The BBC has announced big plans for its Doctor Who presence at Comic Con Africa. The first event of its kind on the continent will take place at the Kyalami Convention Centre in Johannesburg from the 14th to 16th of September, and Doctor Who series 11 will bring an “immersive TARDIS experience.”
BBC Studios summed up its plans for the Con, which sound like an awful lot of fun, in the official press bumf:
“At the three-day Comic Con Africa event, an immersive experience in the iconic time travelling TARDIS, will be on site packed full with VR experiences, video games, trivia and fan giveaways. There will also be the first ever African Whovian meet-up. Attendees and fans of the show will be able to come together and enjoy a screening of the final episode of Series 10, where the new Doctor makes her first appearance, setting the scene perfectly for all of the exhilarating and nail-biting intergalactic adventures she’ll embark on alongside her new friends, played by British favourite Bradley Walsh (Law & Order: UK), Tosin Cole (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Mandip Gill (The Good Karma Hospital). The Cosplay screenings will take place between 13.00 and 14.00 CAT on the 14th, 15th and 16th of September in screening room 2 – the Kyalami Conference Room.”
This sounds like a wonderful way for Doctor Who to reach out to fans old and new, ahead of the show’s return for series 11.
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