The 90-minute drama will be screened at BFI Southbank in November prior to its broadcast on BBC Two, it was announced yesterday at the BFI’s 9th Doctor event.

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Update [25 September 2013]: The screening will take place at 8.20pm on Tuesday 12 November and is expected to be followed by a Q&A with the drama’s cast and crew.

Written by Mark Gatiss, An Adventure in Space and Time will tell “the story of the genesis of Doctor Who – first aired on 23 November 1963 – and the many personalities involved”.

David Bradley (Harry Potter) will play the first Doctor, William Hartnell, while Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity) will play the BBC’s Head of Drama Sydney Newman, credited with the creation of the show, and Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine will play producer Verity Lambert.

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