Doctor Who 9x01 Title

At tonight's BFI screening of Last Christmas, the title for the ninth series premiere of Doctor Who was revealed to be The Magician's Apprentice.

BAFTA Cymru Holding Doctor Who Screenings

BAFTA Cymru will be holding screenings of Doctor Who episodes next month into January. Included will be an early screening of the season finale at the National Museum of Wales.

The programme of six events, devised and coordinated by Film Hub Wales and BAFTA Cymru, and hosted in partnership with BBC Cymru Wales and 6 key venues around the country, will offer fans of the series a chance to see monsters from key episodes of the cult classic on the big screen and hear from the creative team working on the series.

The events will be held between November 2014 and January 2015 and will be part of Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder, the BFI’s landmark season dedicated to cinema’s most spectacular genre, presented together with 02. Tickets will be available to BAFTA members and the general public.

The first event in the series, to be held in partnership with Chapter pop up cinema on 4 November at the landmark National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, will be a preview of Death in Heaven, the current season finale, which will be screened ahead of its broadcast on BBC One and will be attended by cast and crew.

The wider programme of events includes The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe at Ffwrnes in Llanelli on 1 December ; The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky at Scala Cinema and Arts Centre, Prestatyn on 12 December; The Unquiet Dead at the Savoy, in Monmouth on 12 January; ending with The Five Doctors on 27 January at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. An additional double bill screening of Mask of Mandragora and The Prisoner will be confirmed to take place in January at Theatr Harlech.

The events will each have a specific theme, focusing on one creative department within the Doctor Who production team.

Tickets can be bought from the following venues starting at £8.

Doctor Who: Death in Heaven
Tuesday 4th November 7pm
Reardon Smith Theatre, Cardiff
www.chapter.org/doctorwho
029 2030 4400

Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
Monday 1st December at 7pm
Theatr Ffwrnes, Llanelli
www.theatrausirgar.co.uk
0845 2263510

Doctor Who: The Sontaran Stratagem & The Poison Sky
Tuesday 16th December 7pm
Scala Cinema and Arts Centre, Denbighshire
www.scalaprestatyn.co.uk
01745 850197

Doctor Who: The Unquiet Dead
Monday 12th January 7pm
Monmouth Savoy Theatre, Monmouth
www.monmouth-savoy.co.uk
01600 772467

Doctor Who: Doctor Who Masque of Mandragora & The Prisoner
Saturday 17th January at 7pm
Theatr Harlech, Snowdonia
www.theatrharlech.com
01766 780667

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Tuesday 27th January at 7pm
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth
www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk
01970 623232

Deep Breath BFI Q&A

The BFI has just uploaded the video of the Q&A session that took place after their screening of Deep Breath on August 7.

London Screening of Deep Breath

Deep Breath will be screened in London at the BFI as part of the World Tour.

Deep Breath, Peter Capaldi’s first full episode as the Doctor, will be screened to fans at the BFI Southbank on Thursday 7 August at 6.30pm, ahead of the BFI’s next major season – Sci-fi – Days of Fear and Wonder.

The screening of the feature-length series 8 premiere will be accompanied by a panel Q&A with cast and production team members.

Tickets will cost £16 / £12 concessions (BFI Members pay £1.50 less).

Tickets to this event will be balloted to ensure the fairest allocation of tickets possible. Fans can apply for up to two paid tickets online before the ballot closes 8.30pm on Sunday 20 July.

All applicants will be informed if they’ve been successful by Thursday 24 July. Any unclaimed ballot tickets will go on general sale at 11.30am on Monday 28 July. Find full details at bfi.org.uk/southbank

For more information and to buy tickets, click here.

Synopsis and Screening for The Empty Hearse

A synopsis for the first episode of Sherlock series 3, along with details for a screening have been released. The episode will be shown at the BFI on Sunday, December 15th at 1pm, followed by a Q&A session with the cast and crew. No details are yet known as to when it will be shown on BBC One, but it will air on PBS Masterpiece in the US on January 19th.

Synopsis

Two years after the devastating events of "The Reichenbach Fall", John appears to have got on with his life. New horizons and romance beckon. But, with London under threat of a devastating terrorist attack, Sherlock is about to take John at his word, staging his resurrection with all the theatricality that comes so naturally to him. If Sherlock thinks everything will be just as he left it, though, he's in for a very big surprise...

Eccleston on 100th Anniversary

Christopher Eccleston sent a message to the BFI's screening celebrating the ninth Doctor.

I love the BFI. I love the Doctor and hope you enjoy this presentation. Joe Ahearne directed five of the 13 episodes of the first series. He understood the tone the show needed completely – strong, bold, pacy visuals coupled with wit, warmth and a twinkle in the performances. If Joe agrees to direct the 100th anniversary special, I will bring my sonic and a stair-lift and – providing the Daleks don’t bring theirs – I, the ninth Doctor, vow to save the universe and all you apes in it.

Christopher was famous for quitting Doctor Who after filming one season. He has also denied involvement in the 50th Anniversary. Perhaps part of his reason for lack of involvement has been that Ahearne has not directed any more episodes. If so, perhaps he could be coaxed back for the 60th Anniversary (I doubt he'll survive to the 100th) by promises of Ahearne directing.