****Every Saturday night at 8pm in November at The Institution Theater****
****You can purchase your tickets in advance at: http://theinstitutiontheater.com/shows/ ... -professor ****
Doctor Who first aired on November 23rd, 1963, making it the longest running sci-fi show in TV history. That was a different era: Television was still new, and there would not be videotape archives at the BBC for another 15 years. After copies of the videotapes for these early episodes were made for foreign release, the original tapes were often wiped clean for reuse, and many episodes have subsequently been "lost to time" for many decades.
Earlier this month film recordings of eleven episodes of Doctor Who -- nine of which were considered "lost" -- were discovered in Nigeria, and two of these episodes were released on iTunes just last week as anticipation grows for the upcoming November 23rd anniversary special.
This November, Dystheatre celebrates those early days of television and the 50 years of campy sci-fi goodness that came from them with DOCTOR WHO THEATRE, otherwise known as "The Professor." Every Saturday in November at 8pm, we explore a different aspect of the show we love so dearly, all with the in-good-fun conceit that we are television historians who track down these lost episodes across the globe. But: this is all improvised!
NOV 2 - REGENERATIONS
How in the world has this television show been going for so long? It certainly helps to have an alien hero who can "regenerate" into a new body (and new actor) when dealt a mortal wound. For this night's collection of "lost" episodes, we push our conceptions of death and rebirth to the outer limits, as we see our hero sacrifice his/her life again and again to save the day, dying and regenerating with a new face at least three times on our stage. This evening will also pay homage to classic specials of Doctor Who like "The Three Doctors," bending the laws of the cosmos by allowing the Professor to interact with past incarnations.
NOV 9 - ROBOTS & ALIENS
We think the title speaks for itself. In this collection, we dive deep into the worlds of Robots & Aliens, the foundation of any good sci-fi camp. Remember K-9? Well, WE have a robotic CAT.
NOV 16 - SOUNDSCAPES & LANDSCAPES
Before there was a television show, there was a Doctor Who radio serial, and when the TV show stopped production for a little while in the 90s, there were STILL radio serials. For this night's collection we honor the sounds and sightless stories that have played such an important part of our hero's journey; then later in the evening, we pay homage to the TV studio landscapes and early FX that were featured in much of the original series.
NOV 23 - THE 50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL REVUE / SCREENING / PARTY
In addition to incorporating the themes from our previous shows and giving our audience a theatrical (and perhaps MUSICAL) review of the 50 years of Doctor Who, we'll be projecting the Anniversary Special on a big screen in this extended show and party!
NOV 30 - T.A.R.D.I.S.
We end our month long celebration by focusing in on the thing that, above all else, has made these adventures in time and space possible. The time machine. But this is no ordinary time machine-- it's another dimension, and contains an entire world of stories, which we will explore in this final collection of improvised Doctor Who stories.
