DOCTOR WHO SYMPHONIC SPECTACULAR WITH THE QUEENSLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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QLD PREMIERE – FEBRUARY 8 2014 – CELEBRATING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY!
Tickets are NOW on sale for the Queensland premiere of the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, to be staged on February 8 next year at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre; a show based on the recent Doctor Who 50TH Anniversary Proms in the UK.
A host of 22 incredible monsters including the spine-chilling Silence and the awe-inspiring Daleks and Cybermen, Silurians, Vampire Girls, Astronaut, Judoon and Oods as well as two stars of the television series will add to the electric atmosphere of the major musical event.
The technical mastery, scale of production and complexity of arrangement of the show, combined with orchestra members, and number of performers from monsters, aliens, robots, and members of the Doctor Who cast, represents one of the biggest events in the history of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra; with the show absolutely at the cutting edge of what an orchestra can do. The series is watched by an estimated 80 million viewers in 206 countries around the world and has been honoured by Guinness World Records as both the longest running and most successful science-fiction series in the world.
A musical celebration of the iconic BBC series, the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular features Murray Gold’s captivating music from the Doctor Who series, accompanied by a big screen featuring specially edited sequences of Matt Smith’s performance as the Eleventh Doctor. Inspired by the Doctor Who Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, the 2014 show will feature all-new content – including a look back at some of the previous Doctors and also some of the music from the last five decades.
Doctor Who will celebrate its 50th anniversary on November 23rd in the UK with an epic 3D adventure starring Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman with David Tennant, John Hurt and Billie Piper. Australian viewers will be able to see it on ABC 1.
Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular
Date: Saturday 8 February at 7.30pm
Venue: Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Tickets: Adult tickets from $76.80
Bookings: 132 849 or visitticketek.com.au
DOCTOR WHO – what, where and why – Celebrating 50 years
Doctor Who was first broadcast in the UK on BBC One at 5.15pm on Saturday November 23, 1963. Created as an educational family show to fit between the football results and evening entertainment programs, Doctor Who was the brainchild of Canadian TV producer and BBC Head of Drama, Sydney Newman.
When the First Doctor William Hartnell wanted to leave the series after three years, the idea of renewing their leading man was born. After an initial run of 26 years, the series was rested. It returned for a one-off TV movie featuring the Eighth Doctor in 1996. Doctor Who was fully resurrected in 2005 and has gone from strength to strength ever since. In its 50th anniversary year, the series is watched by an estimated 80 million viewers in 206 countries. It has been honoured by Guinness World Records as both the longest running and most successful science-fiction series in the world.
DOCTOR WHO and AUSTRALIA
Doctor Who was first screened in Australia in January 1965 on ABC Television. The broadcaster has screened every series, barring only a handful of episodes.
Two Australian writers played key roles in the gestation of the whole series, C.E. “Bunny” Webber, and Anthony Coburn, who worked on the pre-production and first story.
The iconic Doctor Who theme music, was written by an Australian musician Ron Grainer (a Queenslander), and one-time Australian Ballet composer, Dudley Simpson, wrote the incidental music for a great number of stories in the 1960s and 1970s.
There have been many Australians who have appeared in the show including Janet Fielding who played the popular companion, Tegan, in the 1980s, Gai Waterhouse, Kylie Minogue and Adam Garcia.
