BBC
AMERICA AND FATHOM EVENTS PRESENT DOCTOR WHO: THE POWER OF THE DALEKS
ANIMATED SERIES IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE FOR ONE NIGHT
FEATURING
PATRICK TROUGHTON’S DEBUT AS
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DOCTOR
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Special Cinema Event on November 14 Only, in Advance of BBC AMERICA’s Premiere on November 19
New York - October 12, 2016 -
BBC AMERICA and Fathom Events announced today a one-night special theatrical screening event of
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks animated series on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. local time – 50 years after the original BBC broadcast – in advance of the premiere on BBC AMERICA on Saturday,
November 19, 2016 at 8:25pm ET. The cinema event will also feature exclusive bonus content including interviews with members of the original cast.
Tickets for
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks in cinemas can be purchased online beginning Friday, October 14, 2016 at 10am ET by visiting
www.FathomEvents.com,
or at participating
theater box offices. Fans throughout the U.S. will be able to enjoy the
event in select movie theaters through Fathom’s Digital Broadcast
Network. For a complete list of theater locations visit the Fathom
Events website (theaters and participants are subject
to change).
The Power of the Daleks is one of the most celebrated
Doctor Who adventures, and yet no complete film recordings are
known to have survived. The master negatives were destroyed in an
archive purge in 1974. This brand new animation, being released 50 years
after its only UK broadcast, is based on the program’s
original audio recordings, surviving photographs, and film clips. The
six-part adventure features the regeneration - or as it was then called
“renewal” - of First Doctor, William Hartnell, into Second Doctor,
Patrick Troughton, and follows the Time Lord and
his companions Polly (Anneke Wills) and Ben (Michael Craze) as they do
battle with the Daleks on the planet Vulcan.
“Ahead of the premiere on BBC AMERICA, it is a rare treat to be able to bring the lost episode,
Power of the Daleks, to life using modern animation techniques.
Doctor Who cinema events have been incredibly successful, and this
is extraordinary opportunity to allow a new generation of fans the
opportunity to experience this classic adventure for the first time,”
said Soumya Sriraman, EVP, Franchise and Digital
Enterprises, BBC Worldwide North America.
“We’re pleased to continue our long-standing and successful partnership with BBC AMERICA to bring more fantastic
Doctor Who content to the big screen,” said Fathom Events Vice
President of Programming Kymberli Frueh. “The Whovians are always one of
our biggest and most passionate groups of fans at the cinemas.”
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks is produced and directed by Charles Norton, with
character designs from acclaimed comic book artists Martin Geraghty and Adrian Salmon.
Since its launch in 1963,
Doctor Who has become one of the world’s best loved dramas and is
certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most successful
sci-fi series ever.
Doctor Who is BBC AMERICA’s highest-rated series and has received
numerous awards across its 53 years. The series set new records in 2013
with a global simulcast event of the 50th anniversary special on television and in theaters, in partnership
with Fathom Events in the U.S. Doctor Who returns with a Christmas Special in December and new season in Spring 2017 on BBC AMERICA
About BBC AMERICA
Created in 1998, BBC AMERICA is
a hub of innovative, culturally contagious programming like the ground-breaking unscripted series Top Gear, the top-rated science-fiction phenomenon Doc
About BBC Worldwide North America
BBC
Worldwide North America is the main commercial arm and wholly-owned
subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) operating in
the
U.S. and Canada. The company exists to maximize the value of the BBC’s
assets for the benefit of the UK license payer and invests in public
service programing in return for rights. The company operates four
businesses in the territory - linear and digital
content sales and co-productions, consumer products, BBC.com, and two
studios based in Los Angeles - BBC Worldwide Productions, responsible
for the smash hit
Dancing with the Stars and the limited series The Night Of; and Adjacent Productions, producers of
Life Below Zero and Ladies of London, among others. The company also owns a 50.1% share in cable channel BBC AMERICA through a joint venture with AMC Networks.
About Fathom Events
Fathom
Events is recognized as the leading domestic distributor of event
cinema, and ranks as one of the largest overall distributors of content
to movie theaters. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC),
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK) and Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE:
RGC) (known collectively as AC JV, LLC), Fathom Events offers a variety
of one-of-a-kind entertainment events that include
live, high-definition performances of the Metropolitan Opera, dance and
theatre productions such as the Bolshoi Ballet and National Theatre
Live’s Hamlet, sporting events like FS1 Presents USA v Mexico, concerts
with Roger Waters and One Direction, the TCM
Presents classic film series and faith-based events such as The Drop
Box and Four Blood Moons. Fathom Events takes audiences behind the
scenes and offers unique extras including audience Q&As, backstage
footage and interviews with cast and crew, creating the
ultimate VIP experience. Fathom Events’ live digital broadcast network
(“DBN”) is the largest cinema broadcast network in North America,
bringing live and pre-recorded events to 887 locations and 1,354 screens
in 181 Designated Market
Areas® (including all of the top 50). For more information, visit www.fathomevents.com.
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