Doctor Who finale heads to the big screen… regeneration coming?

April 29th, 2025 by Marc Comments

Doctor Who’s finale on Saturday 31st May, just like last season’s, will be screened on the big screen.

Yes, today it was announced that the last two episodes, Wish World and The Reality War, will send the series off in style.

As per the press release:

BBC Studios and CinemaLive bring fans together for an in-cinema screening experience of ‘Wish World’ and ‘The Reality War’ on Saturday 31st May.

The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) returned this spring with a new addition to the TARDIS – Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) – taking viewers on another thrilling journey through time and space.

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As the season draws to a close, fans across the UK and Ireland will have the opportunity to come together in cinemas to watch the epic two-part finale on 31st May; starting with the penultimate episode, Wish World, and ending with The Reality War (both written by showrunner Russell T Davies and directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai).

Tidbit: Rumour is that the episode will not be released at the usual time of 8am on iPlayer, and instead will land at the same time on iPlayer and Disney+ internationally as it airs on BBC One in the UK. 

Natasha Spence, Events Director, BBC Studios commented: “We’re delighted to be partnering with CinemaLive once again and give Doctor Who fans across the UK and Ireland the opportunity to watch their favourite show together. This finale promises to be an amazing ride for Whovians, and we’re excited to share the Doctor and Belinda’s latest adventures with them on the big screen.”

John Travers, Head of Acquisitions & Distribution for CinemaLive said: “Following the success of last year’s midnight cinema event, we’re excited to be working with BBC Studios to ensure that this time round, Doctor Who fans of all ages are able to share in the epic experience of watching the two-part season finale on the big screen.”

Tidbit: Ok, if they plan on airing the final episode simultaneously on the BBC, Disney+ and in cinemas, then we must be looking at a regeneration of some sort of massive event. Is this really the end of Doctor Who? As they say in that other franchise that’s also struggling, ‘I have a bad feeling about this’.

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Experience time and space on the big screen with Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor, Varada Sethu as Belinda Chandra, and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday and celebrate an epic two-part end of season finale at your local cinema on the 31st May 2025.

Watch the finale of Season 2, The Reality War, on the big screen!

Belinda Chandra has been kidnapped by robots, faced a terrifying god and a creature of pure evil on her travels with the Doctor. With the TARDIS still unable to get her home to Earth, Belinda must fight for her life as the Doctor faces an almighty threat to reality itself…

Screening starts at 18:00 with Wish World, followed by The Reality War.

Tickets go on sale at 10am on 1st May. You can pre-book and buy tickets at doctorwhoincinemas.co.uk

Watch the trailer:

Source: Doctor Who

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Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….