet with Korean Doctor Who fans. The fan meeting will take place at 5.00pm at the atrium of the mall and is open to all.

To celebrate the Korea stop of Doctor Who: The World Tour, there will be competitions where fans can win tickets to the screenings that will take place in multiple cinemas. More information about these competitions will be released later this week. Fans can follow @doctorwho_kor on twitter for details.

Peter Capaldi has commented on his excitement ahead of the tour: “It’s fantastic that so many people across the world love Doctor Who. After 8 months solid filming deep in the world of monsters, Jenna and I are thrilled to be heading for the Planet of Fans”.

Doctor Who: The World Tour will begin in the UK on August 7th and finish in Brazil on August 19th. It will see Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi, on-screen companion Jenna Coleman, visit 7 cities across 5 continents in 12 days to take part in a series of media and fan engagements to publicise the show’s forthcoming Series 8 to a global audience. The tour marks the largest ever promotional undertaking in Doctor Who’s 50-year history and will kick off in Cardiff, Wales before taking in London (UK), Seoul (South Korea), Sydney (Australia), New York (US), Mexico City (Mexico) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

Fans can get more details of the global itinerary at www.doctorwho.tv/worldtour as well as reports from the tour as it happens, which fans everywhere will be able to enjoy across social and digital platforms. In Korea, fans will be able to follow on activities on twitter on @doctorwho_kor.

For more information:
Korea
이지인 jiin.lee@pressync.net  / 02-514-3788 / 010-4488-2812
김희승 pr@presstnc.net  / 02-514-3788 / 010-4176-0661

Singapore
Jeanne Leong Jeanne.Leong@bbc.com/ +65 68495292

Info on 3D Cinema Screening of The Day of the Doctor

BBC Worldwide have released details of the cinema screenings of The Day of the Doctor. So far, 400 cinemas in 8 countries have signed up to show the episode in 3D.

Hundreds of thousands of fans across the UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Germany, and Russia will gather to watch on the big screen at the same time as millions of TV viewers worldwide.

The celebrations will cross the equator with screenings to be held in 106 cinemas in Australia and New Zealand.

BBC Worldwide today announces that the special 50th Anniversary episode of Doctor Who will also be screened in 3D in cinemas across the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada, Germany, and Russia at the same time as the UK TV broadcast on BBC One on 23rd November 2013, with more countries to be confirmed within the next few weeks.

In addition to the global TV broadcast, hundreds of cinemas in the UK and around the world are also confirming their plans to screen the hotly anticipated special episode simultaneously in full 3D, giving fans another unique opportunity to be part of a truly global celebration for the iconic British drama series. 216 VUE, Cineworld, Odeon, BFI and Picturehouse cinemas in the UK and Ireland have already confirmed their participation, with tickets for the anniversary screening set to go on sale this Friday October 25th at 9am. Locations include London, Birmingham, Belfast, Dublin, Liverpool, Cardiff, and Edinburgh.

Internationally, German, Russian, American, and Canadian fans will gather in cinemas to enjoy the simulcast release, approximately 30 cinemas in Germany will screen the special and up to 50 theatres will debut it in Russia. The celebrations will cross time zones travelling over the equator to New Zealand and Australia where fans will have a choice of 106 cinemas across both countries to view the episode in 3D on the big screen on the 24th November following the simulcast TV broadcast earlier in the morning.

Map of cinema screenings can be found here (note: map does not include US and Canada)

Asylum of the Daleks to Air in Australia on September 8th

Asylum of the Daleks will air in Australia on September 8th at 7:30pm on ABC1.