The new stage show, based on the BBC's smash-hit series Doctor Who, will deliver a spectacular live action experience featuring the show's most popular monsters alongside live music and out-of-this-world special effects.
TV show boss Steven Moffat said: "This is everything I ever wanted. A live show, with all the coolest Doctor Who monsters, a proper story, and brand new screen material for Matt Smith's Doctor! I'll be writing scenes for it, and probably attending every single night!"
Opening in wartime London and concluding in an epic onstage battle, audiences should expect the unexpected as the Doctor's arch-enemies, the Daleks, are joined by some of the best-loved and most terrifying monsters from the TV series including the Cybermen, Weeping Angels, Judoon and Oods to name but a few.
Doctor Who Live will feature special FX, optical illusions and spectacular pyrotechnics building to an epic finale. Specially edited video clips, drawn from the TV programme, will be shown on a giant screen (please note actors from the TV series will not be appearing live on stage).
Longtime Doctor Who composer Murray Gold's iconic scores will be brought to life by a 16 piece orchestra live on stage. Speaking ahead of the Manchester shows Murray Gold said: "The live element always adds something extra, but these will also be brand new arrangements for a new band of very talented musicians. It's very exciting."