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Peter Davison + 40 New Guests Added to Celebration

Peter Davison Added to Celebration Line-Up

With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who now less than a month away, BBC Worldwide is delighted to announce that over 40 additional guests from the classic era of Doctor Who have been added to the bill for the Doctor Who 50th Celebration which takes place at ExCeL London over the anniversary weekend.

They will join current Doctor Matt Smith and former Doctors Tom Baker*, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy at the ultimate anniversary event, which will welcome over 20,000 fans of the world’s favourite Time Lord to the venue in east London.

First on the list of new names is Peter Davison, who played the role of the fifth Doctor from 1981-1984. Joining Peter at the event over the anniversary weekend will be cast from throughout the 50 year history of the show including the Director of An Unearthly Child (the first episode of Doctor Who), Waris Hussein. William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, who starred as companions Ian and Susan alongside the first Doctor – William Hartnell – will be attending on Saturday 23 November.

Dick Mills (BBC Radiophonic Workshop), Mike Tucker and Mat Irvine (Classic Era Visual Effects) will also be on hand to facilitate some of the special features at the Celebration, which will be announced in more detail soon.

The Doctor Who 50th Celebration’s opening hours will also be extended on Saturday evening so visitors can enjoy a free 2D simulcast screening of The Day Of The Doctor together. Saturday attendees will be emailed shortly with details about how they can reserve a seat. Visitors should note that the screening will have limited availability and tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Additional line-up by day:

Friday 22nd November

Waris Hussein, Anneke Wills, Kate O’Mara, Richard Franklin, Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton, Terry Molloy, Gabriel Woolf, Barry Newbery, Michael Ferguson, Fiona Walker, Fiona Cumming and Ian Fraser.

Saturday 23rd November

Janet Fielding, Louise Jameson, Yee Jee Tso, Katy Manning, Carole Ann Ford, Geoffrey Beevers, Frazer Hines, William Russell, Nicola Bryant, Deborah Watling, Sophie Aldred, Daphne Ashbrook, David Collings, Terrance Dicks, and June Hudson.

Sunday 24th November

Peter Purves, Mark Strickson, Bonnie Langford, John Leeson, Lalla Ward, Wendy Padbury, Maureen O’Brien, Michael Kilgarriff, Julian Glover, Stephen Thorne, David Graham, Donald Tosh, Anthony Read, Andrew Morgan and Andrew Cartmel.

*Tom Baker is only able to attend the Doctor Who Celebration on Saturday 23rd November

BBC Worldwide publishes DVDs and an assortment of products from and inspired by the classic era of Doctor Who. Most recently, 9 missing episodes feared lost forever from the 1960s stories The Web of Fear and The Enemy of the World were discovered in Nigeria and are now available to download on www.itunes.com.

The Enemy of the World will be released on DVD on the 22nd November as a www.bbcshop.com exclusive for the anniversary weekend before being released on general sale on the 25th November.


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36 comments

  • booboo

    November 21st, 2013 - 9:43am

    not of hand sorry

  • 50 year old

    November 21st, 2013 - 8:13am

    BooBoo do you know anyone with a tardis ticket ?

  • booboo

    November 17th, 2013 - 12:21pm

    not a full one but i can tell who we know

    Forbidden Planet (dont know if its .com or .co.uk)

    BBC Shop

    Rubbertoe Collectables

    Big Chief Studios

    New Zealand mint

    Titan

  • Mary

    November 17th, 2013 - 12:16pm

    Hi Booboo, is there a list available yet of merchandisers attending the event??

  • Dawn Keohane

    November 4th, 2013 - 9:23pm

    Wanted tickets for the Excel 2 adults 1child for the Saturday or Sunday please…….

  • MONKEY MONK MONK

    November 3rd, 2013 - 6:22pm

    I know It was just that I haven’t met them yet.

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