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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
RYCBAR123
July 8th, 2013 - 9:09pmI think it’s 6-16 🙂
RYCBAR123
July 8th, 2013 - 9:01pmGood luck! :3
deborah smith
July 8th, 2013 - 9:00pmhaha thanks guys looks like thats what ill be doing but im glad he did i was waiting in the que for an hour and 20 minutes my uncle used my other card to book it anyways so pretty kind of him tbh and aha looks like ill have to do that 😉
RYCBAR123
July 8th, 2013 - 8:50pmThey won’t be asking for ID or anything probably so how about you go in heavy cosplay so they can’t tell how old you are? 😉
RYCBAR123
July 8th, 2013 - 8:48pmI don’t know, my mum somehow got them! And it was about 11:15-ish, according to her 🙂
76 Totters Lane
July 8th, 2013 - 8:43pmYou could pretend.
deborah smith
July 8th, 2013 - 8:36pm16* but im older ?
deborah smith
July 8th, 2013 - 8:35pmwhat happens if my uncle has bought me a ticket but a child ticket and im age 18 and the only one going and he cant get it refunded ? because thats what bsaically happend i mean they wont let me in will they because im not 18 ?
drjakeyoung
July 8th, 2013 - 8:28pmWhen and how did you get them?
RYCBAR123
July 8th, 2013 - 8:14pmI got them guys! Two!!! 😀
RYCBAR123
July 8th, 2013 - 8:12pmI have 2 TARDIS VIP tickets for Friday!!! So excited!!!! YAY!!!
Dr Evil Fez
July 8th, 2013 - 7:12pmI HAVE TICKETS!!!
Matt Smithy
July 8th, 2013 - 7:00pmGot TARDIS VIP tickets for Friday as I want to be at home on the 23rd (plus I have already met tom baker) but can’t wait to finally meet Matt! 😀 I must be very lucky, because I got proms tickets as well when they were on!
Bigcountry
July 8th, 2013 - 6:42pmGot my tardis tickets at 0907 this morning for Saturday I put celebration50! In as pass code by mistake and got through …. Thank the Dr for auto correct!
drjakeyoung
July 8th, 2013 - 6:14pmWhere did you here that?
The Doctor
July 8th, 2013 - 5:53pmtardis tickets were givin out to the family of te workers first you would be very lucky to get them
Jaketorwho
July 8th, 2013 - 5:10pmWhats the email address?
JG
July 8th, 2013 - 4:20pmI tried different versions of the passcode and got lucky with celebration50! I got Tardis tickets about 15 minutes after the priority booking window opened.
drjakeyoung
July 8th, 2013 - 3:19pmJust got a reply from an email/complaint i sent them and they asked me want tickets i wanted and on what day and they will sort it out for me!!!!!!
If anyone else has trouble getting these, i suggest you contact them and complain!
dalek eternal
July 8th, 2013 - 2:27pmyou get the priority email if you signed up for the official 50th anniversary page earlier this year
JT
July 8th, 2013 - 1:49pmCan I just ask,did anyone get Tardis Tickets? Took 20mins to get onto page as the Passcode would not work, when tickets went live at 9am Tardis Tickets weren’t even an option. So annoyed! Lucky have managed to get Standard tickets.
Chryse
July 8th, 2013 - 1:42pmI’m going! Got through at 9:20am, got tickets for the Saturday but couldn’t find stock for t-shirts or photo, still, I’m glad I got tickets! Can’t wait!!!!
DarkknightDalek
July 8th, 2013 - 1:08pmI’m going!!! Looks like I will be seeing Tom baker again!!
Barley
July 8th, 2013 - 12:13pmI was waiting online in the queue and after 20 mins got access to tickets to find I could get 3 kids tickets but not one for me. I couldn’t let my children go in unattended so I went away empty handed. So disappointed. We have never been to anything like this and was hoping people would not be greedy and just buy for themselves. I don’t think that happened. I just hope everyone who got tickets enjoys it.
MONKEY MONK MONK
July 8th, 2013 - 12:13pmYES GET IN THERE IM AT SCHOOL AND MY MUM JUST TOLD ME WE’VE GOT TICKETS (AS SHE WORKS AT MY SCHOOL) IM GOING ON SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
booboo
July 8th, 2013 - 11:58amthat will have something to do with it probably
drjakeyoung
July 8th, 2013 - 11:57amThis is so stupid. They have completely sold out of all days and tickets. I am going to be making a massive complaint against the BBC about this. Not happy at all. I know why they sold out, because it’s the same with the proms. Stupid taulbs buying hundreds of them then selling them for a huge proft.
booboo
July 8th, 2013 - 11:51amI think you will find the proms was the worst, you actually got tickets, proms was totally out by 11.00am
Jaketorwho
July 8th, 2013 - 11:49amSo despite having a priority code i still had to wait till 11:40 before getting my tickets! i wanted to go on the 23rd with TARDIS tickets, but only managed to get the 22nd with standard tickets! and i thought i would be able to get a photo with Matt Smith, but that sold out before i even got tickets! whats the point in having priority, if you don’t get priority! Worst booking experience in my life! extremely disappointed!
Judooning
July 8th, 2013 - 11:27amYES! My first ever Doctor WHo convention!! Got the tickets. I’m so excited!
I’m going on the 23rd Nov – Weeping Angel Group.