The BBC has announced that Doctor Who Season Two finale, The Reality War, will premiere simultaneously as an “extra-special-length episode” on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, Disney+ in a “primetime evening slot” on Saturday 31 May.

UPDATE: Unless there is a mistake on the, Disney+ schedule for May the streaming time for The Reality War will not be simultaneous with the UK transmission as the time was announced as “11am PT”, making their transmission ten minutes later. We will update this if the information changes.

In addition to the worldwide television transmission, fans across the UK and Ireland will have the opportunity to come together in cinemas to watch the two-part finale on 31 May, starting with the penultimate episode Wish World and ending with the last of the season The Reality War, The showtimes the theatres have given for this double-bill screening are all around 6pm or slightly earlier.

Russell T Davies, the Doctor Who showrunner and writer of the two-part finale provided this synopsis:

“The Doctor is doomed, Belinda is lost, Ruby is trapped, UNIT is powerless, the Unholy Trinity rule supreme and the Underverse is rising. And now we can all experience this devastating climax together, all at the same time, with a unique worldwide premiere. I can promise shocks, scares and revelations off the scale. Come and have fun!”

Tight as a noose, strands that have drawn across seasons and centuries now pull together for a devastating climax as legends converge for battle.

Written by Russell T Davies and directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai, The Reality War transmits on Saturday 31 May at 6:50pm on BBC iPlayer and on BBC One in the UK. Those outside of the UK can stream The Reality War on Disney+ where available simultaneously starting at 2pm ET/11am PT, according to the current Disney+ schedule for May.