Doctor Who: Asylum Of The Daleks

Doctor WhoThe 787th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 89th episode since the series’ revival). Asylum Of The Daleks opens the seventh season of the revived show, and features a surprising first appearance by new series regular Jenna-Louise Coleman, whose new companion character was originally announced as debuting in the 2012 Christmas special. (The most surprising thing about this is that preview audiences keep this secret from the entire internet for several weeks.) Read more

Doctor Who: The Snowmen

Doctor WhoThe 792nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 94th episode since the series’ revival). This is the series’ 2012 Christmas special, guest starring Richard E. Grant (Withnail & I) with a voice-over appearance by Sir Ian McKellen (The Lord Of The Rings trilogy). Read more

Doctor Who: The Name Of The Doctor

Doctor WhoThe 800th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 102nd episode since the series’ revival), closing the new series’ seventh season and setting up hints toward the much-anticipated 50th anniversary special. John Hurt and Richard E. Grant guest star. Read more

Doctor Who: The Day Of The Doctor

Doctor WhoThe 801st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 103rd episode since the series’ revival). This is the show’s 50th anniversary special, starring Matt Smith, David Tennant, and John Hurt, with past Doctors putting in appearances via archive footage; Tennant’s co-star Billie Piper also appears, though not as Rose Tyler. This is the first episode since 1976 to feature the shape-shifting Zygons, and it adds a major plot twist to the Time War. Read more

Doctor Who: The Time Of The Doctor

Doctor WhoThe 802nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 104th episode since the series’ revival). This Christmas-themed episode sees the exit of Matt Smith as the eleventh Doctor (revealed during the story to actually be the thirteenth and final Doctor), but bends the long-standing mythos surrounding regeneration in time to introduce Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor. The production staff behind the scenes will remain largely intact for the transition into the Capaldi era. Read more

Doctor Who: Deep Breath

Doctor WhoThe 803rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 104th episode since the series’ revival). This episode opens the show’s eighth full season since its revival, and is the first full episode with Peter Capaldi as the twelfth Doctor. Dan Starkey and Michelle Gomez guest star. Read more

Doctor Who: Death In Heaven

Doctor WhoThe 814th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 115th episode since the series’ revival), starring Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman. Michelle Gomez, Jemma Redgrave, and Ingrid Oliver guest star in the conclusion of the eighth season of the revived series.

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