Scripts for five episodes of BBC's eighth season of DOCTOR WHO have been leaked on line and the network is asking fans for their help in preventing the storyline from being spread worldwide.
The new Doctor lands on August 23, with a feature-length first episode called 'Deep Breath' - starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor and Jenna Coleman as his companion, Clara. Watch a new teaser for Series 8 below!
BBC AMERICA and the BBC Worldwide announced today that for the first time ever, the iconic sci-fi series, Doctor Who, will launch a global world tour to introduce Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor.
BBC AMERICA's Doctor Who and new Supernatural Saturday series Atlantis broke records on Saturday, November 23. Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary special, Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor, delivered 3.6 million viewers in L+SD for the daytime simulcast and primetime encore. On Saturday, BBC AMERICA was the #1 cable network on Twitter, Doctor Who was #1 on Twitter in all of television and the series set a record on Tumblr with the highest level of activity of any televised event ever, surpassing the Super Bowl and MTV's Video Music Awards.
Doctor Who's 50th anniversary episode averaged 10.2 million viewers in the UK and peaked at 10.61 million viewers on BBC1 according to preliminary ratings, delivering its best ratings in nearly 3 years (since Christmas 2010).
Watch today at 2:30 below for the kickoff to the celebration for the 50th anniversary of global phenomenon Doctor Who. Today, November 23, 1963, a Time Lord known as the Doctor landed on the BBC's airwaves, forever changing storytelling on television and how the world viewed the inside of a British police box.
BBC America is the #1 destination in the U.S. for a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of global phenomenon Doctor Who. Today, November 23, 1963, a Time Lord known as the Doctor landed on the BBC's airwaves, forever changing storytelling on television and how the world viewed the inside of a British police box.
The centerpiece of BBC AMERICA's celebrations of Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary is Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor, written by Steven Moffat, which is set to air on November 23rd. Check out a new, action-packed trailer below!
The centerpiece of BBC AMERICA's celebrations of Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary is Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor, written by Steven Moffat. The Doctors (Matt Smith and David Tennant) embark on their greatest adventure across space and time. In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor's own dangerous past comes back to haunt him. Starring Matt Smith, David Tennant, Jenna Coleman, with Billie Piper and John Hurt.
BBC announced this weekend that it had renewed Doctor Who for another outing, following the first part of the seventh season finale on Saturday night. The network had hinted at a pick-up earlier this year, but had yet to confirm the news.
BBC's Doctor Who will be celebrated at Sunday's Arqiva British Academy Television Awards, in recognition of the programme's 50th anniversary this year.
