July 8th, 2013
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Official Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Tickets on Sale
Welcome to the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who
Your Ticket to A Lifetime of Adventure
Relive 50 years of adventures in space and time with the ultimate celebration of Doctor Who. The greatest show in the galaxy comes to London’s ExCeL for three days from 22 November!
Stunts, explosions, monsters – all are involved in this, the most exciting celebration a Time Lord and his companion could have. Even if you’ve got 13 lives, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Doctor Who fans young and old.
Tickets to the official Doctor Who 50th Celebration will go on general sale next Monday (8th July) at 11am BST.
We’re thrilled to announce that current Doctor – Matt Smith – will attend the official Doctor Who 50th Celebration event this November.
Highlight…
The Eleventh Hour panel
Put your questions to the current cast and crew of Doctor Who (including Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith) in these special panels. Geronimo!
Find out more
Regenerations panel
Join us for a Q&A session with special guests Tom Baker*, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy. More cast to be announced soon! (*Please note that Tom Baker will only be appearing on Saturday 23rd November).
Meet the Cast
Get autographs from your favourite Doctor Who stars or have your photo taken with Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith.
Find out more
Special Effects Show
Prepare to be blown away with incredible effects devised by Doctor Who Special FX supervisor, Danny Hargreaves.
Plus…
Learn all about intergalactic stunts in our Stunt School.
Walk Like A Monster-Prepare to be upgraded!
Have fun with Doctor Who Adventures magazine.
Press release…
On November 23rd, 2013, Doctor Who fans around the world will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the world’s longest running sci-fi series. We are delighted to announce that current Doctor – Matt Smith – will attend the only official 50th anniversary Celebration at ExCeL, London alongside special guests confirmed so far: Tom Baker*, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy who have also played the iconic role of the Doctor. The event on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th November is a must for the whole family to celebrate their love of all things Doctor Who, with an exciting range of activities to suit all ages. Keep your eyes peeled for further announcements of high profile guests in the coming weeks.
Matt Smith says, “The event this year will be an extra special occasion for me, I’m truly looking forward to a huge celebration with the fans in the lead up to the 50th anniversary episode.”
Ticket holders to this once-in-a-lifetime event will have access to a whole range of activities including:
Guaranteed seats to two theatre panel shows featuring star guests from 50 years of Doctor Who.
Guaranteed seats in a spectacular special effects show hosted by Doctor Who’s special effects guru Danny Hargreaves.
Activities in the main halls including: stunt workshops with Doctor Who stunt co-ordinator Crispin Layfield and stunt double Gordon Seed, audio and visual effect workshops, on-stage panels with cast members, walk-like-a-monster master-classes with Doctor Who’s official monster choreographer Ailsa Burke, quizzes and games for fans young and old and plenty more to ensure the whole family have an amazing day out celebrating Doctor Who.
All of the above will be available to guests who purchase a standard ticket to the event. Tickets go on general sale at 11am on Monday 8th July 2013 from celebration.doctorwho.tv Standard tickets are priced at £45 for adults and £20 for kids, while a family ticket will cost £104** (two adults and two children***). Tickets cover entry to the Celebration for one day.
There is also an option to purchase a limited edition TARDIS ticket. This ticket guarantees front row seats to the theatre shows, a private lounge for use all day, drinks and light refreshments and a special goodie bag with exclusive merchandise which can be collected on the day guests attend. TARDIS tickets are priced at £95.50 for adults, £44.25 for children and £218 for a family****.
To ensure every visitor gets access to the best experience, when buying tickets online they will have the option to choose one of two streams – Ice Warrior or Weeping Angel – which will reserve each guest a seat for that day’s shows in the theatre.
Visitors to the Celebration will also have the opportunity to visit signature and photo booths where they can meet their heroes from 50 years of Doctor Who (photos with Matt Smith should be booked in advance via the website). These opportunities will be available at a fee and subject to availability.
In addition to the Celebration, further activity is being planned for the Saturday evening and will be announced soon.
