Splendid Chaps: 50th Anniversary Tribute to Doctor Who

As part of its Live in the Studio program, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) presents a special event celebrating television's most famous Time Lord, with Splendid Chaps: 50th Anniversary Tribute to Doctor Who, on Thursday 21 November.

This event will signal the spectacular end of the Splendid Chaps year-long performance/podcast project, which has garnered the Chaps a following around the world and seen them top the iTunes TV and film podcast charts, while marking the 50th anniversary year of Doctor Who.  

Splendid Chaps hosts Ben McKenzie, John Richards and Petra Elliott will be joined at ACMI by house band The Time Lads, a stand-up Dalek and surprises galore as they honour the 11th doctor, Matt Smith, and explore all things Whovianism.

Taking a closer look at -the future' as seen through 50 years of BBC time travel, the Chaps' final discussion of the world's longest running sci-fi series is not to be missed.

Declared 'a smash hit" by Time Out, Splendid Chaps have been acclaimed by The Sydney Morning Herald for their ability to 'combine analysis, enthusiasm and irreverence" and lauded by The Age as 'part intellectual panel discussion and part nerdy Tonight Show".

Live in the Studio is held regularly at ACMI and sees a host of industry experts and luminaries, academics, aficionados and pop-culture sovereigns get together for a series of live talks, screenings and performances that revel in TV past and present. Providing a hub for TV enthusiasts to celebrate the finer points of the tube, Live in the Studio is the perfect way to indulge a love of the small screen.