BBC Worldwide announced on July 14 that the very first Doctor Who Global Publicity Tour will land in Seoul on August 9. Korea is the first stop in the major global publicity tour to launch the new series of Doctor Who and introduce Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor.
The twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi and the Doctor’s on-screen companion, played by Jenna Coleman will land in Korea on August 9 and will spend the day with Korean fans and media.
The fan event will take place at IFC mall on the 9th and will start with a special fan screening of the new season’s first episode. After the screening, Peter and Jenna will meet with Korean Doctor Who fans. The fan meeting will take place at 5pm at the atrium of the mall and is open to all.
To celebrate the Korea stop of Doctor Who: The World Tour, there will be competitions where fans can win tickets to the screenings that will take place in multiple cinemas. More information about these competitions will be released later this week.
Peter Capaldi has commented on his excitement ahead of the tour: “It’s fantastic that so many people across the world love Doctor Who. After eight months solid filming deep in the world of monsters, Jenna and I are thrilled to be heading for the Planet of Fans.”
Doctor Who: The World Tour will begin in the UK on August 7 and finish in Brazil on August 19. It will see Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi, on-screen companion Jenna Coleman, visit seven cities across five continents in 12 days to take part in a series of media and fan engagements to publicise the show’s forthcoming Series 8 to a global audience. The tour marks the largest ever promotional undertaking in Doctor Who’s 50-year history and will kick off in Cardiff, Wales before taking in London (UK), Seoul (South Korea), Sydney (Australia), New York (U.S.), Mexico City (Mexico) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
Fans can get more details of the global itinerary at www.doctorwho.tv/worldtour as well as reports from the tour as it happens, which fans everywhere will be able to enjoy across social and digital platforms. In Korea, fans will be able to follow on activities on twitter on doctorwho_kor.
