Doctor Who series 8: date set for return - News - TV Radio - The IndependentDoctor Who will be back on our screens this August when Peter Capaldi will be making his first full appearance as the twelfth Time Lord.
The news was announced in a teaser trailer uploaded by the BBC to the official Doctor Who website yesterday.
The 16-second teaser trailer features a silhouette of the new Time Lord with his Tardis console ablaze in the background, a reference to the cliff hanger at the end of 'The Time of the Doctor', last year's Christmas special.
Audience first met Capaldi's incarnation back in December, when Matt Smith eleventh Doctor was given a new lease of life by the Time Lords and regenerated.
The episode ended with Capaldi's Doctor asking his companion Clara Oswald if she knew how to fly the Tardis as they are about to crash.
Although fans were given the briefest of glimpses of Capaldi's Doctor in the 50 anniversary special, with a fleeting shot of his eyes and the dogged determination in them to save Gallifrey from destruction.
Fans have been fed titbits over the last several months, Keeley Hawes, Ben Miller, Tom Riley and Frank Skinner will be guest starring in the new series.
Samuel Anderson has also joined the cast as Danny Pink, a recurring character, who teaches at Coal Hill School with Jenna Coleman's Clara.
Sherlock writer Steve Thompson has written an episode, which will star Hawes as Ms Delphox, a character with a dark secret. While comedian Miller will be playing a villain, his comedy partner Alexander Armstrong has previously starred in the long-running science fiction series.
Showrunner Steven Moffat has said that the Doctor will be heading to Lanzarote, the last time the Time Lord was there was back in 1984.
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Jimbolini
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It'd surely be at least half his fault with him being busy with Arrow in a different country.
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They have so much new shit and with scheduling it's not even entirely sure River Song will be back. She was supposed to be in the finale but scheduling forced them to cast a new character in Tasha Lem.
He seems like a cool guy though. Saw some pictures from that event including one of him with two very young kids dressed as the Doctor and Jack.
He seems like a cool guy though. Saw some pictures from that event including one of him with two very young kids dressed as the Doctor and Jack.
Jimbolini
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It's not even from the show, it's footage shot specifically for the teaser. I fail to see how it's a bad thing considering the amount of changes supposedly coming to the formula. I get so tired of teasers and trailers showing every little detail of what is going to happen.
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I can actually get behind not showing anything at all. It's not because I'm afraid of spoilers (I'm one of those people who prefers the context of what's being spoiled, something words don't tend to convey very well), but because it's nice to not know what you're getting yourself into.
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So tedious, I don't give a shit that he can't go to comicon and his weekend plans meaning less videos or whatever the fuck. There is no new information or interesting analysis in that video.
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Yes.
There was nothing in his eyeball and the central column in the tardis has turned red, which it always does when shit hits the fan.
The rest was "Oh hey I am not doing..." and "I think they will... based on nothing."