Dr Who Christmas Special, The Return of Dr Mysterio gets Boxing Day Release

Dr Who Christmas Special, The Return of Dr Mysterio gets Boxing Day Release

A special Boxing Day cinema event in New Zealand

BBC Worldwide Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) and Rialto Cinemas today announced a Boxing Day screening of this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, The Return of Doctor Mysterio, which sees the Doctor teaming up with a comic-book superhero in New York.

 The cinema event will include the full 60-minute special plus two bonus features, A New Kind of Superhero, giving a special inside look at Doctor Who’s concept of a modern superhero, and a special Christmas Doctor Who Extra, showing the making of this year’s special, with appearances by stars Peter Capaldi and Matt Lucas, and showrunner and executive producer Steven Moffat.

Fans throughout New Zealand will be able to enjoy the event in New Zealand cinemas nationwide. Information on participating cinemas and purchasing tickets for Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio can be found at: www.nz.rialtodistribution.com

Written by Steven Moffat, this family favourite will see the Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, join up with an investigative journalist, played by Charity Wakefield (Wolf Hall, The Player) and a superhero to save New York from a deadly alien threat. Grant, the superhero in human guise, is played by Justin Chatwin (Orphan Black, War of the Worlds).

Matt Lucas (Nardole) will also be joining the cast of the special with Adetomiwa Edun (Lucifer, Bates Motel), Aleksandar Jovanovic and Logan Huffman.

“Superheroes are a cinema staple so we’re doubly delighted to give Doctor Who fans the opportunity to see this spectacular adventure on the big screen,” said Louise Hill, Live Entertainment Executive for BBC Worldwide ANZ.

It is written by Steven Moffat, Executive Produced by Brian Minchin, Produced by Peter Bennett and Directed by Ed Bazalgette (Poldark). Doctor Who is made by BBC Studios Wales and shot in Cardiff at BBC Wales Roath Lock Studios.

The 60 minute Doctor Who Christmas Special will also air on Prime TV on Boxing Day.

 Tickets for the theatrical release of Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio are  on sale nationally now at: www.nz.rialtodistribution.com

The Day of The Doctor trailer is here

The Day of The Doctor trailer is here

This morning, the BBC has launched the latest Day of The Doctor trailer, to tease the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who on November 23rd.

It's the second The Day of The Doctor trailer to be released...

Warning - some spoilers ahead.



The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary trailer is finally here.

To celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, the BBC's released a new trailer teasing The Day of The Doctor episode which will air on November the 23rd.

They've also released an image of all 11 of the Doctors in readiness for the celebration of the Time Lord.

Lords of Time Doctor Who convention press conference

Lords of Time Doctor Who convention press conference

As we gear up for the Lords of Time Doctor Who convention in Auckland tomorrow, the press was given some time with the stars of the show who are over in the city of Sails for the event.

Doctors Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann and voice of the Daleks and Cybermen (as well as Big Finish executive producer) Nicholas Briggs all sat down for a press conference earlier today.

Below are a heap of pictures from the press conference - and there will be a fair few more coming over the weekend from the event itself. Plus over the next few days, there will be interviews with Sixth Doctor Colin Baker and Big Finish's Nicholas Briggs.


"Four stars of long-running BBC TV series Doctor Who have arrived in Auckland ahead of tomorrow's special convention, celebrating the show's 50th anniversary.

Sixth Doctor Colin Baker, Seventh Doctor and Hobbit star Sylvester McCoy, Eighth Doctor Paul McGann and voice of the Daleks and Cybermen, Nicholas Briggs are all in town for the Lords of Time convention at Auckland Girls Grammar School tomorrow.

Fifth Doctor Peter Davison is due to be at the convention this weekend as the show marks its 50th anniversary.

At a press conference in Auckland today, the four actors were on jovial form as they readied themselves for the masses of fans which will swamp to the one day event, run by the organisers of the Armageddon Expo series.

The actors admitted they'd learned this morning that New Zealand was the first country in the world to begin showing the BBC Doctor Who series after it premiered in the UK in 1963. Transmission started here in September 1964, beating Canada and Australia by several months and there has been an enthusiastic Kiwi fan base ever since.

All four of the actors talked of their love for the series, which has seen them involved in conventions worldwide and a continuing series of radio dramas. Executive producer of the Big Finish audio range of Dr Who stories, Nicholas Briggs said the series remained so phenomenally popular "because it's an Odyssey type story" with one man "whose Achilles' heel is that he always interferes." Sixth Doctor Colin Baker believed the show would live in forever because of the way it garnered new fans. He says people now watch and claim the show as their own. "That's my Doctor - and once that ball is rolling, it's hard to stop" said Baker.

The actors were this afternoon immortalised in coin form at the New Zealand Mint - something which seventh Doctor and Hobbit star Sylvester McCoy claimed was "amazing". His character from the Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has already been immortalised in a stand in New Zealand.

The show celebrates its 50th anniversary in the UK on November 23rd."