{"id":781504,"date":"2026-09-24T21:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/781504\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T21:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:50:09","slug":"the-future-of-doctor-who-is-still-uncertain-but-heres-a-great-way-to-celebrate-its-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/781504\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of ‘Doctor Who’ Is Still Uncertain, But Here’s a Great Way to Celebrate Its Past"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the Doctor Who faithful wait to see<\/a> who will win the bake-off<\/a> to become the BBC\u2019s next production partner<\/a> on the series, its illustrious past is still getting its due on Doctor Who Day\u2014the annual celebration of the first episode\u2019s original airdate. Even better, it\u2019s a special theatrical event starring David Tennant\u2019s Tenth Doctor, one of the most popular iterations of the Time Lord<\/a> in the show\u2019s lengthy history.<\/p>\n

The first Doctor Who episode aired November 23, 1963, and November 23, 2026, is the date you\u2019ll need to save for Doctor Who: The Satan Pit Extended Cut, starring Tennant as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. It\u2019s the first time the episode has hit the big screen, and it\u2019s arriving in supersized form, blending \u201cThe Satan Pit\u201d with the episode that preceded it, \u201cThe Impossible Planet,\u201d to create \u201ca newly re-edited, movie-length cinematic cut, featuring deleted scenes that were previously only available on DVD, now restored into the story and never-before-seen extended footage,\u201d according to a press release.<\/p>\n

In addition, the screening will feature \u201can exclusive interview with International Emmy and multiple BAFTA award-winning director and producer James Strong, reflecting on the making of one of the most celebrated stories of the modern Doctor Who era.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanks to BBC Studios, CinemaLive and Fathom Entertainment, the Doctor Who Day screenings will include over 1,000 cinemas across the U.K., Ireland, the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. There\u2019s even a trailer to get you hyped to meet the Ood and greet the Beast all over again.<\/p>\n

Advance tickets go on sale tomorrow, September 25; if you\u2019re in the U.S., you can visit Fathom Entertainment<\/a> to find the closest theater. In the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, visit doctorwhoincinemas.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out the best movies and TV shows<\/a> to stream this month and all the upcoming sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books<\/a> that should be on your radar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the Doctor Who faithful wait to see who will win the bake-off to become the BBC\u2019s next…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[10331,3149,835,96,226685,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-781504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-billie-piper","tag-david-tennant","tag-doctor-who","tag-entertainment","tag-fathom-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}