For the first time in the show’s fifty-year history, “Doctor Who” is going on a world tour to introduce viewers to the new Twelfth Doctor ahead of his debut in August.
Peter Capaldi’s meet-the-fans tour will take him to seven cities on five continents in 12 days, and cap a whirlwind of a year for the storied franchise, which celebrated its fiftieth anniversary last winter by seeing Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith say goodbye to the series.
The “Day of the Doctor” special was simulcast in 98 countries around the world.
Capaldi will be joined on the tour by on-screen companion Jenna Coleman, and the show’s Lead Writer and Executive Producer Steven Moffat.
The tour marks the largest ever promotional undertaking in Doctor Who’s 50-year history and will kick off in Cardiff, Wales before heading to London, Seoul, Sydney, New York, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro.
“It’s a new beginning for one of the most popular series in the world and we couldn’t be more excited to have the Twelfth Doctor live in New York to promote the long awaited return of Doctor Who on BBC AMERICA,” Richard De Croce, SVP, Programming for BBC AMERICA. “It’s going to be epic.”
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