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Cinema screening for Doctor Who return

Fans can lap up a feature length episode, interviews & behind the scenes footage on the big screen.

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The feature length first episode of Doctor Who, featuring Jodie Whittaker, will have a cinema screening on October 8, including with interviews and behind the scenes content.

“The debut of the first female doctor and her team of friends is a momentous occasion in the Doctor Who universe. We are delighted to give audiences the chance to experience this exciting moment on the big screen,” said Louise Hill, Live Entertainment Manager for BBC Studios ANZ.

Sharmill Films Marketing Manager, Jacinta Palmer, said “We are thrilled to collaborate once again with BBC Studios to present this very special cinema event for Australian fans – particularly in ushering in the enormously talented Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor.”

Tix will be on sale at sharmillfilms.com.au

ABC is yet to confirm its broadcast plans but has confirmed an iview fast-tracking and a Monday October 8 screening.

It isn’t clear if that’s on ABC or ABC Comedy but a line from BBC Studios Australia suggests, “Doctor Who premieres on ABC iview on Monday 8 October, immediately after the UK’s broadcast, and will air that evening on ABC. Following the ABC television broadcast, fans can switch over to ABC COMEDY for Whovians, the half-hour Doctor Who fan show hosted by Rove McManus.”

BBC Studios Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) and Sharmill Films are once again teaming up to bring audiences a special event screening of the feature-length premiere of The Woman Who Fell to Earth, the first episode of the new series of Doctor Who, and special behind-the-scenes content on 8 October.

The highly anticipated series sees Jodie Whittaker take control of the TARDIS as the Thirteenth Doctor, along with a new line-up of friends, including Bradley Walsh as Graham, Tosin Cole as Ryan and Mandip Gill as Yasmin.

As well as the feature-length first episode, cinema-goers have the chance to go behind-the-scenes of the eleventh series. There will be additional footage featuring exclusive interviews with Jodie, new series showrunner Chris Chibnall and the first episode’s director Jamie Childs, who also directed Jodie’s thrilling reveal as the new Doctor last year.

Fans throughout Australia will be able to enjoy the event in select cinemas through Sharmill Films. Information on participating cinemas and purchasing tickets can be found at www.sharmillfilms.com.au

This series heralds an exciting new era for Doctor Who, which promises to be bigger and bolder than ever. Audiences can expect plenty of adventure, action, humour and heart, making it unmissable entertainment for everyone.

Doctor Who premieres on ABC iview on Monday 8 October, immediately after the UK’s broadcast, and will air that evening on ABC. Following the ABC television broadcast, fans can switch over to ABC COMEDY for Whovians, the half-hour Doctor Who fan show hosted by Rove McManus.

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  1. People are getting confused. The release clearly states that the actual episode will be on the ABC, followed by that Whovians rubbish on ABC Comedy.

    And for the record, I love ABC Comedy. It’s given me the opportunity to see a lot of great stuff I’ve missed out on, like Mighty Boosh, Thick of It and now Peep Show and Workaholics. Then there’s new stuff like Detectorists and Josh. It’s terrific!

  2. From series 11 (Jodi) Dr Who is filmed for cinema release at 2.35:1 and cropped to 16:9 for TV. It’s not shot in 4K. (Google)
    The ABC will b/cast Dr Who in HD, just be patient and vigilant or get a PVR with an EPG search function.
    In the lead-up to S11 a selection of eps are being repeated Mon-Fri in HD in the Graveyard Shift.

    1. It will be interesting to see if any future DVD release will have HDR or Atmos as the BBC have dabbled with sound technology on it’s shows in the past. 4K will be more common in the future as TV sales for HDR dominate even though 8K is now on the horizon for large screen panels and Japan will be using 8K for its Olympics broadcast.

  3. Yeah I’m joining the choir of making ABC Comedy what it used to be, as is now I barley watch and in a lot of ways have moved to SBS Viceland to which the Viceland name cold be dropped as it doesn’t really reflect most of what is on there.

    Am a little surprised the talk (BBC presser) is ABC Comedy for Doctor Who though. Thought given that Capaldi’s last season was on ABC and simulcast on ABC Me the move would have gone to their instead (plus they’ve been showing repeats of DW on their). Guess they want Whovians to follow directly rather than having people have to change channels, though Whovians would fit ABC Me just as well, but there you have that branding name of Comedy getting in the way I guess.

  5. The ABC just makes no sense. Why have two channels doing kids stuff during the day? Then one of them becomes dedicated to comedies at night, when a broader market is looking for content?
    I’ve noticed that just about every other multi has established a bit of a brand stamp.
    You can always expect an antique show followed by a vintage UK sitcom on GEM.
    Most of the channels have a procedural and or true crime night. Many have movies to suit the target audience.
    ABC overall seems a bit unsure of what they want to be

    1. If anything ABC Comedy is more focused than almost all of the commercial multichannels. Go! is children’s programs during the day, and 7Two and 7Mate have some kids stuff.

      ABC is pretty much what it has been for the last 40+ years, except it no longer has the extensive children’s programming it once did.

  6. Me too. So much more flexible to call it ABC2. The comedy channel on Foxtel is one of the lowest rating channels, has been for years, which just goes to show. Worst mistakes making ABC Comedy and SBS Viceland. .

  7. Ditto…Iview is crappy quality .The ABC is so archaic …by now they should have 2 HD channels & 4 K streaming ..& dedicated satellite to cover all Australia cutting out all those expensive carbon using transmitters.These BBC shows are now 4K streaming & HDR so why is our ABC who gets a billion dollars a year showing Doctor Who in SD ?

  8. Said many a time before, but ABC2 should return to being ABC2. Remove the kids and comedy branding, it just doesn’t work when there’s so much content which isn’t funny. Doctor Who isn’t comedy, should not be launched or aired on ABC Comedy. With the death of Tonightly (unless ScoMo makes it law to watch Tonight), time to make that change back methinks.

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