Want the best Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (50th Anniversary Special) experience? BBC America has announced it will be broadcast in 3-D theaters!
The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special will be broadcast in 3-D on Saturday, November 23 live at the same time it hits television. Tickets will be available from Fandango beginning tomorrow, October 25 at 9 a.m. eastern through Fandango and Cinemark.
Theaters taking place in the Saturday broadcast are:
- Los Angeles – Cinemark Rave 18 + IMAX (Los Angeles, CA)
- Los Angeles – Century 20 Bella Terra at Huntington Beach (Huntington Beach, CA)
- New York – AMC Loews Village 7 (New York, NY)
- New York – Regal E-Walk Stadium 13 & RPX (New York, NY)
- Chicago – Century 12 Evanston + XD (Evanston, IL)
- Chicago – Cinemark @ Seven Bridges + IMAX (Woodridge, IL)
- Philadelphia – Cinemark Rave Cinemas University City 6 (Philadelphia, PA)
- Philadelphia – Cinemark 16 (Somerdale, NJ)
- Dallas-Ft. Worth – Cinemark West Plano + XD (Plano, TX)
- San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose – Century San Francisco Centre 9 and XD (San Francisco)
- Washington, DC – Cinemark Rave Cinemas Fairfax Corner 14 + XD (Fairfax, VA)
- Houston – Cinemark Tinseltown 17 and XD (The Woodlands, TX)
- Atlanta – Cinemark Tinseltown 17 (Fayetteville, GA)
- Seattle-Tacoma – Cinemark Lincoln Square Cinemas (Bellevue, WA)
- Minneapolis – AMC Southdale 16 (Edina, MN)
No fear if these cities are not near you! You can watch at home on BBC America, and then you can catch the 50th Anniversary Special again on the big screen the following Monday at these locations. According to the BBC America Press release:
The festivities won’t stop there: BBC AMERICA and NCM Fathom Events are teaming up for the first time to continue the celebration, giving fans across the U.S. a chance to experience Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor in RealD™3D on Monday, November 25 for only one night in more than 300 select cinemas. Tickets will be available at participating theater box offices and online at http://www.fathomevents.com/#!doctor-who-the-day-of-the-doctor. For a complete list of theater locations and prices, visit the NCM Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change). The event will be broadcast via the new digital cinema projection systems.
Anyone attending one of the theatrical events will get a bit of an extra treat in the form of bonus footage. According to BBC America, “The theatrical events will include specially shot introductions and The Day of The Doctor: Behind The Lens, a 10 minute behind-the-scene featurette directly following the special. The short features Matt Smith, David Tennant and Jenna Coleman with Billie Piper and John Hurt, as well as lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat, discussing their 50th Anniversary experiences.”
According to the Fathom Events site, there is only one showing time on the 25th, which is 7:30pm local time, and the run-time of the total event (anniversary special plus the featurette) is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. A listing of those theaters can be found here.
If you live in the U.K., you are not missing out on the featurette. According to BBC America, “The U.S. in-theater exclusive, a behind-the-scenes short of over 10 minutes, will also be available in the U.K. on www.bbc.co.uk/Doctorwho at the same time.” There is no word if this featurette will end up on YouTube for non-theatergoers in the U.S. Regardless, it will likely end up on DVD and Blu-ray.
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