For more information on the Celebration and a Plan Your Day guide, visit celebration.doctorwho.tv. To hear who else will be making the journey to this once-in-a-lifetime occasion at ExCeL in November subscribe to the doctorwho.tv newsletter and follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/dwcelebration.
*Tom Baker is only able to attend the Doctor Who Celebration on Saturday 23rd November
**Prices shown for standard tickets exclude booking fee
***Children under five can attend for free, but must be able to sit on a parents lap during the theatre shows as seats are pre-allocated
****Prices shown for TARDIS tickets include booking fee
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Nemo
July 7th, 2013 - 11:44amwhat age classifies as a child?
RYCBAR123
July 8th, 2013 - 9:10pm6-16 I think 🙂
Still Not Ginger
July 7th, 2013 - 9:50amWOW this sound amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hope i can go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dan
July 6th, 2013 - 5:03pmIs Jenna Louise Coleman going to be there??
76 Totters Lane
July 6th, 2013 - 6:58pmShe’ll probably be on the Eleventh Hour panel.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
July 6th, 2013 - 9:19pmIt does say above ‘The current cast’, so it seems she will be.
the who
July 5th, 2013 - 6:37pmI’m not rich but 10 pound 20 pound?? i’d pay 100 pound…..its doctor who!!!! hello….
Doctor 909
July 5th, 2013 - 9:07amI am going!!! On the Sunday because I want to be at home for sure to see the 50th anniversary. But what is the difference between the V.I.P tickets and the standard tickets?
Karen
July 5th, 2013 - 5:10amI did not think when I saw the very first episode in 1963 as a child (in the UK) that the show would be still here in 2013. Enjoy the 50th Anniversary from a long time fan in Australia.
The Master
July 5th, 2013 - 1:22amthis is why I hate living in Australia, I cant afford to go to awesome things like this, why cant they do something like this in Australia
dalek99
July 5th, 2013 - 11:42amsame here i wish that we would get more stuff here
The Doctor
July 7th, 2013 - 3:14pmwell they got a light show in a AUSTRAILIA
mumofwhovian
August 5th, 2013 - 12:06amA light show that was all of 3 minutes, run 3 times, not quite the same!
LadyBlackwater
July 5th, 2013 - 12:45amthis is why i hate living in America…sadness
Anonymous
July 4th, 2013 - 10:01pmHope I can go
Skaroman
July 4th, 2013 - 9:13pmIs a child under 16?
RYCBAR123
July 8th, 2013 - 9:09pmI think it’s 6-16 🙂
The TARDIS
July 4th, 2013 - 8:25pmBooboo, do you think they’ll be showing the anniversary episode on the 23rd?
booboo
July 4th, 2013 - 8:28pmi would think so
The TARDIS
July 4th, 2013 - 8:31pmOh good 🙂 We’re planning on going, just waiting for Monday to roll around. I’m presuming it will be in 3D as well?
DOCTOR WHO ONE
July 5th, 2013 - 6:34pmIt did say at the end of the ‘Name of the Doctor’ that the 50th Anniversary special will be broadcast on Saturday 23rd November 2013.
HMR6
July 4th, 2013 - 7:27pmforgive the possible idiotic question – but if you buy a ticket for Friday.. is it not possible to spend Sat and Sun going around the convention etc?
Thanks!
Peter
July 4th, 2013 - 7:15pmWould love to go but I live in California it will be too expensive to go. I was born in England and grew up watching Dr. Who with my family.
dalek eternal
July 4th, 2013 - 6:32pmI had the priority email for this earlier but my mum wont let me go cause its exspensive
Matt Smithy
July 5th, 2013 - 6:40amIt’s cheaper than a LOT of unofficial conventions, plus its a once in the life time experience. I met Tom Peter Colin Sylvester Paul and David in a convention already, so I’m mainly going for matt, but I’m STILL looking forward to everything!
