Last Christmas Available on iTunes

This year's Doctor Who Christmas special, Last Christmas, is now available to order on iTunes. The season pass is priced US$4.99 and also includes Earth Conquest, which aired last August as a recap of the world tour. The individual episode should cost the usual $2.99 for HD and a dollar less for SD.

Rio Q&A Highlights

The BBC has uploaded the highlights from the final World Tour panel in Rio de Janeiro.

Mexico City Q&A Highlights

Here are the highlights from the World Tour panel in Mexico City earlier this week.

Drone Cam in Rio

The BBC have used a drone to capture footage of Peter and Jenna at the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.

NYC Deep Breath Screening Highlights

The BBC has released a video with highlights from yesterday's screening of Deep Breath in New York.

Sydney Q&A Highlights

The BBC has posted the highlights from the Q&A session at the Sydney part of the World Tour. The BBC has decided against posting livestreams, due to fan requests that the panels take place after the screenings of Deep Breath (which means they contain spoilers).

World Tour Events to be Streamed Online

BBC Worldwide has announced that it will be streaming events from the Doctor Who World Tour online live. The following events will be streamed (in BST)

• Seoul, South Korea at 12:30pm on August 9
• Sydney, Australia at 10:20am on August 12
• Mexico City, Mexico at 6pm on August 17

The events in Rio de Janeiro and New York will not be live streamed. However, the Rio event will be available online and the NYC event will have clips posted to YouTube later.

Xmas Filming to Begin After World Tour

Steven Moffat has confirmed that filming on this year's Christmas special will begin after the Doctor Who World Tour concludes. The tour is set to make its way through several continents before ending in time for the new series. Speaking to Radio Wales, the showrunner said

Peter and Jenna only wrapped on the show yesterday. We’re not letting them off the hook because they’re going to be doing the two premieres today, then they’re going off on the World Tour, then they’re coming back to shoot Christmas.

New Location for Korean Part of DW World Tour

The BBC has announced that there will be a change in venue for the Korean section of the Doctor Who World Tour.

More than 1000 fans in Seoul will now have the chance to attend a fan event and watch the first episode of the latest season of Doctor Who, in a new venue for the World Tour's South Korean leg.

The fan event will now take place on August 9 at the Grand Ballroom at 63 Building in Seoul.

Fans will be able to buy tickets to the event which will include an appearance by the new Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, and his on-screen companion, played by Jenna Coleman.

Tickets go on sale on Friday 25 July at 9am (KST). Fans will be able to purchase online from yes24.com. Tickets are priced at 15,000 and 12,000 KRW.

"Fans are at the heart of everything we do. We have listened to and taken our fans advice," said Soojin Chung, GM, BBC Worldwide Korea. "The new venue will allow many more fans to participate in the fan event and the contests we have planned will allow as many Doctor Who fans as possible to get their hands on tickets –whether they are in Seoul or not."

In the lead-up to the landing of the Doctor Who World Tour in Seoul, BBC Worldwide will host two competitions, giving fans the opportunity to win tickets to the fan event:

1. Starting Tuesday 22 July, the TARDIS will be popping up in prominent locations in Seoul. Fans who spot it can take a creative picture of themselves with the TARDIS, and tweet us in the picture showing us how much they love Doctor Who. Fans should post to their photo to Twitter with the hashtag #tardisinseoul and the most creative pictures stand to win tickets to the fan event. The TARDIS locations will be announced on our Twitter account @doctorwho_kor with the first location posted on Monday 21 July at 9pm Korea time. The full competition terms and conditions will be posted on www.doctorwho.tv/worldtour. Fans can start tweeting their entries from 12 noon on Tuesday 22 July until 11.59pm Sunday 27 July when the competition closes (all times KST).
2. Fans who aren't able to spot the TARDIS in Seoul can still win tickets to the event. A template for a mini cut-out TARDIS will be shared on Twitter at doctorwho_kor. Fans will be able to download this to use in their photos. Similar to the first competition, the most creative pictures, hashtagged #tardisinseoul stand to win tickets. The exact start date and time of this competition will be announced on Twitter.

50 pairs of tickets are up for grabs for each of the two competitions.

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.

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

DW Tour to Start with Deep Breath Screening

The BBC have announced that the Doctor Who World Tour will start on August 7th in Cardiff with a special screening of the series 8 opener, Deep Breath.

Marking the start of the BBC One hit sci-fi drama’s spectacular world tour, the premiere will be fans’ first chance to see Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor alongside Jenna Coleman as on-screen companion Clara in episode one of the new series.

The stars will be attending the lunchtime St David’s Hall red carpet event, together with lead writer and producer Steven Moffat. Tickets will be available to the public from St David’s Hall Box Office from Monday, 7 July.

The feature-length premiere episode of the eighth series entitled “Deep Breath” will land on BBC One on Saturday 23 August, 2014.

BBC Wales Director Rhodri Talfan Davies said, “Doctor Who is getting even bigger and even better - and it's a real thrill that the show's fans here in Wales will be the very first to see the new Doctor at this very special premiere screening. Doctor Who has been made in Wales for almost ten years - and we're so proud of its worldwide success.”

Cabinet Member for Community Development, Co-operatives and Social Enterprise, Cllr Peter Bradbury, said, “We are delighted that St David's Hall, the National Concert Hall of Wales will be the host venue for this exciting worldwide premiere.

“The launch of the Doctor Who World tour will be a fantastic event in our city and no doubt a highlight on our cultural calendar. We look forward to welcoming fans from across Europe to enjoy the hospitality of St David's Hall.”

The event is held in association with BFI Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder, the full programme for which will be announced later this month.

Doctor Who World Tour

The BBC has announced that Peter and Jenna will be going on a world tour this August to promote series 8 of Doctor Who. Read the official press release below

Following on from last year’s global smash-hit 50th anniversary, BBC Worldwide announce a major global publicity tour to launch the new series of Doctor Who and introduce Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor. Doctor Who: The World Tour will begin in the UK on August 7 and finish in Brazil on August 19.

The trip will see Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi, on-screen companion Jenna Coleman, and the show’s lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat*, visit seven cities across five continents in 12 days, where they will attend fan events and media interviews, publicising 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 Welsh capital and home of the series’ production, Cardiff, before taking in London (UK), Seoul (South Korea), Sydney (Australia), New York (US), Mexico City (Mexico) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). More details of the itinerary will be available from doctorwho.tv soon, as well as reports from the tour as it happens, which fans everywhere will be able to enjoy across social and digital platforms.

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”.

Executive producer and lead writer Steven Moffat adds: “I’ve always thought we’d all be a lot safer if the Doctor conquered the world, instead of the Daleks. Now with Jenna and Peter leading the charge, it looks like it’s going to happen. I’ll be bringing up the rear to handle the exposition scenes, and maybe carry some bags.”

Doctor Who Series 8 is due to premiere in the UK in August. US broadcaster BBC America will transmit on the same day. Doctor Who is distributed by BBC Worldwide to over 200 territories.

*Due to production commitments, Steven Moffat will be unable to attend to the entire tour. The cities he will join the tour for will be announced soon.