PIERCE GIBSON

Now YOU can regenerate with the Doctor this Christmas!

Doctor Who has released a new effect for the Facebook Cameras Effects Platform giving fans around the world the ability to experience regeneration for the first time using augmented reality.

Try out the Doctor Who Facebook Camera Effect here.

Users can access the effect, created by VFX studio The Mill, through the Facebook app’s camera feature now – just days before the historic on-screen regeneration of Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi into Thirteenth Doctor Jodie Whittaker during the 2017 Christmas Special, Twice Upon a Time.

Everyone using the effect will experience the excitement of a regeneration first-hand as they are enveloped in the distinctive golden glow that accompanies the unique process, as seen in Doctor Who since 2005’s The Parting of the Ways.

The Doctor Who camera effect is available worldwide and users can share their experience with friends via Facebook Stories, posting it on their Facebook page, or saving it to share elsewhere.

Check out a taste of it below with Twice Upon A Time star Mark Gatiss!

Editorial

Editorial: The Mill

Editor: Matt Campbell

VFX Creative

VFX Creative: The Mill

Art Director: Pierce Gibson

Designer: Conrad McLeod

Developer: Fabio Piparo

VFX Production

VFX Production: The Mill

Executive Producers: Sallyann Houghton, Alice Oakhill

Producer: Hayley Underwood Norton
Production Coordinator: Min-Wei Lee 

Commissioners

Commissioners: Facebook, BBC Worldwide Americas