Sandy Lee
July 6th, 2013 - 2:45pmHow did you manage to get the priority email from the BBC that allows people to buy tickets from 9am?? Any insight greatly appreciated!!!!
dalek eternal
July 8th, 2013 - 2:27pmyou get the priority email if you signed up for the official 50th anniversary page earlier this year
drjakeyoung
July 4th, 2013 - 6:24pmThis is awesome! Me and my family are going VIP on the Saturday, with all the photographs and autographs accessory’s!
DoctorArkham
July 4th, 2013 - 6:23pmI want to go 🙁
Anonymous
July 4th, 2013 - 6:22pmLike Dr who but couldn’t possibly afford to go which is a shame
ROCKSTAR
July 4th, 2013 - 6:08pmI can t go it s £45 I really wanted to go
The TARDIS
July 4th, 2013 - 5:28pmWe’re on the priority list or whatever it’s called… really hoping we can go!
drjakeyoung
July 4th, 2013 - 6:23pmWhats the priority list?
The TARDIS
July 4th, 2013 - 7:19pmIf you sign up to the priority list, you get any emails with details sent to you. We also get to start booking on Monday at 9:00 rather than 11:00.
the mr master
July 4th, 2013 - 7:23pmHow do you get onto that list
drjakeyoung
July 4th, 2013 - 7:28pmHow the hell do you get on that list??!!
The TARDIS
July 4th, 2013 - 7:54pmWe went to the convention last year, and I think that my mum signed up to some newsletter thing which got us on.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
July 4th, 2013 - 5:17pmSadly, I won’t be going. If it was £10 to £20, no problem, but at £45 ? forget it, people are not made of money, and considering money is very tight for a lot of families cos of job losses and all that, I doubt many families will fork out £104 for this.
And there I was looking so damn forward to this in November, but at that price, forget it.
Sure would have been great fun to be there celebration the series we all now and love that is the one and only DOCTOR WHO !!!!!! 😀
Lewis Christian
July 5th, 2013 - 9:01am£45 is very cheap for this, actually! All the guests (with more to be announced), with Doctors, alongside the workshops and displays etc. It’s a bargain.
£10 or £20? Not a chance in hell.
booboo
July 5th, 2013 - 9:04amSome of the proms tickets are £45,all sold out in 3 hours.
This is sort of price to except for these events
Clanger
July 4th, 2013 - 4:57pmDoes anyone know if they have organised it well enough so that the photo shoots, auto signings and the theatre panel shows do not clash with each other? I’ll be very annoyed if my photo shoot time clashes with any of the shows :/
Anonymous
July 4th, 2013 - 4:37pmWho’d pay money for that though?eurgh
drjakeyoung
July 4th, 2013 - 3:44pmbooboo, how do you pre book autographs and pictures? It says you need to pre book them, but where?
booboo
July 4th, 2013 - 3:54pmwhen booking is live i assume
dalek 105
July 4th, 2013 - 3:41pmhow do you get tickets
booboo
July 4th, 2013 - 3:42pmuse the links given on the page
drjakeyoung
July 4th, 2013 - 3:28pmI am ordering a family VIP TARDIS ticket on Monday!
DOCTOR WHO ONE
July 4th, 2013 - 3:06pmUsual entry at Excel whenever they have the London MCM Expo every May and October each year is £10, so I hope it be will £10 entry or slightly over £10.
booboo
July 4th, 2013 - 3:08pmStandard tickets are priced at £45 for adults and £20 for kids
Vicki Summers
July 4th, 2013 - 3:04pmI would love to go but liveing in the states makes it difficult.i hope everyone that gets to go has a blast
Nel Skellington
July 4th, 2013 - 2:56pmDEFINITELY GOING!
Dalek: the Supreme
July 4th, 2013 - 1:57pmI wish I could go. I live in the States. 🙁
Anonymous
July 4th, 2013 - 1:37pmI’m GOOOOOOIIIIII0NNNNNGGGG!!!!!!!