Cinema tickets for screenings of the first episode of Doctor Who‘s new series will go on sale tomorrow.

‘Deep Breath’ will be screened in participating cinemas around the world from Saturday 23 August.

Directed by Ben Wheatley (Sightseers) and written by showrunner Steven Moffat, the 75-minute episode is described as “a pulse-racing adventure through Victorian London”.

Tickets for participating cinemas will go on sale Friday 1 August from 11am.

An exclusive cinema event will also take place on Saturday 23 August at London’s Odeon in Leicester Square, featuring special guests. This one-off event will feature a ‘never seen before’ 5 minute Doctor Who video from an upcoming DVD release and a special 10 minute behind-the-scenes look at ‘Deep Breath’, followed by a Q&A with the guest stars that will be streamed live into participating cinemas across the UK and Ireland.

A limited number of tickets for the Leicester Square event will be available to the public and can be purchased here on Friday 1 August at 10am.

More information regarding cinemas screening the episode and showing the live stream of the Q&A from the Leicester Square event will be made available here.

The screenings of ‘Deep Breath’ follow the success last year’s global cinema release for the 50th anniversary episode, ‘The Day of the Doctor’, which was screened in over 1,500 cinemas around the world.

Stephen Davies, Director for Live Events, commented: “Following the tremendous success of the 50th anniversary screenings, this is another wonderful opportunities for fans to get together to celebrate another major milestone and enjoy the amazing opening episode of the Peter Capaldi era on the big screen.”

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