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Posted: August 27th, 2010.
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BBC Worldwide has today announced that Nigel Planer (The Young Ones, We Will Rock You, Evita, Chicago) will be joining the cast for the forthcoming audio/visual spectacular Doctor Who Live.
Planer will play the part of Vorgenson, a character exclusively adapted for the tour by the television programmes Executive Producer and Lead Writer Steven Moffat. The new character is described as an inter-galactic showman who is the Doctors biggest fan.
Nigel Planer comments: Im incredibly excited to be joining Doctor Who Live and this role is something of a boyhood dream come true. My character Vorgenson, who has been developed specially for the show by Steven Moffat, is the Greatest Showman in the Galaxy and using his incredible invention, The Minimiser, he can make any Doctor Who character appear on stage as part of his traveling show dedicated to his hero. This live tour brings all the magic of the TV show together with a host of incredible effects. I hope that I can survive visiting nine cities in October sharing a stage with eleven Doctor Who Monsters and a flying Dalek in tow!
The stage show will follow Vorgenson on an inter-galactic journey as he summons monsters in his Minimiser for the audience to see. Matt Smith will appear as the Doctor in specially filmed sequences to be shown on a giant screen on stage.
Craig Stanley, Doctor Who Lives Producer says: This show has something for everyone – Doctor Who fans, of course – but also anyone with a love of incredible illusions, immersive storytelling, magical music, scary monsters, and intergalactic heroes.
In a further announcement, the producers have revealed that Nick Briggs, famous for voicing some of the scariest Doctor Who monsters including the Daleks and Cybermen, is onboard to replicate his voice talents live on stage every night. Briggs will also portray Winston Churchill, who is summoned by Vorgenson through his Minimiser.
Doctor Who Live will also feature a spectacular array of stunts and illusions designed by Britains premiere illusionists, The Twins. Audiences will be in for a treat as they witness a flying Dalek. The Twins have come to prominence in the last few years by designing the illusion of flying without wires, and they have a reputation for large scale stunts including making an elephant disappear live on stage. They have taught magic tricks to the likes of Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow.
The new stage show, based upon the BBCs smash-hit, award-winning series Doctor Who, promises to deliver a spectacular audio/visual experience featuring live music, special effects and appearances from the shows most popular monsters including Daleks, Cybermen, Scarecrows, Oods and Silurian.
Taking in nine cities and 25 dates, Doctor Who Live kicks off in London at Wembley Arena on 8th October, and will visit Sheffield, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Cardiff and Liverpool, culminating in Belfast on the 7th November.
With an out-of-this-world set, Doctor Who Live will feature special FX, optical illusions and spectacular pyrotechnics building to an epic finale. Specially edited video clips, drawn from the TV Programme will be shown on a massive screen and accompanied by the music of longtime Doctor Who composer Murray Gold. These iconic scores will be brought to life by a live band on stage.
Doctor Who Live has been conceived as a fully immersive music and monsters spectacular and promises the same excitement, adventure and suspense that viewers have come to expect from the TV programme. Please note that actors from the TV series will not be appearing live on stage.
DOCTOR WHO LIVE TOUR DATES 2010
- London Wembley Arena – 8th, 9th and 10th October
- Sheffield Arena – 12th and 13th October
- Glasgow SECC – 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th October
- Birmingham NIA – 18th, 19th and 20th October
- Manchester Evening News Arena – 22nd, 23rd and 24th October
- Nottingham Trent FM Arena – 25th and 26th October
- Cardiff International Arena – 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st October
- Liverpool Echo Arena – 2nd, 3rd November
- Belfast Odyssey Arena – 6th and 7th November
Tickets are on sale now and are priced at £38.50, £34.50 and £25.00 subject to booking fees.
Belfast Odyssey Arena only: Tickets are priced at £42.50, £37.50 & £27.50 and may be subject to service charges.Please note that for Belfast Odyssey Arena, the ticket prices are higher as booking fees and agency commissions are included in the ticket price – this is standard practice for shows in Northern Ireland.
Ticketmaster 24 hour ticket hotline 0844 847 1963
www.Doctorwholive.com
The Series 5 Blu-ray is released on November 8th and sells on Amazon for £58.99 (RRP £79.99),with the DVD on Amazon for £51.99 (RRP £69.99).
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