BBC Studios and Escape Hunt are bringing Doctor Who-themed live escape rooms to several locations across the UK.

From December 2018 the themed rooms will be available in the Bristol Escape Hunt venue, and from early 2019 further Doctor Who escape rooms will open in Birmingham, Leeds, Oxford and Reading.

Mat Way, Global Director of Live Entertainment at BBC Studios, says: “It has been a long-term ambition of the team to be able to bring about Doctor Who-themed escape rooms. Our main role here at BBC Studios is to continually extend the fans enjoyment of our brands, and so to be announcing six new live entertainment games across the country to fans is something really exciting.”

Richard Harpham CEO Escape Hunt PLC, says: “Following the success of our original Escape Hunt games, we are thrilled to be partnering with BBC Studios to create Doctor Who – The Live Escape Game. Going on an Escape Hunt is all about stepping into and experiencing new worlds so strength in different genres is absolutely key to our content strategy. Doctor Who represents the very best in British action adventure and has a loyal and dedicated fanbase that spans all generations. We look forward to bringing the show to life for all fans in its first ever live escape game experience at Escape Hunt venues across the UK.”

Please go to www.escapehunt.com for further information and to register here for news about tickets.

The Doctor Who Escape Rooms are the first in a raft of Doctor Who attractions, activities and experience that are in the pipeline on the Live Events slate at BBC Studios.

 Upcoming attractions include the reveal of the Thirteenth Doctor wax figure in Madame Tussauds Blackpool in October.

 The team are also continuing work with London Resort on the Doctor Who IP in the Kent Theme Park which is due to open in 2023.

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